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Flexible printed circuit board and coverlay film and manufacture methods therefor

Assignee: Nikkan Industries Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-07-15
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Granted: 1992-11-10
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Expires: 2011-07-15
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Abstract

Abstract Disclosed herein is a flexible printed circuit board and coverlay film and a method for producing the same. The board and coverlay film have metal foil or parting paper adhered to a polyimide film using a two-layer thermosetting adhesive. The first layer of adhesive on the polyimide film is about 5 μm thick or less. The circuit board and coverlay film produced according to this invention have excellent bonding strength, thermal, chemical and weather resistance, as well as good insulating properties.

Inventors

  • 👤 Sakan Taniguchi

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
Data Source google_patents
Last Synchronized 2026-11-09 13:45
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/22; H05K3/28; H05K3/281; B; B32; B32B; B32B15/00; B32B15/04; B32B15/08; H05K3/38; H05K3/386; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/03; H05K1/0393; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/01; H05K2201/0104; H05K2201/0133; H05K2201/0137; H05K2201/0154; H05K2201/0183; H05K2201/0195; H05K2201/02; H05K2201/0203; H05K2201/0206; H05K2201/0209; H05K2201/03; H05K2201/0332; H05K2201/0335; H05K2201/0355; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/06; H05K2203/066; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/901; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/14; Y10T428/1438; Y10T428/1443; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24802; Y10T428/24917; Y10T428/26; Y10T428/263; Y10T428/264; Y10T428/265; Y10T428/31504; Y10T428/31511; Y10T428/31515; Y10T428/31522; Y10T428/31721

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim 81 words
An article of manufacture, comprising: a polyimide film, a first thermosetting adhesive layer having a thickness of about 5 μm or less attached to said polyimide film comprising an epoxy resin, a polyamide resin and an amino compound; a second thermosetting adhesive layer attached to said first layer comprising an epoxy resin, an acrylonitrile butadiene copolymer having at least one carboxyl group, and aluminum hydroxide, a third layer attached to said second thermosetting adhesive layer comprising metal foil or parting paper.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim 81 words
An article of manufacture, comprising: a polyimide film, a first thermosetting adhesive layer having a thickness of about 5 μm or less attached to said polyimide film comprising an epoxy resin, a polyamide resin and an amino compound; a second thermosetting adhesive layer attached to said first layer comprising an epoxy resin, an acrylonitrile butadiene copolymer having at least one carboxyl group, and aluminum hydroxide, a third layer attached to said second thermosetting adhesive layer comprising metal foil or parting paper.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 53 words
An article of manufacture according to claim 1, wherein said first thermosetting adhesive layer comprises: 100 parts by weight of said epoxy resin, 5-50 parts by weight of by weight of said polyamide resin, 0-15 parts by weight of said amino compound, and further comprises 0.1-0.5 parts by weight of a tertiary amine.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 69 words
An article of manufacture according to claim 2, wherein said second thermosetting adhesive layer comprises: 100 parts by weight of said epoxy resin, 40-160 parts by weight of said acrylonitrile butadiene copolymer, 0-60 parts by weight of said aluminum hydroxide, and further comprising: 0-2.0 parts by weight of zinc oxide, - 15parts by weight of an epoxy resin curing agent, and 0.2-1.0 parts by weight of a curing catalyst.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim 51 words
An article of manufacture according to claim 3, wherein, in said first thermosetting adhesive layer, said amino compound is dicyandiamide, said tertiary amine is benzyldimethylamine, and in said first and second thermosetting adhesive layers, said epoxy resin curing agent is an aromatic amine and said curing catalyst is a trifluoroboron complex.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim 15 words
An article of manufacture according to claim 1, wherein said article is a circuit board.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 14 words
An article of manufacture according to claim 1, wherein said article is a coverlay.

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