JPH079581A - Continuous heat treatment of composite tape - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To prevent the curling of a tape due to the evaporation of a solvent and the difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion between respective layers and to apply heat treatment with good productivity and yield by winding a composite tape around a cylindrical body in a heating and drying oven to provide curvature thereto and passing the composite tape through the heating and drying oven accompanied by the rotation of the cylindrical body to apply heat treatment thereto. CONSTITUTION:In the heat treatment of a composite tape consisting of films or foils composed of two or more kinds of different material qualities, for example, consisting of a copper foil and a polyamic acid film, the flexible composite tape is spirally wound around the cylindrical body rotating in the heating and drying oven to apply curvature to the tape and passed through the heating and drying oven accompanied by the rotation of the cylindrical body to be continuously heat-treated. Herein, a guide is pref. provided to the rotating cylindrical body so that the composite tape advances regularly and spirally. The diameter of the cylindrical body is pref. set to about 0.5-10 times the width of the tape to be heat-treated in order to prevent the remaining of strain in the composite tape and the curling of the tape.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a heat treatment method for a composite tape in which two or more kinds of films and foils made of different materials are laminated. For example, a composite tape of copper foil and polyamic acid film is heat treated. The resulting composite tape of copper foil and polyimide is TA for mounting semiconductor elements.
A composite tape obtained by applying a dispersion liquid of a magnetic material on a polyester tape and then heat-treating it can be used as a B (Tape Automated Bonding) tape, or as a magnetic recording tape.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, composite tapes such as those mentioned above are heat-treated while suppressing the occurrence of curling due to the shrinkage of the upper layer due to heat shrinkage by utilizing the curvature of a wide dryer or a roll arranged in an arch shape. Although the product has been slit to the required width, today, it has not been possible to meet the needs of producing small quantities of a large variety of products or making small quantities of tape on a trial basis.

For example, a polyamic acid film is subjected to necessary hole processing for device holes, sprocket holes, etc., thermocompression-bonded with a copper foil, and then heat-treated to form a two-layer T film.
You can get an AB tape, but in most cases TA
The pattern B is not versatile, and it is required to produce a large number of small quantities, such as one kind for one final product. On the other hand, as described above, by using a wide polyamic acid film at the same time to form a plurality of holes, thermocompression-bonding it to a wide copper foil, heat-treating it as it is, and then slitting it into a predetermined width. It is possible to manufacture a large number of TAB tapes at one time, but such a method can be used for a small number of versatile TA tapes.
Except for B, there are cost constraints such as the need to newly install a die for punching out the polyamic acid film and a device capable of multiple-line treatment (laminating and heat treatment).

Therefore, there has been a demand for development of an apparatus capable of independently heat-treating each individual tape. However, in order to perform heat treatment while preventing curling due to heat shrinkage of a thin tape-shaped composite material, a floating dryer is used. It is necessary to increase the density of the sine curve to increase the curvature, and also when arranging the rolls in an arch shape, it is necessary to narrow the gap between the rolls and to increase the curvature, resulting in a large scale of equipment. Had.

[0005]

The object of the present invention is to produce a composite tape which can be used as a TAB tape or a magnetic recording tape in which two or more kinds of films or foils of different materials are laminated. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method for preventing the tape from curling due to the evaporation of the solvent and the difference in the coefficient of thermal expansion of each layer during the heat treatment and continuously performing the heat treatment.

[0006]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION According to the present invention, a flexible composite tape is spirally wound around a rotating cylinder in a heating / drying furnace to give a curvature, and the heating / drying furnace is rotated as the cylinder rotates. Is a continuous heat treatment method for a composite tape in which the heat treatment is performed continuously by passing through

The rotating cylindrical body in the present invention is preferably provided with a guide so that the composite tape advances in a regular spiral shape. The shape of the guide is not particularly limited as long as it can guide the film regularly, but it is generally preferable to provide a guide having a convex portion or a U-shape in a spiral shape. Further, the cylindrical body may be provided with a spiral recess. In order to carry out the continuous heat treatment, it is desirable that the unwinding and rewinding devices are usually installed in this device. The drying oven required for heat treatment is
When heat-treating a composite tape having a material that is not preferable when the conductor foil or the like is oxidized, it is preferable that the atmosphere in the furnace is kept in an inactive state by flowing nitrogen gas or the like. From the viewpoint of improving productivity, it is also possible to provide a plurality of rotating shafts in the same drying furnace and perform heat treatment in parallel for several rows at the same time.

