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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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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,344,953
App. No.
17/795,369
Filed
Jul 26, 2022
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Art Unit
1784
USPC
428/544
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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