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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2000
Koichi Niihara, Suita-shi- Osaka 565-0821, JP;
Yong-Ho Choa, Suita, JP;
Manwar Hussain, Toyonaka, JP;
Hiroshi Nishida, Ideda, JP;
Yoshiyuki Hamahashi, Osaka, JP;
Kotaro Kawahara, Osaka, JP;
Other;
Abstract
A deformable conductive elastomer excellent in reliability, linearity, and mechanical characteristics, and a manufacturing method thereof are provided. Elastomer particles with a particle size of 10 through 300 &mgr;m and conductive particles with a particle size of 10 through 40 &mgr;m are almost uniformly dispersed in a non-conductive elastomer. Ceramic particles with a particle size of 1000 nm or less are also almost uniformly dispersed in the non-conductive elastomer. At least the non-conductive elastomer uncrosslinked, the elastomer particles, and the conductive particles are added to the dispersion medium, and the mixture is vibrated, mixed, and dried to crosslink the uncrosslinked non-conductive elastomer. At least the non-conductive elastomer, the elastomer particles, and the conductive particles are added to the dispersion medium, and the mixture is vibrated, mixed, and dried.