Compound for forming wiring conductor, fabrication method of circuit board using the same and circuit board

Abstract

The present invention sufficiently secures conductor component content ratio in wiring formed on a multilayer circuit board and increases reliability by fabricating the multilayer circuit board by steps of drawing wiring precursor patterns containing a paste of compound for forming wiring conductor containing (a) superfine metal particles (metal nanoparticles) whose average particle size is 1-10 nm; (b) an organic coating compound coated on the surface of the superfine metal particle in the film thickness of 1-10 nm; (c) a latent reactive organic compound reacting with the organic coating compound in the range of 100-250° C., (d) metal particles whose average particle size is 0.5-10 μm, and (e) dispersion medium that stably disperses components (a) through (d) on a substrate by screen printing, sintering by heating the patterns to 100-250° C., and electrochemically treating the patterns to allow the conductor to deposit in a desired cross-sectional area in the inside.

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CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION [0001] The present is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 11 / 008,243, filed Dec. 10, 2004 which application claims priority from Japanese Patent Application No. JP 2003-415557 filed on Dec. 12, 2003, the content of each of which is hereby incorporated by reference into this application.TECHNICAL FIELD OF THE INVENTION [0002] The present invention relates to a printed circuit board technology and more specifically, to a conducting compound for forming a circuit board at low cost and in a short time, a fabrication method of a circuit board with conductor patterns that can be formed at low cost and in a short time using the relevant conducting compound, and to the circuit board. BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION [0003] As a multilayer circuit board fabrication method, a large variety of methods have been designed, and the methods can be classified from several points of view and used properly in accord with their characteristics...

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Benefits of technology

The patent text discusses the challenges in forming precise wiring patterns using conventional techniques for inkjet printing. The first problem is the difficulty in controlling ink bleed and instability of ink shape when resist patterns are formed. The second problem is the high cost and difficulty of maintaining a large number of highly accurate ink discharge ports in a wide area. The third problem is the challenge of achieving the desired pattern shape and cross-sectional shape due to the small volume of the conductor in the liquid-form paste. The fourth problem is the occurrence of cracks and defective adhesion when a void is present inside the wiring pattern after sintering. The present invention proposes a new method to solve these problems.

Problems solved by technology

When fine wiring is formed by the use of the second conventional technology, low-viscosity ink is used to discharge (eject) superfine ink drops accurately by ink-jet printing, and as a result, there is a problem of ink bleed and instability of ink shape when resist patterns of film thickness that can stand the plating process or etching process are formed.

However, because the conductor surface roughness greatly affects adhesion of resist, restricting to the surface roughness range cannot secure resist adhesion, and generates exfoliation or crack of resist in the process of being plating or etching, and as a result, it is likely to cause such a problem that the desired patterns are unable to be obtained.

In addition, because superfine accurate shaping of ink discharge port (i.e. ink jet nozzle) is essential to accurately discharge superfine ink droplets by ink jet printing, it is difficult to obtain the ink discharge port.

Furthermore, in order to efficiently form resist film in a wide area by superfine ink droplets, it is desirable to arrange a large number of highly accurate ink discharge ports in a line, but the inkjet printer that has such a large number of juxtaposed highly accurate ink discharge ports inevitably costs high, and the printer can not solve the problem of the first conventional technology concerning the apparatus price.

Conversely, a great deal of troublesome work is required to maintain the highly accurate ink discharge ports, possibly creating a new problem.

On the other hand, in the third conventional technology, resist is not inherently used and no adhesion problem between the substrate and resist occurs, but a new problem arises from printing liquid paste containing superfine particles.

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