US 7,321,097 B2
Electronic component comprising an electrically conductive connection consisting of carbon nanotubes and a method for producing the same
Manfred Engelhardt, Feldkirchen-Westerham (Germany); Wolfgang Hönlein, Unterhaching (Germany); and Franz Kreupl, München (Germany)
Assigned to Infineon Technologies AG, (Germany)
Appl. No. 10/204,180
PCT Filed Feb. 02, 2001, PCT No. PCT/DE01/00419
§ 371(c)(1), (2), (4) Date Nov. 13, 2002,
PCT Pub. No. WO01/61753, PCT Pub. Date Aug. 23, 2001.
Claims priority of application No. 100 06 964 (DE), filed on Feb. 16, 2000.
Prior Publication US 2003/0179559 A1, Sep. 25, 2003
Int. Cl. H01R 12/04 (2006.01); H05K 1/11 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 174—256  [174/262; 361/803] 10 Claims
 
1. An electronic component, comprising:
a first conductive layer;
a nonconductive layer on the first conductive layer, the nonconductive layer having a hole through the nonconductive layer;
a second conductive layer on the nonconductive layer; and
an electrical connection conductively connecting the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, which are electrically insulated from one another by the nonconductive layer, wherein the electrical connection is formed by at least one nanotube in the hole, the nanotube being a grown nanotube.