Method for patterned metallization of a substrate surface
First Claim
1. A method for patterned metallization of a substrate surface, said method comprising the steps of:
- applying an electrically nonconductive catalyst-containing prime coat to the full surface of the substrate;
applying an electrically nonconductive cover coat to the full surface of the prime coat, said cover layer being removable by electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet range and being applied in a thickness of at least 1 μ
m and approximately equal to that of a metal layer to be deposited in the metallization;
ablating partial areas of the cover coat by electromagnetic irradiation in the ultraviolet range to form a pattern having sharp and steep flanks and expose the prime coat in said partial areas; and
depositing a metal layer on the exposed prime coat in said partial areas to form electrical conductors, the deposition of the metal being effected in a reducing bath and being guided by the flanks of the cover layer pattern.
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Abstract
A method for patterned metallization of the surface of substrates (1), particularly circuit boards, using electromagnetic radiation (5) in which an electrically nonconducting prime coat (2) is applied full-surface to the substrate (circuit board 1); an electrically nonconducting cover coat which is easily ablated by electromagnetic irradiation (5) in the ultraviolet range is applied full-surface to the prime coating (2), the cover coat (4) being applied in a thickness that is at least equal to the thickness of the metal layer that is to be applied; the cover coat is removed from partial areas by the action of electromagnetic irradiation (5) in the ultraviolet range to form patterns (6) with sharp and steep flanks (7) and expose the prime coat (2); and in the area of the exposed patterns (6) on the prime coat (2), a metal layer is applied, guided by the flanks (7), in a reducing bath. The method facilitates patterned metallization with a very high resolution on the surface of substrates, without the need for an etching procedure.
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16 Claims
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1. A method for patterned metallization of a substrate surface, said method comprising the steps of:
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applying an electrically nonconductive catalyst-containing prime coat to the full surface of the substrate; applying an electrically nonconductive cover coat to the full surface of the prime coat, said cover layer being removable by electromagnetic radiation in the ultraviolet range and being applied in a thickness of at least 1 μ
m and approximately equal to that of a metal layer to be deposited in the metallization;ablating partial areas of the cover coat by electromagnetic irradiation in the ultraviolet range to form a pattern having sharp and steep flanks and expose the prime coat in said partial areas; and depositing a metal layer on the exposed prime coat in said partial areas to form electrical conductors, the deposition of the metal being effected in a reducing bath and being guided by the flanks of the cover layer pattern. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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