EP1616044A2 - Utilisation d'un objet comme composant electronique - Google Patents

Utilisation d'un objet comme composant electronique

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EP1616044A2
EP1616044A2 EP04727659A EP04727659A EP1616044A2 EP 1616044 A2 EP1616044 A2 EP 1616044A2 EP 04727659 A EP04727659 A EP 04727659A EP 04727659 A EP04727659 A EP 04727659A EP 1616044 A2 EP1616044 A2 EP 1616044A2
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Hartmut Sauer
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Aalberts Surface Technologies GmbH Kerpen
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  • the present invention relates to the use of an object, the surface of which comprises, in whole or in part, a composite material consisting of a polymer and a metallic layer thereon as an electronic component.
  • DE 42 11 712 A1 also describes irradiating the surface of a substrate to improve the adhesive strength with an Eximer laser.
  • a PET (polyethylene terephthalate) film is irradiated with this special laser so that it can subsequently be vapor-coated with a ferromagnetic metal layer using a PVD process.
  • Such films are used inter alia as an audio or video recording medium.
  • a major disadvantage of this process is the considerable environmental pollution caused by the two chemical treatment agents, so that this process can no longer be used from an environmental point of view.
  • a further developed process for the metallization of polyamides which is based on the above-described principle of swelling the surface of the plastic substrate but does not provide for pickling with chromosulfuric acid, is described in an article by G.D. Wolf and F. Funger "Metallized polyamide injection molded parts", Kunststoffe, 1989, pp. 442-447.
  • the surface of the amorphous polyamide is treated with an organometallic activator solution. This is followed by a conventional deposition process for a chemical nickel layer.
  • composite materials have been developed in which the metallic layer is produced by thermal spraying onto the plastic surface.
  • thermal spraying metallic particles are heated and accelerated onto the substrate to be coated.
  • this method only geometrically simple components can be coated, such as contact surfaces of plastic junctions in capacitors.
  • the main disadvantages of this method are that the layers have high porosity, high internal stress, high layer thicknesses and insufficient adhesion for mechanically stressed components.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide an electronic component, the surface of which has, in whole or in part, a composite material made of a plastic and a metal layer, which overcomes the disadvantages of the prior art described above and can be produced on an industrial scale.
  • the object is achieved according to the invention by the use of an object, the surface of which has a composite material in whole or in part, the composite material comprising a non-metallic substrate containing at least one polymer and a metal layer deposited thereon without external current and having an adhesive strength of at least 4 N / mm 2 exists as an electronic component.
  • the object is used as an electronic component, the surface of which comprises a composite material in whole or in part, this composite material having a first non-metallic layer and a second metallic layer applied thereon, and wherein a) the surface of the object is not chemically pretreated before the metallic layer is applied; and b) the metallic layer is not applied by thermal spraying, CVD, PVD or laser treatment.
  • chemical pretreatment is to be understood as a differentiation from mechanical treatments to any treatment of a substrate surface which is carried out by pickling, etching, swelling, vapor deposition, plasma treatment or similar methods and in which a change in the surfaces is brought about by a chemical reaction
  • the articles used according to the present invention have a rough, sharp-edged boundary layer between the non-metallic layer and the metal layer applied without external current.
  • These sharp-edged bulges and undercuts in the boundary layer are clearly recognizable as angular surface contours, for example in a cross-section analysis, the design of which is described below. They can be distinguished from the more rounded, but in any case rounded, contours that result from chemical pretreatment, for example by etching or by removing a second phase stored in an ABS plastic ( Figure 2).
  • the adhesive strengths (specified in N / mm 2 ) of the composite materials according to the invention are determined exclusively on the basis of the forehead tensile test according to DIN 50160: the forehead tensile test (vertical tensile test) according to DIN 50160 has been used for years to test
  • the layer / substrate composite to be tested is glued between two test stamps and subjected to uniaxial brisk force until it breaks (see Figure 1). If the adhesive strength is greater than that of the coating and there is a break between the layer and the substrate, the equation can be used
  • the standard deviation of the adhesive strength at six different measured values distributed over the surface of the composite material is at most 25% of the arithmetic mean.
