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Process for producing multilayer circuit board
Assignee: Niterra Co Ltd
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Filing: 1986-08-28
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Granted: 1989-03-07
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Expires: 2006-08-28
Abstract
Abstract A process for producing a multilayer circuit board composed of crystallized glass and copper-metallized circuit patterns, which comprises: (1) providing a green sheet of a crystallizable glass powder; (2) providing a copper paste comprising copper component (copper and/or copper oxide) and a glass powder in a proportion by weight of the copper component to the glass powder 95:5 to 75:25, copper oxide being calculated on copper; (3) printing a circuit pattern of the copper paste of step (2) on the green sheet of step (1); (4) coating on the green sheet of step (3) an insulating paste to form an insulating layer except for regions assigned for through holes; (5) printing on the insulating layer of step (4) a circuit pattern of the copper paste of step (2) and filling said holes with the copper paste make a conductive connection through said holes; (6) decomposing the binders by heating the product of step (5) under an oxidizing atmosphere at 400°-850° C.; and (7) heating the product of step (6) at 850°-1050° C. under a reducing atmosphere for a period of time sufficient to reduce copper oxide, sinter the product of step (6) and crystallize said glasses. After step (5), pairs of steps (4) and (5) are repeated to make multilayer circuit boards.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuo Kondo
- 👤 Hisaharu Shiromizu
- 👤 Asao Morikawa
- 👤 Tsuneyuki Sukegawa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-04 05:23
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/46; H05K3/4644; H05K3/4664; H05K3/4667; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/09; H05K1/092; H05K1/03; H05K1/0306
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 18
Claim 1
Independent Claim
282 words
A process for producing a multilayer circuit board composed of crystallized glass and copper-metallized circuit patterns, which comprises the following steps: (1) providing a green sheet consisting essentially of a crystallizable glass powder and an organic binder; (2) providing a copper paste comprising an inorganic substance and an organic binder, the inorganic substance comprising a glass powder and at least one copper component selected from the group consisting of copper and copper oxide, and a glass powder having an equivalent quality to that of the crystallizable glass powder, in a proportion by weight of the copper component to the glass powder 95:5 to 75:25, copper oxide, calculated as copper; (3) printing a circuit pattern of the copper paste of step (2) on the green sheet of step (1) including predetermined regions for through holes; (4) coating on the green sheet printed with the circuit pattern of step (3) an insulating paste comprising a glass powder of equivalent quality to that of the green sheet to form an insulating layer except for the regions assigned for through holes; (5) printing on the insulating layer of step (4) a circuit pattern of the copper paste of step (2) and simultaneously filling said through holes with the copper paste to make a conductive connection between said circuit pattern on the insulating layer and that on the green sheet; (6) decomposing the binders by heating the product of step (5) under an oxidizing atmosphere; and (7) heating the product of step (6) at a temperature of 850°-1050° C. under a reducing atmosphere for a period of time sufficient to reduce a substantial amount of copper oxide, sinter the product of step (6) and crystallize said glasses.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
282 words
A process for producing a multilayer circuit board composed of crystallized glass and copper-metallized circuit patterns, which comprises the following steps: (1) providing a green sheet consisting essentially of a crystallizable glass powder and an organic binder; (2) providing a copper paste comprising an inorganic substance and an organic binder, the inorganic substance comprising a glass powder and at least one copper component selected from the group consisting of copper and copper oxide, and a glass powder having an equivalent quality to that of the crystallizable glass powder, in a proportion by weight of the copper component to the glass powder 95:5 to 75:25, copper oxide, calculated as copper; (3) printing a circuit pattern of the copper paste of step (2) on the green sheet of step (1) including predetermined regions for through holes; (4) coating on the green sheet printed with the circuit pattern of step (3) an insulating paste comprising a glass powder of equivalent quality to that of the green sheet to form an insulating layer except for the regions assigned for through holes; (5) printing on the insulating layer of step (4) a circuit pattern of the copper paste of step (2) and simultaneously filling said through holes with the copper paste to make a conductive connection between said circuit pattern on the insulating layer and that on the green sheet; (6) decomposing the binders by heating the product of step (5) under an oxidizing atmosphere; and (7) heating the product of step (6) at a temperature of 850°-1050° C. under a reducing atmosphere for a period of time sufficient to reduce a substantial amount of copper oxide, sinter the product of step (6) and crystallize said glasses.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process as defined in claim 1, wherein step (6) is carried out at a temperature of 400°-850° C.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process as defined in claim 1, wherein step (4) is carried out by screen printing with a screen having masked regions assigned for the through holes.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
37 words
The process as defined in claim 1, wherein, in step (5), the filling said holes is carried out by screen printing with a screen having said circuit pattern which includes the regions assigned for the through holes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process as defined in claim 1, wherein the proportion by weight of the copper component to the glass powder is 92:8 to 88:12.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
41 words
The process as defined in claim 1, wherein after step (5), a pair of step (4) and step (5) is repeated provided that, in repeatedstep (4), coating is made on the insulating layer of step (4) instead of the green sheet.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
27 words
The process as defined in claim 6, wherein after the pair of steps defined in claim 6, at least one of said pair of steps is repeated.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
24 words
The process as defined in claim 1, wherein after step (5) a further insulating layer is applied on the layer formed by step (5).
