Abstract:
A printed wiring board and method for producing the same, in which an upper-surface pattern is readily formed, and a lower-surface metal foil is hardly damaged when a blind via hole is made by a laser beam. A lower-surface metal foil (220) is provided over the lower surface of an insulating sheet (5), and an upper-surface metal foil (210) thinner than the lower-surface metal foil (220) is provided over its upper surface. An open hole (213) is made in the upper-surface metal foil in a position corresponding to the area (35) where a blind via hole is formed. A laser beam (8) is projected onto the area (35) through the open hole (213) to make a blind via hole (3) the bottom of which is the lower-surface metal foil. A metal plating film (23) is formed on the inner wall of the blind via hole (3). Upper- and lower-surface patterns (21, 22) are formed by etching.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for metallizing features of an electronic component, where the metallized features, conductive pads, conductive traces, are coated and encapsulated with at least one metal layer and the features on the front side and the back side of the component have different thicknesses. The process comprises the steps of: a) providing an organic based substrate having a conductive metal layer on a front and back side thereof; b) protecting the back side of the substrate, metallizing the front side wherein said metallizing is conducted by electroplating while electrically bussing the front side with the back side; and c) unprotecting the back side and protecting the front side and metallizing the back side by at least one of electroless plating or immersion plating.
Abstract:
The present invention relates to a process for metallizing features of an electronic component, where the metallized features, conductive pads, conductive traces, are coated and encapsulated with at least one metal layer and the features on the front side and the back side of the component have different thicknesses.
Abstract:
A method of forming solid metal vias (12) extending between the top and bottom surfaces (13, 14) of a substrate (11) with the ends (16, 17) of the vias being substantially coplanar with the top and bottom surfaces. The method includes the steps of forming holes through the substrate, plating the interior of the holes with excess metal to fill the holes and extend beyond the ends of the holes, heating the substrate to cause the metal to melt and consolidate to form solid vias with domed ends, and lapping the top and bottom surfaces of the substrate to remove the domes. Conductive layers (21, 22) may then be formed over the vias. These layers may have windows over a portion of each via to provide an escape route for expanding fluids during further processing of the substrate.
Abstract:
Electrical conductors are disclosed. More particularly, undulating electrical conductors 110 are disclosed. The conductors have varying width and a varying radius of curvature along the length of the conductor. The conductor comprises alternating first locations 114 and second locations 116 such that the conductor at each first location is wider than at each second location. Certain disclosed electrical conductors may be suitable to be disposed on flexible or stretchable substrates.
Abstract:
The invention provides a submersible, electrically-powered sensor assembly that incorporates a flexible seal assembly having operative and non-operative electrical traces of a uniform vertical height for carrying clamping loads and avoiding signal loss along a signal carrying trace due to compression of the flex seal, minimizing fluid leak paths between two flange surfaces, providing stability in compression, and enabling electrical communication in an environment having an operating fluid.
Abstract:
The method of producing a multilayer circuit board includes a film-forming step of forming a swellable resin film on the surface of an insulative substrate, a circuit groove-forming step of forming circuit grooves having a depth equal to or greater than the thickness of the swellable resin film on the external surface of the swellable resin film, a catalyst-depositing step of depositing a plating catalyst on the surface of the circuit grooves and the surface of the swellable resin film, a film-separating step of swelling the swellable resin film with a particular liquid and then separating the swollen resin film, and a plating processing step of forming an electrolessly plated film only in the region where the plating catalyst or the plating catalyst formed from the plating catalyst precursor remains unseparated after separation of the swellable resin film.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a printed circuit board including an insulation member on which a first region and a second region are defined, a circuit pattern formed on the first region, and a support member formed on the second region.
Abstract:
Disclosed is a printed circuit board including an insulation member on which a first region and a second region are defined, a circuit pattern formed on the first region, and a support member formed on the second region.