Woven glass cloth for printed wiring board and printed wiring products manufactured therefrom

• US 5,837,624 A
• Filed: 10/15/1996
• Issued: 11/17/1998
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1995
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Nitto Boseki Company Limited, Panasonic Electric Works Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Nitto Boseki Company Limited, Asahi Matsushita Electric Works Ltd. (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Watanabe, Tatsuya, Hibino, Akinori, Nagamine, Fumio, Sakaguchi, Kozo, Hattori, Hiromasa, Miyasato, Keita
• Primary Examiner(s): LAM, CATHY FONG FONG
• Application Number:
  US08/730,393
• Time in Patent Office: 763 Days
• Field of Search: 442/208, 442/218, 442/232, 442/234, 442/180, 442/117, 139/420 C, 428/209, 428/901
• US Class Current: 442/208
• CPC Class Codes: D03D 15/267 Glass
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0366 reinforced, e.g. by fibres, fabrics H05K1/036 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/029 Woven fibrous reinforcement or textile textile substrates H05K1/038
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/901 Printed circuit
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/2475 Coating or impregnation is electrical insulation-providing, -improving, or -increasing, or conductivity-reducing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/2951 Coating or impregnation contains epoxy polymer or copolymer or polyether
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/2992 Coated or impregnated glass fiber fabric
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/322 Warp differs from weft
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/3301 Coated, impregnated, or autogenous bonded
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/3415 Preformed metallic film or foil or sheet [film or foil or sheet had structural integrity prior to association with the woven fabric]
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/3423 Plural metallic films or foils or sheets
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 442/3431 Plural fabric layers

Abstract

To enhance the tear strength without increasing the thickness, a woven glass cloth having a mass of 15 to 30 g/m², for use as a base material for printed wiring board material, is characterized in that the weft or warp is provided by a 75 denier or more strand, thicker than the warp, and thread count of the thicker strand per unit length is set smaller than that of the other strand.

Claims

1. A woven glass cloth comprising warps and wefts and having a mass of 15 to 30 g/m², suitable for use as a base material to be resin-impregnated for printed wiring board material, wherein one of the warps and the wefts comprise strands having a denier of 75 or more, said strands having a denier of 75 or more being thicker than strands of the other of the warps and the wefts, and a thread count of the thicker strands per unit length is set smaller than that of the other strands.

2. The woven glass cloth according to claim 1, wherein the thread count per unit length of said thicker strands is 0.3 to 0.8 time that of the other strands.

3. The woven glass cloth according to claim 1, wherein the thicker strands have a weight per unit length 1.5 to 2.5 times that of the other strands.

4. A woven glass cloth according to claim 1, wherein the thicker strands are wefts.

5. The woven glass cloth according to claim 1, wherein at least one of the warps and the wefts comprise two ply yam or single yarn having a filament diameter of 0.003 to 0.010 mm.

6. A prepreg comprising a woven glass cloth impregnated with resin, suitable for use as a base material for printed wiring board material, wherein the woven glass cloth comprises warps and wefts and has a mass of 15 to 30 g/m², one of the warps and the wefts comprise strands having a denier of 75 or more, said strands having a denier of 75 or more being thicker than strands of the other of the warps and the wefts, and a thread count of the thicker strands per unit length is set smaller than that of the other strands, and the resin comprises a thermosetting resin.

7. The prepreg according to claim 6, wherein the thermosetting resin is an epoxy resin.

8. The prepreg according to claim 6, wherein amount of resin with which the woven glass cloth is impregnated is 60 to 80% by weight relative to a total weight of the resin and woven glass cloth.

9. The prepreg according to claim 8, wherein a thickness of the prepreg is 0.040 to 0.080 mm.

10. A laminate suitable for use as a printed wiring board material, which comprises at least one prepreg laminated with at least a metal foil for wiring and to be subjected to a hot, pressure molding process, wherein the at least one prepreg comprises a thermosetting resin-impregnated woven glass cloth comprising warps and wefts and having a mass of 15 to 30 g/m², one of the warps and the wefts comprise strands having a denier of 75 or more, said strands having a denier of 75 or more being thicker than strands of the other of the warps and the wefts, and a thread count of the thicker strands per unit length is set smaller than that of the other strands, and the laminated at least one prepreg not including the metal foil, after molding has a thickness of 0.040 to 0.080 mm as an insulating layer of the resulting laminate.

11. The laminate according to claim 10, wherein the insulating layer has a thickness of 0.040 to 0.060 mm.

12. The laminate according to claim 10, wherein the insulating layer has a tear strength of 35 gf or more.

13. A multilayer printed wiring board comprising an inner printed wiring board, at least one prepreg for an insulating layer and at least one metal foil for wiring which are laminated and subjected to a hot, pressure molding process, wherein the at least one prepreg comprises a woven glass cloth impregnated with resin, the woven glass cloth comprising warps and wefts and having a mass of 15 to 30 g/m², one of the warps and the wefts comprise strands having a denier of 75 or more, said strands having a denier of 75 or more being thicker than strands of the other of the warps and the wefts, and a thread count of the thicker strands per unit length is set smaller than that of the other strands.