WO2015045349A1 - 光導波路用ドライフィルムとそれを用いた光導波路の製法並びに光導波路 - Google Patents
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- the present invention relates to an optical waveguide dry film, an optical waveguide manufacturing method using the same, and an optical waveguide.
- the short-range ultra-high-speed transmission medium in the housing of electronic devices / devices is not copper wiring, which increases the cost for realizing accurate information transmission.
- a so-called optical waveguide also referred to as an optical wiring or an optical transmission path
- transmits a digital optical signal has attracted attention.
- An optical waveguide is transparent at the wavelength of light used, and a relatively low refractive index cladding material surrounds or surrounds a linear transmission line formed of a relatively high refractive index core material.
- An optical fiber is a type of optical waveguide, but it is difficult to increase the mounting density of the core. Therefore, for simultaneous realization of high density and ultrahigh-speed transmission, multiple linear cores or planar cores can be obtained by patterning by exposure to the plane.
- resin optical waveguides formed inside the cladding layer have become the most prominent.
- An optical waveguide having a linear core is sometimes called a ridge optical waveguide or a channel optical waveguide, and an optical waveguide having a planar core is sometimes called a slab optical waveguide or a planar optical waveguide.
- the dry film type optical waveguide material is a material in which an uncured optical waveguide resin that is solid at room temperature is disposed on a carrier substrate (also called a carrier film, a base film, a support film, etc.).
- a carrier substrate also called a carrier film, a base film, a support film, etc.
- some processing such as curing or patterning is performed.
- a protective film (also referred to as a cover film, a separator, or a masking film) is disposed on the surface of the optical waveguide resin that is not in contact with the carrier substrate.
- a protective film also referred to as a cover film, a separator, or a masking film
- a treatment that can be easily removed is applied. In this case, since it is necessary to peel off at the interface between the optical waveguide resin and the protective film at the time of peeling off the protective film, the adhesive force at the interface is more than the adhesive force between the carrier substrate and the optical waveguide resin interface. Must also be low.
- Patent Documents 1 to 4 Several techniques for producing optical waveguides with resin materials have been reported so far (see Patent Documents 1 to 4). Also, regarding dry film technology, dry films for solder resists, coverlays, and etching resists have been reported. There is a report about (patent document 5).
- a method for forming an optical waveguide includes a base film and a resin layer formed on the base film, and a cover film such as polyethylene or polypropylene is protected on the opposite side of the base film as necessary.
- a method using a dry film having a structure in which a film is laminated and a resin layer is sandwiched between a base film and a cover film is disclosed.
- the cover film only the material is disclosed, and there is no description about the roughness.
- Patent Document 2 as a method of manufacturing an optical waveguide, a clad layer forming resin formed on a substrate is cured to form a lower clad, and a core layer forming resin film is laminated on the lower clad layer.
- a method is disclosed in which a core layer is formed, the core layer is exposed and developed to form a core pattern, and a resin for forming a cladding layer formed so as to embed the core pattern is cured to form an upper cladding layer.
- the core-forming resin is specified as a film, but the clad-forming resin may be in the form of a film. Both the core and clad resin films are finally used as the base material for the optical waveguide.
- a corona for improving the adhesive force between the support film and the resin layer is used. It is disclosed that it is preferable not to perform mat
- Patent Document 3 discloses a method of constructing an optical waveguide as a method of manufacturing an optoelectric composite substrate by obtaining an electric wiring substrate with a lower cladding layer and sequentially forming a core pattern and an upper cladding layer on the lower cladding layer.
- a film-like resin for both the cladding layer forming resin and the core layer forming resin, both of which are formed by forming a resin layer on a base film that is a support for supporting the resin film.
- the base film is preferably made of PET (polyethylene terephthalate), polypropylene, polyethylene, etc., and may be subjected to a release treatment, an antistatic treatment or the like in order to easily peel off the resin layer later.
- a protective film may be bonded to the resin film for the core and the clad in consideration of film protection and rollability in the case of manufacturing in a roll shape. It is disclosed that a film similar to the example of the film can be used, and a release treatment, an antistatic treatment or the like may be performed as necessary.
- Patent Document 4 as a method for producing a flexible optical waveguide, a first cladding layer is formed, and a core layer forming resin film is laminated on at least one end portion thereon to form a first core layer.
- the second core layer is formed by laminating a resin film for forming a core layer on the entire surface of the first core layer and the first clad layer, and the first core layer and the second core are formed.
- a method is disclosed in which a layer is patterned to form a core pattern of an optical waveguide, a second cladding layer is formed on the core pattern and the first cladding layer, and the core pattern is embedded.
- the base material of the resin film for forming the clad layer is subjected to physical or chemical surface treatment such as an oxidation method or an unevenness method, for example, in order to improve adhesion with the resin for forming the clad layer.
- the oxidation method include corona treatment, chromium oxidation treatment, flame treatment, hot air treatment, ozone / ultraviolet treatment method, etc.
- the unevenness method include so-called adhesion treatment such as sand blast method and solvent treatment method.
- the above surface treatment is performed in order to obtain adhesion with the clad resin. It is preferable.
- examples of peeling and removing the base film from at least one side for thinning the flexible optical waveguide and peeling the base film from both sides for reducing warpage of the flexible optical waveguide are also disclosed. Because of the premise that the adhesiveness between the base film and the cladding resin is better, it is humidified under a high temperature and high humidity condition for the purpose of easily peeling the base film. A method is disclosed in which the adhesive strength between the layers is reduced and peeling is performed. Furthermore, in the resin film for forming a clad layer and the resin film for forming a core layer, a protective film is provided on the surface opposite to the base film of the resin film for the purpose of improving the protection of the resin film and the winding property when manufacturing.
- a structure in which (separator or masking film) is laminated is disclosed, and the protective film is preferably not subjected to the adhesion treatment in order to facilitate separation from the clad forming resin and the core forming resin. It is disclosed.
- a so-called vacuum laminating method in which heating and pressurization is performed under reduced pressure is preferable from the viewpoint of adhesion and followability. It is disclosed that it is preferable to laminate using a roll laminator from the viewpoint of preventing air bubbles from entering between them.
- Patent Document 5 discloses a photosensitive film for lamination on a printed wiring board, in which the surface roughness of the protective film is measured with a cutoff value of 0.08 to 8 mm and an evaluation length of 0.4 mm to 40 mm.
- An arithmetic average roughness (Ra) in the range is 0.5 ⁇ m or more, and the photosensitive composition layer has a static load of 0.25 kg / mm 2 on the photosensitive composition layer with a layer thickness of 2 mm at a temperature of 30 ° C.
- the film has a fluidity with a change in film thickness of 50 to 800 ⁇ m over time from 10 seconds to 600 seconds after the load is applied, and the protective film is applied to the photosensitive composition layer.
- a photosensitive film characterized in that a surface roughness is imparted, and the surface roughness is retained on a printed wiring board before lamination and disappears by pressurization during lamination.
- This is described in paragraph 0002 of Patent Document 5, but relates to a so-called solder resist, a cover lay of a flexible printed wiring board, and an etching resist used in forming a copper circuit of a printed wiring board.
- solder resist a so-called solder resist
- a cover lay of a flexible printed wiring board a cover lay of a flexible printed wiring board
- an etching resist used in forming a copper circuit of a printed wiring board.
- One aspect of the present invention is an optical waveguide dry film having a carrier substrate (A), an active energy ray or heat curable resin layer for optical waveguide (B), and a protective film (C).
- the surface of the protective film (C) that contacts the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is a roughened surface.
- the present invention since it becomes possible to manufacture an optical waveguide in which the remaining microbubbles are minimized, it is considered that waveguide loss can be reduced and manufacturing yield and reliability can be improved in the optical waveguide. It is done. Further, the step of forming the clad layer and the core layer can be performed using the same apparatus, and the optical waveguide manufacturing cost can be reduced.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a dry film configuration for a lower cladding, which is a dry film for an optical waveguide according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which the protective film of the lower cladding dry film is peeled off in the method of manufacturing an optical waveguide using the optical waveguide dry film of one embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 3 shows that in the manufacturing method of the present embodiment, the resin layer surface and the planar object are brought close to each other without reducing the roughness of the optical waveguide resin layer surface from which the protective film of the lower clad dry film of the optical waveguide is peeled off. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram which shows the state.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a dry film configuration for a lower cladding, which is a dry film for an optical waveguide according to an embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing
- FIG. 4 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which the optical waveguide resin layer and the planar object are bonded together by heating and pressurizing under reduced pressure in the manufacturing method of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 5 is a schematic cross-sectional view illustrating a state in which the carrier base material is removed after the optical waveguide resin layer is cured in the manufacturing method of the present embodiment.
- FIG. 6 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure of a core dry film, which is a dry film for an optical waveguide according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which the protective film of the core dry film is peeled off in the manufacturing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 8 is a plan view showing the surface of a resin layer without reducing the roughness of the surface of the resin layer for an optical waveguide from which the protective film of the core dry film for an optical waveguide is peeled, in the manufacturing method according to another embodiment of the present invention. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram which shows the state which made the lower clad layer formed on the object adjoined.
- FIG. 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which the core resin layer of the optical waveguide and the lower cladding layer are bonded together under heat and pressure under reduced pressure in the manufacturing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the manufacturing method including the process of partially hardening the resin layer for optical waveguides (for cores), the process of peeling a carrier base material, and the image development process which removes an unhardened part.
- It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram which shows the state by which the lower clad layer and the core layer were formed on the planar object obtained through these.
- FIG. 11 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the structure of a dry film for an optical cladding, which is a dry film for an optical waveguide according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 12 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which the protective film of the upper cladding dry film is peeled off in the manufacturing method according to still another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 13 shows a surface of a resin layer and a flat surface without reducing the roughness of the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer from which the protective film of the upper cladding dry film of the optical waveguide is peeled, in the manufacturing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram which shows the state which made the core layer and lower clad layer which were formed on the object shaped close.
- FIG. 14 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which the upper cladding resin layer, the core layer, and the lower cladding layer are in contact with each other in the manufacturing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- FIG. 15 shows a state after bonding the upper cladding resin layer of the optical waveguide, the core layer, and the lower cladding layer by heating and pressing under reduced pressure in the manufacturing method of another embodiment of the present invention. It is a cross-sectional schematic diagram.
- FIG. 16 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing a state in which a lower cladding layer, a core layer, and an upper cladding layer are formed on a planar object in the manufacturing method according to another embodiment of the present invention.
- the optical waveguide resin surface opposite to the carrier base When using a so-called dry film clad and core optical waveguide resin film, the optical waveguide resin surface opposite to the carrier base must be placed on a planar object and laminated. In general, vacuum lamination is adopted, but even if vacuum lamination is adopted, fine bubbles after lamination (the diameter when seen from directly above the optical waveguide, which can be easily found visually or with an optical microscope) There was a problem that bubbles of 5 ⁇ m to 100 ⁇ m) remained.
- the optical waveguide resin in the form of dry film slips easily when it is placed on a flat object so that the optical waveguide resin does not crack, detach, or generate powder during handling.
- the optical waveguide resin itself has adequate flexibility at the temperature when the optical waveguide resin in the form of a dry film is disposed at least on a planar object so that the surface thereof has appropriate tackiness. What has is suitable.
- a dry film-shaped resin surface for an optical waveguide is placed on a planar object, the planar object and the resin surface are partially bonded to each other, and an adhesive region surrounding the air layer is generated. In many cases, the residual bubbles are finally formed.
- a single resin layer is sufficient to develop the function, so the resin of the dry film is placed on the surface of the printed wiring board.
- the layer is only formed as a single layer.
- a dry film material for an optical waveguide requires a lower clad formed on a planar object, a core formed thereon, and an upper clad formed thereon.
- the resin layers are stacked in multiple layers (multistage or multilayer). Furthermore, when the core is formed in multiple layers, the resin layer of the dry film material becomes increasingly multilayered.
- the level of bubbles mixed in each layer of the lower clad, core, and upper clad was the same as the level of bubbles allowed when solder resist, coverlay, and etching resist were formed on the printed wiring board. Even so, the occurrence probability of defects (defects) in the optical waveguides stacked in multiple layers (at least three layers) is an integration of the defect occurrence probabilities of the lower clad / core / upper clad layers. Therefore, in the dry film material for an optical waveguide, it is necessary to extremely reduce the amount of air bubbles in the lower clad, core, and upper clad layers as compared with general solder resists, coverlays, and etching resists.
- the bubbles not only reduce the manufacturing yield of the optical waveguide manufactured by the laminate method, but also increase the manufacturing cost of the optical waveguide by requiring complicated manufacturing processes and know-how to prevent the bubbles from remaining. Therefore, for the industrialization of the optical waveguide, a measure for a dry film material for minimizing the remaining of fine bubbles in the optical waveguide has been desired.
