IP Library Granted Patent US 8,642,893
Granted Patent B2
US 8,642,893 · App. 12/679,575 · Granted Feb 4, 2014

Copper foil for printed circuit and copper-clad laminate

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Patent No.
US 8,642,893
App. No.
12/679,575
Granted
Feb 4, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A copper foil for a printed circuit having a roughened layer on a surface of a copper foil by way of copper-cobalt-nickel alloy plating, a cobalt-nickel alloy plated layer formed on the roughened layer, and a zinc-nickel alloy plated layer formed on the cobalt-nickel alloy plated layer, wherein the total amount of the zinc-nickel alloy plated layer is 150 to 500 pg/dm2, the lower limit of the nickel ratio in the alloy layer is 0.16, the upper limit thereof is 0.40, and the nickel content is 50 pg/dm2 or more.

Claims (36)

1. A copper foil for printed circuits, comprising a copper foil, a plated roughened layer of a copper-cobalt-nickel alloy formed on a surface of the copper foil, a plated layer of a cobalt-nickel alloy formed on the plated roughened layer, and a plated layer of a zinc-nickel alloy formed on the plated layer of the cobalt-nickel alloy; wherein the plated layer of the zinc-nickel alloy has a nickel content of 50 μg/dm 2 or more, and a total amount of deposited zinc and nickel, M, and a nickel ratio, N, of the plated zinc-nickel alloy are in an area of a two dimensional coordinate space of M (μg/dm 2 ) as a vertical axis and N as horizontal axis, the area being defined by lines N=0.16, N=0.40, M=500, and a polygonal line connecting coordinate points of the coordinate space, A(0.16, 500), B(0.17, 400), C(0.18, 300), P(0.22, 273) Q(0.29, 307), R(0.34, 344) and S(0.40, 394).

2. The copper foil for printed circuit according to claim 1 , wherein the penetrated amount into the edge part of the copper foil circuit is 9 μm or less when performing soft etching with an etching aqueous solution containing 10 wt % of H 2 SO 4 and 2 wt % of H 2 O 2 to a copper foil circuit formed on a substrate by using the copper foil for printed circuit.

3. The copper foil for printed circuit according to claim 2 , wherein the penetrated amount is 5 μm or less.

4. The copper foil for printed circuit according to claim 2 , further comprising a rust-proof layer on the zinc-nickel alloy plated layer.

5. The copper foil for printed circuit according to claim 4 , wherein the rust-proof layer is a single metal coating layer of chromium oxide or a composite alloy coating layer of chromium oxide and zinc and/or zinc oxide.

6. The copper foil for printed circuit according to claim 5 , further comprising a silane coupling layer on the rust-proof layer.

7. The copper foil for printed circuit according to claim 4 , wherein each deposited mass at the roughened layer is copper: 15 to 40 mg/dm 2 , cobalt: 100 to 3000 μg/dm 2 and nickel: 100 to 1000 μg/dm 2 .

8. The copper foil for printed circuit according to claim 7 , wherein the cobalt-nickel alloy plated layer has a deposited mass of cobalt within a range of 200 to 3000 μg/dm 2 and a cobalt ratio of 60 to 66 mass %.

9. A copper-clad laminate obtained by bonding the copper foil for printed circuit according to claim 8 to a resin substrate by way of thermocompression without using an adhesive.

10. The copper foil for printed circuit according to claim 1 , further comprising a rust-proof layer on the zinc-nickel alloy plated layer.

11. The copper foil for printed circuit according to claim 10 , wherein the rust-proof layer is a single metal coating layer of chromium oxide or a composite alloy coating layer of chromium oxide and at least one of zinc and zinc oxide.

12. The copper foil for printed circuit according to claim 11 , further comprising a silane coupling layer on the rust-proof layer.

13. The copper foil for printed circuit according to claim 1 , wherein each deposited mass at the roughened layer is copper: 15 to 40 mg/dm 2 , cobalt: 100 to 3000 μg/dm 2 and nickel: 100 to 1000 μg/dm 2 .

14. The copper foil for printed circuit claim 1 , wherein the cobalt-nickel alloy plated layer has a deposited mass of cobalt within a range of 200 to 3000 μg/dm 2 and a cobalt ratio of 60 to 66 mass %.

