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Electrically conducting material with coating

US12071692B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateDec 21, 2020
Grant dateAug 27, 2024
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Expiry dateDec 21, 2040

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  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/1291
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

An electrically conducting material including a substrate composed of copper or a copper alloy, and a coating composed of at least one layer. The coating has an outermost layer consisting to an extent of at least 90 vol % of an intermetallic phase which is or includes Cu6Sn5. The surface of the outermost layer that faces away from the substrate has insular, silver-rich precipitations with an area fraction of 7 to 20%.

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