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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 23, 2012
Metal paste for sealing, hermetic sealing method for piezoelectric element, and piezoelectric device
Toshinori Ogashiwa, Hiratsuka, JP;
Masayuki Miyairi, Hiratsuka, JP;
Yoji Nagano, Hino, JP;
Tanaka Kikinzoku Kogyo K.K., Tokyo, JP;
Seiko Epson Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention is a metal paste for sealing comprising a metal powder and an organic solvent characterized in that the metal powder is one or more kinds of metal powders selected from a gold powder, a silver powder, a platinum powder and a palladium powder which has a purity of 99.9% by weight or more and an average particle size of 0.1 μm to 1.0 μm and that the metal powder is contained in a ratio of 85 to 93% by weight and the organic solvent is contained in a ratio of 5 to 15% by weight. As a sealing method using this metal paste, there is a method of applying and drying a metal paste, sintering it at 80 to 300° C. to form a metal powder sintered body and after that pressurizing the base member and the cap member while heating the metal powder sintered body.