  • the specified uniformity of adhesive strength enables the use according to the invention of objects with a composite material as electronic components in a special way. Components can be soldered to other electronic components at different locations up to 330 ° C.
  • an object is used whose composite material has a non-metallic substrate which at the same time has the upper surface of the object is.
  • These surfaces are preferably based on a polymeric material. Fiber-reinforced plastics, thermoplastics and other industrially used polymers are particularly preferred.
  • the object used can consist of a metallic or ceramic material that is coated with a non-metallic substrate that contains at least one polymer.
  • an object with a composite material is used as the electronic component, which has a boundary between the non-metallic substrate and the metallic layer with a roughness whose R z value does not exceed 35 ⁇ m.
  • the R z value is a measure of the average vertical surface fissure.
  • objects with a composite material are used as electronic components, which have a boundary between the non-metallic substrate and the metallic layer with a roughness, expressed by an R a value of at most 5 ⁇ m.
  • the R a value is a measurement-reproducible measure of the roughness of surfaces, whereby profile outliers (ie extreme valleys or hills) are largely ignored due to the area integration.
  • Water is used during the grinding process to remove the abrasive particles.
  • the tangential force that occurs on the cross-section and arises from friction is directed so that the metallic layer is pressed against the non-metallic substrate. This effectively prevents the metallic layer from becoming detached from the non-metallic substrate during the grinding process.
  • the sample treated in this way is then polished using a motor-operated preparation device of the DAP-A type from Struer.
  • the usual sample winder is not used, rather the sample is only polished by hand.
  • a speed between 40 and 60 rpm and a contact pressure between 5 and 10 N are used.
  • the cross section is then subjected to an SEM image.
  • the boundary line of the layer between the non-metallic substrate and the metallic surface is determined at a magnification of 10,000 times.
  • the OPTIMAS program from Wilhelm Mikroelektronik is used for evaluation.
  • XY value pairs are determined that describe the boundary line between the substrate and the layer.
  • a distance of at least 100 ⁇ m is required to determine the enlargement of the boundary line in the sense of the present invention.
  • the course of the boundary line must be determined with at least 10 measuring points per ⁇ m.
  • the boundary line enlargement is determined from the quotient of true length by geometrical length.
  • the geometric length corresponds to the distance of the measuring section, i.e. between the first and last measuring point.
  • the true length is the length of the line that runs through all recorded measurement points.
  • the surface roughness value R a is determined according to the DIN 4768 / ISO 4287/1 standard, also using the XY value pairs previously recorded.
  • the non-metallic substrate contains at least one fiber-reinforced polymer, in particular a carbon fiber-reinforced polymer, and the diameter of the fiber is less than 10 ⁇ m.
  • the non-metallic substrate can contain at least one fiber-reinforced polymer, in particular a glass fiber-reinforced polymer, the diameter of the fiber being more than 10 ⁇ m.
  • CFRP carbon fiber reinforced plastics
  • GTK glass fiber reinforced plastics
  • plastics reinforced by aramid fibers or plastics reinforced by mineral fibers are particularly preferably used, in particular carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP), glass fiber reinforced plastics (GFK), plastics reinforced by aramid fibers or plastics reinforced by mineral fibers.
  • Part of the non-metallic substrate, which have fibers with a diameter larger than 10 ⁇ m, are very inexpensive and easy to process.
  • the fiber diameter has a great influence on the roughness, so that in such materials the present invention is achieved a roughness value R a of at most 10 microns in accordance with.
  • R a roughness value
  • the objects used according to the invention have high uniformity of adhesion. For the first time, this makes it possible to significantly increase the lifespan for the electronic component. Because even local delamination of the layer composite leads to failure of the entire component.
  • the object described above has a boundary between the non-metallic substrate and the metallic layer, which has a roughness with an R z value of at most 100 ⁇ m.
  • R z value of at most 100 ⁇ m.
  • fiber-reinforced polymers with a fiber thickness of more than 10 ⁇ m it is important to achieve the lowest possible R z values. With this combination it is surprisingly possible to achieve high adhesive strengths in relation to the large fiber diameters used - low R z values.
