Surface type heating element having controlled oxide layer and manufacturing method thereof

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11832358-B2
Application number	US-202016898987-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 11, 2020
Priority date	Jun 12, 2019
Publication date	Nov 28, 2023
Grant date	Nov 28, 2023

Abstract

Discussed are a surface type heating element which generates heat using electricity and a method of manufacturing the surface type heating element. The surface type heating element includes a NiCr alloy and has an oxygen content of 1 to 4 wt %, so that it can be used even at a high operating temperature of 400° C. or more, suppresses the elution of the material itself, has high fracture toughness, a low coefficient of thermal expansion, and heat resistance, and furthermore, ensures conductivity by having improved adhesive strength with respect to at least one of a substrate and an insulating layer, and controlled electrical resistivity.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A surface type heating element to generate heat using electricity, the surface type heating element comprising:
a NiCr alloy; and
oxygen in an amount of about 1 to about 3 wt % of the surface type heating element.

2. The surface type heating element of claim 1 , wherein an adhesive strength of the surface type heating element is about 25 N or more with respect to a substrate or an insulating layer.

3. The surface type heating element of claim 1 , wherein an electrical resistivity of the surface type heating element is about 10 −4 to about 10 −2 Ωcm.

4. The surface type heating element of claim 1 , wherein a Ni content of the NiCr alloy ranges from about 60 to about 95 wt % of the surface type heating element.

5. The surface type heating element of claim 2 , wherein the substrate is formed of any one of glass, a glass ceramic, Al 2 O 3 , AlN, polyimide, polyether ether ketone (PEEK), and a ceramic.

6. The surface type heating element of claim 2 , wherein the insulating layer includes any one of boron nitride, aluminum nitride, and silicon nitride.

7. The surface type heating element of claim 6 , wherein the insulating layer includes a glass frit as a binder.

8. The surface type heating element of claim 7 , wherein the glass frit includes a borosilicate component and/or a bentonite component.

9. A method of manufacturing a surface type heating element to generate heat using electricity, the method comprising:
providing a substrate;
coating the substrate with a surface type heating element layer by applying a surface type heating element paste including a NiCr alloy component and oxygen in an amount of about 1 to about 3 wt % onto the substrate;
drying the applied surface type heating element layer; and
photonically sintering the dried surface type heating element layer.

10. The method of claim 9 , further comprising, before the coating the substrate with the surface type heating element layer, forming an insulating layer on the substrate.

11. The method of claim 9 , wherein the substrate is formed of any one of glass, a glass ceramic, Al 2 O 3 , AlN, polyimide, polyether ether ketone (PEEK), and a ceramic.

12. The method of claim 10 , wherein the insulating layer includes any one of boron nitride, aluminum nitride, and silicon nitride.

13. The method of claim 10 , wherein the insulating layer includes a glass frit as a binder.

14. The method of claim 13 , wherein the glass frit includes at least one of a borosilicate component and a bentonite component.

15. The method of claim 9 , wherein the surface type heating element paste includes:
a vehicle including an organic binder at about 20 to about 40 wt % of the surface type heating element paste;
a solvent; and
a NiCr alloy powder as the remainder of the surface type heating element paste.

16. The method of claim 15 , wherein a Ni content of the NiCr alloy powder ranges from about 60 to about 95 wt% of the NiCr alloy powder,
wherein the NiCr alloy powder has an average particle size of about 10 nm to about 10 μm,
wherein the organic binder is ethyl cellulose, and
wherein the solvent is butyl carbitol acetate.

17. The method of claim 9 , wherein a total light irradiation intensity in the photonic sintering ranges from about 40 to about 70 J/cm 2 .

18. The method of claim 9 , wherein the surface type heating element after the photonic sintering has an electrical resistivity of about 10 −4 to about 10 −2 Ωcm.

19. The method of claim 9 , wherein an adhesive strength between the substrate and the surface type heating element after the photonic sintering is about 25 N or more.

20. The method of claim 10 , wherein an adhesive strength between the insulating layer and the surface type heating element after the photonic sintering is about 25 N or more.

Assignees

• Lg Electronics Inc

Inventors

• Kwon Yooseok

Classifications

• H05B3/74 Primary

  Non-metallic plates {, e.g. vitroceramic, ceramic or glassceramic hobs, also including power or control circuits} · CPC title

• H05B3/0071

  for domestic applications · CPC title

• H05B3/12

  characterised by the composition or nature of the conductive material · CPC title

• H05B3/141

  Conductive ceramics, e.g. metal oxides, metal carbides, barium titanate, ferrites, zirconia, vitrous compounds · CPC title

• H05B3/18 Primary

  the conductor being embedded in an insulating material · CPC title