JP5189683B2 - Rolled copper alloy foil - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a rolled copper alloy foil used for a flexible printed circuit (FPC) that is preferably used in a bent portion of an electric circuit.

Currently, FPCs used for bent parts of mobile phones, etc. are coated with a polyimide varnish on copper foil, dried and cured by heating, and a method called the cast method, which is bonded in advance. It is manufactured by a method called a laminating method in which a polyimide film coated with a strong thermoplastic polyimide and a copper foil are stacked and pressure-bonded through a heating roll or the like. The flexible copper-clad laminate obtained by these methods is called a two-layer flexible copper-clad laminate. Such an FPC is often processed into a strip shape, and a terminal part is formed at one end and a connector (FPC connector) is attached.
A three-layer flexible copper-clad laminate in which a rolled copper alloy foil and a polyimide film are bonded with an epoxy-based adhesive is also known.
As these FPC copper foils, a technique is known in which the I / I0 of the 200 plane that gives reflex annealing and gives flexibility is 40 or more (Patent Documents 1 and 2).

JP 2001-323354 A (paragraph 0014) JP 11-286760

Incidentally, in recent years, miniaturization of electronic components has been promoted, and a small FPC connector called NON-ZIF type is used. However, when a male FPC connector is attached to a conventional FPC using a copper-clad laminate and this male FPC connector is inserted into a female FPC connector on an external board, the connector is small and the board space is also narrow. The male FPC connector on the FPC side is inserted while moving up and down.
At this time, there is a problem that bending stress is repeatedly applied in the vertical direction (direction perpendicular to the surface) near the boundary between the FPC and the male FPC connector, and the terminal portion of the FPC is broken. This bending stress is considered to be a stress peculiar to the FPC to which the connector is attached, unlike simple repeated bending. Furthermore, in the case of copper-clad laminates, surface treatment is applied to the surface of the copper foil, and resin is bonded to the opposite surface, so 90-degree bending and 180-degree bending, which are conventional bendability evaluation methods, are used. In tests, it has become difficult to determine superiority or inferiority of bendability.

  Accordingly, an object of the present invention is to provide a rolled copper alloy foil that is difficult to break even when repeated bending stress is applied in a direction perpendicular to the surface.

When the present inventors form a copper clad laminate by laminating a resin layer on one side of a rolled copper alloy foil having a predetermined composition, the bendability is improved more than the rolled copper alloy foil itself, and the direction perpendicular to the plane It was found that even when bending stress was repeatedly applied to the film, it was difficult to break.
That is, the rolled copper alloy foil for FPC with a connector of the present invention has a composition in which one or more selected from the group of Ag, Sn, Ti and Zr are added to oxygen-free copper or tough pitch copper in a total of 500 mass ppm or less. It is a rolled copper alloy foil having a thickness of 5 to 50 μm, and after applying chemical treatment to one side of the rolled copper alloy foil and applying 10 μm of an epoxy adhesive, a base film made of a polyimide resin layer having a thickness of 12.5 μm is laminated. Then, a copper-clad laminate having a 6 μm thick Ni layer formed on the opposite surface of the rolled copper alloy foil is formed, and an electric circuit is formed on the rolled copper alloy foil of the copper-clad laminate to have a width of 3.2 mm and a length of A test piece cut out at 30 mm so that the length direction is parallel to the rolling direction is prepared, and an acrylic thermosetting adhesive is provided on the lower surface excluding the other end of the base film along the longitudinal direction of the test piece. First reinforcement made of polyimide through an adhesive made of A cover film made of polyimide with an epoxy thermosetting adhesive on the upper surface where the rolled copper alloy foil is exposed without forming the Ni layer on the other end side of the test piece The total thickness t of the test piece, the pressure-sensitive adhesive, and the first reinforcing plate is 0.3 mm, and the clamping force (clamping) is performed with a vice at one end along the longitudinal direction of the test piece. Torque) 2-6 cN · m loosely, and the position where the cover film is formed on the other end of the test piece is held with a gap in the thickness direction, and the one end of the test piece The bending length of the holding portion on the other side and the other end side is set to 5 mm or more, and the bending is repeatedly performed with the displacement amount being 2.0 mm in the thickness direction and the vertical displacement speed being 5 mm / min with the load being the center. When the electrical circuit Bending number until the breakage is more than 10 times.
A Ni layer may be formed on one surface.

