IP Library Granted Patent US 12,160,959
Granted Patent B2
US 12,160,959 · App. 17/826,464 · Granted Dec 3, 2024

Bonded body, ceramic copper circuit board, method for manufacturing bonded body, and method for manufacturing ceramic copper circuit board

Inventors: Maki Yonetsu (Mitaka, JP); Seiichi Suenaga (Yokohama, JP); Sachiko Fujisawa (Kawasaki, JP); Takashi Sano (Fujisawa, JP)
Assignees: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
H05K3/388H05K1/0306H05K2203/04
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Patent No.
US 12,160,959
App. No.
17/826,464
Granted
Dec 3, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A bonded body includes a ceramic substrate and a copper plate, in which the copper plate is bonded to the ceramic substrate via a bonding layer, the copper plate includes a surface perpendicular to a direction in which the ceramic substrate and the copper plate are bonded, and a number percentage of copper crystal grains having major diameters greater than 400 μm in three 5 mm×5 mm regions included in the surface is not less than 0% and not more than 5%. The bonding temperature is favorably not more than 800° C. The number percentage of the copper crystal grains having major diameters greater than 400 μm is favorably not more than 1%.

Claims (44)

1. A bonded body, comprising:

a ceramic substrate; and

a copper plate bonded to the ceramic substrate via a bonding layer,

the copper plate including a surface perpendicular to a direction in which the ceramic substrate and the copper plate are bonded,

a number percentage of copper crystal grains having major diameters greater than 400 μm in three 5 mm×5 mm regions included in the surface being not less than 0% and not more than 5%, and

an average value of the major diameters of the copper crystal grains in the three regions is not less than 30 μm and not more than 300 μm.

2. The body according to claim 1 , wherein

the number percentage is not more than 1%.

3. The body according to claim 1 , wherein

an average value of the major diameters of the copper crystal grains in the three regions is not less than 50 μm and not more than 150 μm.

4. The body according to claim 1 , wherein

a number percentage of the copper crystal grains having major diameters within an average range in the three regions is not less than 80%, and

the average range is not less than 0.5 times and not more than 2 times an average value of the major diameters of the copper crystal grains in the three regions.

5. The body according to claim 1 , wherein

an arithmetic average height Wa of a waviness curve of the ceramic substrate is not more than 2 μm, and

a maximum cross-sectional height Wt of the waviness curve is not more than 10 μm.

6. The body according to claim 1 , wherein

the bonding layer includes Ag, Cu, and Ti.

7. The body according to claim 1 , wherein

the ceramic substrate is one of a silicon nitride substrate or an aluminum nitride substrate.

8. The body according to claim 1 , wherein

an average value of the major diameters of the copper crystal grains in the three regions is not less than 30 μm and not more than 300 μm,

a number percentage of the copper crystal grains having major diameters within an average range in the three regions is not less than 80%, and

the average range is not less than 0.5 times and not more than 2 times an average value of the major diameters of the copper crystal grains in the three regions.

9. The body according to claim 8 , wherein

an arithmetic average height Wa of a waviness curve of the ceramic substrate is not more than 2 μm, and

a maximum cross-sectional height Wt of the waviness curve is not more than 10 μm.

10. The body according to claim 9 , wherein

the bonding layer includes Ag, Cu, and Ti.

11. The body according to claim 10 , wherein

the ceramic substrate is one of a silicon nitride substrate or an aluminum nitride substrate.

12. A ceramic copper circuit board using the bonded body according to claim 1 .

13. A method for manufacturing the bonded body according to claim 1 , the method comprising:

a process of disposing a brazing material used as the bonding layer between the ceramic substrate and the copper plate; and

a bonding process including a bonding temperature of not more than 800° C.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein the bonding temperature is not more than 700° C.

15. The method according to claim 13 , wherein B/A≤10 is satisfied,

A (μm) is an average value of the major diameters of the copper crystal grains of the copper plate before bonding, and

B (μm) is an average value of the major diameters of the copper crystal grains of the copper plate after bonding.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein 1.1<B/A<5 is satisfied.

17. The method according to claim 13 , wherein a largest endothermic peak of a DSC curve of the brazing material is at not more than 700° C.

18. A method for manufacturing a ceramic copper circuit board, the method comprising:

a method for manufacturing the bonded body according to claim 1 ; and

a process of providing a circuit structure in the bonded copper plate.

Assignments (4)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Feb 19, 2026
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO. LTD.
Reel/Frame 074940/0511 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 19, 2026
From: TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO. LTD.
To: NITERRA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 074941/0803 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Feb 19, 2026
From: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA
Reel/Frame 074941/0846 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2022
From: YONETSU, MAKI; SUENAGA, SEIICHI; FUJISAWA, SACHIKO; SANO, TAKASHI
To: KABUSHIKI KAISHA TOSHIBA; TOSHIBA MATERIALS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060036/0851 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-048222 · Mar 18, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2021009040 · Mar 8, 2021
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