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Electrically conductive adhesive tape
Assignee: 3M Co
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Filing: 1991-04-12
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Granted: 1992-02-11
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Expires: 2011-04-12
Abstract
Abstract An edhesive tape has a flexible carrier web that has a low-adhesion face formed with a predetermined pattern of dimples, each of which contains a plurality of electrically conductive particles that can either be loose or bound together into clusters by a binder. An adhesive layer covers said face and deposited particles and can be a pressure-sensitive adhesive or a heat-activatable adhesive. When the adhesive layer is separated from the carrier web, it carries along the particles. When the particle-bearing adhesive layer is used to bond together two arrays of electrodes, facing pairs of the electrodes are electrically interconnected either by single particles or by clusters of the particles. When a binder is used to bind the electrically conductive particles into clusters, the binder can add to the strength of the adhesive bond between the electrode-bearing surfaces.
Inventors
- 👤 Clyde D. Calhoun
- 👤 James G. Berg
- 👤 David C. Koskenmaki
- 👤 Robert M. Swinehart
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-24 19:55
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/30; H05K3/32; H05K3/321; H05K3/323; C; C09; C09J; C09J7/00; C09J7/10; C09J7/20; C09J2301/00; C09J2301/20; C09J2301/204; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09818; H05K2201/09945; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/01; H05K2203/0104; H05K2203/0113; H05K2203/0147; H05K2203/0156; H05K2203/03; H05K2203/0338; H05K3/10; H05K3/102; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/14; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24355; Y10T428/24372; Y10T428/24413; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24843; Y10T428/24851; Y10T428/24868; Y10T428/24876; Y10T428/28; Y10T428/2813; Y10T428/2817; Y10T428/2826; Y10T428/2848; Y10T428/2852; Y10T428/2857
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 14
Claim 1
Independent Claim
124 words
Electrically conductive adhesive tape comprising a flexible carrier web that has a low-adhesion face in which is formed a predetermined pattern of spaced dimples of substantially equal size, each having a maximum breadth of 0.1 mm and containing a plurality of electrically conductive particles that are bound into a coherent cluster by a binder, and a layer of adhesive that contacts said clusters has a substantially uniform thickness and is substantially free from electrically conductive material other than said clusters, which adhesive layer can be separated from the carrier web, carrying with it the particle clusters, and then used for adhesively bonding two substantially flat electrically conductive surfaces, with particles of individual clusters bridging the adhesive layer to afford electrical interconnections between those surfaces.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
124 words
Electrically conductive adhesive tape comprising a flexible carrier web that has a low-adhesion face in which is formed a predetermined pattern of spaced dimples of substantially equal size, each having a maximum breadth of 0.1 mm and containing a plurality of electrically conductive particles that are bound into a coherent cluster by a binder, and a layer of adhesive that contacts said clusters has a substantially uniform thickness and is substantially free from electrically conductive material other than said clusters, which adhesive layer can be separated from the carrier web, carrying with it the particle clusters, and then used for adhesively bonding two substantially flat electrically conductive surfaces, with particles of individual clusters bridging the adhesive layer to afford electrical interconnections between those surfaces.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
Electrically conductive adhesive tape as defined in claim 1 wherein the maximum breadth of each dimple is no greater than 0.05 mm and the dimples are in a predetermined array.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
Electrically conductive adhesive tape as defined in claim 2 wherein the dimples are in a square or hexagonal array and have a center-to-center spacing no greater than 0.1 mm.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
Electrically conductive adhesive tape as defined in claim 1 wherein each dimple is elongated.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
19 words
Electrically conductive adhesive tape as defined in claim 4 wherein each elongated dimple crosses a plurality of other dimples.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
21 words
8. Electrically conductive adhesive tape as defined in claim 1 wherein the adhesive of said adhesive layer is a pressure-sensitive adhesive.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
Electrically conductive adhesive tape as defined in claim 1 wherein the adhesive of said adhesive layer softens and flows at bonding temperatures.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
Electrically conductive adhesive tape as defined in claim 1 wherein the binder is an adhesive selected to supplement the bond of the adhesive layer to a substrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
Electrically conductive adhesive tape as defined in claim 8 wherein the adhesive of the adhesive layer comprises a thermosetting polymer, and the binder comprises a thermoplastic polymer.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
27 words
Electrically conductive adhesive tape as defined in claim 1 wherein the binder provides from 1 to 50% by volume of total particles and binder in each pocket.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
18 words
Electrically conductive adhesive tape as defined in claim 1 and having an expanding agent admixed with said binder.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
31 words
Electrically conductive adhesive tape as defined in claim 1 wherein said dimples are formed in said low-adhesion face of the carrier web, and the adhesive layer covers the electrically conductive particles.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
37 words
Electrically conductive adhesive tape as defined in claim 1 wherein both faces of the carrier web are los-adhesion, and the adhesive layer and carrier web are wound up together in roll form for convenient storage and shipment.
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