- an object of the present invention is to provide a dry film for an optical waveguide capable of minimizing the fine bubbles remaining in the optical waveguide, an optical waveguide manufacturing method using the same, and an optical waveguide.
- the present inventors have used a protective film in the optical waveguide dry film, the surface of the protective film that contacts the optical waveguide resin is a roughened surface, and the dry film from which the protective film has been peeled off is used. It has been found that the above problem can be solved by making the resin surface for the optical waveguide of the film a roughened surface reflecting the peeled surface of the protective film. And the present inventors completed this invention by repeating examination further based on this knowledge.
- the dry film for optical waveguides according to the first embodiment of the present invention includes a carrier substrate (A), a resin layer for optical waveguides (B) that can be cured by active energy rays or heat, and a protective film (C). It is a dry film for optical waveguides, and the surface in contact with the resin layer (B) for optical waveguides of the protective film (C) is a roughened surface.
- the dry film (lower clad layer forming dry film 10) includes a carrier substrate 11, an optical waveguide (lower clad) resin layer 12, and a protective film 13.
- the surface of the protective film 13 that contacts the optical waveguide (lower cladding) resin layer 12 is a roughened surface.
- symbol in a figure is respectively: 10 Optical film (lower clad) dry film, 11, 31, 41 Carrier base material, 12 Optical waveguide (lower clad) resin layer, 13, 33, 43 Protective film, 14 Lower clad, 20 planar object, 21 planar object with lower clad formed, 22 planar object with lower clad and core formed, 30 optical waveguide (core) dry film, 32 optical waveguide (core) resin 4 shows a layer, 34 core, 40 optical waveguide (upper clad) dry film, 42 optical waveguide (upper clad) resin layer, and 44 upper clad.
- the carrier substrate (A) is a carrier used when a resin layer for an optical waveguide is formed thereon and the optical waveguide resin layer is transferred to a planar object later, preferably in the form of a film or a sheet.
- a certain carrier is used.
- the material of the carrier substrate is not particularly limited, and examples thereof include a thermoplastic resin, a cured product (resin film) of a thermosetting resin, a metal, and an inorganic material (glass).
- thermoplastic resins PET (polyethylene terephthalate), PP (polypropylene), PE (polyethylene), PEN (polyethylene naphthalate), PI (polyimide), COF (cycloolefin polymer), PA (polyamide), PAI (polyamideimide) ), LCP (liquid crystal polymer) and the like. These may have been stretched in the film manufacturing process.
- thermosetting resin cured product is obtained by appropriately selecting a composite material obtained by combining a thermosetting resin and an inorganic filler (glass cloth, glass nonwoven fabric, glass powder), or the molecular structure of the thermosetting resin, or curing.
- examples thereof include a thermosetting resin cured product having flexibility obtained by appropriately selecting an additive capable of improving the flexibility of the product.
- the metal examples include a single-layer or multi-layer metal foil such as copper or aluminum, and a composite in which a thin layer of metal is formed on the thermoplastic resin or thermosetting resin.
- the material of the carrier is a metal
- a so-called peelable metal foil in which a metal foil having a thickness of 1 to 30 ⁇ m is laminated on a metal foil having a thickness of 20 to 100 ⁇ m (also referred to as a carrier foil) via a release layer is used as the carrier. It may be used as a substrate.
- the carrier base material (A) is a resin film
- the carrier substrate (A) is a metal foil
- a clad both upper clad and second clad
- the carrier substrate (A) is a metal foil
- a clad both upper clad and second clad
- the carrier substrate (A) is a metal foil
- a clad both upper clad and second clad
- the carrier substrate (A) is a metal foil
- a clad both upper clad and second clad
- the dry film of this embodiment When the dry film of this embodiment is laminated on a planar object to be described later, and then irradiates active energy rays through the carrier base material and adopts a method of curing the optical waveguide resin layer (B), It is preferable to use a highly transparent carrier substrate.
- the transmittance of the carrier substrate at the wavelength of the active energy ray to be irradiated is preferably 85% or more, and more preferably 90% or more.
- the active energy beam is partially irradiated through the carrier substrate to partially cure the optical waveguide resin layer (B) (so-called patterning is performed).
- patterning is performed in the case of employing an exposure process
- the carrier substrate has no surface scratches and extremely low surface roughness, and the size of particulate matter (bubbles, organic matter or inorganic fine particles) with different refractive index contained therein is as small as possible and contains it. A small amount is preferred.
- the surface roughness (defined later) of the carrier substrate is preferably such that the arithmetic average roughness (SRa) is 0.1 ⁇ m or less and the ten-point average roughness (SRz) is 2 ⁇ m or less, more preferably arithmetic.
- the average roughness (SRa) is 0.06 ⁇ m or less and the ten-point average roughness (SRz) is 1 ⁇ m or less.
- the average particle size of the particulate material is preferably 1 ⁇ m or less, more preferably 0.5 ⁇ m or less, and most preferably 0.1 ⁇ m or less.
- the numerical value of the surface roughness (surface roughness) in this specification is not a probe type but a scanning confocal so that it can also express the surface roughness of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) described later. It is a value obtained by roughness analysis using a laser microscope.
- the measurement is generally performed by applying a load of 0.75 mN (about 0.0765 gf) with a probe having a radius of 2 ⁇ m at the tip.
- the contact area with the object to be measured is 2 ⁇ m in radius
- a load equivalent to about 600 kgf per square centimeter is applied to the object to be measured
- about 2400 kgf is applied to the object to be measured.
- the surface roughness can be measured using a scanning confocal laser microscope under the following conditions.
- SRa obtained by this result is arithmetic average roughness
- SRz is ten-point average roughness.
- SRa and SRz may be indicated.
- an active energy ray shows the electromagnetic wave which has a wavelength below visible light region, specifically, visible light of 700 nm to 400 nm, ultraviolet light of 400 nm to about 2 nm, and shorter wavelength than that.
- X-rays are shown.
- an infrared laser such as a carbon dioxide laser that emits laser beams having wavelengths of 9.4 ⁇ m and 10.6 ⁇ m is sometimes referred to as an active energy ray.
- an active energy ray is an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength of 700 nm or less. The infrared laser is not included. The reason for this definition is that when the wavelength of light is longer than that of visible light, the electromagnetic wave cannot substantially activate a photo-curing type curing initiator that cures the resin.
- the thickness of the carrier base material is not particularly limited as long as it has a range of characteristics and flexibility required in each step in manufacturing from use of the dry film. Generally, it is preferably 9 ⁇ m to 200 ⁇ m. When the thickness is less than 9 ⁇ m, wrinkles are very likely to enter the carrier substrate, the strength is reduced and the fracture is easily broken, or the tension applied in the processing step when forming the optical waveguide resin layer thereon. This is not preferable because handling properties such as an increase in elongation deteriorate.
- the thickness of the carrier substrate is more preferably 15 ⁇ m to 100 ⁇ m, particularly preferably 30 to 75 ⁇ m.
- the surface condition of the carrier base material is when the carrier base material remains on the optical waveguide in the final product, and when the carrier base material is removed in the optical waveguide manufacturing process and does not remain on the optical waveguide in the final product. And may have different properties.
- the adhesive strength between the resin layer and the carrier substrate constituting the optical waveguide to which the carrier substrate is bonded may be high. Since the carrier base material surface is required, the surface of the carrier base material such as plasma treatment or corona treatment that generates functional groups, or sand blast treatment or chemical etching treatment, or a mixture of olefin polymers with different crystal phases is stretched.
- a process for forming surface irregularities by a method such as a process for coating or a process for coating the surface of a carrier substrate with a material having a high adhesive force on both the cured resin for optical waveguides and the carrier substrate (also referred to as an easy adhesion treatment or a primer treatment) ) Or the like.
- the surface of the carrier substrate is smooth, has high transparency at the wavelength of light propagating through the optical waveguide core, and also, a material having a low refractive index is required.
- the surface is subjected to plasma treatment, or a so-called primer treatment is applied in which a thin layer is coated with a resin or a coupling agent with high adhesive strength. Is preferred.
- the carrier base material when the carrier base material is removed in the optical waveguide manufacturing process and does not remain on the optical waveguide in the final product, the carrier base material can be easily separated from the uncured or cured product of the optical waveguide resin.
- the surface smoothness is preferably high, and SRa is preferably 0.1 ⁇ m or less and SRz is 2 ⁇ m or less, more preferably SRa is 0.06 ⁇ m or less and SRz is 1 ⁇ m. It is as follows.
- the surface of the carrier base material may be subjected to a so-called mold release treatment such as coating or adsorption of a fluorine-based resin, a silicone-based resin, or various organic silane compounds as necessary.
- Examples of such commercially available carrier base materials include Toyobo Co., Ltd. PET film product number A4100. This is a film in which one side is subjected to easy adhesion treatment and the other side is not subjected to surface treatment, and the measured values of the surface roughness are SRa of 0.03 ⁇ m and SRz of 0. 7 ⁇ m.
- Other commercially available products include Toray's PET film product number T60 and the like. In the film, the measured values of the surface with a small surface roughness are SRa of 0.04 ⁇ m and SRz of 1.9 ⁇ m.
- the protective film when the protective film is peeled off from the optical waveguide resin layer, it is necessary to peel off at the interface between the optical waveguide resin and the protective film.
- the adhesion between the material and the optical waveguide resin interface must be higher than the adhesion between the protective film and the optical waveguide resin interface.
- the resin layer (B) for the optical waveguide that can be cured by active energy rays or heat becomes a member constituting the optical waveguide (clad, core).
- the cured product cured with active energy rays or heat has high transparency and is formed of a resin capable of realizing a dry film form. Even such materials can be used.
- both the resin composition for the optical waveguide core and the resin composition for the optical waveguide cladding must have high transparency, and the resin composition has a thickness of 2 to When the transmission loss in the thickness direction of a portion of a 3 mm plate-cured object having a smooth surface and containing no defects such as bubbles is measured with a spectrophotometer, it is 0 at a waveguide light wavelength of 840 to 860 nm.
- the optical waveguide light wavelength is 0.3 dB / cm or less at a wavelength of 990 to 1010 nm, or 0.5 dB / cm or less at a waveguide light wavelength of 1300 to 1330 nm.
- it is a composition. Above these values, the loss of the optical waveguide increases and a large amount of power is consumed to increase the output of the laser light source for transmitting information through the optical waveguide, or information can be transmitted through the optical waveguide. This is not preferable because the distance is shortened.
- the core resin composition must have a higher refractive index at the guided light wavelength than the cladding resin composition, and the square value of the core refractive index. It is preferable to set the numerical aperture (abbreviated as NA), which is obtained by subtracting the square value of the clad refractive index, from 0.1 to 0.5.
- NA numerical aperture
- the NA is smaller than 0.1, the NA is smaller than the NA of a single mode (SM) fiber that is an optical fiber generally used for long-distance optical transmission. Therefore, a coupling loss occurs during optical coupling with the optical fiber.
- SM single mode
- the problem is that the loss of the bending portion when the optical waveguide core is arranged in a curved surface becomes large, or the NA value varies and is not stable because the refractive index difference between the core and the clad is too small. Is not preferable.
- NA is larger than 0.5
- the spread angle of light increases at the part where light is emitted from the optical waveguide toward the light receiving element, resulting in an increase in signal light that protrudes from the light receiving part of the light receiving element.
- the coupling loss increases, which is not preferable.
- Examples of the resin material of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) include an epoxy curable resin, an acrylic curable resin, a cyanate ester curable resin, an oxetane resin, a vinyl ether resin, a urethane resin, or these A resin using a combination of these, or a silicone-cured resin can be exemplified. Since both are used as members constituting the optical waveguide, it is needless to say that the cured product needs to have high transparency.
- An epoxy curing resin is a curing system in which an epoxy group, which means a functional group having a three-membered ring structure composed of two carbon atoms and one oxygen atom, is activated by active energy rays or heating in the presence of some curing initiator.
- a resin in which the reaction proceeds) may be used.
- Preferred examples of the epoxy curable resin include the contents and compositions described in JP 2007-119585 A, JP 2009-104083 A, JP 2009-104084 A, and JP 2010-230944 A. Can be illustrated.
- Epoxy resin raw material used for the epoxy resin composition is a compound having an epoxy group and needs to be cured. Therefore, the composition contains a compound having two or more epoxy groups in one molecule. .
- Epoxy resin raw materials have various molecular weights and epoxy equivalents. Epoxy resins with a molecular weight of 168 such as 1,2,8,9-diepoxy limonene (a bifunctional aliphatic epoxy sold as Celoxide 3000 from Daicel Corporation) Less than 93.5 equivalent, high molecular weight epoxy resin (synthesized from epichlorohydrin and bisphenol), sometimes called phenoxy resin or phenoxy polymer, with molecular weight of 40,000 or more and epoxy equivalent of about 7,000 or more There are a wide range of raw materials for epoxy resins.
