US Patent Issued to MITSUI HIGH-TEC on Aug. 4 for "Metal component including phosphorous-containing nickel layer" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Aug. 5 -- United States Patent no. 12,702,020, issued on Aug. 4, was assigned to MITSUI HIGH-TEC INC. (Fukuoka, Japan).

"Metal component including phosphorous-containing nickel layer" was invented by Kento Koga (Fukuoka, Japan), Yoshihito Miyauchi (Fukuoka, Japan), Kazunori Watanabe (Fukuoka, Japan) and Kimihiko Kubo (Fukuoka, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "There is provided a metal component used for manufacturing a semiconductor device, including: a base material having an electrical conductivity; a nickel layer formed on a surface of the base material and containing nickel as a main component; and a noble metal layer formed on a surface of the nickel layer. The nicke...