Metallic ink

US8404160B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignees

• Applied Nanotech, Inc. · US
• ISHIHARA CHEMICAL CO., LTD. · JP

Inventors

• Yunjun Li · Austin, US
• David Max Roundhill · Austin, US
• Xueping Li · Linhai, CN
• Peter B. Laxton · Alameda, US
• Hidetoshi Arimura · Austin, US
• Zvi Yaniv · Austin, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 31, 2009
• Grant date: Mar 26, 2013
• Expiry date: Aug 20, 2030

Classification

• Technology area (CPC H): Electricity
• CPC primary: H05K2203/1131
• WIPO field: Basic materials chemistry
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A metallic ink including a vehicle, a multiplicity of copper nanoparticles, and an alcohol. The conductive metallic ink may be deposited on a substrate by methods including inkjet printing and draw-down printing. The ink may be pre-cured and cured to form a conductor on the substrate.