- the epoxy resin raw material used in the present embodiment is the tackiness, powder fallenness, brittleness, handleability such as melt viscosity or softening temperature, workability, curability, and optical waveguide of the optical waveguide resin layer (B).
- the resin layer (B) cured product is appropriately selected so that the properties such as transparency, heat resistance, flexibility, toughness, refractive index, birefringence, linear expansion coefficient, and thermal conductivity can be brought to a desired level. I can do things.
- a curing agent and / or a curing initiator (curing catalyst) is necessary, but any of them can be used as long as it can realize high transparency in a cured product essential for an optical waveguide. Can be used without
- the acrylic curing resin is a polymer having a carboxyl group in the side chain, a monomer or oligomer of (meth) acrylic acid ester and some curing initiator as essential components, and polymerized by active energy rays or heating.
- This refers to a composition containing a curable resin that reacts and eventually becomes insoluble in a solvent or an alkaline liquid.
- Preferable specific examples include the contents and compositions described in JP-A 2009-169300, JP-A 2010-091733, and JP-A 2011-117988.
- the cyanate ester-curing resin is a case where a —OCN group reacts with each other in the presence of a curing initiator (catalyst) to form a 6-membered triazine ring, or an epoxy resin is used in combination.
- a curable resin that generates not only a triazine ring but also an oxazoline ring and three-dimensionally crosslinks.
- Preferable examples include the contents and compositions described in JP2012-159590.
- the silicone curing system refers to a curing system resin that undergoes an addition reaction (hydrosilylation) between silicon-hydrogen and carbon-carbon double bonds in the presence of a catalyst to cross-link three-dimensionally.
- the method for forming the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is not particularly limited, but the resin composition constituting the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is coated on the carrier substrate (A) as described above.
- a method of heating is preferred. More specifically, when the mixture of all the resin composition raw materials is liquid at room temperature, the resin composition is applied as it is, and then the curing reaction proceeds to some extent by heating to become a solid at room temperature. A method for setting the stage state can be exemplified. In addition, when the mixture of all the resin composition raw materials is solid at room temperature, the above-mentioned B stage is applied by a method of coating and drying a solution obtained by dissolving the resin composition raw materials in a solvent, or by heating during drying as necessary.
- This coating uses a general method that can continuously form a dry coating or B-stage coating with a thickness of several to several hundred microns, such as a die coater, slit coater, lip coater, comma coater, and gravure coater. it can.
- the resin layer in the portion that finally becomes the optical waveguide core has a thickness of about 5 to 100 ⁇ m.
- the core of the ridge optical waveguide is generally square in cross section perpendicular to the direction in which the optical signal propagates, and the resin layer thickness of the portion that becomes the optical waveguide core corresponds to the height of the core,
- the width is approximately equal to the width of the optical waveguide core formed by a method of obtaining a desired shape by partial exposure and subsequent development (photolithography, photolithography, or simply patterning).
- the thickness of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) in the portion that becomes the optical waveguide core becomes smaller than 5 ⁇ m, the cross-sectional dimension of the core becomes too small, and the optical fiber that is the partner for coupling the waveguide and the light This is not preferable because the coupling loss with the light emitting element is increased, or when it is difficult to stably produce a desired dimension when forming the core pattern with photolithography.
- the thickness is greater than 100 ⁇ m, the cross-sectional dimension of the core becomes too large, and the coupling loss between the optical fiber and the light receiving element that couples the waveguide to the light increases, or the thickness of the entire optical waveguide This is considered undesirable because it causes a problem of increase.
- the optical waveguide resin layer (B) in the portion that finally becomes the optical waveguide cladding has a thickness of 5 ⁇ m to just above or just below the core when the optical waveguide is formed.
- the thickness is preferably 100 ⁇ m. If the thickness is less than 5 ⁇ m, the effect of confining the guided light in the core is reduced and the optical waveguide loss is deteriorated, which is not preferable. On the contrary, if it is thicker than 100 ⁇ m, there is no problem in terms of the waveguide loss, but it is considered undesirable because the thickness of the optical waveguide itself increases.
- the structure of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) of the present embodiment may be a single layer, that is, a single resin layer dedicated to each of the lower clad, the core, and the upper clad, or a multilayer, that is, a clad resin and a core resin.
- a structure in which resins are laminated may be used.
- the lower clad is a clad formed on a planar object (D) to be described later when an optical waveguide having a single core layer is finally formed, and the core is formed thereon. This is also referred to as a lower cladding, an under cladding, a first cladding, or a first cladding.
- the upper clad is a clad that embeds the core of the ridge optical waveguide or covers the core of the slab optical waveguide, and is also called an upper clad, overclad, second clad, or 2nd clad. There is no strict distinction between lower clad and upper clad, and when forming the core in multiple layers (multistage), the core may be formed on the surface of the upper clad.
- the upper cladding also serves as the lower cladding of the upper core.
- the configuration of the protective film (C) is one of important features.
- the protective film is focused only on the peelability from the resin layer for the optical waveguide, and no roughening of the surface of the protective film has been studied.
- the surface is appropriately roughened, and the surface of the resin layer (B) from which the protective film (C) has been peeled is a rough surface reflecting the surface roughness of the protective film (C). It was found that by using the dry film, the waveguide loss of the finally obtained optical waveguide can be reduced when it is laminated on the planar object (D) described later.
- the protective film (C) is generally used as described above for the purpose of preventing foreign matter from adhering to or scratching the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B), or the optical waveguide resin. It is also used for the purpose of improving the winding property after coating and drying the layer (B). In this embodiment, it is used not only for such a conventional purpose but also as a matrix for transferring the surface roughened state of the protective film (C) to the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B).
- the contact area of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) when contacting the planar object (D) is reduced. Since it becomes small and many paths through which air is discharged when bonding are secured, it is considered that the void (fine bubbles) remaining in the optical waveguide resin layer (B) after bonding can be minimized.
- Examples of the material of the protective film (C) include the same materials as those of the carrier substrate (A).
- the surface of the protective film (C) in contact with the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is in a roughened state, and means for roughening is electrical discharge machining, also called sandblasting or physical etching.
- Methods for post-processing to film such as chemical etching, methods for adding irregularities on the surface by adding filler in the raw material, methods for coating / curing a coating material with filler on the surface, or resin in the raw material
- a known method such as a method of generating irregularities on the film itself, such as controlling the crystal structure ratio and generating irregularities on the surface during the stretching process, can be used.
- the surface on the side not in contact with the optical waveguide resin layer (B) may be smooth or roughened.
- the roughened surface means that the surface of the protective film (C) in contact with the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is generally recognized as being smooth (that is, SRa is 0.07 ⁇ m or less). Or, it means that SRz has a roughness exceeding 1 ⁇ m or less.
- the roughness value of the surface of the protective film (C) in contact with the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is below a smooth level, the optical waveguide resin obtained by peeling the protective film on the planar object (D) described later
- SRz is preferably equal to or less than the thickness of the optical waveguide resin layer (B).
- SRa of the roughened surface is 0.1 to 1 ⁇ m and SRz is 1 to 10 ⁇ m.
- SRa is 0.1 ⁇ m or less or SRz is 1 ⁇ m or less, there is less air escape when laminating the surface of the resin layer (B) that appears by peeling off the protective film (C) on the planar object (D).
- voids are likely to remain in the resin layer (D) after being bonded.
- the resin layer (B) partially remains on the protective film (C) side when the protective film (C) is peeled off, that is, the carrier base material There is a tendency that the problem of peeling off from (A) tends to occur.
- SRz is preferably less than this thickness.
- the peelability of the protective film (C) and the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is considered to be largely influenced by the anchor effect due to the roughened surface of the protective film (C).
- the physical interaction between the resin layer (B) and the protective film (C) is also affected.
- Specific examples of the physical interaction include wettability.
- the SRa is less than 0.1 to 0.5 ⁇ m and the SRz is 1 to 5 ⁇ m. It is preferable that it is less than. Further, for SRa, a more preferable range is 0.1 to 0.3 ⁇ m.
- a release treatment may be further applied to the roughened surface of the protective film (C) on the side in contact with the optical waveguide resin layer (B).
- the means include those in which a thin film is formed by a general means such as coating / drying, vapor deposition, sputtering, or the like with a fluorine-based resin or a silicon compound having a small surface energy.
- the same mold release treatment may be performed on the surface of the protective film (C) that is not in contact with the optical waveguide resin layer (B).
- the protective film (C) when the protective film (C) is peeled from the optical waveguide resin layer (B), the protective film is peeled off at the interface between the optical waveguide resin layer (B) and the protective film (C).
- the adhesive force at the interface between (C) and the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is lower than the adhesive force at the interface between the carrier substrate (A) and the optical waveguide resin layer (B).
- the thickness of the protective film (C) is not particularly limited, and may be determined in terms of handleability and price. If it is too thin, it is not preferable because of insufficient strength, pinhole defects, or high price, and if it is too thick, the rigidity of the entire dry film is too high, causing problems in handling, increasing the thickness and weight, and transportation costs. In general, the thickness is preferably 10 to 100 ⁇ m.
- the protective film (C) may be mixed or dispersed in the material with an antistatic agent or a substance having an active energy ray absorption capability as necessary, as long as the effects of the present invention are not impaired. Or you may apply
- the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is a photosensitive resin
- the protective film (C) has a capability of cutting a wavelength capable of curing the optical waveguide resin layer (B), such as an ultraviolet absorber or visible light.
- a dry film is manufactured by making a substance that absorbs light of a wavelength shorter than or equal to (such as a specific dye or pigment, or an inorganic powder such as cerium oxide) inside or on the surface of the film.
- a specific dye or pigment, or an inorganic powder such as cerium oxide
- the optical waveguide resin layer (B) itself acts as an adhesive layer. This is because the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) obtained by peeling the protective film (C) from the laminated dry film reflects the surface of the protective film (C).
- the surface state of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) reflecting the surface of the protective film (C) referred to here is the roughness of the surface of the protective film (C) in contact with the optical waveguide resin layer (B) (SRa, SRz) is a state in which the roughness value of 40% to 100% of the value is maintained.
- a general method can be adopted. For example, a method of pressing the roughened surface of the protective film (C) to the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) formed on the carrier substrate (A) with a roll at an appropriate temperature, and pressing with a flat plate vacuum laminator Examples thereof include a method and a method of pressing with a tension at the time of winding in a roll shape.
- the appropriate temperature mentioned here may be any temperature range that is low in the temperature range in which the resin layer for optical waveguide (B) can develop a softened state that can follow the roughened surface of the protective film (C). Although it varies depending on the resin composition of the waveguide resin layer (B), it is generally in the range of room temperature to 100 ° C., but is not limited to this range. In the temperature range in which a softened state capable of following the roughened surface can be developed, when the temperature is higher by about 70 ° C. than the minimum temperature, the resin of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) flows out from the film end. Since the thickness of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is smaller (thinner) than the desired value, it is not preferable.
- An optical waveguide manufacturing method includes the following steps in the optical waveguide manufacturing method using the optical waveguide dry film as described above: Preparing a planar object (D); A step of peeling the protective film (C) of the dry film for optical waveguide described above, The optical waveguide resin layer (B) and the planar object (D) are maintained while maintaining the roughness of the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) from which the protective film (C) of the optical waveguide dry film has been peeled off. And a process of bonding by heating and pressing under reduced pressure, and The step of curing a part or the entire surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) with an active energy ray or heat is performed in the above order.
- the planar object (D) is an object to which the optical waveguide resin layer (B) of the dry film according to the present invention is attached.
- an electric wiring board flexible board or rigid board for electric circuits
- a flexible film-like material a metal foil, or the like
- an electric wiring board on which an optical waveguide component is formed And a flexible film-like material or a metal foil.
- the planar object (D) is a temporary substrate that can be peeled off from the optical waveguide layer after forming all or a part of the optical waveguide layer, or the temporary substrate on which the optical waveguide constituent member is formed. There may be.
- planar object (D) is a flexible film-like material
- it may be a flexible film-like material that does not include electrical wiring or in which no electrical wiring is finally formed.
- planar objects (D) can be considered for each of these planar objects (D).
- the surface roughness of the planar object (D) is low, that is, an object to which the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is bonded.
- the surface roughness of the planar object (D) is 0.1 ⁇ m or less in SRa, many bubbles are likely to remain in the optical waveguide resin layer (B) after bonding, so that the effect of the present invention is achieved. Is thought to be more effective.
- planar object (D) as described above can be obtained by a known manufacturing method.
- the optical waveguide disclosed in this embodiment It can be obtained by using a dry film and a manufacturing method thereof.
- Step of peeling off protective film (C) of dry film for optical waveguide Since the protective film (C) is laminated on the optical waveguide resin layer (B), the optical waveguide dry film of this embodiment is bonded to the optical waveguide resin layer (B) and the planar object (D). In order to match, first, the protective film (C) is peeled off.
