Polymer films and electronic devices
In a first aspect, a polymer film includes a polyimide. The polyimide includes one or more dianhydrides and one or more diamines. Each of the dianhydrides and diamines is selected from the group consisting of crankshaft monomers, flexible monomers, rigid rotational monomers, rigid non-rotational monomers, and rotational inhibitor monomers. The polymer film has a D f of 0.005 or less, a water absorption of 2.0% or less and a water vapor transport rate of 50 (g×mil)/(m 2 ×day) or less. In a second aspect, a metal-clad laminate includes the polymer film of first aspect and a first metal layer adhered to a first outer surface of the polymer film. In a third aspect, an electronic device includes the polymer film of the first aspect.
1. A polymer film comprising a polyimide, wherein the polyimide comprises:
two or more dianhydrides comprising:
30 to 49 mol % of a first monomer that is a crankshaft monomer; and
1 to 20 mol % of a second monomer that is a rigid non-rotational monomer; and
three or more diamines comprising:
5 to 35 mol % of a third monomer that is a rotational inhibitor monomer;
1 to 20 mol % of a fourth monomer that is a flexible monomer; and
1 to 40 mol % of a fifth monomer that is a rigid rotational monomer or a rigid non-rotational monomer, wherein the mol % of each monomer is based on the total of all five monomers, wherein the polymer film has:
a dielectric dissipation loss factor D f of 0.005 or less;
a water absorption of 2.0% or less; and
a water vapor transport rate of 50 (g×mil)/(m 2 ×day) or less.
2. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein the polymer film has a thickness in the range of from 10 to 150 μm.
3. A metal-clad laminate comprising the polymer film of claim 1 and a first metal layer adhered to a first outer surface of the polymer film.
4. The metal-clad laminate of claim 3 , further comprising a second metal layer adhered to a second outer surface of the polymer film.
5. An electronic device comprising the polymer film of claim 1 .
6. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein the crankshaft dianhydride monomer is 3,3′,4,4′-biphenyl tetracarboxylic dianhydride or a functional derivative thereof.
7. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein the rigid non-rotational dianhydride monomer is selected from the group consisting of pyromellitic dianhydride, 1,3-diaminobenzene, dibromopyromellitic dianhydride, 3,4,9,10-perylenetetracarboxylic dianhydride, naphthalene-1,4,5,8-tetracarboxylic dianhydride and mixtures thereof.
8. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein the rotational inhibitor diamine monomer is selected from the group consisting of 2,2′-dimethyl-4,4′-diaminodiphenyl, 2,2′-bis(trifluoromethyl)benzidine and mixtures thereof.
9. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein the flexible diamine monomer is selected from the group consisting of 4,4′-oxydianiline, 2,2-bis[4-(4-aminophenoxy)phenyl]propane, 1,3-bis(3-aminophenoxy)benzene, 1,3-bis(4-aminophenoxy)benzene and mixtures thereof.
10. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein the rigid rotational diamine monomer is selected from the group consisting of p-phenylenediamine, 5-amino-2-(p-aminophenyl)benzoxazole and mixtures thereof.
11. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein the rigid non-rotational diamine monomer is selected from the group consisting of 1,5-diaminonaphthalene, 1,6-diaminopyrene, 3,6-diaminocarbazole and mixtures thereof.
12. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein the flexible diamine monomer has a Kier flexibility in the range of from 7.0 to 14.0.
13. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein the polymer film further comprises up to 20 wt % of a filler comprising an inorganic filler, an organic filler or a mixture thereof.
14. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein the polymer film has a dielectric dissipation loss factor D f of 0.0035 or less.
15. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein the polymer film has a water absorption of 1.25% or less.
16. The polymer film of claim 1 , wherein the polymer film has a water vapor transport rate of 15(g×mil)/(m 2 ×day) or less.