Thick Film Materials Thick Film Materials is ink paste produced through mixing, kneading, and dispersing of metal powders, glass powders, and inorganic oxides with organic solvent in a three-roll mill.
Major types of pastes are shown below.
Conductive paste with Au/Ag/Pd/Ni/Cu, etc., contained as conductive materials
Resistive paste as a resistor material
Insulation paste used for the protective films of circuits, etc.
In general use, circuit patterns, etc., are screen-printed on ceramic boards or green sheets, and then burned. They are mainly used for various electronic components such as multilayer chip capacitors, chip resistors, etc. These components are used in volume in personal computers, mobile phones, etc.
Also, Ag resin paste, which hardens at low temperatures, is applied to various die attachments used in LEDs and ICs, etc.
SMM has established technological know-how and a sales network through more than 30 years of development, manufacturing, and sales activities.
Now, SMM holds paste manufacturing facilities in Ome City in Tokyo and Shanghai in China, and supplies products for the market in Japan as well as for the markets in Korea, Taiwan, China, Southeast Asia, Europe, and the United States.
In recent years, materials used for internal electrodes of multilayer ceramic capacitors have rapidly been changing from precious metals like palladium to nickel powder. SMM meets customer needs with our technology for producing high-purity materials and technology for controlling powder materials, which we have cultivated over the years since beginning development of the nickel internal electrode.
Characteristics
"SNP-YH series"
This is spherical nickel powder that does not contain coarse particles, but contains particles of an even particle size. Very smooth print film can be produced, and it is suitable for forming the thin electrode film required in high-end multilayer ceramic capacitors. It can also meet the need for fine particles with an 0.1 µm particle size.
Applications
Material for electrodes of multilayer ceramic capacitors
This is copper powder produced using the application of technology for controlling powder materials that SMM has cultivated over the years. The particle size is even and it is highly dispersive. It is highly oxidation-resistant, and storing/handling is easy.
Characteristics
The particle size is even and it is highly dispersive.
It is highly oxidation-resistant, and storing/handling is easy.
particle size UCP-030 (Average particle size (SEM) is 0.4-0.5 µm)