- the method is not particularly limited, and the protective film (C) may be manually peeled from one side or corner of the optical waveguide dry film, or may be peeled by a mechanical device.
- FIG. 2 shows a schematic view of the state in which the protective film (C) of the lower clad dry film for the optical waveguide dry film is peeled off.
- the optical waveguide resin layer (B ) Maintain the surface roughness and prevent it from being flattened.
- the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) after peeling off the protective film (C) is sandwiched by a roll or the like when passing through some device, or the dry film from which the protective film (C) is peeled off It is necessary to avoid a situation in which pressure is applied to flatten the surface roughened state of the resin layer (B) by stacking some object on top. Alternatively, it is also necessary to avoid that the surface of the resin layer (B) after peeling off the protective film (C) is exposed to a high temperature to be softened or melted to flatten the roughened state.
- FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a state in which the surface roughness of the resin layer (B) is kept in contact with the planar object (D), taking the case of the lower clad dry film as an example in this embodiment. Show.
- the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) that appears when the protective film (C) is peeled off is brought into contact with the planar object (D). Finally, the optical waveguide resin layer (B ) Are laminated together. There are roughly two methods for this bonding process. One is that the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) that appears by cutting the dry film to a size approximate to the size of the planar object (D) and peeling off the protective film (C) is the planar object (D). It is a method of loading.
- the other is a roll laminating method, which is also referred to as temporary attachment, in which a dry film for an optical waveguide wound in a roll shape is brought into contact with a planar object (D) using a roll while peeling off the protective film (C). Temporarily pasting with appropriate linear pressure.
- the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) has adhesiveness (tackiness) at the temperature at that time. Need to be.
- the temperature is room temperature in the former case, and is generally 20 ° C. to 30 ° C. In this temperature range, if the surface of the resin layer (B) is not tacky at all, the dry film easily shifts in the process of handling after loading on the planar object (D), and the bonding performed thereafter This is because in the process, the dry film is fixed at a location different from the desired position of the planar object (D), which may result in a defective product.
- this temperature is the roll temperature and is generally in the temperature range from room temperature to about 100 ° C. Even in this case, the resin layer (B) needs to have adhesiveness at the temperature to be brought into contact with, and cannot be temporarily attached without adhesiveness.
- Vacuum lamination is a device that has a mechanism to place a work on a plate heated to the required temperature, reduce the atmosphere, and apply pressure to the work at the required temperature from above and below while continuing the pressure reduction. It is the bonding method used.
- the conditions for V130 manufactured by Nichigo Morton Co., Ltd. are as follows.
- the temperature of the upper and lower elastic bodies is set to 50 ° C. to 110 ° C.
- 0.2 MPa to 1 MPa of compressed air is introduced into the upper elastic body, stress is applied in the vertical direction of the workpiece, the state is held for 30 seconds to 120 seconds, and then the pressure is released and the workpiece is released.
- the conditions for taking out can be exemplified.
- the temperature is 35 ° C.
- the holding time after reaching 100 Pa is 2 seconds
- the pressure of compressed air is 0.15 MPa
- the pressure is applied If the holding time is 10 seconds, voids may easily remain in the bonded resin layer (B).
- FIG. 4 shows a schematic view of the state in which this bonding step is completed, taking a dry film for a lower cladding as an example.
- This flattening process is generally performed by placing a hard flat plate such as stainless steel on the bonded workpiece (on the dry film side) and vacuum laminating under heating to force the surface flat, or The surface is forcibly flattened by a flat plate press under heating.
- a hard flat plate such as stainless steel
- Step of curing part or the entire surface of resin layer (B) for optical waveguide with active energy ray or heat Whether the composition of the resin layer (B) for the optical waveguide is curable by active energy rays or heat, depending on whether it is an active energy ray curing formulation, a thermosetting formulation, or both. Determined.
- the entire surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) should be irradiated at once to cure the entire surface when using a device that irradiates the active energy rays in a planar shape.
- the active energy ray can be irradiated to only a necessary portion through a photomask (also simply referred to as a mask), and a portion can be cured. Further, when using an apparatus in which active energy rays are irradiated in the form of a beam, the entire surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) can be scanned (swept) to be cured, and the active energy rays can be cured.
- the active energy rays can be swept and irradiated through a mask to cure a part.
- heat treatment can be performed to further promote curing (also referred to as after-curing, after-baking, or simply baking or baking).
- the entire surface can be cured by placing the workpiece including the optical waveguide resin layer (B) in a temperature environment necessary for curing.
- a laser such as a carbon dioxide laser that emits heat rays or an electromagnetic wave having a wavelength equivalent to heat rays is irradiated by a mask, or a heat ray beam (including a laser corresponding to heat rays) is required depending on the thickness.
- the resin layer for optical waveguide (B) can be partially cured by sweeping and irradiating the necessary part with the beam through the mask.
- the carrier substrate (A) may be peeled before the resin layer for optical waveguide (B) is partially or entirely cured, or may be peeled after being cured.
- FIG. 5 shows a schematic diagram of a state in which this curing process is completed, taking a dry film for lower cladding as an example.
- the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is preferably heated under conditions where the optical waveguide resin layer (B) does not cure and softens or melts.
- the purpose is to reduce the loss of the optical waveguide, and there are two manifestation mechanisms, which will be described below.
- the first mechanism is flattening (smoothing) the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B).
- the carrier substrate surface on the dry film side after the laminating step (lamination) has micro-dents due to the influence of fine particles or dust existing on the outer surface of the carrier substrate at the time of laminating.
- the dent reaches the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B), and a minute dent is generated on the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B).
- the resin layer for optical waveguide (B) can be easily deformed by heating, and when the carrier base material (A) is heated, the dents are repaired by the elasticity of the carrier base material (A) and can be flattened.
- the carrier substrate (A) is peeled off and heated, the dents are repaired and flattened by the surface tension of the optical waveguide resin layer (B).
- the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is for the lower clad on which the core is formed, or even when it is the upper clad, the core is further formed thereon, as in forming a multilayer optical waveguide.
- the surface of the cladding has a dent, the outer surface of the optical waveguide core will be convex, and if it is for a core, if there is a dent on the surface, the core surface will be dented, resulting in a core surface. Since unevenness is generated and waveguide loss is deteriorated, it is extremely effective to flatten the surface in order to prevent this.
- the second mechanism is to reduce the influence of the ridge optical waveguide on the core side surface.
- the optical waveguide dry film is for the upper clad that embeds the core of the ridge optical waveguide
- the upper clad is laminated to the core of the ridge optical waveguide and heated without curing the upper clad resin. Diffuses and penetrates into the side surface of the core, resulting in a layer having a refractive index between the refractive index of the core and the refractive index of the cladding on the side surface of the core.
- the deterioration of the waveguide loss due to the roughness of the side surface can be suppressed, and a low-loss optical waveguide can be realized.
- the temperature to be heated to realize the two manifestation mechanisms for the purpose of reducing the loss depends on the softening characteristic or melting characteristic of the resin layer to be used, but is generally preferably 80 ° C. to 160 ° C., more preferably 100 ° C to 140 ° C.
- the heating time is longer than the time that can achieve this purpose, and is preferably 10 minutes to 60 minutes, and more preferably 10 to 30 minutes, from the viewpoint of increasing the throughput of the process.
- a so-called development step is preferably performed.
- the purpose of partial curing is generally for patterning.
- any means can be adopted as long as it is capable of removing the uncured portion of the optical waveguide resin layer (B).
- development with various organic solvents, alkaline aqueous solution, acidic aqueous solution, etc. development by means described in JP-A-2007-292964, and the like can be exemplified.
- the purpose of patterning is to form the cladding partially on the planar object, to form the core of the ridge optical waveguide, or to have the alignment mark and optical via functions simultaneously with the core of the ridge optical waveguide For example, to form a structure for suppressing crosstalk between the body and the core, or to provide an opening such as a via hole for electrical connection as an alignment mark in the cladding.
- the core after forming the lower cladding layer, the core can be formed, and then the upper cladding can be formed. Any of them can be formed by repeating the steps described above.
- the core uses the core-forming dry film 30 illustrated in FIG. 6, peels off the protective film 33 as illustrated in FIG. 7, and contacts the lower clad 14 formed on the planar object as illustrated in FIG. 9 is obtained by heating and pressing under reduced pressure and bonding to obtain a bonded body illustrated in FIG. 9, and in the case of a ridge optical waveguide, the core 34 is partially cured and developed, as illustrated in FIG. Form.
- the core is formed by completely curing the core resin layer of the bonded body of FIG. 9 or by partially patterning and curing in a planar shape as necessary (not shown).
- the upper clad is formed on a planar object as illustrated in FIG. 13 by using the upper clad forming dry film 40 illustrated in FIG. 11 and peeling off the protective film 43 as illustrated in FIG.
- the upper clad resin layer is cured.
- the upper clad 44 is formed.
- FIG. 16 shows a cross-sectional configuration example of the optical waveguide from which the carrier substrate 41 of the upper clad dry film is finally peeled and removed.
- a lower clad, a core, and an upper clad may be further formed thereon by a similar method if necessary.
- the present invention includes an optical waveguide obtained by the above-described manufacturing method, or a substrate or member having an information transmission function including the optical waveguide.
- planar object (D) is an electric wiring substrate or an electric wiring substrate on which an optical waveguide component member is formed, as described above, the loss of the optical waveguide is small, and manufacturing variations and defects are poor.
- An opto-electric composite wiring board with a minimized rate can be manufactured.
- planar object (D) is a film-like material that has flexibility and does not include an electrical wiring or that does not eventually form an electrical wiring or a film material on which an optical waveguide component is formed.
- a flexible optical waveguide sheet with a core pitch that cannot be achieved with an optical fiber array can be realized, and signal transmission between boards that require ultra-high-speed information transmission can be achieved with transmission materials (fiber and optical waveguide sheets). It can be realized without congestion, and finally energy saving can be achieved by improving the ventilation efficiency for cooling in the device.
- the core pitch is 250 ⁇ m at a minimum, and even in a thinner optical fiber, the cladding outer diameter is 125 ⁇ m. In this case, the minimum core pitch is 125 ⁇ m.
- an optical waveguide using a dry film for an optical waveguide a core pitch of 62.5 ⁇ m can be easily achieved, so that space saving of the transmission material can be easily realized.
- a dry film with a core optical waveguide resin layer thickness of 30 ⁇ m patterning with a core cross section of 30 ⁇ m square and core spacing of 32.5 ⁇ m, or using a dry film with a core optical waveguide resin layer thickness of 35 ⁇ m This is because patterning with a 35 ⁇ m square and a core interval of 27.5 ⁇ m can be easily performed.
- an optical transmission material having a higher density core can be obtained by forming the core in multiple layers (multistage).
- the metal foil is formed after forming the optical waveguide or the first clad and the core on the metal foil.
- Position and laminate the opposite surface to the electric circuit board bond the metal foil on the surface, form a metal circuit by a known method, and process via holes or through holes as necessary to form a photoelectric composite board Can do.
- a clad resin composition varnish is applied and dried on a copper foil or the aforementioned peelable copper foil, or a dry film material for clad is vacuum laminated and cured to form a first clad layer.
- the core dry film material is vacuum laminated and patterned to form an optical waveguide core, and the core pattern desired so that the guided light passing through the core is deflected to the copper foil side or the anti-copper foil side as necessary.
- a portion having a deflecting function such as a mirror or a diffraction grating is processed at the position. Thereafter, it is integrated with a separately manufactured electric circuit board, and there are two methods for this means.
- the first method is to form a first clad and core (core with a deflected portion formed as necessary) patterned copper foil through an thermosetting clad dry film material layer, and an electric circuit board. Is laminated by vacuum laminating, followed by heat curing and bonding.
- a thermosetting dry film material for clad is vacuum laminated on the core pattern side of the first clad and the core pattern-formed copper foil, and the carrier substrate (A) is peeled off without being cured.
- the optical waveguide (for cladding) resin layer (B) appearing after peeling off the carrier base material (A) is brought into contact with the electric circuit substrate and vacuum-laminated.
- the protective film (C) of the present invention is vacuum-laminated on the surface of the optical waveguide (for cladding) resin layer (B) that appears after peeling off the carrier carrier substrate (A), and then the protection is performed. It is preferable to peel the film (C) and roughen the surface of the clad resin layer (B), and then contact the electric circuit board for vacuum lamination. This is because it is possible to minimize the bubbles remaining in the portion that becomes the second clad after vacuum lamination.
- a dry film for the second cladding is vacuum laminated on the core side of the first clad and core (core with a deflected portion formed as needed) patterned copper foil,
- the optical circuit board and the completed copper foil light with the optical waveguide layer are passed through a member such as a prepreg or a bonding sheet having a thermosetting adhesive function.
