IP Library Granted Patent US 12,070,801
Granted Patent B2
US 12,070,801 · App. 17/435,846 · Granted Aug 27, 2024

Bonding material and bonded structure

Inventors: Kei Anai (Ageo, JP); Jung-Lae Jo (Ageo, JP)
Assignee: Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd.
B22F7/08B22F1/052B22F1/054B22F1/0551B22F1/056B22F1/068B22F1/107B22F1/147B23K35/0238B23K35/302B32B15/01H01L24/29H01L24/45B22F2301/10H01L2224/29124H01L2224/29139H01L2224/29144H01L2224/29147H01L2224/29155H01L2224/45147
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Patent No.
US 12,070,801
App. No.
17/435,846
Granted
Aug 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bonding material includes: a copper foil; and a sinterable bonding film formed on one surface of the copper foil. The bonding film contains a copper powder and a solid reducing agent. The bonding material is used for bonding to a bonding target having, on its surface, at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, copper, nickel, and aluminum. The bonding material is also used as a material for wire bonding. A bonded structure is also provided in which a bonding target having a metal layer formed on its surface and a copper foil are electrically connected to each other via a bonding layer formed of a sintered structure of a copper powder, wherein the metal layer contains at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, copper, nickel, and aluminum.

Claims (38)

1. A bonding material comprising:

a copper foil, a thickness of the copper foil being in a range of 0.5 μm to 200 μm; and

a sinterable bonding film formed on only one surface of the copper foil,

wherein the bonding film contains a metal powder and a solid reducing agent,

the bonding film contains, as the metal powder, only an assemblage of copper particles made only of copper and a balance consisting of unavoidable impurities, and

the bonding material is used for bonding to a bonding target having, on its surface, at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, copper, nickel, and aluminum.

2. A bonding material that is used to form a wire bonding structure, the bonding material comprising:

a copper foil, a thickness of the copper foil being in a range of 0.5 μm to 200 μm; and

a sinterable bonding film formed on only one surface of the copper foil,

wherein the bonding film contains metal powder and a solid reducing agent, and

the bonding film contains, as the metal powder, only an assemblage of copper particles made only of copper and a balance consisting of unavoidable impurities.

3. The bonding material according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bonding film contains the solid reducing agent in an amount of 0.1 parts by mass to 10 parts by mass with respect to 100 parts by mass of the metal powder.

4. The bonding material according to claim 1 ,

wherein the copper particles contain spherical copper particles, and

a volume-based cumulative particle size D SEM50 at a cumulative volume of 50 vol % as measured using a scanning electron microscope of the spherical copper particles is from 30 nm to 200 nm.

5. The bonding material according to claim 1 ,

wherein the solid reducing agent is an amino alcohol compound.

6. A bonded structure in which a bonding target having, on its surface, at least one metal selected from the group consisting of gold, silver, copper, nickel, and aluminum and a copper foil are electrically connected to each other via a bonding layer formed of a sintered structure of powder a bonding film,

wherein a thickness of the copper foil is in a range of 0.5 μm to 200 μm,

the bonding film contains a metal powder and a solid reducing agent and is formed on only one surface of the copper foil,

the bonding film contains, as the metal powder, only an assemblage of copper particles made only of copper and a balance consisting of unavoidable impurities, and

a structure ( 3 ) below is formed in the bonding layer:

where R 3 to R 5 each independently represent a hydrogen atom, a hydroxyl group, a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms, or a hydrocarbon group having 1 to 10 carbon atoms and having a hydroxyl group, and * represents a copper-binding site.

7. The bonded structure according to claim 6 ,

wherein the bonding layer has a thickness of 0.1 μm to 950 μm.

8. The bonding material according to claim 1 ,

wherein the bonding film becomes a bonding layer after the bonding film is sintered, and

the bonding layer contains a structure derived from the metal powder and the solid reducing agent.

9. The bonding material according to claim 2 ,

wherein the bonding film becomes a bonding layer after the bonding film is sintered, and

the bonding layer contains a structure derived from the metal powder and the solid reducing agent.

10. The bonding material according to claim 1 ,

wherein the copper particles are present in the bonding film as an unfused state.

11. The bonding material according to claim 2 ,

wherein the copper particles are present in the bonding film as an unfused state.

12. The bonded structure according to claim 6 ,

wherein the copper particles are present in the bonding film as an unfused state.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 31, 2026
From: MITSUI MINING AND SMELTING COMPANY, LIMITED
To: MITSUI KINZOKU COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 075357/0342 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2021
From: ANAI, KEI; JO, JUNG-LAE
To: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057396/0605 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-068289 · Mar 29, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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