Insulating ink with high tolerance to bending improves LCDs' performance
TOKYO, Jan 8, 2016 - (ACN Newswire) - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK) (TOKYO: 4004) and its subsidiary Nippon Polytech Corporation have jointly developed a new grade product of solder resist to be used for manufacturing of Chip on Film* (COF) circuits. Compared with our conventional grade product "NPR(TM)-3400," the new grade product has 2.5 times of tolerance to bending, and protects finer patterns, while maintaining excellent levels of withstanding voltage, thermal resistance and moisture resistance.
Solder resists are insulating inks applicable to circuit boards and films, and protect electric circuits from extraneous materials and moisture. LCDs with frameless structure are increasing their share among flat screen TVs, PCs and smartphones, because the progress in definition of images increases the demand for larger displays with more flexible designs including less oppressive one. Our conventional solder resist "NPR(TM)-3400" has already secured 50% share of the global market for solder resists applied to COF circuits in LCDs, due to its reliable electric properties including applicability to fine circuit patterns with pitch of 20 to 30um, and competent tolerance to bending.
Recently, LCDs are getting larger and required to raise picture quality. On the other hand, wearable devices are getting smaller and required to have flexibility. Thus the contents of needs for LCD's are more and more diversified, and circuit boards and films for these LCDs are required to have less thickness and finer pitches. The new grade product of solder resist we developed this time has so much improved tenacity and flexibility that it can protect circuits with wiring pitch of 20um or less, and maintains its insulating property even after repeated bending.
The Showa Denko Group aims to make the most of its knowledge and know-how about designing and synthesizing resins including solder resists we cultivated over many years, and contribute to further improvement of properties and performance of electronic devices through fulfillment of the needs of our customers in electronics.
The Showa Denko Group will exhibit the solder resist we announced this time at the "45th INTERNEPCON JAPAN," a world's leading surface mount technology (SMT) exhibition gathering equipment, solutions and services for electronics manufacturing, to be held from January 13 to 15, 2016 at Tokyo Big Sight (SDK's booth: E43-46, East Hall 5).
* Chip on Film (COF): A type of integrated circuit product that has semiconductor chips and circuits directly mounted on polyimide resin films
Outline of Nippon Polytech Corporation
Head office: 370-1 Nibukata-machi, Hachioji City, Tokyo 193-0822 JapanEstablishment: July 1989 Scope of business: Development, manufacturing and sale of resist ink for flexible electronic circuit boards and films Capital stock: 10 million yenShareholder: Showa Denko K.K. (100%)
Press release: http://www.sdk.co.jp/english/news/15030/14459.html
About Showa Denko
Showa Denko K.K. ('SDK'; TSE: 4004, US: SHWDF) is a major manufacturer and marketer of chemical products serving a wide range of fields ranging from heavy industry to the electronic and computer industries. SDK makes petrochemicals (ethylene, propylene), aluminum products (ingots, rods), electronic equipment (hard disks for computers) and inorganic materials (ceramics, carbons). The company has overseas operations and a joint venture with Netherlands-based Montell and Nippon Petrochemicals to make and market polypropylenes. In March 2001, SDK merged with Showa Denko Aluminum Corporation to strengthen the high-value-added fabricated aluminum products operations, and is today developing next-generation optical communications-use wafers. For more information, please visit www.sdk.co.jp/english/.
Source: Showa Denko
Contact:
Customer contact: Sales Department, Nippon Polytech Corporation Phone: 81-42-652-0126 Media contact: Public Relations Office, Showa Denko K.K. Phone: 81-3-5470-3235
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