# US 8,540,903 B2 · Electrically conductive paste, and electrical and electronic device comprising the same

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- Number: US 8,540,903 B2
- Document ID: US8540903B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 12/744,994
- Filed: 2008-11-21
- Published: 2011-03-03
- Granted: 2013-09-24
- Earliest claimed: 2007-11-28
- Assignees: Panasonic Corporation
- Applicants: Takayuki Higuchi; Hidenori Miyakawa; Atsushi Yamaguchi; Arata Kishi; Naomichi Ohashi
- Inventors: Takayuki Higuchi; Hidenori Miyakawa; Atsushi Yamaguchi; Arata Kishi; Naomichi Ohashi
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8540903B2

## CPC

- H05K 3/321: by conductive adhesives
- H01B 1/22: the conductive material comprising metals or alloys
- H05K 2201/0272: Mixed conductive particles, i.e. using different conductive particles, e.g. differing in shape
- H05K 2203/0425: Solder powder or solder coated metal powder
- Y10T 29/49128: Assembling formed circuit to base
- Y10T 29/4913: Assembling to base an electrical component, e.g., capacitor, etc.
- H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
- H01B: CABLES; CONDUCTORS; INSULATORS; SELECTION OF MATERIALS FOR THEIR CONDUCTIVE, INSULATING OR DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES (selection for magnetic properties H01F1/00; waveguides H01P {; printed circuits H05K})
- Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION

## Abstract

Disclosed is an electrically conductive paste which enables to reduce the level of void growth in a conducting pathway formed in a joint part produced after curing the electrically conductive paste in the implementation of an electronic component on a circuit board by using the electrically conductive paste, and which contains a reduced amount of a viscosity-adjusting/thixotropy-imparting additive. Two Sn-containing low-melting-point alloy particles having different melting points and different average particle diameters are selected as electrically conductive filler components to be used in an electrically conductive paste, and the two alloy particles are mixed at a predetermined ratio for use.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electrically conductive paste comprising:
from 75 to 85% by weight of an electrically conductive filler ingredient comprising alloy particles A made of a combination of Sn and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Bi, In, Ag and Cu, and alloy particles B made of a combination of Sn and one or more elements selected from the group consisting of Bi, In, Ag and Cu; a thermosetting resin ingredient; a hardening agent ingredient; a flux ingredient; and a viscosity adjusting/thixotropy imparting additive,
wherein a content of the alloy particles B is 3 to 20% by weight based on 100% by weight of the electrically conductive filler ingredient;
a melting point of the alloy particles B is at least 10° C. and at most 50° C. lower than a melting point of the alloy particles A; and
the melting point of the alloy particles A is in a range from 95 to 220° C. and is lower than a hardening temperature of the thermosetting resin ingredient.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electrically conductive paste according to claim 1, wherein the melting point of the alloy particles B is at least 15° C. and at most 50° C. lower than the melting point of the alloy particles A.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electrically conductive paste according to claim 1, wherein the alloy particles A has a mean particle diameter which is larger than the mean particle diameter of the alloy particles B.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electrically conductive paste according to claim 1, wherein the alloy particles A has a mean particle diameter in a range from 1.0 to 50 micrometers.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

A method of mounting electronic parts on a substrate characterized by comprising:
applying electrically conductive paste according to claim 1 on the surface of electrodes on the substrate;
placing electronic parts so that each electrode of the parts aligns with the electrically conductive paste;
subjecting the substrate on which the electronic parts were placed to a heat treatment; and
cooling the substrate on which the electronic parts were placed, wherein the heat treatment is performed so that the alloy particles A having a high melting point is sufficiently molten.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

An electric apparatus comprising a substrate on which electronic parts are mounted with the electrically conductive paste according to claim 1.