Copper electroplating solutions and processes
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1. An aqueous electroplating solution, comprising:
- at least one soluble copper salt, an electrolyte, and one or more brightening agents of the formula HS--R--SO3 wherein R is substituted or unsubstituted aryl or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, and wherein the concentration of said brightening agents of formula HS--R--SO3 is from about 1 ppb to 250 ppb based on total weight of the electroplating solution.
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Abstract
Compositions and processes for electrolytic plating. The compositions are characterized by critical amounts of one or more brightening and leveling agents. The compositions are particularly useful for plating through hole walls of printed circuit boards, including through holes having an aspect ratio equal or greater than about ten to one.
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1. An aqueous electroplating solution, comprising:
at least one soluble copper salt, an electrolyte, and one or more brightening agents of the formula HS--R--SO3 wherein R is substituted or unsubstituted aryl or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, and wherein the concentration of said brightening agents of formula HS--R--SO3 is from about 1 ppb to 250 ppb based on total weight of the electroplating solution. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23)
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15. The electroplating solution of 12 further comprising one or more wetting agents.
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24. A process for electrodepositing copper on a substrate, comprising:
electrolytically depositing copper on the substrate from an aqueous electroplating solution, the solution comprising at least one soluble copper salt, an electrolyte, and one or more brightening agents of the formula HS--R--SO3 wherein R is substituted or unsubstituted aryl or substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, and wherein the concentration of said brightening agents of formula HS--R--SO3 is from about 1 ppb to 250 ppb based on total weight of the electroplating solution. - View Dependent Claims (25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45)
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46. An aqueous electroplating solution, comprising:
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at least one soluble copper salt, an electrolyte, and one or more brightening agents, at least of one of said one or more brightening agents having the structural formula HS--R--SO3 wherein R is selected from the group consisting of substituted or unsubstituted aryl and substituted or unsubstituted alkyl, and wherein the concentration of said brightening agent of the structural formula HS--R--SO3 in the electroplating solution is from about 1 ppb to 250 ppb.
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