- a member such as a prepreg or a bonding sheet having a thermosetting adhesive function.
- This is a method of bonding the waveguide side.
- the carrier copper foil is peeled and removed, and finally a copper foil that becomes an electric circuit is formed by a known method, and a via hole or a known method is used if necessary.
- an optoelectric composite substrate can be obtained.
- a metal foil that has been subjected to a roughening treatment or a chemical surface treatment for increasing the adhesion to the resin can be used, so that the metal foil derived from the clad resin layer and the outermost layer metal foil can be used. Adhesion with the conductor circuit can be improved, and the mounting reliability of the photoelectric composite substrate can be remarkably increased.
- a temporary substrate that can be peeled between the optical waveguide layer and the planar object, or an optical waveguide component member is formed thereon.
- the temporary substrate can be peeled off at a stage where peeling is necessary without being peeled off in the step of forming the optical waveguide thereon, and has been subjected to an easy adhesion treatment.
- No thermoplastic resin plate is preferred. Examples of the plate include polycarbonate (PC), acrylic, and cycloolefin polymer.
- a film-shaped optical waveguide with low loss and less loss variation can be easily manufactured.
- an optical substrate in which all or part of the optical waveguide layer is formed.
- an optical path deflecting unit such as a mirror or a diffraction grating provided in the optical waveguide core is used in this embodiment.
- the optical path can be deflected in the surface direction on the optical waveguide layer side of the photoelectric composite substrate obtained by transfer, so that the optical element disposed on the optical waveguide side and It is suitable for optical coupling.
- a conductor circuit is formed on the upper layer of the optical waveguide layer to form an electrode for an optical element, and the optical element can be mounted thereon, or a planar object forming the optical waveguide is an electric substrate, and the surface
- the optical element can be mounted on the electrode on the surface of the electric substrate by patterning so that the optical waveguide layer does not exist on the electrode.
- a lower clad and a core are formed on a temporary substrate of UV transmissive PC, and an optical deflecting portion (mirror) is formed on the core as necessary, and an upper clad layer is not formed by simply laminating a dry film for the upper clad.
- the carrier base material is peeled and removed in a cured state, the surface of the upper clad resin is placed on a pre-fabricated electric substrate, vacuum laminated, and subjected to UV exposure and / or heat treatment from the PC side. Strip and remove the plate.
- thermosetting copper foil with epoxy resin also called RCC
- RCC thermosetting copper foil with epoxy resin
- a copper layer is formed on the entire surface by a method such as bonding copper foil or applying a base treatment to increase the adhesion of chemical plating of copper, followed by chemical plating of copper.
- a circuit is formed to obtain a photoelectric composite substrate.
- a lower clad, a core, a light deflection part on the core, and an upper clad are formed on a temporary substrate of UV transmissive PC, and the upper clad surface and the electric substrate are formed using a bonding sheet, a prepreg, or an adhesive.
- the temporary substrate is peeled and removed, and an electric circuit is formed on the surface of the lower clad appearing on the surface as described above to obtain a photoelectric composite substrate.
- the optical waveguide confirmed to be a non-defective product can be integrated with the electric substrate. Further, the yield of the photoelectric composite substrate can be further improved.
- An optical waveguide dry film includes a carrier substrate (A), an optical waveguide resin layer (B) curable by active energy rays or heat, and a protective film (C).
- the surface of the protective film (C) that contacts the optical waveguide resin layer (B) is a roughened surface.
- an optical waveguide dry film capable of manufacturing an optical waveguide in which the remaining microbubbles are minimized.
- the waveguide loss can be reduced, and the manufacturing yield and reliability of the optical waveguide can be improved.
- the process of forming the cladding layer and the core layer can be performed using the same apparatus, and the optical waveguide manufacturing cost can be reduced.
- the carrier substrate (A) is a resin film or a metal foil
- the protective film (C) is a thermoplastic resin film
- the surface roughness is preferably 0.1 to 1 ⁇ m in arithmetic average roughness (SRa) and 1 to 10 ⁇ m in ten-point average roughness (SRz).
- the optical waveguide resin layer (B) can be cured by reacting an epoxy group-containing compound with an epoxy group of the compound by irradiation with active energy rays. It is preferable to contain an agent. With such a configuration, it is considered that an optical waveguide having extremely low loss and excellent electrical characteristics can be realized because it is an epoxy resin having a long track record as a multilayer electric substrate material.
- the resin layer for optical waveguide (B) is cured by reacting the compound having an ethylenic double bond with the ethylenic double bond of the compound by active energy ray irradiation. It is preferable that the photocuring initiator which can be made to be included. With such a configuration, it is possible to realize an optical waveguide that can be patterned by the same alkali development as a general resist material with low loss.
- the following steps Preparing a planar object (D); A step of peeling off the protective film (C) of the above-mentioned optical waveguide dry film, The optical waveguide resin layer (B) and the planar object (D) are maintained while maintaining the roughness of the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer (B) from which the protective film (C) of the optical waveguide dry film has been peeled off.
- Such a configuration makes it possible to manufacture an optical waveguide in which the remaining microbubbles are minimized. As a result, the waveguide loss can be reduced, and the manufacturing yield and reliability of the optical waveguide can be improved. In addition, the process of forming the cladding layer and the core layer can be performed using the same apparatus, and the optical waveguide manufacturing cost can be reduced.
- the planar object (D) is an electric wiring substrate or an electric wiring substrate on which an optical waveguide constituent member is formed. According to such a configuration, it is possible to more reliably manufacture an optical / electrical composite wiring board in which the loss of the optical waveguide is small and the manufacturing variation and the defect rate are minimized.
- the planar object (D) is flexible and does not include electrical wiring, or does not eventually form electrical wiring, or an optical waveguide constituent member Is the film material formed thereon.
- the planar object (D) is preferably a metal foil or a metal foil on which an optical waveguide constituent member is formed.
- the metal foil that has been subjected to roughening treatment or chemical surface treatment for enhancing adhesion to the resin layer is used, the conductor derived from the clad resin layer and the outermost metal foil is used. Adhesion with a circuit can be improved, and mounting reliability of an optoelectric composite substrate or the like can be remarkably increased.
- the planar object (D) may be a temporary substrate that can be peeled off from the optical waveguide layer after forming all or part of the optical waveguide layer, or an optical waveguide constituent member. It is preferable that the temporary substrate is formed thereon. According to such a configuration, a film-shaped optical waveguide with low loss and less loss variation can be easily manufactured.
- optical waveguide manufactured by the above-described method, or a substrate or member having an information transmission function including the optical waveguide.
- EHPE3150 Epoxy resin which is an adduct of 1,2-epoxy-4- (2-oxiranyl) cyclohexane of 2,2-bis (hydroxymethyl) -1-butanol manufactured by Daicel Corporation Celoxide 2021P: manufactured by Daicel Corporation 3,4-epoxycyclohexenylmethyl-3 ′, 4′-epoxycyclohexenecarboxylate epoxy resin / Epicoat 1006FS: Mitsubishi Chemical Corporation bisphenol A type epoxy resin / Epicron 850S: DIC Corporation bisphenol A Type epoxy resin VG3101L: Trifunctional epoxy resin having a bisphenol skeleton manufactured by Printec Co., Ltd.
- phenol novolac type epoxy resin-YP50 Bisphenol A type phenoxy resin manufactured by Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd.
- YH300 Aliphatic polyglycidyl ether type epoxy resin manufactured by Nippon Steel & Sumikin Chemical Co., Ltd., trimethylolpropane type epoxy resin
- SP-170 4,4'-bis [di ( ⁇ -hydroxy) manufactured by Adeka Co., Ltd. Ethoxy) phenylsulfonio] so-called sulfonium salt photoacid generator based on phenyl sulfide bishexafluoroantimonate.
- the main component um thermal acid generator of the so-called sulfonium salts. Although it can generate acid even with UV, it is referred to as a thermal acid generator because it is less sensitive to UV than SP-170 and is more activated by heat.
- A-CL for clad and A-CO for core were prepared as an active energy ray (UV) curing type.
- polymers having carboxyl groups for cladding and core were synthesized, and the varnish was prepared by blending the polymer, various (meth) acrylic acid esters and a curing initiator.
- P-CO polymer having a carboxyl group for the core
- P-CO polymer having a carboxyl group for the core
- the raw materials used are as follows.
- -PGMEA Propylene glycol monomethyl ether acetate as an industrial reagent-ADVN: 2,2'-azobis (2,4-dimethylvaleronitrile) as an industrial reagent
- DLDBT Industrial reagent dibutyltin dilaurate
- BHT Industrial reagent butylhydroxytoluene
- Imirex-C Nippon Shokubai Co., Ltd.
- N-cyclohexylmaleimide Light ester BZ Kyoeisha Chemical Co., Ltd.
- benzyl methacrylate MMA Methyl methacrylate manufactured by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Ltd.
- MAA Methacrylic acid manufactured by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Ltd.
- Karenz MOI 2-isocyanatoethyl methacrylate manufactured by Showa Denko Co., Ltd.
- a nitrogen-substituted flask equipped with a reflux tube was charged with 56 parts by mass of PGMEA under nitrogen flow and heated to 65 ° C., and premixed PGMEA: 56 parts by mass, Imirex-C: 13 parts by mass, light ester BZ: 41 parts by mass MMA: 10 parts by mass, MAA: 24 parts by mass, ADVN: 1.7 parts by mass were added dropwise over 2 hours, and further refluxed and stirred at 65 ° C. for 3 hours and then at 90 ° C. for 1 hour.
- P-CL polymer having a carboxyl group for cladding
- the raw material used was 2-HEMA: ethylene glycol monomethacrylate manufactured by Mitsubishi Gas Chemical Co., Ltd., other than those already described.
- Optical waveguide resin varnishes (A-CL for clad and A-CO for core) were stirred and mixed at room temperature according to the formulation shown in Table 2 below, to form a PTFE membrane filter with a pore size of 1 ⁇ m. Then, each varnish was adjusted by pressure filtration. Of the raw materials used, those other than those already described are shown below.
- A-9300 ethoxylated isocyanuric acid triacrylate manufactured by Shin-Nakamura Chemical Co., Ltd.
- A-CHD-4E ethoxylated cyclohexanedimethanol diacrylate manufactured by Shin-Nakamura Chemical Co., Ltd.
- A-BPE-4 Shin-Nakamura Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
- ethoxylated bisphenol A diacrylate / A-BPE-10 Shin-Nakamura Chemical Co., Ltd.
- ethoxylated bisphenol A diacrylate / Irgacure 2959 ⁇ -hydroxyalkylphenone series produced by BASF Japan Ltd.
- UV radical initiator Irgacure 819 Acylphosphine oxide UV radical initiator manufactured by BASF Japan Ltd.
- the optical waveguide dry film is prepared by applying and drying each resin varnish obtained above on a carrier base material using a test coater of a comma coater head manufactured by Hirano Techseed Co., Ltd., and applying a protective film to the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer formed. It was manufactured by laminating and winding with a 40 ° C. laminate roll. Then, a set of three films, ie, a lower clad dry film, a core dry film, and an upper clad dry film, was used as one set, and optical waveguide dry film sets A to H were obtained.
- 1CL indicates the lower cladding
- CO indicates the core
- 2CL indicates the upper cladding.
- Table 3 shows a combination of a carrier base material, a resin varnish for a resin layer for an optical waveguide, and a protective film (PF), and the surface roughness of the PF measured by the above-described scanning confocal laser microscope.
- the measurement results of the post resin thickness (unit: ⁇ m) and the surface roughness SRa, SRz (unit: ⁇ m) of the resin surface appearing after peeling off the protective film (PF) are shown.
- the raw materials used here are shown below.
- A4100 A PET film manufactured by Toyobo Co., Ltd., which has an easy adhesion treatment on one side and no surface treatment on the other side. Use a 50 ⁇ m thick.
- SRa of the surface which is not surface-treated was 0.03 micrometer and SRz was 0.7 micrometer.
- CUF Product number MT18SD-H3 manufactured by Mitsui Mining & Smelting Co., Ltd., a so-called peelable copper foil comprising a copper foil (carrier copper foil) having a thickness of 18 ⁇ m and a copper foil having a thickness of 3 ⁇ m.
- YM17S Surface roughened OPP film (thickness 20 ⁇ m) manufactured by Toray Industries, Inc.
- the protective film is peeled off by peeling off the protective film at the dry film corner with a finger and then peeling off the protective film over the entire surface. I took.
- the dry film other than the set symbol D could be peeled off between the protective film and the optical waveguide resin.
- this method uses the optical waveguide resin. Many portions of the film remained attached to the protective film, that is, peeled between the carrier substrate and the optical waveguide resin. In this peeling method, peeling proceeds while both the carrier base material and the protective film are bent.