  According to the present invention, when a resin layer is laminated on one side to form a copper-clad laminate, it is possible to obtain a rolled copper alloy foil that is difficult to break even when repeated bending stress is applied in a direction perpendicular to the surface. .

It is a figure which shows the relationship between the roughness of a rolled copper alloy foil surface, and a shear deformation zone. It is a figure which shows the structure of the repeated bending test apparatus for connector FPC. It is sectional drawing which shows the structure of the test piece used for the repeated bending test for connector FPC. It is a figure which shows the method of performing the repeated bending test for connector FPC. It is a figure which shows the method of performing a 180 degree | times repeated bending test.

  When a resin layer is laminated on one side of the rolled copper alloy foil of the present invention to form a copper clad laminate, the bendability is improved as compared with the rolled copper alloy foil itself.

<Rolled copper alloy foil>
The rolled copper alloy foil of the present invention has a composition in which one or more selected from the group of Ag, Sn, Ti and Zr are added to oxygen-free copper or tough pitch copper in a total amount of 500 mass ppm or less. A copper-clad laminate in which a resin is back-phased on one side of a rolled copper alloy foil to which these elements are added has a higher elongation at break than a rolled copper alloy foil alone. In addition, as the rolled copper alloy foil, one having a chemical treatment (copper-based rough plating) on one side can also be used. Oxygen-free copper is specified in JIS-H3510, and tough pitch copper is specified in JIS-H3250.

The rolled copper alloy foil preferably has a thickness of 5 to 50 μm, a surface roughness Ra ≦ 0.1 μm in the rolling parallel direction, and a work hardening index (n value) after annealing at 350 ° C. for 0.5 hour is 0.3 or more and 0.45 or less. Here, the n value is an index n when approximating σ = F × ε ⁿ with respect to the true stress σ and the logarithmic strain ε in the plastic region above the yield point. The n value measurement method is specified in JIS Z 2241, but values from 2% elongation to the maximum stress point are used. Then, a logarithmic graph of logarithmic strain ε and true stress σ obtained from the measured elongation and stress is approximated by the least square method, and a work hardening index is obtained from the slope of the graph.
It is preferable that the semi-softening temperature of the rolled copper alloy foil is 150 ° C. or lower because the flexibility is excellent.

  The rolled copper alloy foil can be manufactured by hot rolling and cold rolling an ingot according to a conventional method, but the final cold rolling has a total workability of 85% or more and a workability of the final pass of 26%. Rolling at an oil film equivalent of 3% or more and the final three passes in the final cold rolling under the following conditions is preferable because the crystal grain size is uniformly refined and the workability after annealing is improved. Specifically, as the oil film equivalent in the final three passes of the final cold rolling, the oil film equivalent in the last two passes; 25,000 or less, the oil film equivalent in the last pass; 30000 or less, the oil film equivalent in the final pass ; 35000 or less.

<Copper-clad laminate>
A copper-clad laminate can be formed by laminating a resin layer on one side of the rolled copper alloy foil. In forming a copper clad laminate, a Ni layer is usually formed on the opposite surface of the rolled copper alloy foil.
<Resin layer>
The resin layer is not particularly limited, and examples include polyimide. In the case of a lamination method, it is a film before lamination, and in the case of a cast method, it is a liquid (uncured) polyimide before lamination. When it is applied to a rolled copper alloy foil and heated, it hardens and becomes a resin layer.
In the casting method, a varnish of polyimide is applied to a rolled copper alloy foil, and heat is applied to dry and cure to obtain a laminate. In the laminating method, a polyimide film on which a thermoplastic polyimide having adhesive strength is applied in advance and a rolled copper alloy foil are stacked and pressure-bonded through a heating roll or the like. You may laminate | stack a rolled copper alloy foil and a resin layer through an adhesive agent.
The resin layer thickness is preferably 50 μm or less.

<Ni layer>
The Ni layer can be formed by, for example, Ni plating, and may be formed not only on the entire surface of one side of the rolled copper alloy foil but also on a part thereof. The Ni plating may be electroplated using a known Ni plating bath such as a Watt bath, preferably a matte or bright Ni plating layer having a thickness of 2 to 10 μm and a hardness of Hv 150 or more, and the crystal orientation of the Ni plating layer Of these, the orientation ratio of the (200) plane is 40% or more.
In particular, a matte Ni layer is softer than a glossy Ni layer, and a copper-clad laminate having a matte Ni layer formed on one side is preferable because the number of times of bending is improved more than a rolled copper alloy foil alone. This is because the formation of the Ni plating layer alleviates the concentration of bending stress on the rolled copper alloy foil surface, and the bending radius corresponding to the Ni plating film thickness increases and the stress decreases. Conceivable.
The Ni layer thickness is preferably 2 to 10 μm.