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
The process as defined in claim 6, wherein after the repeated step (5) a further insulating layer is applied on the layer formed by the repeated step (5).
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
30 words
The process as defined in claim 7, wherein after the finally repeated step (5) a further insulating layer is applied on the layer formed by the finally repeated step (5).
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
19 words
The process as defined in claim 1, wherein step (7) is carried out at a temperature of 880°-950° C.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
45 words
The process as defined in claim 1, wherein step (7) is carried out for a period of time sufficient to reduce copper oxide to form a conductive circuit pattern while remaining an intermediate layer of copper oxide at the boundary with the neighboring glass layer.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
21 words
The process as defined in claim 1, wherein in step (7), said reducing atmosphere is an ammonium decomposed gas or hydrogen.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
16 words
The process as defined in claim 1, wherein in step (6), said oxidizing atmosphere is air.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
17 words
The process as defined in claim 1, wherein in step (2), the copper component is copper oxide.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
293 words
A process for producing a multilayer circuit board composed of crystallized glass and copper-metallized circuit patterns, which comprises the following steps: (1) providing a green sheet consisting essentially of a crystallizable glass powder and an organic binder; (2) providing a copper paste comprising an inorganic substance and an organic binder, the inorganic substance comprising a glass powder and at least one copper component selected from the group consisting of copper and copper oxide, the glass powder of equivalent quality to that of the crystallizable glass powder, in a proportion by weight of the copper component to the glass powder 95:5 to 75:25, copper oxide, calculated as copper; (3) printing a circuit pattern of the copper paste of step (2) on the green sheet of step (1) including predetermined regions for through holes; (4) coating on the green sheet printed with the circuit pattern of step (3) an insulating paste comprising a glass powder of equivalent quality to that of the green sheet to form an insulating layer except for the regions assigned for the through holes; (5) printing on the insulating layer of step (4) a circuit pattern of the copper paste of step (2) and simultaneously filling the through holes with the copper paste to make a conductive connection between said circuit pattern on the insulating layer and that on the green sheet; (6) heating the product of step (5) at a temperature of 650°-800° C. under an oxidizing atmosphere for a period of time sufficient to decompose the binders; and (7) heating the product of step (6) at a temperature of 850°-1050° C. under a reducing atmosphere for a period of time sufficient to reduce a substantial amount of copper oxide, sinter the product of step (6) and crystallize said glasses.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
293 words
A process for producing a multilayer circuit board composed of crystallized glass and copper-metallized circuit patterns, which comprises the following steps: (1) providing a green sheet consisting essentially of a crystallizable glass powder and an organic binder; (2) providing a copper paste comprising an inorganic substance and an organic binder, the inorganic substance comprising a glass powder and at least one copper component selected from the group consisting of copper and copper oxide, the glass powder of equivalent quality to that of the crystallizable glass powder, in a proportion by weight of the copper component to the glass powder 95:5 to 75:25, copper oxide, calculated as copper; (3) printing a circuit pattern of the copper paste of step (2) on the green sheet of step (1) including predetermined regions for through holes; (4) coating on the green sheet printed with the circuit pattern of step (3) an insulating paste comprising a glass powder of equivalent quality to that of the green sheet to form an insulating layer except for the regions assigned for the through holes; (5) printing on the insulating layer of step (4) a circuit pattern of the copper paste of step (2) and simultaneously filling the through holes with the copper paste to make a conductive connection between said circuit pattern on the insulating layer and that on the green sheet; (6) heating the product of step (5) at a temperature of 650°-800° C. under an oxidizing atmosphere for a period of time sufficient to decompose the binders; and (7) heating the product of step (6) at a temperature of 850°-1050° C. under a reducing atmosphere for a period of time sufficient to reduce a substantial amount of copper oxide, sinter the product of step (6) and crystallize said glasses.
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