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Granted Patent B2
US 12,009,586 · App. 17/429,144 · Granted Jun 11, 2024

Conductive device, method for producing conductive device, and radio

Inventors: Takuya Mino (Osaka, JP); Takanori Aketa (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H01Q1/38H01Q1/24H05K1/092H05K3/12H05K3/28
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Patent No.
US 12,009,586
App. No.
17/429,144
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The conductive device includes a substrate and an electrically conductive portion. The electrically conductive portion is provided on the substrate. The electrically conductive portion includes an electrically conductive part and a low resistance conductive layer. The electrically conductive part is provided on the substrate and includes an electrically conductive particle and an organic binder. The low resistance conductive layer covers at least part of a surface of the electrically conductive part and has lower resistivity than the electrically conductive part.

Claims (55)

1. A conductive device, comprising:

a substrate; and

an electrically conductive portion provided on the substrate,

the electrically conductive portion including:

an electrically conductive part provided on the substrate and including an electrically conductive particle and an organic binder; and

a low resistance conductive layer covering at least part of a surface of the electrically conductive part and having a lower resistivity than the electrically conductive part,

wherein the low resistance conductive layer is a sintered silver layer including a plurality of silver nanoparticles.

2. The conductive device of claim 1 wherein

the electrically conductive part is stretchable.

3. The conductive device of claim 1 , wherein

the substrate is a flexible substrate.

4. The conductive device of claim 1 , further comprising a protecting sheet stacked on the substrate and covering the electrically conductive portion.

5. The conductive device of any one of claim 1 , wherein the electrically conductive particle is a silver particle.

6. The conductive device of claim 1 , wherein

the substrate has a groove overlapping the electrically conductive portion in plan view in a thickness direction of the substrate, the groove extending along an edge of the electrically conductive portion, and

in the plan view in the thickness direction of the substrate, the edge of the electrically conductive portion overlaps one opening edge of a pair of opening edges in a width direction of the groove, the one opening edge being closer to the edge of the electrically conductive portion, and

the electrically conductive portion includes a projection portion inserted in the grooves.

7. The conductive device of claim 1 , wherein

the low resistance conductive layer is stacked on an entirety of the surface of the electrically conductive part.

8. A method for producing the conductive device of claim 7 , the method comprising:

preparing the substrate;

applying conductive paste to a formation target area of the electrically conductive part on the substrate, the conductive paste including the electrically conductive particle, the organic binder, and a solvent;

heating the conductive paste to form the electrically conductive part; and

forming the low resistance conductive layer on the surface of the electrically conductive part.

9. A radio comprising a conductive device as an antenna device,

the conductive device comprising:

a substrate; and

an electrically conductive portion provided on the substrate,

the electrically conductive portion including:

an electrically conductive part provided on the substrate and including an electrically conductive particle and an organic binder; and

a low resistance conductive layer covering at least part of a surface of the electrically conductive part and having a lower resistivity than the electrically conductive part,

wherein the low resistance conductive layer is a sintered silver layer including a plurality of silver nanoparticles.

10. The radio of claim 9 , further comprising a housing, wherein

the housing and the conductive device are integrated with each other.

11. The radio of claim 10 further comprising a connection terminal electrically connected to the conductive device, wherein

the conductive device is electrically connectable to a component outside the conductive device via the connection terminal.

12. The radio of claim 10 , wherein

the housing is a film insert molded product including the conductive device as a film.

13. A radio comprising:

a conductive device as an antenna device;

a housing; and

a connection terminal electrically connected to the conductive device, the conductive device comprising:

a substrate; and

an electrically conductive portion provided on the substrate, the electrically conductive portion including:

an electrically conductive part provided on the substrate and including an electrically conductive particle and an organic binder; and

a low resistance conductive layer covering at least part of a surface of the electrically conductive part and having a lower resistivity than the electrically conductive part,

wherein the housing and the conductive device are integrated with each other,

the conductive device is electrically connectable to a component outside the conductive device via the connection terminal, and

the connection terminal has:

a through part extending through the substrate in a thickness direction of the substrates; and

a base part between the substrate and the housing.

14. The radio of claim 13 , wherein

the base part has an outer peripheral part, and at least part of the outer peripheral part is thinner than a center part of the base part.

15. The radio of claim 13 , wherein

the base part has a groove formed in a surface located on an opposite side from the substrate in the thickness direction of the substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 17, 2022
From: MINO, TAKUYA; AKETA, TAKANORI
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-021902 · Feb 8, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220013892A1 · Jan 13, 2022