The copper clad laminate formed from the rolled copper alloy foil of the present invention has a feature that it is difficult to break even when a bending stress is repeatedly applied in a direction perpendicular to the surface. In particular, when an FPC having a connector attached to this copper-clad laminate is manufactured, the number of repeated bendings is improved.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view showing a structure in which a male connector 200 is attached to a strip-like FPC (flexible wiring board) 60 in which an electric circuit is formed on a copper clad laminate formed from a rolled copper alloy foil of the present invention. The FPC 60 is formed by laminating a base film (resin layer) 63 on the lower surface of the rolled copper alloy foil 61 with an adhesive (for example, epoxy-based thermosetting adhesive) 62 interposed therebetween. A layer 61aa is formed, and a portion of the Ni layer 61aa facing the terminal portion of the male connector 200 (one end of the FPC 60) is formed with an Au plating layer 61ab for electrical connection with the terminal portion. As the base film 63, for example, polyimide is used.

When connecting the male connector 200 to the female connector (not shown), hold the male connector 200 and move it in a direction perpendicular to the surface of the FPC 60 (copper-laminated laminate) (up and down arrow A in FIG. 1). Will be inserted. Therefore, repeated bending stress is applied to the Au plating layer 61ab (arrow B in FIG. 1), which is a boundary portion between the FPC 60 and the male connector 200, and the FPC in this portion is easily broken.
Therefore, by using the copper clad laminate formed from the rolled copper alloy foil of the present invention, it is possible to prevent the FPC from being broken even in the use for attaching the connector.

In the copper clad laminate, a strip-shaped test piece in which an Au layer 61ab is formed on a part of the Ni layer 61aa and an electric circuit is formed on the rolled copper alloy foil 61 is prepared, and the Au layer 61ab is formed among the test pieces. While holding one end loosely, the other end on which the Au layer 61ab is formed is held with a gap in the thickness direction, and the other end is repeatedly bent with an amplitude of 2.0 mm in the direction perpendicular to the surface direction. If the number of times of bending until the electric circuit is disconnected is 10 times or more, the FPC can be effectively prevented from being broken even when the connector is attached.
This repeated bending test (hereinafter referred to as “repetitive bending test for connector FPC”) is performed as shown in FIGS. 2 to 4 below, unlike the conventional 180 ° bending test.

FIG. 2 shows a configuration of the connector FPC repeated bending test apparatus 100. The connector FPC repeated bending test apparatus 100 includes a tensile testing machine 10 that is mounted in the vertical direction with the load cell 11 attached thereto, and vices (chucks) 31 and 32 that loosely hold one end 50a side of the test piece 50 of the flexible wiring board, And a holder 20 that holds the other end 50b side of the test piece 50 with a gap in the thickness direction. More specifically, the holding tool 20 includes a U-shaped main body 23 and a pair of holding blades 21 and 22 that are disposed opposite to each other above and below the U-shaped opening edge when the U-shaped opening of the main body 23 is placed sideways. And a load cell mounting portion 25 that is mounted above the main body 23 and mounts the load cell 11.
The vices 31 and 32 are arranged so as to sandwich one end 50a of the test piece 50 from above and below, and the interval between the vices 31 and 32 can be adjusted by a screw 33. The width of the holding blades 21 and 22 is equal to or larger than the width of the test piece 50.

As shown in FIG. 3, the test piece 50 has a structure in which a test reinforcing plate or the like is attached to the FPC 60. The FPC 60 has the structure shown in FIG. 1, and the Ni layer 61aa and the Au layer 61ab are collectively displayed as a Ni underlayer Au plating layer 61a.
A first reinforcing plate 52 made of polyimide or the like is bonded to the lower surface of the base film 63 of the FPC 60 excluding the right end portion through an adhesive (for example, an acrylic thermosetting adhesive) 51. Furthermore, a second reinforcing plate 54 made of an epoxy resin or the like is bonded to the lower surface of the right end of the polyimide reinforcing plate 52 through an adhesive (double-sided tape) 53. On the other hand, a cover film 56 is bonded to the upper surface of the right end portion of the rolled copper alloy foil 61 of the FPC 60 via an adhesive (for example, an epoxy thermosetting adhesive) 55. The right side of the FPC 60 corresponds to the other end 50b side of the test piece 50.
As the base film 63 and the cover film 56, for example, polyimide is used. The total thickness t of the FPC 60, the adhesive 51, and the polyimide reinforcing plate 52 is, for example, about 0.3 mm.