  • the polymer of the non-metallic substrate is selected from the group of polyamide, polyvinyl chloride, polystyrene, epoxy resins, polyether ether ketone, polyoxymethylene, polyformaldehyde, polyacetal, polyurethane, polyetherimide, polyphenylsulfone, polyphenylene sulfide, polyarylamide, polycarbonate and polyimide.
  • the metallic layer can have an adhesive strength of at least 12 N / mm 2 .
  • the polymer of the non-metallic substrate can also be selected from polypropylene or polytetrafluoroethylene.
  • Embodiments according to the invention are particularly preferred which have a standard deviation of the adhesive strength of six different measured values distributed over the surface of the layer composite of at most 25%, in particular at most 15%, of the arithmetic mean. In this way, the resulting mechanical strength is even higher
  • the metal layer deposited without external current is a metal alloy or metal dispersion layer.
  • objects with a composite material can be used as electronic components for the first time, which have excellent adhesion of the metallic Have layer on the non-metallic substrate.
  • the uniformity of the adhesion of the metallic layer also plays an important role in the suitability of these objects as highly stressed components.
  • a targeted selection of the non-metallic substrate and the metallic layer on it enables an exact adaptation of the property profile to the conditions of the area of application.
  • a copper, nickel or gold layer is particularly preferably applied to the non-metallic substrate of the object used according to the invention as a metal layer deposited without external current.
  • a metal alloy or metal dispersion layer deposited without external current can also be applied, preferably a copper, nickel or gold layer with embedded non-metallic particles.
  • the non-metallic particles can have a hardness of more than 1,500 HV and can be selected from the group of silicon carbide, corundum, diamond and tetraborarbide.
  • these dispersion layers thus have further functions, for example the wear resistance or surface wetting of the objects used can be improved.
  • the non-metallic particles can also preferably have friction-reducing properties and be selected from the group of polytetrafluoroethylene, molybdenum sulfide, cubic boron nitride and tin sulfide.
  • the objects of the present invention are particularly preferably obtained using a special method which comprises the following steps: i. the surface of the non-metallic layer is not chemically pretreated before the metallic layer is applied; ii. the surface of the non-metallic layer is microstructured in a first step by means of a blasting agent; iii. the metallic layer is then applied by electroless metal deposition.
  • the objects to be used as electronic components according to the present invention initially have a non-metallic substrate as the composite material which contains at least one polymer.
  • the surface of the non-metallic substrate is microstructured in a first step by means of a beam treatment.
  • a beam treatment is described for example in DE 197 29 891 A1.
  • Particularly abrasive resistant, inorganic particles are used. It is preferably copper-aluminum oxide or silicon carbide. It has proven to be advantageous that the blasting agent has a particle size between 30 and 300 ⁇ m. It is further described there that a metal layer can be applied to the roughened surfaces by means of a metal deposition without external current.
  • the substrate surface is activated in two steps.
  • the component is immersed in a colloidal solution (activator bath).
  • activator bath the ones necessary for metallization that are already present in the activator solution
  • the baths for the nickel or copper deposition have the property of reducing the metal ions dissolved in them at the nuclei and of depositing elementary nickel or copper.
  • the two reactants must approach the noble metal nuclei on the plastic surface.
  • the resulting redox reaction creates the conductive layer, the noble metal nuclei taking up the electrons of the reducing agent and releasing them again when a metal ion approaches. This reaction releases hydrogen.
  • the applied layer takes on the catalytic effect. This means that the layer grows together from the palladium seeds until it is completely closed.
  • the deposition of nickel is dealt with here as an example.
  • the germinated and conditioned plastic surface is immersed in a nickel metal salt bath, which allows a chemical reaction in a temperature range between 82 ° C and 94 ° C.
  • the electrolyte is generally a weak acid with a pH between 4.4 and 4.9.
  • the thin nickel coatings applied can be reinforced with an electrolytically deposited metal layer.
  • Coating components with layer thicknesses> 25 ⁇ m is not economical due to the low deposition rate of chemical coating processes. Furthermore, only a few coating materials can be deposited with the chemical coating processes, so that it is advantageous to use electrolytic processes for other technically important coating materials. Another important point is the different properties of chemically and electrolytically deposited layers with layer thicknesses> 25 ⁇ m, for example leveling, hardness and gloss.
