Electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material and electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing method

• US 5,453,328 A
• Filed: 01/21/1994
• Issued: 09/26/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 01/22/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Kansai Paint Company Limited
• Original Assignee: Kansai Paint Company Limited
• Inventors: Maki, Tetsu, Nagano, Toshiaki, Iwasawa, Naozumi, Kogure, Hideo
• Primary Examiner(s): Ryan, Patrick J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): LAM, CATHY FONG FONG
• Application Number:
  US08/183,763
• Time in Patent Office: 613 Days
• Field of Search: 428/545, 428/546, 428/549, 174/35 C, 174/35 R, 174/35 MS
• US Class Current: 428/545
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 9/0086 comprising a single discontinuous metallic layer on an electrically insulating supporting structure, e.g. metal grid, perforated metal foil, film, aggregated flakes, sintering
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12007 Component of composite having metal continuous phase interengaged with nonmetal continuous phase
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12014 having metal particles
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/12035 Fiber, asbestos, or cellulose in or next to particulate component

Abstract

An electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material having a structure formed by a process which comprises successively laminating (A) a pattern layer formed in the form of a geometrical pattern having a volume resistivity of 10³ Ω . cm or less, if needed, (B) a supporting layer, (C) a resin layer, and, if needed, (D) a supporting layer, to form a laminate unit, laminating a pluralitry of the laminate unit so that the layer (A) may face on the layer (C) or (D) to form a multiple laminate unit structure, and laminating the multiple laminate unit structure onto (E) an electromagnetic wave reflecting material layer so that the layer (C) or (D) of the multiple laminate unit structure may face on the layer (E), preferably further laminating a clear or colored coating layer onto the uppermost metallic pattern layer of the electromagnetic wave, reflection-preventing material; and an electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing method which comprises applying the electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material onto a structure, or which comprises applying the multiple laminate unit structure obtained by removing the electromagnetic wave reflecting material layer (E) from the electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material onto an electromagnetic wave reflecting structure having a metallic surface.

Claims

1. An electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material having a structure which has been formed by a process which comprises successively laminating (A) a pattern layer formed in the form of a geometrical pattern and having a volume resistivity of 10³ Ω

. cm or less, (B) a supporting layer, (C) a resin layer, and (D) a supporting layer, to form a laminate unit, laminating a plurality of the laminate unit so that the layer (A) may face on the layer (D) to form a multiple laminate unit structure, and laminating the multiple laminate unit structure onto (E) an electromagnetic wave reflecting material layer having a thickness of 5 to 500 μ

m so that the layer (D) of the multiple laminate unit structure may face on the layer (E).

5. The electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said (A) a pattern layer is (A-1) a metallic pattern layer which has a dry film thickness of 0.5 to 50 μ

m and has been prepared in the form of a geometrical pattern, said geometrical pattern being selected from the group consisting of (a) a plurality of plate-shaped metal figure units arranged in the form of said geometrical pattern, (b) a band-shaped metal pattern unit having a multi-figured structure, (c) a band-shaped metal pattern unit having a spiral shape, (d) a plurality of band-shaped metal pattern units (b) arranged in the form of said geometrical pattern, and (e) a plurality of band-shaped metal pattern units (c) arranged in the form of said geometrical pattern, and the metal constituting the metallic pattern layer (A-1) is a metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, gold, silver, nickel, chromium, aluminum, copper, zinc, tungsten and iron.

6. The electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3, or 4, wherein at least one of the pattern layer (A) s in the multiple laminate unit structure is a coating pattern layer (A-2) having a volume resistivity of 10^-3 to 10³ Ω

. cm and a dry film thickness of 10 to 500 μ

m, and the pattern layer (A) other than the coating pattern layer (A-2) in the multiple laminate unit structure is a metallic pattern layer (A-3) which has a dry film thickness of 0.5 to 50 μ

m and has been prepared in the form of a first geometrical pattern, said first geometrical pattern being selected from the group consisting of (a) a plurality of plate-shaped metal figure units arranged in the form of said geometrical pattern, (b) a band-shaped metal pattern unit having a multi-figured structure, (c) a band-shaped metal pattern unit having a spiral shape, (d) a plurality of band-shaped metal pattern units (b) arranged in the form of said geometrical pattern, and (e) a plurality of band-shaped metal pattern units (c) arranged in the form of said geometrical pattern, said coating pattern layer (A-2) having been formed by coating a coating composition containing 50 to 500 parts by weight of a metal powder per 100 parts by weight of the solid content of a film-forming resin in the form of a second geometrical pattern, said second geometrical pattern being selected from the group consisting of (f) a plurality of plate-shaped figure units arranged in the form of said geometrical pattern, (g) a band-shaped pattern unit having a multi-figured structure, (h) a band-shaped metal pattern unit having a spiral shape, (i) a plurality of band-shaped metal pattern units (g) arranged in the form of said geometrical pattern, and (j) a plurality of the band-shaped pattern units (h) arranged in the form of said geometrical pattern, the metal constituting the metallic pattern layer (A-3) is a metal selected from the group consisting of platinum, gold, silver, nickel, chromium, aluminum, copper, zinc, tungsten and iron, the metal powder of the coating pattern layer (A-2) is a metal powder selected from the group consisting of platinum, gold, silver, nickel, chromium, aluminum, copper, zinc, tungsten and iron.

