Shield film, shielded printed wiring board, and method for manufacturing shield film
To provide a shield film which is capable of suitably shielding electric field waves, magnetic field waves, and electromagnetic waves progressing from one side to the other side of the shield film and has good transmission characteristics, a shielded printed wiring board, and a method for manufacturing the shield film, a metal layer 3 which is 0.5 μm to 12 μm thick and an anisotropic conductive adhesive layer 4 which is anisotropic so as to be electrically conductive only in thickness directions are provided in a deposited manner, so that electric field waves, magnetic field waves, and electromagnetic waves progressing from one side to the other side of the shield film are suitably shielded.
1. A shield film suitable for use in shielding a signal-transmitting circuit from signal-interfering electromagnetic noise, comprising:
a metal layer, which is 2 μm to 12 μm thick;
an insulating layer, which is 1 μm to 10 μm thick and is disposed along and in contact with a first surface of the metal layer; and
an anisotropic conductive adhesive layer containing conductive filler with an average particle size of 2 μm to 20 μm, which anisotropic conductive adhesive layer is disposed along and in contact with a second, opposite surface of the metal layer;
wherein the shield film exhibits between 74 dB and 96 dB of attenuation of an electric field wave at 1 GHz, as measured using KEC method.
2. The shield film according to claim 1 , wherein the metal layer is metal foil.
3. The shield film according to claim 2 , wherein the metal foil has been formed by rolling.
4. The shield film according to claim 3 , wherein the thickness of the metal foil has been adjusted by etching.
5. The shield film according to claim 4 , wherein the metal foil is mainly made of copper.
6. The shield film according to claim 1 , wherein the metal layer has been formed by an additive process.
7. The shield film according to claim 6 , wherein as the additive process, the metal layer has been formed by at least one of electroplating and electrodeless plating.
8. The shield film according to claim 1 , wherein the shield film is configured to function as an electromagnetic waves shield film of a signal transmission system transmitting a signal with a frequency of 10 MHz to 10 GHz.
9. A shielded printed wiring board, comprising:
a printed wiring board including a base member in which a printed circuit is formed and an insulating film provided on the base member so as to cover the printed circuit; and
a shield film according to claim 1 provided on the printed wiring board.
10. The shielded printed wiring board according to claim 9 , wherein the printed circuit includes a ground wiring pattern.
11. The shield film according to claim 1 , wherein the metal layer is mainly made of copper and includes a protective metal layer that is made of silver or gold.
12. The shield film according to claim 11 , wherein the anisotropic conductive adhesive layer is disposed in contact with the protective metal layer.
13. A shield film suitable for use in shielding a signal-transmitting circuit from signal-interfering electromagnetic noise, comprising:
a metal layer, which is 2 μum to 12 μm thick;
an insulating layer, which is 1 μm to 10 μm thick and is disposed along and in contact with a first surface of the metal layer; and
an anisotropic conductive adhesive layer containing conductive filler with an average particle size of 2 μm to 20 μm, which anisotropic conductive adhesive layer is disposed along and in contact with a second, opposite surface of the metal layer;
wherein the shield film exhibits between about 70 dB and about 85 dB of attenuation of a magnetic field wave at 1 GHz, as measured using KEC method.