IP Library Granted Patent US 12,177,972
Granted Patent B2
US 12,177,972 · App. 18/289,769 · Granted Dec 24, 2024

Heat-dissipating circuit board, heat-dissipating member, and production method for heat-dissipating circuit board

Inventors: Toshinobu Fujimura (Tsukuba, JP); Katsumi Nakasato (Tsukuba, JP); Muneaki Iizuka (Tsukuba, JP)
Assignee: NOF CORPORATION
H05K1/053C23C16/403C23C16/4486H01L21/4846H01L23/3735H05K1/0209H05K3/44H05K2201/0179H05K2201/0191H05K2203/088
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Patent No.
US 12,177,972
App. No.
18/289,769
Granted
Dec 24, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to the present invention, a heat-dissipating circuit board is formed by providing a metal material adjacent to one surface of an insulating layer and providing a conductive metal layer to the other surface of the insulating layer. The metal material is a sheet of copper or a copper alloy or aluminum or an aluminum alloy and is 0.2-20 mm thick. The insulating layer is a metal oxide layer that has the composition AlxOyTz, is 0.2-30 μm thick, has a volume resistivity of at least 1000 GΩ·cm, and has a porosity of no more than 10%. The heat-dissipating circuit board has excellent heat-dissipation properties and insulation properties.

Claims (16)

1. A heat-dissipating circuit board comprising a metal material that is provided to be adjacent to one surface of an insulating layer and a conductive metal layer that is provided on the other surface of the insulating layer, wherein

a material of the metal material is copper or a copper alloy or aluminum or an aluminum alloy, and the metal material has a sheet shape with a thickness of 0.2 mm or more and 20 mm or less, and

the insulating layer is a metal oxide layer that is represented by a compositional formula: AlxOyTz,

(where Al represents an aluminum atom, O represents an oxygen atom, T represents one atom or a plurality of atoms other than Al and O; x, y, and z denote a mass ratio, x+y+z=100, x is 30 or more and 60 or less, y is 40 or more and 70 or less, and z is 0 or more and 10 or less), and

has a thickness of 0.2 μm or more and 30 μm or less, a volume resistivity of 1000 GΩ·cm or more, and a porosity of 10% or less.

2. The heat-dissipating circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein a surface roughness (Ra1) of the metal material on an insulating layer side is 1.0 μm or less, and a surface roughness (Ra2) of the insulating layer on a conductive metal layer side is 0.3 μm or less.

3. The heat-dissipating circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein a content of carbon atoms in the metal oxide layer is 0.1% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less.

4. A heat-dissipating member obtained by bonding the metal material in the heat-dissipating circuit board according to claim 1 to a heat sink with an adhesive or grease.

5. A production method for the heat-dissipating circuit board according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer is formed by reacting a coating liquid containing a salt or complex of aluminum on the metal material for film formation.

6. The production method for a heat-dissipating circuit board according to claim 5 , wherein the film formation method is a method in which mist or droplets obtained by atomizing the coating liquid or forming the coating liquid into droplets are conveyed with a carrier gas, and then the mist or droplets are reacted on the metal material in a temperature atmosphere of 230° C. or more and 450° C. or less.

7. The production method for a heat-dissipating circuit board according to claim 5 , wherein the coating liquid contains an aluminum complex at 0.2% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less.

8. The heat-dissipating circuit board according to claim 2 , wherein a content of carbon atoms in the metal oxide layer is 0.1% by mass or more and 5% by mass or less.

9. A heat-dissipating member obtained by bonding the metal material in the heat-dissipating circuit board according to claim 2 to a heat sink with an adhesive or grease.

10. A production method for the heat-dissipating circuit board according to claim 2 , wherein the insulating layer is formed by reacting a coating liquid containing a salt or complex of aluminum on the metal material for film formation.

11. The production method for a heat-dissipating circuit board according to claim 10 , wherein the film formation method is a method in which mist or droplets obtained by atomizing the coating liquid or forming the coating liquid into droplets are conveyed with a carrier gas, and then the mist or droplets are reacted on the metal material in a temperature atmosphere of 230° C. or more and 450° C. or less.

12. The production method for a heat-dissipating circuit board according to claim 10 , wherein the coating liquid contains an aluminum complex at 0.2% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 7, 2023
From: FUJIMURA, TOSHINOBU; NAKASATO, KATSUMI; IIZUKA, MUNEAKI
To: NOF CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 065479/0853 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-139948 · Aug 30, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240268022A1 · Aug 8, 2024
Cited By (1)
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