Magnetic sheet, method for producing the magnetic sheet, antenna, and portable communication device

1. A magnetic sheet comprising:

a flat magnetic powder, and

a resin binder capable of dissolving in a solvent,

wherein the magnetic sheet has a gradient of the content ratio of the magnetic powder to the resin binder (the density of the resin binder being gradually increased or decreased) in a thickness direction thereof,

wherein, in use, the magnetic sheet is folded so that, of the front and back surfaces thereof, one surface whose magnetic powder content is lower than that of the other is folded inward, and

wherein the difference in glossiness measured at a light-incident angle of 60° between the front and back surfaces is 9.4 or more.

2. The magnetic sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the resin binder is a copolymer of an epoxy resin and an acrylic rubber having an epoxy group as a functional group.

3. The magnetic sheet according to claim 1 , wherein the magnetic sheet is produced by applying onto a predetermined base a magnetic composition which comprises the flat magnetic powder and the resin binder capable of dissolving in a solvent and has such a mixing ratio thereof or viscosity that the magnetic powder sediments, and drying over a predetermined time or longer the magnetic composition applied.

4. The magnetic sheet according to claim 3 , wherein the magnetic sheet is a magnetic sheet which is produced by performing, once or more, applying a magnetic composition having the same composition as that of the magnetic composition onto the magnetic sheet having been formed by drying the magnetic composition, and drying over a predetermined time or longer the magnetic composition applied.

5. The magnetic sheet according to claim 3 , wherein the magnetic sheet is a magnetic sheet which is produced by pressing the magnetic sheet having been formed by drying the magnetic composition.

6. The magnetic sheet according to claim 1 ,

wherein the difference in glossiness measured at a light-incident angle of 60° between the front and back surfaces is 16.1 or less.

7. The magnetic sheet according to claim 3 , wherein the drying comprises drying and thermally curing over a predetermined time or longer the magnetic composition applied.

8. A method for producing a magnetic sheet, the method comprising:

applying onto a predetermined base a magnetic composition which comprises a flat magnetic powder and a resin binder capable of dissolving in a solvent and has such a mixing ratio thereof or viscosity that the magnetic powder sediments, and

drying the magnetic composition applied onto the base over a predetermined time or longer so as to produce a magnetic sheet which has a gradient of the content ratio of the magnetic powder to the resin binder (the density of the resin binder being gradually increased or decreased) in a thickness direction thereof and in which the difference in glossiness measured at a light-incident angle of 60° between front and back surfaces is 9.4 or more.

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising secondarily applying, onto the magnetic sheet having been formed by drying the magnetic composition, a magnetic composition having the same composition as that of the magnetic composition; and secondarily drying over a predetermined time or longer the magnetic composition applied onto the magnetic sheet in the secondarily applying,

wherein the secondarily applying and the secondarily drying are performed once or more to produce a magnetic sheet having a gradient of the content ratio of the magnetic powder to the resin binder in a thickness direction thereof.

10. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising pressing the magnetic sheet formed by drying the magnetic composition.

11. The method according to claim 8 , comprising heating and drying the magnetic composition applied onto the base.

12. An antenna comprising:

a magnetic sheet which comprises a flat magnetic powder and a resin binder capable of dissolving in a solvent and which has a gradient of the content ratio of the magnetic powder to the resin binder (the density of the resin binder being gradually increased or decreased) in a thickness direction thereof, and

an antenna main body which is attached, of the front and back surfaces of the magnetic sheet, to one surface whose magnetic powder content is higher than that of the other,

wherein the antenna is folded so that, of the front and back surfaces of the magnetic sheet, one surface whose magnetic powder content is lower than that of the other is folded inward, and

wherein the difference in glossiness measured at a light-incident angle of 60° between the front and back surfaces is 9.4 or more.

13. The antenna according to claim 12 , wherein the antenna main body comprises copper, and the resin binder is a copolymer of an epoxy resin and an acrylic rubber having an epoxy group as a functional group.

14. The antenna according to claim 12 , wherein the antenna main body has a structure utilizing a flexible flat cable.

15. The antenna according to claim 12 , wherein the magnetic sheet is an uncracked magnetic sheet.

16. A portable communication device comprising:

a transponder which stores various data so as to be readable or writable and which has a communication function,

wherein the transponder comprises an antenna in which an antenna main body is attached, of the front and back surfaces of a magnetic sheet which comprises a flat magnetic powder and a resin binder capable of dissolving in a solvent and which has a gradient of the content ratio of the magnetic powder to the resin binder (the density of the resin binder being gradually increased or decreased) in a thickness direction thereof, to one surface whose magnetic powder content is higher than that of the other,

wherein the antenna is folded so that, of the front and back surfaces of the magnetic sheet, one surface whose magnetic powder content is lower than that of the other is folded inward, and

wherein the difference in glossiness measured at a light-incident angle of 60° between the front and back surfaces is 9.4 or more.