Abstract:
One or both surfaces of a uniformly and completely textured polyimide sheet are coated with a layer of electroless nickel or cobalt and a subsequent layer of electrolytically applied copper yielding an adhesiveless laminate useful in the production of electronic circuitry. The copper and nickel or cobalt layers are strongly bonded to the textured polyimide sheet to the extent that the laminate exceeds bond strength requirements as measured by current standard peel strength tests of the Institute for Interconnecting and Packaging Electronic Circuits (IPC) for both initial and post solder float adhesion.
Abstract:
An improved printed circuit board has an electrically insulating board which is made of a base containing synthetic resin, and has at least two conductors, one conductor being on one surface of said circuit board and the other conductor being on the opposite surface of the circuit board. At least one hole extends therethrough, and a conductive layer extends through the hole and covers at least part of the surface of the conductors for connecting the conductors on both surfaces of the circuit board through said hole. A filler composed of electrically insulating resin fills the hole and covers the surface of the layer for providing a highly reliable electrical connection between the two conductors on both surfaces of the circuit board.
Abstract:
Substrates are disclosed for use in forming printed circuit boards by the additive process, in which the surface of the substrate is contacted with a particular class of solvents, activated for electroless deposition of the metal thereon, and at one or more points in the process the board is heated or baked.
Abstract:
THE BOND BETWEEN A METAL FILM AND A SUBSTRATE IS INCREASED BY EMPLOYING AN INTERMEDIATE LAYER WHICH EFFECTS A TENACIOUS BOND TO THE SUBSTRATE. THE PROPENSITY OF SUCH AN INTERMEDIATE LAYER TO BE EXTREMELY DIFFICULT, IF NOT IMPOSSIBLE, TO ETCH WITHOUT DELETERIOUSLY DAMAGING THE FILM IS ELIMINATED BY USING A DISCONTINUOUS INTERMEDIATE LAYER. ELECTROPLATING OF THE METAL FILM IS FACILITRATED BY DEPOSITING A CONTINUOUS CONDUCTIVE COATING WHICH CAN BE ETCHED WITHOUT DELETERIOUS DAMAGE TO THE METAL FILM ONTO THE DISCONTINUOUS INTERMEDIATE LAYER.
Abstract:
PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a flexible circuit board which is arranged to keep high insulation reliability, to achieve highly tight adhesion of a wiring line, and to have low thermal expandability, and allows a fine circuit to be formed.SOLUTION: A flexible circuit board has a copper circuit formed to have a pattern having a width of 4-18 μm by performing a wiring pattern process, by an electric copper plating method, on a nickel plating layer of a polyimide film with the nickel plating layer which is arranged by stacking at least a nickel plating layer on the polyimide film. The polyimide film has a thermal expansion coefficient of 0-8 ppm/°C in a range of 100-200°C, and the nickel plating layer has a thickness of 0.03-0.3 μm.