  Next, a bendability evaluation method using the test piece 50 will be described with reference to FIG. First, the one end 50 a side of the test piece 50 is grasped and held by the vice (chuck) 31, 32. At this time, if the tightening force of the vices 31 and 32 becomes too strong, when the male connector is inserted into the female connector by hand and repeatedly moved up and down, the female connector loosely tightens the male connector is reproduced. Further, the Ni underlayer Au plating layer 61a is recessed, and when the other end 50b side of the test piece 50 is made to swing, the recess becomes a starting point of cracking, and accurate evaluation cannot be performed. Therefore, the measurement is reproduced by moderately loosening the tightening force of the vices 31 and 32. For example, the tightening force (tightening torque) of the vices 31 and 32 is preferably 2 to 6 cN · m.

On the other hand, on the other end 50b side of the test piece 50, the holding blades 21 and 22 are used in the center side of the second reinforcing plate 54 and the position where the cover film 56 is formed (see position H in FIG. 3). The end 50b is held from above and below. At this time, a gap G is provided between the holding blades 21 and 22 and the surface of the other end 50b.
By providing the holding blade 22 in addition to the holding blade 21, it can be repeatedly bent (amplitude) up and down, thereby reproducing the movement that repeatedly moves up and down when the male connector is inserted into the female connector by hand. it can. On the other hand, in a normal repeated bending test machine, only the holding blade 21 is provided, and only the amplitude from the horizontal state where no load is applied to the bottom is provided, and the movement repeatedly moving up and down at the time of inserting the connector is not reproduced.
In addition, by providing the gap G in this way, when the other end 50b side is repeatedly bent up and down (amplitude), it is difficult to apply tension to the other end 50b, and the connector is inserted by the operator's hand. Bending can be reproduced. The gap G can be about 0.5 mm, for example.
The tips of the holding blades 21 and 22 are thin so that a knife edge is formed, and line contact is made in the width direction of the test piece 50.
Further, one end 50a side of the test piece 50 is a side to which a male connector is attached, and the other end 50b side corresponds to a part held by a worker during insertion of the connector. The second reinforcing plate 54 further increases the amplitude during repeated bending and further reproduces the bending during connector insertion work, but may be omitted.

Note that one end 50a side of the test piece 50 is a fixed end, and bending between the fixed end and a holding portion on the other end side 50b of the test piece 50 (a contact portion between the tip of the holding blades 21 and 22 and the test piece 50). If the length L is 5 mm or more, the other end 50b side can be repeatedly bent up and down, and the bendability can be evaluated.
Further, if the mounting positions of the holding blades 21 and 22 on the main body 23 can be changed, the test pieces 50 having different thicknesses and widths can be tested. Furthermore, even if the holding blades 21 and 22 can be replaced, the test pieces 50 having different thicknesses and widths can be similarly tested.

After the test piece 50 is held by the vices 31 and 32 and the holding blades 21 and 22 in this way, the load cell 11 attached to the tensile tester 10 is displaced in the vertical direction, whereby the other end 50b side of the test piece 50 is obtained. Is repeatedly bent up and down. At this time, the stress applied to the load cell 11 may be made constant, and the displacement speed and displacement amount of the load cell 11 in the vertical direction may be controlled to predetermined values. For example, the displacement speed in the vertical direction of the load cell 11 can be set to about 5 mm / min, and the amount of displacement (amplitude) can be set to 2.0 mm. In this case, one up or down displacement takes about 30 seconds. Become.
A predetermined wiring portion (electric circuit) is formed on the rolled copper alloy foil 61 of the FPC 60 constituting the test piece 50, and the continuity (electric resistance) of the wiring portion is measured during a repeated bending (amplitude) test. For example, the disconnection (break) of the test piece 50 can be detected in real time, and the bendability can be quantitatively evaluated by estimating the displacement amount of the load cell 11 at the time of the disconnection.