  • the basics of electrolytic metal deposition can be found in B. Gaida, "Introduction to Electroplating", EG Leuze-Verlag, Saulgau, 1988 or in H. Simon, M. Thoma, "Applied Surface Technology for Metallic Materials", C.
  • Plastic parts that have an electrically conductive layer due to an electroless coating process differ only insignificantly from those of the metals with regard to the electrolytic metallization. Nevertheless, some points should not be neglected in the electrolytic metallization of metallized plastics. Due to the mostly low conductive layer thickness, the current density must be reduced at the beginning of the electrolytic deposition. If this point is not observed, the conductive layer may peel off and burn. Furthermore, care should be taken to ensure that annoying tarnish layers are removed using specially designed paper baths. Furthermore, residual stresses can destroy the layer. When nickel layers are deposited from an ammoniacal bath, tensile stresses of the order of 400 to 500 MPa, for example, can occur.
  • a change in the structure of the nickel coatings in the form of a changed grain size and the formation of micro-deformations can promote the reduction of internal stresses, which can have a positive effect on a possible premature coating failure.
  • AHC surface technology described in detail ("The AHC surface” manual for construction and manufacturing, 4th edition, 1999).
  • One or more layers, in particular metallic, ceramic, as well as crosslinked or hardened polymer layers, can also be arranged on the metallic layer.
  • a further electrolytically deposited nickel layer as the metallic layer of the present invention on an electrolessly deposited nickel layer
  • the objects of the present invention can have a copper layer as a metallic layer, to which a tin or a further copper layer can subsequently be applied. Then, for example, a gold layer is applied to the existing metal layers.
  • a copper layer as a metallic layer, to which a tin or a further copper layer can subsequently be applied. Then, for example, a gold layer is applied to the existing metal layers.
  • Such coatings can be used, for example, for EMC shielding of electronic components or to improve the thermal conductivity of the coated objects.
  • the objects used according to the present invention can also have a nickel layer as the metallic layer, to which a further nickel layer is applied. In this way it is possible to achieve a high degree of rigidity in the resulting plastic parts and thus an application for mechanically stressed parts
  • a particularly industrially preferred embodiment is filter housings for high-frequency components in the telecommunications industry, in particular for the transmission mast unit in the mobile radio sector.
  • This is the use of objects made of PPS / PEI, the entire surface of which is first coated with a chemically applied electroless nickel / phosphor alloy in a layer thickness of 6 ⁇ m and then with an electrolytically applied silver layer in a thickness of 6 ⁇ m , So far, such objects were made of aluminum, then nickel-plated and finally silver-plated.
  • the use of these prior art items has significant corrosion problems, particularly in metropolitan areas contaminated with exhaust gas. Until now, these filter housings had to be replaced every 6 months.
  • the service life can be increased to more than 2 years.
  • metallic layers can be applied not only electrolytically but also with the aid of other methods such as CVD / PVD to an object with a metallic layer of the present invention.
  • a layer made of aluminum, titanium or their alloys is applied to the metallic layer of the object used according to the invention deposited without external current, the surface of which is anodically oxidized or ceramized.
  • Such anodically oxidized or ceramicized layers of aluminum, titanium or their alloys are known on metallic objects and are sold for example under the name Hart-Coat ® or Kepla-Coat ® by the company AHC endurentechnik GmbH & Co. OHG. These layers are characterized by a particularly high hardness and a high operating resistance and by mechanical stress.
  • One or more further metallic layers can also be arranged between the metallic layer of the object used according to the invention and the layer of aluminum, titanium or their alloys deposited without external current.
  • the further metallic layers arranged between the electrolessly deposited layer and the aluminum layer are selected depending on the intended use. The choice of such intermediate layers is well known to the person skilled in the art and is described, for example, in the book “The AHC Surface - Manual for Construction and Manufacturing", 4th extended edition 1999.
  • the surface of such an object prefferably be a ceramic oxide layer made of aluminum, titanium or their alloys, which is colored black by the inclusion of foreign ions.
