Copper foil for printed circuit board and copper clad laminate for printed circuit board
View Patent ↗Provided is a copper foil for a printed circuit board comprising a layer including nickel, zinc, a compound of nickel and that of zinc (hereinafter referred to a “nickel zinc layer”) on a roughened surface of a copper foil, and a chromate film layer on the nickel zinc layer, wherein the zinc add-on weight per unit area of the nickel zinc layer is 180 μg/dm 2 or more and 3500 μg/dm 2 or less, and the nickel weight ratio in the nickel zinc layer {nickel add-on weight/(nickel add-on weight+zinc add-on weight)} is 0.38 or more and 0.7 or less. This surface treatment technology of a copper foil is able to effectively prevent the circuit corrosion phenomenon in cases of laminating a copper foil on a resin base material and using a sulfuric acid hydrogen peroxide etching solution to perform soft etching to the circuit.
1. A copper foil for a printed circuit board comprising a nickel-zinc layer including nickel, zinc, at least one of an oxide and a hydroxide of nickel, and at least one of an oxide and a hydroxide of zinc on a roughened surface of a copper foil, and a chromate film layer on the nickel-zinc layer, wherein a zinc add-on weight per unit area of the copper foil in the nickel zinc layer is 180 μg/dm 2 or more and 3500 μg/dm 2 or less, and a nickel weight ratio in the nickel-zinc layer {nickel add-on weight per unit area/(nickel add-on weight per unit area+zinc add-on weight per unit area)} is 0.38 or more and 0.70 or less, and wherein, among all zinc included in the nickel-zinc layer, 45 to 90% exists therein as zinc oxide or zinc hydroxide.
2. The copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the {nickel add-on weight per unit area/(nickel add-on weight per unit area+zinc add-on weight per unit area)} is 0.40 or more and 0.55 or less.
3. The copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein a chromium add-on weight of the chromate film layer per unit area of the copper foil is 30 μg/dm 2 or more and 100 μg/dm 2 or less.
4. The copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein, among all nickel atoms included in the nickel-zinc layer, 60 to 80% are existing therein as nickel oxide or nickel hydroxide.
5. The copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 1 , further comprising a silane coupling agent layer on the chromate film layer.
6. The copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the copper foil is an electrolytic copper foil, and the roughened surface is a rough face obtained during electrolytic plating, a face obtained by additionally performing roughening treatment to the rough face, or a face obtained by performing roughening treatment on a gloss surface of an electrolytic copper foil.
7. The copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the copper foil is a rolled copper foil and the roughened surface is a face obtained by performing roughening treatment to the rolled copper foil.
8. A copper clad laminate for a printed circuit board produced by laminating the copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 1 , and a resin for a printed circuit board.
9. A copper foil for a printed circuit board comprising a nickel-zinc layer including nickel, zinc, at least one of an oxide and a hydroxide of nickel, and at least one of an oxide and a hydroxide of zinc on a roughened surface of a copper foil, and a chromate film layer on the nickel-zinc layer, wherein a zinc add-on weight per unit area of the copper foil in the nickel zinc layer is 180 μg/dm 2 or more and 3500 μg/dm 2 or less, and a nickel weight ratio in the nickel-zinc layer {nickel add-on weight per unit area/(nickel add-on weight per unit area+zinc add-on weight per unit area)} is 0.38 or more and 0.70 or less, and wherein, among all nickel included in the nickel-zinc layer, 60 to 80% exists therein as nickel oxide or nickel hydroxide.
10. The copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein, among all zinc atoms included in the nickel-zinc layer, 45 to 90% are existing therein as zinc oxide or zinc hydroxide.
11. A copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein chromium add-on weight of the chromate film layer per unit area of the copper foil is 30 μg/dm 2 or more and 100 μg/dm 2 or less.
12. A copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 9 , further comprising a silane coupling agent layer on the chromate film layer.
13. A copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein the copper foil is an electrolytic copper foil, and the roughened surface is a rough face obtained during electrolytic plating, a face obtained by additionally performing roughening treatment to the rough face, or a face obtained by performing roughening treatment on a gloss surface of an electrolytic copper foil.
14. A copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein the copper foil is a rolled copper foil and the roughened surface is a face obtained by performing roughening treatment to the rolled copper foil.
15. A copper clad laminate for a printed circuit board produced by laminating the copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 9 , and a resin for a printed circuit board.
16. The copper foil for a printed circuit board according to claim 9 , wherein the {nickel add-on weight per unit area/(nickel add-on weight per unit area+zinc add-on weight per unit area)} is 0.40 or more and 0.55 or less.