<Rolled copper alloy foil>
A component having the composition shown in Table 1 was added to oxygen-free copper or tough pitch copper, and a rectangular parallelepiped ingot having a thickness of about 200 mm was manufactured by melt casting. This ingot was processed to about 10 mm by hot rolling, repeated cold rolling and annealing, and further finally cold rolled to obtain a rolled copper alloy foil having a thickness of 18 μm. One side of the rolled copper alloy foil was subjected to chemical treatment (copper-based rough plating) and subjected to lamination.

<Ni plating>
The surface of the rolled copper alloy foil that had not been subjected to chemical treatment was subjected to bright Ni plating with a watt bath (plating bath composition: nickel chloride 45 g / L, nickel sulfate 240 g / L, boric acid 30 g / L). A layer was formed. The plating conditions were such that the bath temperature was 40 to 60 ° C., the current density was 1 to 5 A / dm ^2, and plating was performed by adding a saccharin-based additive (trade name YNi-RH1) to the plating bath.

<Resin layer>
After 10 μm of an epoxy adhesive was applied to the surface of the rolled copper alloy foil that had been chemically treated, a 12.5 μm thick polyimide resin was pasted to prepare a copper-clad laminate.

<Semi-softening temperature of rolled copper alloy foil>
The tensile strength after annealing the rolled copper alloy foil at various temperatures for 30 minutes was measured. Then, the annealing temperature was determined when the tensile strength after annealing reached an intermediate value between the tensile strength after rolling and the tensile strength after annealing at 300 ° C for 30 minutes and complete softening.
In addition, the tensile strength (TS) measured 0.2% yield strength in the direction parallel to a rolling direction according to JIS-Z2241, respectively with the tensile tester.
<Ra (centerline average roughness) of rolled copper alloy foil>
Ra (centerline average roughness) of the rolled copper alloy foil was measured according to JIS B0601.

<Work hardening index of rolled copper alloy foil (n value)>
The n value is an index n when approximating σ = F × ε ⁿ for the true stress σ and logarithmic strain ε in the plastic region above the yield point. The measurement of the n value is specified in JIS Z 2241. Followed the method. Further, since the n value needs to be determined using the uniform elongation and stress after the material yields, the value from the elongation of 2% to the maximum stress point was used. Then, a logarithmic graph of logarithmic strain ε and true stress σ obtained from the measured elongation and stress was approximated by the method of least squares, and the n value was obtained from the slope of the graph.
When measuring the n value, as shown in Table 1, the rolled copper alloy foil was heat-treated at 350 ° C. for 0.5 hours and at 200 ° C. for 0.5 hours before the tensile test, respectively.
<I (220) / I (200) of rolled copper alloy foil>
At room temperature, the X-ray diffraction intensity ratio of the 220 plane and the 200 plane of the rolled copper alloy foil was measured. The full width at half maximum is obtained based on JIS K0131 and is a peak width at a value half the peak height of the X-ray diffraction intensity.

<Vickers hardness of Ni layer (Hv)>
Measured according to JIS Z 2244.

<Elongation at break>
Using a tensile tester, pull in the direction parallel to the rolling direction according to JIS-Z2241, and obtain the difference between the length L between the gauge points when the test piece is broken and the gauge distance L0 before the test in%. It was set as elongation at break.

<180 degree repeated bending test>
180 degree contact bending was performed according to the following procedure. First, the specimen was cut out so that the width of the specimen was 3.2 mm and the length was 30 mm, and the length direction of the test piece was parallel to the rolling direction to make a test piece. Close bending was performed. And the presence or absence of the fracture | rupture of the rolled copper alloy foil part of the cross section of a bending part was observed with the optical microscope. If there was no break, the sample after close contact bending was opened and stretched flat using a hand press, then folded back at the same place and crushed with a hand press. In this way, the number of times of bending until the rolled copper alloy foil broke (when the tester was used to eliminate continuity at both ends of the test piece was taken as the break) was determined.

<Repeated bending test for connector FPC>
An electric circuit was formed on each copper-clad laminate sample, and the test piece (FPC) shown in FIG. 3 was cut out with a width of 3.2 mm and a length of 30 mm so that the length direction of the test piece was parallel to the rolling direction. . This test piece was subjected to a bending test using the connector FPC repeated bending test apparatus shown in FIGS.
The test conditions were a gap G of 0.5 mm, a vertical displacement speed of the load cell 11 of 5 mm / min, and a displacement (amplitude) of 2.0 mm.