- the carrier base material of the dry film is adsorbed on the vacuum suction plate, and the carrier base material and the optical waveguide resin are in a flat state. Adhesive tape was applied, and the protective film was peeled off from the corners. By this method, the phenomenon of peeling between the carrier substrate and the optical waveguide resin could be avoided.
- the reduced pressure adsorption plate is a plate in which a large number of through holes of 0.3 mm ⁇ are formed on a metal flat plate, a film is placed on the plate, and the film is sucked from the lower side under reduced pressure to fix the film by atmospheric pressure.
- the peeling progresses in a state where only the protective film is bent at the time of peeling, even if the adhesion between the optical waveguide resin and the protective film is not small, the peeling can be performed between the optical waveguide resin and the protective film.
- the resin for the optical waveguide remains at the bottom of the valley portion of the surface irregularity of the protective film, and as a result, the roughness of the resin surface that appears by peeling off the protective film is the roughness of the protective film itself. It was a small value of less than 40% compared to the degree.
- Example 1 As a planar object 1 for producing an optical waveguide, a substrate obtained by etching off a copper foil of R1515W (copper foil 12 ⁇ m product), which is a double-sided copper-clad substrate manufactured by Panasonic Corporation, was cut into 130 mm ⁇ 100 mm. When the surface roughness of the substrate surface was measured by the method described above, SRa was 0.81 ⁇ m and SRz was 8.0 ⁇ m. Moreover, when the reflectance of 365 nm was measured with the UV spectrophotometer, it was 7%. Set A in Table 3 was used as the optical waveguide film.
- the lower cladding layer was formed on this substrate (planar object 1) by the following procedure. That is, the surface of the resin layer for the optical waveguide that appears by peeling off the protective film of AE-1CL, which is a dry film for the lower clad cut to a size of 130 mm ⁇ 100 mm, is arranged on the substrate, and is used for vacuum lamination.
- a 75 ⁇ m-thick PET film (product number T60 manufactured by Toray Industries, Inc., hereinafter abbreviated as T60) cut into 200 mm ⁇ 170 mm as a carrier film (or a hot plate protection film) is arranged vertically (between the 75 ⁇ m PET film and the substrate).
- a vacuum laminator pressurized vacuum laminator manufactured by Nichigo Morton Co., Ltd., product number V130, hereinafter abbreviated as V130
- the carrier film (T60) for vacuum lamination was removed, and the laminate of AE-1CL and the substrate was heat treated (flattened) at 120 ° C.
- the core was formed by the following procedure on the planar object having the lower clad layer formed on one side of the R1515W double-sided etch-off product thus obtained. That is, on the surface of the lower cladding layer, the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer that appears by peeling off the protective film of AE-CO, which is a dry film for the core cut to a size of 130 mm ⁇ 100 mm, is disposed. Were laminated on the top and bottom and laminated at V130 under the same conditions as those for the lower clad. T60 was removed, and the PET film which is the carrier substrate of the obtained dry film laminate was peeled and removed, and heat treatment was performed at 120 ° C. for 20 minutes. After this treatment, the surface roughness of the surface of the core resin layer allowed to cool to room temperature was measured by the above-described method. The SRa was 0.05 ⁇ m and the SRz was 0.83 ⁇ m.
- patterning of the core was performed as follows. That is, a so-called glass chrome mask made of glass having 12 optical waveguide cores having a width of 35 ⁇ m, a pitch of 125 ⁇ m, and a length of 110 mm and having a chromium thin film as a shielding layer (a negative mask in which the core portion is an opening) Then, the active energy ray (UV light) from the ultra-high pressure mercury lamp was irradiated to the core resin side so as to have a light quantity of 2000 mJ / square centimeter at 365 nm, and then heat treatment was performed at 140 ° C. for 15 minutes. Then, by developing with an aqueous flux cleaning agent adjusted to 55 ° C.
- a so-called glass chrome mask made of glass having 12 optical waveguide cores having a width of 35 ⁇ m, a pitch of 125 ⁇ m, and a length of 110 mm and having a chromium thin film as a shielding layer (a negative mask in which the core
- an upper clad was further formed on the planar object by the following procedure. That is, the surface of the optical waveguide resin layer that appears by peeling off the protective film of AE-2CL, which is a dry film for upper clad cut to a size of 130 mm ⁇ 100 mm, on the surface on which the core of the planar object is formed
- the T60 was placed up and down and held at V130 for 30 seconds after reaching a vacuum of heating temperature 80 ° C. and 1 hPa or less, and then pressurized and laminated at 0.3 MPa for 120 seconds. After removing T60, the PET film, which is the carrier substrate of the obtained dry film laminate, is peeled and removed, heat treated at 140 ° C.
- the clad resin side is irradiated with a line (UV light) at 365 nm so as to obtain a light quantity of 2000 mJ / square centimeter, followed by heat treatment at 140 ° C. for 30 minutes to complete the resin curing, and an optical waveguide is formed on the laminate for the electric substrate.
- a sample in which was formed was produced.
- void observation The voids (bubbles) in the core part and the clad part were observed from vertically above the optical waveguide surface with visual observation and an optical microscope.
- the number of voids with a diameter of 5 ⁇ m or more is not observed per optical waveguide substrate, the number of voids is 1-5 per plane, the number of voids is 6-20, and the number of voids is 20 More than that was marked with x.
- the optical waveguide forming substrate was cut with a dicing blade so that the core length was 100 mm perpendicular to the extending direction of the core, and a sample with a core length of 100 mm was obtained.
- a laser diode having a wavelength of 850 nm is used as a light source, and the end of an optical fiber having a core diameter of 10 ⁇ m and NA of 0.21 is connected to one end of an optical waveguide core through silicone oil matching oil.
- the end of an optical fiber having a core diameter of 200 ⁇ m and NA of 0.4 was connected to the other end via a matching oil, and the optical power (P1) was measured with a power meter.
- the end faces of both optical fibers were abutted with each other through matching oil, and the light power (P0) in a state where no optical waveguide was interposed was measured with a power meter. Then, the loss of the optical waveguide is obtained from the calculation formula of ⁇ 10 log (P1 / P0), and this is divided by the optical waveguide length 10 (cm), whereby the waveguide loss of one optical waveguide (unit: dB / cm). ) was measured. This measurement was performed on three optical waveguide forming substrates each having 12 optical waveguide cores, and the average waveguide loss of a total of 36 optical waveguide cores was calculated.
- Defect rate An optical waveguide core having a waveguide loss exceeding 0.1 dB / cm was determined to be defective, and the value expressed as a percentage of the number / 36 was determined as a defect rate.
- Example 1 the average waveguide loss was 0.054 dB / cm, and the defect rate was 0% (no defect).
- Example 2-6 Comparative Examples 1-2
- Table 3 the same production procedure and evaluation as in Example 1 were performed.
- the results are shown in Table 4 above.
- Example 4 When peeling off the protective film of dry film set symbol D, ie DE-1CL, DE-CO, and DE-2CL, the dry film carrier substrate is adsorbed to the vacuum adsorption plate as described above. Then, with the carrier base material and the optical waveguide resin in a flat state, an adhesive tape was applied to the corner of the protective film, and the protective film was peeled off from the corner portion.
- the protective film of the dry film other than the set symbol D is peeled off by peeling off the protective film at the corner of the cut dry film with a finger to provide a peeling starting point, and then the protective film and the carrier substrate with a resin for the optical waveguide are easily formed. It could be peeled off.
- this method used a reduced-pressure adsorption plate because a part of the resin for the optical waveguide adhered to the protective film and could not be used.
- Example 5 Since dry film EE-2CL is a thermosetting clad resin, the conditions for curing the upper clad are different. After laminating the upper clad, heat treatment is performed at 140 ° C. for 30 minutes, followed by heat treatment at 160 ° C. for 1 hour to cure, and an optical waveguide is formed on the laminate for electric substrate, and a copper foil is formed on the surface thereof. A sample in which was formed was produced. Subsequently, the carrier copper foil (thickness 18 ⁇ m) of the carrier base material CUF is peeled and removed, and an electric circuit is formed by masking, pattern exposure and development with an etching resist from the copper foil having a thickness of 3 ⁇ m bonded to the upper clad resin.
- Copper plating was performed so that the layer thickness was 12 ⁇ m. Loss evaluation was performed on this sample in the same manner as in Example 1. However, void observation of the optical waveguide was performed on the surface of the resin that was roughened in a copper foil anchor replica shape by etching away the copper circuit. AE-1CL was laminated and cured under the same conditions as those for forming the lower clad with AE-1CL in Example 5, and the surface was flattened and observed. A sample obtained by plating a sample different from the observation of the void and the loss evaluation and adjusting the thickness of the copper layer to 12 ⁇ m. When the peel strength of the copper foil was measured by a conventional method, it was 0.69 N / mm.
- Example 6 and Comparative Example 2 Set symbol F of dry film, namely FA-1CL, FA-CO, FA-2CL, and set symbol H, ie HA-1CL, HA-CO, HA-2CL Lamination conditions differ from dry films other than these. Furthermore, since the optical waveguide resin is a radical curing type, the curing conditions are different because it is inhibited by oxygen, and the development conditions are different because it is an acrylic resin system having a carboxyl group.
- the laminate conditions of FA-1CL and HA-1CL are: V130, holding at a heating temperature of 65 ° C. and a vacuum of 1 hPa or less, holding for 15 seconds, and then pressurizing at 0.3 MPa for 60 seconds.
- the conditions until the subsequent curing were carried out by heating at 140 ° C. for 15 minutes while leaving the PET film, which is the carrier substrate of the obtained dry film laminate product, without being peeled, and then cooled to room temperature.
- An active energy ray (UV light) from a high-pressure mercury lamp is irradiated to the carrier substrate side so as to obtain a light amount of 2000 mJ / square centimeter at 365 nm, and the PET film on the carrier substrate is peeled and removed, followed by 160 ° C. for 30 minutes. Heat treatment was performed to complete the resin curing.
- the lamination conditions of FA-CO and HA-CO are the same as those of FA-1CL and HA-1CL of the lower cladding. Subsequent core formation conditions are as follows.
- the negative mask After performing the heat treatment (planarization) at 120 ° C. for 20 minutes while leaving the PET film that is the carrier substrate of the obtained dry film laminate product, the negative mask is used. Then, the active energy ray (UV light) from the ultra-high pressure mercury lamp is irradiated to the core resin side so as to obtain a light quantity of 1500 mJ / square centimeter at 365 nm, and the carrier base material is peeled and removed to remove 1% by mass of sodium carbonate aqueous solution. The unexposed portion of the core resin is dissolved and removed by developing the substrate with water, washed with water, washed with a 0.5% by mass sulfuric acid aqueous solution, further washed with water, and then air blown on the surface.
- UV light active energy ray
- the aforementioned UV light is irradiated at 365 nm with a light quantity of 1000 mJ / square centimeter, and further heated at 150 °C for 30 minutes. Accordingly, to form a core pattern on the lower cladding.
- the formation conditions of FA-2CL and HA-2CL are as follows: V130 is maintained at a heating temperature of 90 ° C. and a vacuum of 1 hPa or less, held for 15 seconds, and then pressurized at 0.3 MPa for 90 seconds. Then, while leaving the PET film, which is the carrier substrate of the obtained dry film laminate product, without leaving the film, it is heated at 140 ° C. for 15 minutes and allowed to cool to room temperature.
- Irradiation was performed from the carrier substrate side so as to obtain a light amount of 2000 mJ / square centimeter, and the PET film on the carrier substrate was peeled and removed, followed by heat treatment at 160 ° C. for 30 minutes to complete the resin curing.
- an etch-off product of a double-sided copper-clad substrate was used as a planar object, but a pattern (alignment mark) having a function for specifying a position where an optical circuit core is formed and an electrical circuit has been formed.
- a multilayer wiring board having both a photoelectric composite wiring board can be obtained.
- Example 7 As an example of manufacturing a flexible optical waveguide having a structure in which flexible films are arranged on both sides of the optical waveguide, a lower clad layer is formed on a PET film, a core is formed on the clad surface, and an upper clad is formed thereon. At the same time, an example of completing the adhesive curing with the PET film is shown.
- the carrier substrate in contact with the cladding material is used as a film that is finally firmly attached to the cladding layer as a film to protect and reinforce the flexible optical waveguide.
- the material for the lower clad of this embodiment is in the form of a dry film
- the carrier base material is used as it is without being peeled and removed, so that the lower clad material is not laminated on a planar object. Therefore, in order to clarify the difference from the dry film of the present invention used by laminating on a planar object, the lower cladding material of this example is not expressed as a dry film but is expressed as a lower cladding with a film. .
- Double sided adhesive tape (Teraoka Seisakusho product number: 7692. Adhesive layer thickness: 47 ⁇ m. Adhesive strength of strong adhesive surface is 8.8 N / 25 mm, weakly adhesive surface.
