IP Library Granted Patent US 12,643,147
Granted Patent B2
US 12,643,147 · App. 18/279,012 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Joint structure

Inventors: Shinichi Yamauchi (Ageo, JP); Kei Anai (Ageo, JP)
Assignee: MITSUI KINZOKU COMPANY, LIMITED
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Patent No.
US 12,643,147
App. No.
18/279,012
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bonded structure is a structure in which two bonding target members and a bonding portion formed between and adjacent to the bonding target members are bonded together. The bonding portion is made of a material mainly containing copper. In a cross section of the bonded structure taken along a thickness direction, a ratio of a bonded rate between the bonding target members and the bonding portion in a peripheral region of the bonded structure to a bonded rate between the bonding target members and the bonding portion in a central region of the bonded structure is from 0.6 to 0.9. The bonded rate is 0.3 or more.

Claims (16)

1 . A bonded structure in which two bonding target members and a bonding portion formed between and adjacent to the bonding target members are bonded together,

wherein the bonding portion comprises a sintered body of copper particles containing spherical copper particles and flake-like copper particles,

a ratio (Rs/Rc) of a bonded rate Rs between the bonding target members and the bonding portion in a peripheral region of the bonded structure to a bonded rate Rc between the bonding target members and the bonding portion in a central region of the bonded structure is from 0.6 to 0.8, in a cross section of the bonded structure taken along a thickness direction thereof,

the bonded rate Rc is 0.3 or more, and

the bonded rate Rs is 0.35 or more and 0.55 or less,

wherein a temperature increase rate during sintering is 120 to 2000° C./min.

2 . The bonded structure according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of at least one of the bonding target members contains at least one metal selected from gold, silver, copper, nickel, and titanium.

3 . The bonded structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bonding portion comprises a compound with a structure represented by Formula (1) below:

in Formula (1), 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.

4 . The bonded structure according to claim 1 , wherein the copper particles are comprised of 70% of the spherical copper particles and 30% of the flake-like copper particles.

5 . The bonded structure according to claim 1 , wherein a particle size of the spherical copper particles lies in a range of 0.03 microns or more.

6 . The bonded structure according to claim 1 , wherein a particle size of the flake-like copper particles lies in a range of 0.3 microns or more.

7 . The bonded structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bonded rate Rc is 0.4 or more.

8 . The bonded structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bonded rate Rc is 0.5 or more.

9 . The bonded structure according to claim 1 , wherein the bonded rate Rs is 0.35 or more and 0.5 or less.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 14, 2025
From: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
To: MITSUI KINZOKU COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 073574/0634 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 25, 2023
From: YAMAUCHI, SHINICHI; ANAI, KEI
To: MITSUI MINING & SMELTING CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064710/0025 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-058724 · Mar 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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