ANISOTROPIC CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL AND CONNECTION STRUCTURE

Provided is an anisotropic conductive material which facilitates connection between electrodes when the anisotropic conductive material is used for connection between electrodes, and which can improve conduction reliability, and also provided is a connection structure which uses the anisotropic conductive material. The anisotropic conductive material includes conductive particles (1) and binder resin. The conductive particles (1) are composed of resin particles (2) and a conductive layer (3) which covers the surfaces (2a) of the resin particles (2). The surface layer on at least the outside of the conductive layer (3) is a solder layer (5). The connection structure is provided with a first member to be connected, a second member to be connected, and a connection part for connecting the first and second members to be connected. The connection part is formed from the anisotropic conductive material.