When the composite tape is heated and dried in a normal flat-type continuous furnace, the tape is curled due to the evaporation of the solvent and the difference in the thermal expansion coefficient of each layer, so that the heat treatment cannot be performed uniformly. On the other hand, it is possible to prevent the tape from curling by winding the tape in a spiral shape and conveying it in a drying oven with a curvature. The diameter of the cylindrical body is not particularly limited, but in order to prevent curling of the tape while preventing distortion in the composite tape,
It is preferably about 0.5 to 10 times the width of the tape to be heat treated. The material that can be used as the cylindrical body is not particularly limited as long as it is a material that is not easily affected by softening or oxidation in the above-mentioned atmosphere during heating and drying, but a metal material such as stainless steel or titanium can be used.

[0009]

According to the method of the present invention, when heat-treating a TAB tape obtained by laminating two or more kinds of films or foils made of different materials or a composite tape usable as a magnetic recording tape, the curvature in the heating / drying furnace is reduced. By carrying it while holding it, it is possible to perform continuous heat treatment easily and cheaply with good productivity and yield while preventing curling of the tape caused by evaporation of solvent and difference in thermal expansion coefficient of each layer. it can.

[0010]

[Examples] 108 g of purified anhydrous para-phenylenediamine and 4, 4 g of a separable flask equipped with a thermometer, a stirrer, a reflux condenser and a dry nitrogen gas inlet were provided.
Take 200 g of 4'-diaminodiphenyl ether, and add a mixed solvent of 90% by weight of anhydrous N-methyl-2-pyrrolidone and 10% by weight of toluene, and the solid content ratio in all the charged raw materials is 20% by weight.
It was dissolved by adding an amount as much as. Dry nitrogen gas was allowed to flow in all steps from the reaction preparation stage to the product removal. Next, 294 g of purified anhydrous 3,3 ', 4,4'-biphenyltetracarboxylic dianhydride and 218 g of pyromellitic dianhydride are added little by little with stirring, but since it is an exothermic reaction, it is an external water bath. This was cooled by circulating cold water at about 15 ° C. through. After the addition, set the internal temperature to 20 ° C,
The mixture was stirred for 5 hours, the reaction was completed, and a polyamic acid solution was obtained.

On a commercially available polyester film, the thickness of the polyamic acid solution after imidization with a bar coater was measured.
Apply to 25 μm and dry at 110 ° C for 15 minutes,
Obtain a polyamic acid film with a release film, 35
After slitting to a width of mm, hole processing is performed using a mold, a polyamic acid film is superposed on a commercially available roughened surface of a copper foil having a width of 35 mm, and using a roll-type laminator, 90 ° C, 15
The polyester film was peeled off by heating and pressure bonding at kg / cm ² and 0.2 m / min to obtain a semi-cured polyamic acid film formed on the copper foil tape.

This copper foil tape with a polyamic acid film is rolled into a stainless steel cylindrical body with a diameter of 20 cm in which U-shaped guides are spirally arranged at intervals of 40 mm, and the polyamic acid film surface is outside along this guide. It is spirally wound so that it becomes, and the tape is moved forward by rotating the cylinder, and the nitrogen is replaced. 100 ℃, 200 ℃, 300 ℃, 400 ℃
The two-layer TAB tape substrate was obtained by passing through a heating / drying furnace having four heating / drying zones of 4 for a total of 40 minutes to complete imidization.

Using the obtained two-layer substrate, a conductor pattern is formed by subjecting a conductor foil to a predetermined resist pattern and a hole filling process, and then performing an etching process to form a conductor pattern. 2 by removing and punching a sprocket hole
A layer TAB tape was obtained.

[0014]

According to the present invention, a composite tape used for a two-layer TAB tape, a magnetic recording tape, etc., which has been difficult until now, because curling occurs due to a difference in shrinkage and a coefficient of thermal expansion when heat treatment is applied. It became possible to heat-treat continuously. Further, in this method, since the tape is spirally advanced, the staying time in the dryer can be increased, so that the length of the drying furnace can be shortened and the manufacturing cost of the entire apparatus can be reduced. Further, by installing a plurality of cylindrical bodies in parallel in the same drying furnace, a plurality of tapes can be heat treated at the same time, which is suitable as an industrial heat treatment method for a composite tape.

 ─────────────────────────────────────────────────── ─── Continued Front Page (72) Inventor Toshio Nakao 1-2-2 Uchisaiwaicho, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo Sumitomo Bakelite Co., Ltd.

Claims (1)

[Claims] 1. A flexible composite tape is spirally wound around a rotating cylinder in a heating / drying furnace to give a curvature, and is passed through the heating / drying furnace as the cylinder rotates, and continuously heat treated. A continuous heat treatment method for a composite tape, which comprises: