IP Library Granted Patent US 12,564,879
Granted Patent B2
US 12,564,879 · App. 17/764,273 · Granted Mar 3, 2026

Copper paste for joining, method for manufacturing joined body, and joined body

Inventors: Motohiro Negishi (Tokyo, JP); Hideo Nakako (Tokyo, JP); Michiko Natori (Tokyo, JP); Dai Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP); Chie Sugama (Tokyo, JP); Yuki Kawana (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: RESONAC CORPORATION
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Patent No.
US 12,564,879
App. No.
17/764,273
Granted
Mar 3, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A copper paste for joining contains metal particles and a dispersion medium, in which the copper paste for joining contains copper particles as the metal particles, and the copper paste for joining contains dihydroterpineol as the dispersion medium. A method for manufacturing a joined body is a method for manufacturing a joined body which includes a first member, a second member, and a joining portion that joins the first member and the second member, the method including: a first step of printing the above-described copper paste for joining to at least one joining surface of the first member and the second member to prepare a laminate having a laminate structure in which the first member, the copper paste for joining, and the second member are laminated in this order; and a second step of sintering the copper paste for joining of the laminate.

Claims (27)

1 . A copper paste for joining, comprising:

metal particles comprising copper particles; and a dispersion medium comprising dihydroterpineol, wherein

a content of the dispersion medium is 5 to less than 15% by mass on the basis of the total mass of the copper paste for joining,

a content of the dihydroterpineol is 50 to 100% by mass on the basis of the total mass of the dispersion medium,

a content of the metal particles is greater than 85% on the basis of the total amount of the copper paste for joining, and

a viscosity of the copper paste for joining at 25° C. is 100 to 250 Pa·s.

2 . The copper paste for joining according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the metal particles is 87 to 95% by mass on the basis of the total amount of the copper paste for joining.

3 . The copper paste for joining according to claim 1 , wherein the dispersion medium further contains a compound having a boiling point of 300° C. or higher.

4 . The copper paste for joining according to claim 1 , wherein a viscosity at 25° C. is 100 to 200 Pa·s.

5 . The copper paste for joining according to claim 1 , wherein a content of the copper particles is 80 to 100% by mass on the basis of the total mass of the metal particles.

6 . The copper paste for joining according to claim 1 , wherein the copper paste for joining is for screen printing.

7 . The copper paste for joining according to claim 1 , wherein the copper paste for joining contains submicro copper particles having a volume average particle diameter of 0.12 to 0.8 μm and flake-shaped micro copper particles having a maximum diameter of 2 to 50 μm and an aspect ratio of 3.0 or more as the copper particles.

8 . The copper paste for joining according to claim 7 , wherein a content of the submicro copper particles is 30 to 90% by mass on the basis of the total mass of the copper particles, and

a content of the micro copper particles is 10 to 70% by mass on the basis of the total mass of the copper particles.

9 . The copper paste for joining according to claim 1 , wherein the copper paste for joining is for non-pressurization joining.

10 . A method for manufacturing a joined body which includes a first member, a second member, and a joining portion that joins the first member and the second member, the method comprising:

a first step of printing the copper paste for joining according to claim 1 to at least one joining surface of the first member and the second member to prepare a laminate having a laminate structure in which the first member, the copper paste for joining, and the second member are laminated in this order; and

a second step of sintering the copper paste for joining of the laminate.

11 . The method for manufacturing a joined body according to claim 10 , wherein the printing is screen printing.

12 . The method for manufacturing a joined body according to claim 10 , wherein in the second step, the copper paste for joining is sintered by being heated under non-pressurization.

13 . The method for manufacturing a joined body according to claim 10 , wherein at least one of the first member and the second member is a semiconductor element.

14 . A joined body comprising: a first member; a second member; and a joining portion that joins the first member and the second member, wherein the joining portion is made of a sintered body of the copper paste for joining according to claim 1 .

15 . The joined body according to claim 14 , wherein at least one of the first member and the second member is a semiconductor element.

16 . The copper paste for joining according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the dispersion medium is 11 to 13 parts by mass when a total mass of the metal particles contained in the copper paste for joining is regarded as 100 parts by mass.

17 . The copper paste for joining according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the dispersion medium is 10 to 15 parts by mass when a total mass of the metal particles contained in the copper paste for joining is regarded as 100 parts by mass.

18 . The copper paste for joining according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the dihydroterpineol is 50 to 90% by mass on the basis of the total mass of the dispersion medium.

19 . The copper paste for joining according to claim 1 , wherein the content of the dihydroterpineol is 60 to 80% by mass on the basis of the total mass of the dispersion medium.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 9, 2024
From: RESONAC CORPORATION
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 066547/0677 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 8, 2023
From: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
To: RESONAC CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062992/0805 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2022
From: NEGISHI, MOTOHIRO; NAKAKO, HIDEO; NATORI, MICHIKO; ISHIKAWA, DAI; SUGAMA, CHIE; KAWANA, YUKI
To: SHOWA DENKO MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059650/0756 →
Continuity (1)
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