A terminal material for a connector provided with a base material in which at least a surface layer is made of copper or copper alloy, a nickel-plating layer made of nickel or nickel alloy and formed on a surface of the base material, a silver-nickel alloy plating layer made of silver-nickel alloy and formed on at least a part of the nickel-plating layer, and a silver-plating layer made of silver and formed on the silver-nickel alloy plating layer; the silver-nickel alloy plating layer has a film thickness 0.05 .Math.m or more and less than 0.50 .Math.m and a nickel content 0.03 at% or more and 1.00 at% or less.

A terminal material for a connector provided with a base material in which at least a surface layer is made of copper or copper alloy, a nickel-plating layer made of nickel or nickel alloy and formed on a surface of the base material, a silver-nickel alloy plating layer made of silver-nickel alloy and formed on at least a part of the nickel-plating layer, and a silver-plating layer made of silver and formed on the silver-nickel alloy plating layer; the silver-nickel alloy plating layer has a film thickness 0.05 .Math.m or more and less than 0.50 .Math.m and a nickel content 0.03 at% or more and 1.00 at% or less.

A roughened plated sheet including a roughened plated layer having a roughened nickel plated layer and a zinc plated layer formed on at least one surface of a metal substrate in this order from the metal substrate side, wherein a ten-point average roughness Rz.sub.jis of a surface of the roughened plated layer, according to laser microscope measurement, is 3 μm or more, and the metal substrate is a steel sheet.

A roughened plated sheet including a roughened plated layer having a roughened nickel plated layer and a zinc plated layer formed on at least one surface of a metal substrate in this order from the metal substrate side, wherein a ten-point average roughness Rz.sub.jis of a surface of the roughened plated layer, according to laser microscope measurement, is 3 μm or more, and the metal substrate is a steel sheet.

A surface treated copper foil 1 includes a copper foil 2, and a first surface treatment layer 3 formed on one surface of the copper foil 2. The first surface treatment layer 3 of the surface treated copper foil 1 has a Ni deposited amount of 20 to 200 μg/dm.sup.2 and a Zn deposited amount of 20 to 1,000 μg/dm.sup.2. A copper clad laminate 10 includes the surface treated copper foil 1 and an insulating substrate 11 adhered to the first surface treatment layer 3 of the surface treated copper foil 1.

An advanced electrodeposited copper foil having island-shaped microstructures and a copper clad laminate using the same are provided. The advanced electrodeposited copper foil includes a micro-roughened surface. The micro-roughened surface has a plurality of copper crystals, a plurality of copper whiskers and a plurality of copper crystal groups which are in a non-uniform distribution and form into island-shaped patterns.

An advanced electrodeposited copper foil having island-shaped microstructures and a copper clad laminate using the same are provided. The advanced electrodeposited copper foil includes a micro-roughened surface. The micro-roughened surface has a plurality of copper crystals, a plurality of copper whiskers and a plurality of copper crystal groups which are in a non-uniform distribution and form into island-shaped patterns.

Provided are an electrodeposited copper foil, a current collector, an electrode, and a lithium-ion secondary battery comprising the same. The electrodeposited copper foil has a deposited side and a drum side opposite the deposited side. In a first aspect, ΔRS between the deposited side and the drum side is at most about 95 MPa, and the deposited side exhibits a Vv in a range from about 0.15 μm.sup.3/μm.sup.2 to about 1.35 μm.sup.3/μm.sup.2. In a second aspect, the deposited side has a Sku of about 1.5 to about 6.5 and the deposited side exhibits a Vv in a range from about 0.15 μm.sup.3/μm.sup.2 to about 1.35 μm.sup.3/μm.sup.2. The characteristics are beneficial to improve the quality of the electrodeposited copper foil, thereby extending the charge-discharge cycle life of a lithium-ion secondary battery comprising the same.

Provided are an electrodeposited copper foil, a current collector, an electrode, and a lithium-ion secondary battery comprising the same. The electrodeposited copper foil has a deposited side and a drum side opposite the deposited side. In a first aspect, ΔRS between the deposited side and the drum side is at most about 95 MPa, and the deposited side exhibits a Vv in a range from about 0.15 μm.sup.3/μm.sup.2 to about 1.35 μm.sup.3/μm.sup.2. In a second aspect, the deposited side has a Sku of about 1.5 to about 6.5 and the deposited side exhibits a Vv in a range from about 0.15 μm.sup.3/μm.sup.2 to about 1.35 μm.sup.3/μm.sup.2. The characteristics are beneficial to improve the quality of the electrodeposited copper foil, thereby extending the charge-discharge cycle life of a lithium-ion secondary battery comprising the same.

A leadless packaged semiconductor device includes a metal substrate having at least a first through-hole aperture having a first outer ring and a plurality of cuts through the metal substrate to define spaced apart metal pads on at least two sides of the first through-hole aperture. A semiconductor die that has a back side metal (BSM) layer on its bottom side and a top side with circuitry coupled to bond pads is mounted top side up on the first outer ring. A metal die attach layer is directly between the BSM layer and walls of the metal substrate bounding the first through-hole aperture that provides a die attachment that fills a bottom portion of the first through-hole aperture. Bond wires are between metal pads and the bond pads. A mold compound is also provided including between adjacent ones of the metal pads.