- the adhesive surface of the double-sided adhesive tape is laminated on the second surface of the double-sided adhesive tape after laminating under the same conditions as those for laminating the AE-1CL of Example 1 with the vacuum laminator V130.
- the PET surface of the lower clad with the film cut to a size of 130 mm ⁇ 100 mm was placed on the weakly adhesive surface that appears when the release paper was peeled off, and vacuum-laminated under the same conditions as the laminate of glass and 7692.
- the protective film E-201F is peeled and removed from the lower clad with the film bonded to the glass plate, heated at 140 ° C. for 15 minutes (flattened), allowed to cool to room temperature, and then activated from an ultra-high pressure mercury lamp.
- Energy rays (UV light) were irradiated at 365 nm with a light amount of 2000 mJ / square centimeter, followed by heat treatment at 140 ° C. for 30 minutes to complete the resin curing.
- SRa was 0.05 ⁇ m and SRz was 0.78 ⁇ m.
- the object having the lower cladding layer on the surface thus obtained is a planar object for laminating the core dry film (AE-CO).
- the core was formed on the planar object under the same conditions as when the core was formed in Example 1.
- An upper clad was formed on the core-formed planar object.
- the above-mentioned dry film for clad IE-2CL was used, and the upper clad was processed in the same conditions as those from lamination to UV exposure when the upper clad was formed in Example 1. Resin curing was completed by performing heat treatment at 150 ° C. for 30 minutes without peeling off A4100.
- Example 2 Evaluation was performed on three workpieces produced in the same manner as in Example 1. When the voids of this flexible optical waveguide were observed by the method described above, no voids were observed and the evaluation was ⁇ .
- the waveguide loss was evaluated in the same manner as in Example 1 by fixing a flexible optical waveguide having a width (optical waveguide length) of 100 mm on a substrate having a width of 98 mm with a weak adhesive tape. As a result, the average waveguide loss was 0.068 dB / cm, and the defect rate was 0%.
- Example 8 the optical waveguide formed on the peelable temporary substrate was peeled to obtain only the optical waveguide.
- a polycarbonate (PC) plate not containing an ultraviolet absorber having a thickness of 1 mm was cut into 130 mm ⁇ 100 mm.
- SRa was 0.06 ⁇ m and SRz was 0.92 ⁇ m.
- AE-1CL which is a dry film for lower clad
- SRa was 0.05 ⁇ m and SRz was 0.75 ⁇ m.
- the planar object in which the lower clad layer was formed on the PC plate thus obtained was used for the next core formation.
- AE-CO which is a dry film for the core
- SRa 0.06 ⁇ m
- SRz 0.87 ⁇ m
- Example 2 patterning of the core is performed in the same manner as in Example 1, and the same condition as that of the upper clad of Example 1 is used by using dry film AE-2CL as an upper clad on the planar object on which the core is formed. Formed with.
- the optical waveguide formed on the PC plate thus obtained was cut at a position where the core length was 10 cm with a dicing blade in the same manner as in Example 7 and at a position where the cutting edge of the 5 ⁇ m blade entered the PC plate. A cut was made in the optical waveguide layer.
- An adhesive tape was adhered to the optical waveguide surface, and the PC board and the optical waveguide were peeled off by lifting the adhesive tape to obtain a film having only the optical waveguide.
- the film was evaluated in the same manner as in Example 7. As a result, no void was observed, the evaluation was ⁇ , the average value of waveguide loss was 0.064 dB / cm, and the defect rate was 0%.
- the present invention has wide industrial applicability in technical fields such as an optical waveguide, a manufacturing method thereof, and a dry film for an optical waveguide.
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本発明の第1実施形態の光導波路用ドライフィルムは、キャリア基材(A)と、活性エネルギー線又は熱で硬化可能な光導波路用樹脂層(B)と、保護フィルム(C)とを有する光導波路用ドライフィルムであり、保護フィルム(C)の光導波路用樹脂層(B)と接する面が粗化面であることを特徴とする。
キャリア基材(A)はその上に光導波路用の樹脂層を形成し、後に平面状物体に光導波路用樹脂層を転写する際のキャリアであり、好ましくは、フィルム状あるいはシート状で柔軟性のあるキャリアが使用される。キャリア基材の材質は、特に限定はないが、熱可塑性樹脂、熱硬化性樹脂の硬化物(樹脂フィルム)、金属、無機物(ガラス)などを例示できる。
対物レンズ倍率:100倍
粗さ解析モード:面粗さ
パラメータセット:JIS 1994
カットオフλc:無指定
最小高さ識別: 断面曲線:Pzの10%、粗さ曲線:Rzの10%、うねり曲線:Wzの10%
最小長さの識別: 基準長さ(画像視野)の1%
活性エネルギー線又は熱で硬化可能な光導波路用樹脂層(B)は、光導波路(クラッド、コア)を構成する部材となるものなので、光導波路内を通って信号を搬送する光の波長(以下、導波光波長と略すこともある)において、活性エネルギー線又は熱で硬化した硬化物が高い透明性を有しており、かつドライフィルムの形態を実現できる樹脂で形成されていれば良く、どのような材料であっても使用できる。
本実施形態の光導波路用ドライフィルムにおいて、保護フィルム(C)の構成は重要な特徴の一つである。従来、光導波路用のフィルム材料においては、保護フィルムは光導波路用樹脂層との剥離性にのみ着目されており、保護フィルム表面の粗化については全く検討されていなかった。本発明において初めて、その表面が適度に粗化されており、かつ、保護フィルム(C)を剥離した樹脂層(B)の表面が保護フィルム(C)の表面粗度を反映した粗面になっているドライフィルムを用いることによって、後述する平面状物体(D)にラミネートした際、最終的に得られる光導波路の導波損失を低減できることが分かった。
本発明のさらなる実施形態である光導波路の製造方法は、上述したような光導波路用ドライフィルムを用いる光導波路の製造方法において、以下の工程:
平面状物体(D)を準備する工程、
上述した光導波路用ドライフィルムの保護フィルム(C)を剥離する工程、
前記光導波路用ドライフィルムの前記保護フィルム(C)を剥離した光導波路用樹脂層(B)表面の粗度を維持したまま、前記光導波路用樹脂層(B)と前記平面状物体(D)とを当接し、減圧下で加熱加圧して貼り合わせる工程、並びに、
光導波路用樹脂層(B)の一部分もしくは全面を活性エネルギー線又は熱で硬化させる工程を、上記順序で行うことを特徴とする。
本実施形態において、平面状物体(D)とは、本発明に係るドライフィルムの光導波路用樹脂層(B)を貼り付ける対象物である。
本実施形態の光導波路用ドライフィルムは、保護フィルム(C)が光導波路用樹脂層(B)にラミネートされているので、光導波路用樹脂層(B)と平面状物体(D)とを貼り合わせるために、まず、保護フィルム(C)を剥離する。その方法は、特に限定されず、光導波路用ドライフィルムの一辺あるいは角から保護フィルム(C)を手作業で剥離しても良いし、機械装置によって剥離しても良い。図2に光導波路用ドライフィルムの下クラッド用ドライフィルムの保護フィルム(C)を剥離した状態の模式図を示す。
本実施形態では、粗化されている光導波路用樹脂層(B)の表面を平面状物体(D)に接触させるため、保護フィルム(C)を剥離して現れた光導波路用樹脂層(B)表面の粗度を維持し、平坦化されないようにする。例えば、保護フィルム(C)を剥離した後の光導波路用樹脂層(B)の表面が、何らかの装置を通過する際にロール等で挟まれる、あるいは、保護フィルム(C)を剥離したドライフィルムの上に何らかの物体を積み重ねる事によって、圧力を加えられて樹脂層(B)の表面粗化状態が平坦化される事態は避けねばならない。あるいは、保護フィルム(C)を剥離した後の樹脂層(B)の表面が、高温にさらされて軟化あるいは溶融して粗化状態が平坦化されることも避けねばならない。このような、粗度を低下させる要因を排除することで、表面粗度を有する保護フィルム(C)を剥離して現れる光導波路用樹脂層(B)の表面状態として、既述の通り、光導波路用樹脂層(B)に接する保護フィルム(C)の表面の粗度(SRa、SRz)の値の概ね40%~100%の粗度の値を維持できる。図3は、本実施形態において、下クラッド用ドライフィルムの場合を例にした、樹脂層(B)の表面粗度を維持したまま平面状物体(D)に接触させている状態の模式図を示す。
光導波路用樹脂層(B)の組成物が、活性エネルギー線硬化処方か、熱硬化処方か、あるいはこの両方が可能な処方かによって、活性エネルギー線と熱のどちらの手段で硬化可能なのかが決まる。
本発明は、上述したような製造方法で得られる、光導波路、または、当該光導波路を含む情報伝送機能を有する基板あるいは部材を包含する。
平面状物体(D)を準備する工程、
上述の光導波路用ドライフィルムの保護フィルム(C)を剥離する工程、
前記光導波路用ドライフィルムの前記保護フィルム(C)を剥離した光導波路用樹脂層(B)表面の粗度を維持したまま、前記光導波路用樹脂層(B)と前記平面状物体(D)とを当接し、減圧下で加熱加圧して貼り合わせる工程、並びに、
光導波路用樹脂層(B)の一部分もしくは全面を活性エネルギー線又は熱で硬化させる工程を、上記順序で行うことを特徴とする、光導波路の製造方法である。
光導波路用樹脂として、エポキシ系樹脂とアクリル系樹脂のワニスを作製した。エポキシ系樹脂のワニスは活性エネルギー線(UV)硬化タイプとしてクラッド用のE-CLとコア用のE-CO、熱硬化タイプとしてクラッド用のE-CL2を作製した。表1に記載の配合にて、全成分を60℃にて混合溶解し、孔径1μmのPTFEメンブランフィルタにて加圧濾過して各々のワニスを調整した。なお、使用した原材料は次の通りである。
・EHPE3150:株式会社ダイセル製の2,2-ビス(ヒドロキシメチル)-1-ブタノールの1,2-エポキシ-4-(2-オキシラニル)シクロヘキサン付加物であるエポキシ樹脂
