Flexible printed circuits
First Claim
1. A printed circuit comprising oxidation resistant, electrolessly-deposited copper circuitry on a flexible film substrate wherein said copper is deposited on a activated ink coating prepared by heating a wet ink comprising a polymer and a Group 1B or 8 compound which is adapted to drying at room temperature to a catalytically inert ink.
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Abstract
Flexible printed circuits comprising copper circuitry electrolessly deposited on an activated ink coating prepared by heating a wet ink comprising a polymer, e.g. polyvinyl chloride or a butadiene polymer, and a Group 1B or 8 compound, e.g. palladium dichloride, which is adapted to drying at room temperature to a catalytically inert ink. Selective areas of the ink activated by application of heat or light, e.g. a laser, are catalytic to electroless deposition of copper.
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- 1. A printed circuit comprising oxidation resistant, electrolessly-deposited copper circuitry on a flexible film substrate wherein said copper is deposited on a activated ink coating prepared by heating a wet ink comprising a polymer and a Group 1B or 8 compound which is adapted to drying at room temperature to a catalytically inert ink.
- 3. A printed circuit comprising oxidation resistant, electrolessly-deposited copper circuitry on a flexible film substrate wherein said copper is deposited on selectively catalytic areas of a catalytically inert coating of a polymer and a Group 1B or 8 compound, wherein said areas are selectively activated.
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