  The obtained results are shown in Tables 1 and 2.

As is clear from Tables 1 and 2, in the case of Examples 1 to 10 in which one or more selected from the group of Ag, Sn, Ti and Zr was added to oxygen-free copper or tough pitch copper in a total of 500 mass ppm or less The breaking elongation of the copper alloy foil was 6% or more, and the number of times to break by the repeated bending test for connector FPC with a bending displacement of 2.0 mm was 10 times or more. Further, the number of times until breakage by the conventional 180 degree repeated bending test was 5 times or more.
The reason why the bendability is improved in this way is that the rolled copper alloy foil is softened moderately by the heating roll during the resin laminating process when the rolled copper alloy foil of Examples 1 to 10 is processed into a copper-clad laminate. Conceivable.

On the other hand, among the oil film equivalents in the final three passes in the final cold rolling, the oil film equivalent two previous to the final pass exceeds 25,000, the oil film equivalent one previous to the final pass exceeds 30000, In the case of Comparative Examples 1, 3, and 4 where the oil film equivalent exceeded 35000, the surface roughness Ra in the rolling parallel direction of the rolled copper alloy foil exceeded 0.1 μm, and until the fracture by repeated bending test for connector FPC with a bending displacement of 2.0 mm. Was less than 10 times, and bending workability deteriorated.
In the case of Comparative Examples 2, 5, 6, and 7 in which the total degree of work at the time of final cold rolling of the rolled copper alloy foil was less than 85%, the work hardening index after annealing at 350 ° C. for 0.5 hour was less than 0.3. Thus, the number of times until the fracture in the repeated bending test for connector FPC with a bending displacement of 2.0 mm was less than 10, and the bending workability deteriorated.
In the case of Comparative Example 8 in which the Sn addition amount in the rolled copper alloy foil exceeds 500 ppm by mass, the semi-softening temperature of the rolled copper alloy foil exceeds 150 ° C., and the work hardening index after annealing at 350 ° C. for 0.5 hour is Less than 0.3, the number of times to break in the repeated bending test for connector FPC with a bending displacement of 2.0 mm was less than 10, and bending workability deteriorated.

60 FPC (copper-laminated laminate)
61 Rolled copper alloy foil 63 Resin layer 61aa Ni layer 61ab Au layer 200 Male connector

Claims (2)

A rolled copper alloy foil having a thickness of 5 to 50 μm having a composition in which one or more selected from the group of Ag, Sn, Ti and Zr is added to oxygen-free copper or tough pitch copper in a total of 500 ppm by mass or less,
After applying a chemical treatment to one side of the rolled copper alloy foil and applying an epoxy adhesive to 10 μm, a base film made of a polyimide resin layer having a thickness of 12.5 μm is laminated, and a thickness of 6 μm is formed on the opposite surface of the rolled copper alloy foil. A copper clad laminate having a Ni layer is formed, and an electric circuit is formed on the rolled copper alloy foil of the copper clad laminate so that the width direction is 3.2 mm, the length is 30 mm, and the length direction is parallel to the rolling direction. Prepare a specimen cut out in
A first reinforcing plate made of polyimide is bonded to the lower surface excluding the other end of the base film along the longitudinal direction of the test piece through a pressure-sensitive adhesive made of an acrylic thermosetting adhesive. On the upper surface where the rolled copper alloy foil is exposed without forming the Ni layer on the other end side, a cover film made of polyimide is bonded via an epoxy thermosetting adhesive, and the test piece, The total thickness t of the adhesive and the first reinforcing plate is 0.3 mm,
One end of the test piece along the longitudinal direction of the test piece is held loosely by a vice with a tightening force (tightening torque) of 2 to 6 cN · m, and the cover film on the other end side of the test piece is formed. Is held with a gap of 0.5 mm in the thickness direction, the bending length between the holding portion on the one end side and the other end side of the test piece is 5 mm or more, and the thickness is centered on a state where no load is applied. Rolled copper alloy for FPC with connector, when the bending is repeated with the displacement amount of 2.0mm in the direction and the vertical displacement speed of 5mm / min, and repeated bending until the electric circuit is disconnected Foil.   The rolled copper alloy foil for FPC with a connector according to claim 1, wherein a Ni layer is formed on one surface.

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