・セロキサイド2021P:株式会社ダイセル製の3,4-エポキシシクロヘキセニルメチル-3’,4’-エポキシシクロヘキセンカルボキシレートであるエポキシ樹脂
・エピコート1006FS:三菱化学株式会社製のビスフェノールA型エポキシ樹脂
・エピクロン850S:DIC株式会社製のビスフェノールA型エポキシ樹脂
・VG3101L:株式会社プリンテック製のビスフェノール骨格を有する3官能エポキシ樹脂(CAS番号:110726-28-8)
・EPPN201:日本化薬株式会社製のフェノールノボラック型エポキシ樹脂
・YP50:新日鉄住金化学株式会社製のビスフェノールA型フェノキシ樹脂であって数平均分子量が6万~8万のビスフェノールA型エポキシ樹脂
・エポトートYH300:新日鉄住金化学株式会社製の脂肪族ポリグリシジルエーテル型のエポキシ樹脂であって、トリメチロールプロパン型エポキシ樹脂
・SP-170:株式会社アデカ製の4,4‘-ビス[ジ(β-ヒドロキシエトキシ)フェニルスルフォニオ]フェニルスルフィドビスヘキサフルオロアンチモネートを主成分とする、いわゆるスルホニウム塩系の光酸発生剤
・SI-150L:三新化学工業株式会社の4-アセトキシフェニルジメチルスルホニウム=ヘキサフルオロアンチモネートスルフォニウムを主成分とする、いわゆるスルフォニウム塩系の熱酸発生剤。UVでも酸を発生しうるが、前記のSP-170と比べてUVに対する感度が低く、熱による活性化の方が顕著なので、ここでは熱酸発生剤と言う。
・F470:DIC株式会社製の界面活性剤(レベリング剤)
・トルエン、MEKは工業用試薬。
・PGMEA:工業用試薬のプロピレングリコールモノメチルエーテルアセテート
・ADVN:工業用試薬の2,2’-アゾビス(2,4-ジメチルバレロニトリル)
・DLDBT:工業用試薬のジラウリン酸ジブチル錫
・BHT:工業用試薬のブチルヒドロキシトルエン
・イミレックス-C:株式会社日本触媒製のN-シクロヘキシルマレイミド
・ライトエステルBZ:共栄社化学株式会社製のベンジルメタクリレート
・MMA:三菱ガス化学株式会社製のメタクリル酸メチル
・MAA:三菱ガス化学株式会社製のメタクリル酸
・カレンズMOI:昭和電工株式会社製の2-イソシアナトエチルメタクリレート。
・A-9300:新中村化学工業株式会社製のエトキシ化イソシアヌル酸トリアクリレート
・A-CHD-4E:新中村化学工業株式会社製のエトキシ化シクロヘキサンジメタノールジアクリレート
・A-BPE-4:新中村化学工業株式会社製のエトキシ化ビスフェノールAジアクリレート
・A-BPE-10:新中村化学工業株式会社製のエトキシ化ビスフェノールAジアクリレート
・イルガキュア2959:BASFジャパン株式会社製のα-ヒドロキシアルキルフェノン系のUVラジカル開始剤
・イルガキュア819:BASFジャパン株式会社製のアシルフォスフィンオキサイド系のUVラジカル開始剤
光導波路用ドライフィルムは、キャリア基材上に上記で得た各樹脂ワニスをヒラノテクシード社製のコンマコーターヘッドのテストコーターを用いて塗布・乾燥し、形成された光導波路用樹脂層面に保護フィルムを40℃のラミネートロールで貼合し、巻き取る事によって製造した。そして、下クラッド用ドライフィルム、コア用ドライフィルム、上クラッド用ドライフィルムの3つのフィルムを1セットとして、光導波路用ドライフィルムのセットA~Hを得た。表3のドライフィルム記号において、1CLは下クラッド、COはコア、2CLは上クラッドをそれぞれ指す。
・A4100:東洋紡株式会社製のPETフィルムであって、片面に易接着処理がなされ、他面は表面処理がなされていないもの。厚み50μmのものを使用。なお、当該フィルムの表面粗さの実測値は、表面処理がなされていない面のSRaが0.03μm、SRzが0.7μmであった。
・CUF:三井金属鉱業株式会社製の品番MT18SD-H3、厚さ18μmの銅箔(キャリア銅箔)と厚さ3μmの銅箔からなる、いわゆるピーラブル銅箔。
・E-201F:王子エフテックス株式会社製OPPフィルム(厚み50μm)。走査型共焦点レーザ顕微鏡による面粗さは、SRa=0.05μm、SRz=0.97μmであった。これはいわゆる光学フィルムに相当するフィルムであり、粗化面とは言えないレベルの低い粗度を有する。
・SB-OPP:E-201Fの表面をサンドブラスト処理したもの。前述の面粗さは、SRa=0.15μm、SRz=1.7μmであった。
・E-PI:パナソニック株式会社製ポリイミド両面銅貼りフレキシブル板、品番R-F775(厚み20μm)の両面の銅箔をエッチオフしたもの。前述の面粗さは、SRa=0.26μm、SRz=2.6μmであった。
・YM17S:東レ株式会社製の表面粗化OPPフィルム(厚み20μm)。前述の面粗さは、SRa=0.7μm、SRz=7.7μmであった。
・E130:三菱樹脂株式会社製の表面粗化PETフィルム(厚み26μm)。前述の面粗さは、SRa=0.8μm、SRz=12μmであった。
(実施例1)
光導波路を作製するための平面状物体1として、パナソニック株式会社製の両面銅貼り基板であるR1515W(銅箔12μm品)の銅箔をエッチオフした基板を130mm×100mmにカットした。この基板表面の面粗度を既述の方法で測定したところ、SRaが0.81μm、SRzが8.0μmであった。また、UV分光光度計で365nmの反射率を測定したところ7%であった。光導波路用フィルムとしては、表3のセットAを用いた。
目視及び光学顕微鏡にて、コア部およびクラッド部のボイド(気泡)を、光導波路面の鉛直上方から観察した。光導波路形成基板1枚あたり、直径5μm以上のボイドが観察されないものを◎、該ボイドが面内あたり1~5個であったものを○、6~20個であったものを△、20個よりも多いものを×とした。
光導波路形成基板をコアの延伸方向と垂直に、コア長が100mmとなるようにダイシングブレードで切断し、コア長が100mmのサンプルを得た。このサンプルの導波損失を、波長850nmのレーザダイオードを光源とし、コア径10μm、NA0.21の光ファイバーの端部をシリコーンオイルのマッチングオイルを介して光導波路コアの片端に接続すると共に、コアの他端にコア径200μm、NA0.4の光ファイバーの端部をマッチングオイルを介して接続し、光のパワー(P1)をパワーメータで測定した。一方、この両者の光ファイバーの端面同士をマッチングオイルを介して突き当て、光導波路が介在しない状態での光のパワー(P0)をパワーメータで測定した。そして、-10log(P1/P0)の計算式から、光導波路の損失を求め、これを光導波路長10(cm)で除算することで、光導波路1本の導波損失(単位:dB/cm)を測定した。この測定を、1枚あたり12本の光導波路コアを有する光導波路形成基板3枚に対して行い、合計36本の光導波路コアの平均導波損失を計算した。
上記導波損失が0.1dB/cmを越える光導波路コアを不良とし、その本数/36をパーセント表記した値を不良率として求めた。
表3の光導波路用ドライフィルムセットB~Hを用いて、実施例1と同様の作製手順と評価を行った。結果を上記表4に示す。
ドライフィルムのセット記号D、すなわちD-E-1CL、D-E-CO、D-E-2CLの保護フィルムを剥離する際、既述のようにドライフィルムのキャリア基材を減圧吸着板に吸着させ、キャリア基材と光導波路用樹脂が平面状態になるようにした状態で、保護フィルム角に粘着テープを貼り付け、角部分から保護フィルムを剥離した。セット記号D以外のドライフィルムの保護フィルムの剥離は、カットしたドライフィルムのコーナー部分の保護フィルムを指で剥がして剥離起点を設け、その後、保護フィルムと光導波路用樹脂付きキャリア基材を容易に剥離させることができた。しかし、セット記号Dのドライフィルムにおいてはこの方法では、保護フィルムに光導波路用樹脂の一部が付着してしまい、使用できなかったので、減圧吸着板を使用した。
ドライフィルムE-E-2CLは、熱硬化タイプのクラッド用樹脂なので、上クラッドを硬化する条件が異なる。上クラッドをラミネートした後、140℃30分間加熱処理を行ったのち、160℃1時間の加熱処理を行って硬化させ、電気基板用積層板上に光導波路が形成され、さらにその表面に銅箔が形成されたサンプルを作製した。引き続き、キャリア基材CUFのキャリア銅箔(厚み18μm)を剥離除去し、上クラッド樹脂に接着された厚み3μmの銅箔を、エッチングレジストによるマスキング・パターン露光・現像によって電気回路を形成し、銅層厚みが12μmになるよう銅メッキを施した。損失評価はこのサンプルに対して実施例1と同様に行ったが、光導波路のボイド観察は、銅回路をエッチング除去し、銅箔アンカーのレプリカ形状となって粗化している樹脂表面に、実施例5のA-E-1CLで下クラッドを形成するのと同条件でA-E-1CLをラミネート・硬化させて表面を平坦化して観察した。ボイト観察及び損失評価とは別のサンプルにメッキ処理を施し銅層厚みを12μmに調整したサンプルで、銅箔のピール強度を常法にて実施したところ、0.69N/mmであった。
ドライフィルムのセット記号F、すなわちF-A-1CL、F-A-CO、F-A-2CLと、セット記号H、すなわちH-A-1CL、H-A-CO、H-A-2CLは、これら以外のドライフィルムとは、ラミネート条件が異なる。更に光導波路用樹脂が、ラジカル硬化タイプなので酸素による硬化阻害を受けるため硬化条件が異なる、またカルボキシル基を有するアクリル樹脂系なので現像条件が異なる。F-A-1CL及びH-A-1CLのラミネート条件は、V130にて、加熱温度65℃、1hPa以下の真空に到達後15秒間保持した後、0.3MPaで60秒間加圧である。その後の硬化までの条件は、得られたドライフィルムラミネート品のキャリア基材であるPETフィルムを剥離せずに残したまま、140℃15分間加熱処理を行って室温に放冷し、その後、超高圧水銀ランプからの活性エネルギー線(UV光)を365nmにおいて2000mJ/平方センチメートルの光量になるようにキャリア基材側に照射し、キャリア基材のPETフィルムを剥離除去し、続いて160℃30分間の熱処理を行って樹脂硬化を完了させた。F-A-CO及びH-A-COのラミネート条件は、下クラッドのF-A-1CL、H-A-1CLと同じである。引き続くコア形成条件は、得られたドライフィルムラミネート品のキャリア基材であるPETフィルムを残したまま、120℃20分間加熱処理(平坦化)を行った後、既述のネガ型マスクを介して、超高圧水銀ランプからの活性エネルギー線(UV光)を365nmにおいて1500mJ/平方センチメートルの光量になるようにコア用樹脂側に照射し、キャリア基材を剥離除去して、1質量%の炭酸ナトリウム水溶液にて現像処理することにより、コア用樹脂の未露光部分を溶解除去し、水洗し、0.5質量%の硫酸水溶液にて洗浄し、更に水洗した後、表面の水分をエアブローして、100℃で10分間乾燥後、既述UV光を365nmにおいて1000mJ/平方センチメートルの光量で照射し、更に150℃で30分間加熱することにより、下クラッド上にコアパターンを形成した。F-A-2CL及びH-A-2CLの形成条件は、V130にて、加熱温度90℃、1hPa以下の真空に到達後15秒間保持した後、0.3MPaで90秒間加圧である。その後、得られたドライフィルムラミネート品のキャリア基材であるPETフィルムを剥離せずに残したまま、140℃15分間加熱処理を行って室温に放冷し、その後、既述UV光を365nmにおいて2000mJ/平方センチメートルの光量になるようにキャリア基材側から照射し、キャリア基材のPETフィルムを剥離除去し、続いて160℃30分間の熱処理を行って樹脂硬化を完了させた。
光導波路の両面にフレキシブルなフィルムが配置された構造のフレキシブル光導波路の製造例として、PETフィルム上に下クラッド層を形成し、そのクラッド面にコアを形成し、その上に上クラッドを形成すると同時にPETフィルムとの接着硬化を完了させる、という例を示す。
実施例8では、剥離可能な仮基板上に形成した光導波路を剥離して、光導波路のみを得た。
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- キャリア基材(A)と、活性エネルギー線又は熱で硬化可能な光導波路用樹脂層(B)と、保護フィルム(C)とを有する光導波路用ドライフィルムにおいて、保護フィルム(C)の光導波路用樹脂層(B)と接する面が粗化面であることを特徴とする光導波路用ドライフィルム。
- 前記キャリア基材(A)が樹脂フィルム又は金属箔であり、前記保護フィルム(C)が熱可塑性樹脂フィルムであり、さらに、前記保護フィルム(C)の前記粗化面の粗度が、算術平均粗さ(SRa)で0.1~1μmかつ、十点平均粗さ(SRz)で1~10μmであることを特徴とする、請求項1記載の光導波路用ドライフィルム。
- 前記光導波路用樹脂層(B)が、エポキシ基を有する化合物と、活性エネルギー線照射により前記化合物のエポキシ基を反応させて硬化させることができる光硬化開始剤とを含むことを特徴とする、請求項1または2に記載の光導波路用ドライフィルム。
- 前記光導波路用樹脂層(B)が、エチレン性二重結合を有する化合物と、活性エネルギー線照射により該化合物のエチレン性二重結合を反応させて硬化させることができる光硬化開始剤を含むことを特徴とする、請求項1または2に記載の光導波路用ドライフィルム。
- 請求項1~4のいずれかに記載の光導波路用ドライフィルムを用いる光導波路の製造方法において、以下の工程:
平面状物体(D)を準備する工程、
請求項1~4のいずれかに記載の光導波路用ドライフィルムの保護フィルム(C)を剥離する工程、
前記光導波路用ドライフィルムの前記保護フィルム(C)を剥離した光導波路用樹脂層(B)表面の粗度を維持したまま、前記光導波路用樹脂層(B)と前記平面状物体(D)とを当接し、減圧下で加熱加圧して貼り合わせる工程、並びに、
光導波路用樹脂層(B)の一部分もしくは全面を活性エネルギー線又は熱で硬化させる工程を、上記順序で行うことを特徴とする、光導波路の製造方法。 - 前記平面状物体(D)が、電気配線用基板、又は光導波路構成部材がその上に形成された電気配線用基板である、請求項5記載の光導波路の製造方法。
- 前記平面状物体(D)が、屈曲性を有しかつ、電気配線を含まない、もしくは最終的に電気配線が形成されないフィルム状材料、又は光導波路構成部材がその上に形成された該フィルム材料である、請求項5記載の光導波路の製造方法。
- 前記平面状物体(D)が、金属箔、又は光導波路構成部材がその上に形成された金属箔である、請求項5記載の光導波路の製造方法。
- 前記平面状物体(D)が、光導波路層の全て又は一部を形成した後に前記光導波路層と剥離可能な仮基板、又は光導波路構成部材がその上に形成された前記仮基板である、請求項5記載の光導波路の製造方法。
- 請求項5~9のいずれかに記載の方法により製造された光導波路、または、当該光導波路を含む情報伝送機能を有する基板あるいは部材。
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