  • the ceramic oxide layer made of aluminum, titanium or their alloys, colored black by foreign ions, is of particular interest for high-quality optical elements, especially in the aerospace industry.
  • the production of ceramic oxide layers colored black by foreign ion incorporation is described, for example, in US-A-5035781 or US-A-5075178.
  • the production of oxide ceramic layers on aluminum or titanium is described, for example, in EP 0 545 230 B1.
  • the production of anodically produced oxide layers on aluminum is described, for example, in EP 0 112 439 B1.
  • Another interesting example of an object according to the invention is a plastic which is initially provided with a nickel layer applied without external current. Layers of silver and gold are subsequently applied electrolytically to this nickel layer. Such a rather special layer sequence is used in medical technology for components for diagnostic devices.
  • An object according to the present invention can be used, for example, as a capacitor, sound field capacitor, high-frequency component, antenna, antenna housing, sound tab, microwave waveguide or switch surface.
  • the blasting system is operated at a pressure of 4 bar.
  • a boron carbide nozzle with a diameter of 8 mm is used as the jet nozzle.
  • the beam duration is 4.6 s.
  • SiC with P80 grit with an average grain diameter of 200 to 300 ⁇ m is used as the abrasive.
  • 2 pressure circuits were installed, one each for the transport of the blasting medium and the actual acceleration process. This modification resulted in a very constant volume flow and a large pressure range.
  • a stream of compressed air transports the abrasive to the lowest possible pressure
  • the flow conditions ensure, caused by a high volume flow of the blasting medium and a low proportion of compressed air, a low wear of the system and the blasting medium.
  • the cross section is only reduced at the end of the transport hose in front of the mixing nozzle in order to set the desired volume flow.
  • a constant volume flow of 1 l / min was specified for all plastic pretreatments.
  • compressed air volume flow 1 flows up to the nozzle, which can be continuously adjusted within a pressure range of 0.2-7 bar.
  • the blasting medium which is conveyed into the mixing nozzle at a very low flow rate, is then accelerated by the high flow rate of the compressed air flow.
  • the roughened plate is treated in an ultrasonic bath with a mixture of deionized water and 3% by volume butyl glycol for five minutes.
  • the bath series used for the metal deposition of the conductive layer are based on the well-known colloidal palladium activation in connection with a final catalyzed metal reduction. All of the bath rows required for this were purchased from Max Schlötter. The diving sequences, treatment times and temperatures specified by the manufacturer were observed in all process steps of nickel deposition:
  • Conditioner 101 Conditioning the material surface by detaching annoying tin compounds from the surface. Diving time: 6 min, room temperature
  • the thickness of the nickel layer is sufficient for an electrolytic coating. All process steps that were necessary for the deposition of the conductive layer were carried out in 50 l plastic trays, with a nickel temperature of 90 ° ⁇ 0.5 ° C being maintained during the entire coating cycle by an additional heating plate with temperature control. In order to obtain a uniform and reproducible layer quality, the bath series were analyzed and supplemented after a throughput of 20 samples according to the Max Schlötter company.
  • the sample was cooled from approx. 90 ° C. to approx. 60 ° C. in distilled water in order to then be electrolytically coated with nickel at 55 ° C.
  • This intermediate step served to avoid the formation of reaction layers and to exclude residual stresses caused by rapid cooling.
  • the example according to the invention is repeated, but after the blasting treatment the
  • the plate is then treated in a further ultrasonic bath with pure, 96% ethanol for a further five minutes.
  • the cross section examination by SEM (1,500 times and 3,000 times) are in the following
  • the evaluation of the EDX analysis showed a residual amount of calcium of 0.91% by weight, which comes from the treatment of the CaC0 3 / ethanol suspension.

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L'invention concerne l'utilisation d'un objet comme composant électronique. La surface de l'objet comprend entièrement ou partiellement un matériau composite constitué d'un substrat non métallique qui contient au moins un polymère, et d'une couche métallique déposée sur le substrat sans apport de courant externe et ayant une adhérence d'au moins 4 N/mm<2>.
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