# US 10,501,661 B2 · Method for manufacturing electrically conductive adhesive film, electrically conductive adhesive film, and method for manufacturing connector

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- Number: US 10,501,661 B2
- Document ID: US10501661B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 15/729,162
- Filed: 2017-10-10
- Published: 2018-02-15
- Granted: 2019-12-10
- Earliest claimed: 2013-07-29
- Assignees: Dexerials Corporation
- Applicants: Dexerials Corporation
- Inventors: Seiichiro Shinohara
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10501661B2

## CPC

- C09J 9/02: Electrically-conducting adhesives
- C09J 7/10: without carriers
- C09J 11/04: inorganic
- H01R 4/04: using electrically conductive adhesives
- H01R 43/007: {for elastomeric connecting elements}
- H05K 3/323: {by applying an anisotropic conductive adhesive layer over an array of pads}
- C08K 3/04: Carbon
- C08K 3/08: Metals
- C08K 2201/001: Conductive additives
- C09J 2203/326: for bonding electronic components such as wafers, chips or semiconductors
- C09J 2301/314: the adhesive layer and/or the carrier being conductive
- C09J 2301/408: additives as essential feature of the adhesive layer
- H01R 12/62: connecting to rigid printed circuits or like structures
- H05K 2201/0224: Conductive particles having an insulating coating
- H05K 2203/0139: Blade or squeegee, e.g. for screen printing or filling of holes
- H05K 2203/0278: Flat pressure, e.g. for connecting terminals with anisotropic conductive adhesive
- C09J: ADHESIVES; NON-MECHANICAL ASPECTS OF ADHESIVE PROCESSES IN GENERAL; ADHESIVE PROCESSES NOT PROVIDED FOR ELSEWHERE; USE OF MATERIALS AS ADHESIVES (preparation of glue or gelatine C09H)
- H01R: ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE CONNECTIONS; STRUCTURAL ASSOCIATIONS OF A PLURALITY OF MUTUALLY-INSULATED ELECTRICAL CONNECTING ELEMENTS; COUPLING DEVICES; CURRENT COLLECTORS
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- C08K: Use of inorganic or non-macromolecular organic substances as compounding ingredients (paints, inks, varnishes, dyes, polishes, adhesives C09)

## Abstract

A step of scattering electrically conductive particles on a wiring board having wiring that is formed in accordance with an array pattern of the electrically conductive particles and prevented from being charged, and charging the electrically conductive particles; a step of aligning the charged electrically conductive particles in a predetermined array pattern corresponding to the wiring pattern by moving a squeegee on the wiring board; and a step of bonding a transfer film having an adhesive material layer formed thereon to the wiring board and transferring the electrically conductive particles aligned in a predetermined array pattern to the adhesive layer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electrically conductive adhesive film comprising:
a base film;
a binder resin that is laminated on the base film; and
electrically conductive particles that are regularly dispersed and disposed on the binder resin in a predetermined pattern,
wherein, among the electrically conductive particles, electrically conductive particles having a mark on a surface are within 30% of the total number of particles.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electrically conductive adhesive film according to claim 1, wherein the electrically conductive particles is subjected to further insulation treatment.

### Claim 3

An electrically conductive adhesive film comprising:
a base film;
a binder resin that is laminated on the base film; and
electrically conductive particles that are regularly dispersed and disposed on the binder resin in a predetermined pattern,
wherein the electrically conductive particles have a metal surface, and
wherein the electrically conductive particles include electrically conductive particles in which a portion of the metal surface is peeled off.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The electrically conductive adhesive film according to claim 3, wherein the electrically conductive particles are coated on a surface with a metal.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The electrically conductive adhesive film according to claim 4, wherein the electrically conductive particles coated on a surface with a metal are plated particles.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The electrically conductive adhesive film according to claim 3, wherein the metal surface of the electrically conductive particles is subjected to further insulation treatment.

### Claim 7 (depends on 4)

The electrically conductive adhesive film according to claim 4, wherein the metal surface of the electrically conductive particles is subjected to further insulation treatment.

### Claim 8

An electrically conductive adhesive film comprising:
a base film;
a binder resin that is laminated on the base film; and
electrically conductive particles that are regularly dispersed and disposed on the binder resin in a predetermined array pattern,
wherein the electrically conductive particles that are regularly dispersed and disposed include an aggregate in which a plurality of the electrically conductive particles are linked, and
wherein the aggregate is within 20% of the total number of electrically conductive particles that are regularly dispersed and disposed.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The electrically conductive adhesive film according to claim 8, wherein the size of the aggregate is 8 times or less than a particle size of the electrically conductive particles.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

A connection body obtained by connecting a plurality of terminals arranged in parallel to one another by an anisotropic conductive film on which electrically conductive particles are arranged,
wherein the electrically conductive adhesive film according to claim 1 is used.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

A method for manufacturing a connection body obtained by connecting a plurality of terminals arranged in parallel to one another by an anisotropic conductive film on which electrically conductive particles are arranged,
wherein the electrically conductive adhesive film according to claim 1 is used.

### Claim 12

A method for manufacturing an electrically conductive adhesive film comprising:
aligning electrically conductive particles in a predetermined array pattern on a substrate, which is prevented from being charged, by moving a squeegee; and
transferring the electrically conductive particles with a film having a binder resin layer,
wherein marks are generated on the electrically conductive particles as the squeegee moves on the substrate.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The method for manufacturing an electrically conductive adhesive film according to claim 12, wherein the electrically conductive particles are charged.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The method for manufacturing an electrically conductive adhesive film according to claim 12, wherein the squeegee is prevented from being charged.
