IP Library Granted Patent US 12,168,838
Granted Patent B2
US 12,168,838 · App. 17/792,842 · Granted Dec 17, 2024

Electrolytic copper foil

Inventors: Daisuke Nakajima (Ageo, JP); Mitsuyoshi Matsuda (Ageo, JP); Yasuji Hara (Ageo, JP); Mitsuhiro Wada (Ageo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
C25D5/611C25D5/617C25D7/0614
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Patent No.
US 12,168,838
App. No.
17/792,842
Granted
Dec 17, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electrodeposited copper foil having high smoothness and exhibiting high flexibility (particularly, high flexibility after annealing at 180° C. for 1 hour) suitable for a flexible substrate. This electrodeposited copper foil has an Rz of 0.1 to 2.0 μm on at least one surface. In cross-sectional analysis by EBSD, a proportion of an area occupied by copper crystal grains satisfying the following conditions relative to an area of an observation field occupied by copper crystal grains is 63% or more. The conditions are as follows: i) (101) orientation; ii) an aspect ratio of 0.500 or less; iii) |sin θ| of 0.001 to 0.707, where θ (°) is an angle between a normal line of an electrode surface of the electrodeposited copper foil and a major axis of the copper crystal grain; and iv) when the crystal is elliptically approximated, a length of a minor axis of 0.38 μm or smaller.

Claims (11)

1. An electrodeposited copper foil having a ten-point average roughness Rz of 0.1 μm or larger and 2.0 μm or smaller on at least one surface,

wherein in cross-sectional analysis by electron backscatter diffraction (EBSD), a proportion of an area occupied by copper crystal grains satisfying all of the following conditions:

i) (101) orientation;

ii) an aspect ratio of 0.500 or less;

iii) |sin θ| of 0.001 or more and 0.707 or less, where θ (°) is an angle between a normal line of an electrode surface of the electrodeposited copper foil and a major axis of the copper crystal grain; and

iv) when the crystal is elliptically approximated, a length of a minor axis of 0.38 μm or smaller,

relative to an area of an observation field occupied by copper crystal grains is 63% or more.

2. The electrodeposited copper foil according to claim 1 , wherein the electrodeposited copper foil has a ten-point average roughness Rz of 0.1 μm or larger and 2.0 μm or smaller on both surfaces.

3. The electrodeposited copper foil according to claim 1 , wherein after annealing at 180° C. for 1 hour, the electrodeposited copper foil has a tensile strength measured in accordance with IPC-TM-650 of 15 kgf/mm 2 or more and less than 25 kgf/mm 2 .

4. The electrodeposited copper foil according to claim 1 , wherein in an unannealed original state, the electrodeposited copper foil has a tensile strength measured in accordance with IPC-TM-650 of 56 kgf/mm 2 or more and less than 65 kgf/mm 2 .

5. A flexible substrate, comprising the electrodeposited copper foil according to claim 1 .

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 Jan 10, 2023
From: NAKAJIMA, DAISUKE; MATSUDA, MITSUYOSHI; HARA, YASUJI; WADA, MITSUHIRO
To: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062330/0674 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-013719 · Jan 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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