7. The electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein area ratio of void area to geometrical pattern forming substance area in the pattern of the pattern layer (A) is 0.1 to 10.

10. The electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said layer (C) contains powder of at least one member selected from a group consisting of ferrite powder, carbon powder, metal powder and electrically conductive metallic oxides powder consisting of tin oxide and indium oxide, or a mixture of the selected powder and a good dielectric material selected from the group consisting of titanate compound, silicon carbide and silicon nitride, into said resin.

11. The electromagentic wave reflection-preventing material as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein said resin layer (C) optionally contains a metal powder in an amount up to 20 parts by weight per 100 parts by weight of the resin.

13. The electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material as claimed in claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein a clear or colored coating layer is further formed onto the uppermost pattern layer (A) of the electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material.

2. An electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material having a structure which has been formed by a process which comprises successively laminating (A) a pattern layer formed in the form of a geometrical pattern and having a volume resistivity of 10³ Ω

. cm or less, (B) a supporting layer, and (C) a resin layer, to form a laminate unit, laminating a plurality of the laminate unit so that the layer (A) may face on the layer (C) to form a multiple laminate unit structure, and laminating the multiple laminate unit structure onto (E) an electromagnetic wave reflecting material layer having a thickness of 5 to 500 μ

m so that the layer (C) of the multiple laminate unit structure may face on the layer (E).

8. The electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material as claimed in claim 2 or 4, wherein the resin layer (C) is a pattern resin layer having a void of 25 to 70 percent by volume, and said pattern resin layer (C) has been formed by coating a coating composition prepared by dispersing powder which is at least one member selected from the group consisting of ferrite powder, carbon powder, metal powder and electrically conductive metallic oxides powder consisting of tin oxide and indium oxide, or a mixture of the selected powder and a good dielectric material selected from the group consisting of titanate compound, silicon carbide and silicon nitride, into said resin, onto paper, cloth, nonwoven fabric or porous sheet, followed by molding under pressure, and by punching;

or has been formed by coating the coating composition in the form of a pattern thereonto, followed by molding under pressure.

9. The electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material as claimed in claim 8 wherein the void of the pattern resin layer (C) is filled with a a filling material which contains resin free from any components selected from the group consisting of (i) ferrite powder, (ii) carbon powder, (iii) metal powder, (iv) electrically conductive metallic oxides powder consisting of tin oxide and indium oxide, and (v) good dielectric material selected from the group consisting of titanate compound, silicon carbide and silicon nitride.

12. The electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material as claimed in claim 2 or 4, wherein the resin layer (C) is formed by coating a coating composition prepared by dispersing a powder of at least one member selected from ferrite powder, carbon powder, metal powder and electrically conductive metallic oxides powder consisting of tin oxide and indium oxide, or a mixture of the selected powder and a good dielectric material selected from the group consisting of titanate compound, silicon carbide and silicon nitride, onto a substrate selected from the group consisting of a paper, cloth, nonwoven fabric and porous sheet, followed by molding under pressure.

3. An electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material having a structure which has been formed by a process which comprises successively laminating (A) a pattern layer formed in the form of a geometrical pattern and having a volume resistivity of 10³ Ω

. cm or less, (C) a resin layer, and (D) a supporting layer, to form a laminate unit, laminating a plurality of the laminate unit so that the layer (A) may face on the layer (D) to form a multiple laminate unit structure, and laminating the multiple laminate unit structure onto (E) an electromagnetic wave reflecting material layer having a thickness of 5 to 500 μ

m so that the layer (D) of the multiple laminate unit structure may face on the layer (E).

4. An electromagnetic wave reflection-preventing material having a structure which has been formed by a process which comprises successively laminating (A) a pattern layer formed in the form of a geometrical pattern and having a volume resistivity of 10³ Ω

. cm or less, and (C) a resin layer, to form a laminate unit, laminating a plurality of the laminate unit so that the layer (A) may face on the layer (C) to form a multiple laminate unit structure, and laminating the multiple laminate unit structure onto (E) an electromagnetic wave reflecting material layer having a thickness of 5 to 500 μ

m so that the layer (C) of the multiple laminate unit structure may face on the layer (E).