IP Library Granted Patent US 12,344,953
Granted Patent B2
US 12,344,953 · App. 17/795,369 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Electrolytic copper foil

Inventors: Daisuke Nakajima (Ageo, JP); Yasuji Hara (Ageo, JP); Mitsuyoshi Matsuda (Ageo, JP); Mitsuhiro Wada (Ageo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
C25D1/04
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Patent No.
US 12,344,953
App. No.
17/795,369
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an electrodeposited copper foil having high smoothness and at the same time exhibiting high flexibility (particularly, high flexibility after annealing at 180° C. for 1 hour) suitable for a flexible substrate. This electrodeposited copper foil has a ten-point average roughness Rz of 0.1 μm or larger and 2.0 μm or smaller on at least one surface, 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 in an unannealed original state, and 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 after annealing at 180° C. for 1 hour.

Claims (12)

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 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 , and

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 .

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 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 to 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,

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

4. 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 Jul 26, 2022
From: NAKAJIMA, DAISUKE; HARA, YASUJI; MATSUDA, MITSUYOSHI; WADA, MITSUHIRO
To: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060625/0960 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-013720 · Jan 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230074384A1 · Mar 9, 2023
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