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US 12,573,520 · App. 18/723,039 · Granted Mar 10, 2026

Extruded aluminum wire

Inventors: Hiroaki Hoshikawa (Niihama, JP); Akira Nagata (Niihama, JP); Yuji Kubota (Niihama, JP); Nana Arai (Niihama, JP)
Assignee: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
H01B1/023B21C23/002B21C29/003B21C37/045B21C37/047C22C21/00C22F1/04
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Patent No.
US 12,573,520
App. No.
18/723,039
Granted
Mar 10, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed is an extruded aluminum wire including: Fe, Cu, Ti, Mn, Mg, Cr, B, Ga, V and Zn in the total content of 0.01% by mass or less, and one or more components selected from the group consisting of Ni, Y and Si, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities, wherein, in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the extruded wire, an average grain size measured by electron backscatter diffraction is 15 to 50 μm, respectively, in both a central measurement region including a center point of the cross-section and a peripheral measurement region in contact with the outer periphery of the cross-section.

Claims (75)

1 . An extruded aluminum wire comprising:

Fe, Cu, Ti, Mn, Mg, Cr, B, Ga, V and Zn, wherein a total content of 0.01% by mass or less, and

one or more components selected from the group consisting of Ni, Y and Si, with the balance being Al and inevitable impurities,

wherein, in a cross-section perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the extruded wire, an average grain size measured by electron backscatter diffraction is 15 to 50 μm, respectively, in both a central measurement region including a center point of the cross-section and a peripheral measurement region in contact with the outer periphery of the cross-section,

wherein the central measurement region is a rectangular region positioned so that an intersection of diagonals of the central measurement region overlaps with the center point of the cross-section, for the extruded aluminum wire having a diameter of 1.6 mm or less, the central measurement region is a rectangular region of 0.23 mm×0.31 mm, for the extruded aluminum wire having the diameter of more than 1.6 mm, the central measurement region is a rectangular region of 0.46 mm×0.61 mm; and

wherein the peripheral measurement region is a rectangular region positioned so that each end of one of two opposing long sides of the peripheral measurement region are in contact with the outer periphery of the cross-section, for the extruded aluminum wire having the diameter of 1.6 mm or less, the peripheral measurement region is a rectangular region of 0.23 mm×0.31 mm; for the extruded aluminum wire having the diameter of more than 1.6 mm, the peripheral measurement region is a rectangular region of 0.46 mm×0.61 mm.

2 . The extruded aluminum wire according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following formula (1):

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Dp

-

Dc

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≤

20

⁢

(

μm

)

(

1

)

Wherein,

Dc is an average grain size (μm) in the central measurement region of the cross-section, and

Dp is an average grain size (μm) in the peripheral measurement region of the cross-section.

3 . The extruded aluminum wire according to claim 1 , wherein an area ratio of a region where kernel average misorientation within grains is 0.2° or more is 15 to 30%, respectively, in both the central measurement region and the peripheral measurement region.

4 . The extruded aluminum wire according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following formula (2):

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Rc

-

Rp

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≤

5

⁢

(

%

)

(

2

)

Wherein,

Rc is an area ratio (%) of a region where kernel average misorientation in the central measurement region of the cross-section is 0.2° or more, and

Rp is an area ratio (%) of a region where kernel average misorientation in the peripheral measurement region of the cross-section is 0.2° or more.

5 . The extruded aluminum wire according to claim 1 , which satisfies the following formula (3):

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STD

⁢

1

-

STD

⁢

2

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≤

0.

0

⁢

2

(

3

)

Wherein,

STD1 is a standard deviation of a measured value (°) of kernel average misorientation in the central measurement region of the cross-section, and

STD2 is a standard deviation of a measured value (°) of kernel average misorientation in the peripheral measurement region of the cross-section,

when the kernel average misorientation within grains in the cross-section is measured by electron backscatter diffraction.

6 . The extruded aluminum wire according to claim 1 , wherein the total content of one or more components selected from the group consisting of Ni, Y and Si is 10 to 2000 ppm by mass.

7 . The extruded aluminum wire according to claim 1 , which has a diameter of 1 to 10 mm.

8 . A semiconductor device comprising the extruded aluminum wire according to claim 1 .

9 . A semiconductor stabilizing material comprising the extruded aluminum wire according to claim 1 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2024
From: HOSHIKAWA, HIROAKI; NAGATA, AKIRA; KUBOTA, YUJI; ARAI, NANA
To: SUMITOMO CHEMICAL COMPANY, LIMITED
Reel/Frame 067800/0432 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2021-211128 · Dec 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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