15. A copper-clad laminate obtained by bonding the copper foil for printed circuit according to claim 1 to a resin substrate by way of thermocompression without using an adhesive.

16. The copper foil for printed circuits according to claim 1 , wherein a total amount of deposited mass of cobalt within the plated roughened layer of the copper-cobalt-nickel alloy, the plated layer of the cobalt-nickel alloy, and the plated layer of the zinc-nickel alloy is 300 to 5000 μg/dm 2 .

17. The copper foil for printed circuits according to claim 16 , wherein a total amount of deposited mass of nickel within the plated roughened layer of the copper-cobalt-nickel alloy, the plated layer of the cobalt-nickel alloy, and the plated layer of the zinc-nickel alloy is 260 to 1200 μg/dm 2 .

18. The copper foil for printed circuits according to claim 1 , wherein a total amount of deposited mass of nickel within the plated roughened layer of the copper-cobalt-nickel alloy, the plated layer of the cobalt-nickel alloy, and the plated layer of the zinc-nickel alloy is 260 to 1200 μg /dm 2 .

19. A copper foil for printed circuits, comprising:

a copper foil;

a plated roughened layer of a copper-cobalt-nickel alloy formed on a surface of the copper foil;

a plated layer of a cobalt-nickel alloy formed on the plated roughened layer; and

a plated layer of a zinc-nickel alloy formed on the plated layer of the cobalt-nickel alloy;

wherein a total amount of deposited cobalt in the plated roughened layer of the copper-cobalt-nickel alloy and the plated layer of the cobalt-nickel alloy and the plated layer of the zinc-nickel alloy is 300 to 2800 μg/dm 2 ;

wherein a total amount of zinc content and nickel content in the plated layer of the zinc-nickel alloy is within a range of 150 to 500 μg/dm 2 ;

wherein the nickel content in the plated layer of the zinc-nickel alloy is 50 μg/dm 2 or more; and

wherein a total amount of deposited zinc and nickel, M, and a nickel ratio, N, of the plated layer of the zinc-nickel alloy are in an area of a two dimensional coordinate space of M (μg/dm 2 ) as a vertical axis and N as horizontal axis, the area being defined by lines N=0.16, N=0.40, M=500, and a polygonal line connecting coordinate points of the coordinate space, A(0.16, 500), B(0.17, 400), C(0.18,300), P(0.22, 273) Q(0.29, 307), R(0.34, 344) and S(0.40, 394).

20. A copper foil for printed circuits, comprising:

a copper foil;

a plated roughened layer of a copper-cobalt-nickel alloy formed on a surface of the copper foil;

a plated layer of a cobalt-nickel alloy formed on the plated roughened layer; and

a plated layer of a zinc-nickel alloy formed on the plated layer of the cobalt-nickel alloy;

wherein a ratio of cobalt with the plated layer of the cobalt-nickel alloy is 60to 66 mass %;

wherein a total amount of zinc content and nickel content in the plated layer of the zinc-nickel alloy is within a range of 150 to 500 μg/dm 2 ;

wherein the nickel content in the plated layer of the zinc-nickel alloy is 50 μg/dm 2 or more; and

wherein a total amount of deposited zinc and nickel, M, and a nickel ratio N, of the plated zinc-nickel alloy are in an area of a two dimensional coordinate space of M (μg/dm 2 ) as a vertical axis and N as horizontal axis, the area being defined by lines N=0.16, N=0.40, M=500, and a polygonal line connecting coordinate points of the coordinate space, A(0.16, 500), B(0.17, 400), C(0.18,300), P(0.22, 273) Q(0.29, 307), R(0.34, 344) and S(0.40, 394).

Assignments (5)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Aug 11, 2021
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 057160/0114 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 7, 2017
From: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 041649/0733 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 12, 2010
From: NIPPON MINING HOLDINGS, INC.
To: JX NIPPON MINING & METALS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025123/0420 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 8, 2010
From: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.
To: NIPPON MINING HOLDINGS, INC.
Reel/Frame 025115/0675 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2010
From: HIGUCHI, NAOKI
To: NIPPON MINING & METALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024127/0819 →