Non-deleterious technique for creating continuous conductive circuits upon the surfaces of a non-conductive substrate
First Claim
1. An electronic assembly comprising:
- a non-conductive substrate;
a metallic base layer upon a portion of said non-conductive substrate, said metallic base layer consisting of one of palladium, rhodium, platinum, iridium, osmium, gold, and iron, wherein said metallic base layer has structural characteristics indicative of said metallic base layer being processed by a laser;
a first metal layer on top of said metallic base layer, wherein said first metal layer has structural characteristics indicative of said first metal layer being added using a chemical plating process; and
wherein structural characteristics indicative of the first metal layer being processed by the laser are absent; and
a second metal layer on top of said first metal layer, wherein said second metal layer has structural characteristics indicative of said second metal layer being added using an electroplating process.
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Abstract
A non-deleterious method for producing a continuous conductive circuit upon a non-conductive substrate can begin with the application of a metallic base layer upon a surface of a non-conductive substrate. A circuit pattern can be created within the metallic base layer based upon a circuit design. The metallic base layer comprising the circuit pattern can be physically separated from the remainder of the metallic base layer on the non-conductive substrate. The region of the non-conductive substrate surface that encloses the circuit pattern can be called the plating region. The remainder of the non-conductive substrate surface can be called the non-plating region. A first metal layer can be added upon the metallic base layer. A second metal layer can be added upon the first metal layer of the plating region. The second metal layer can be electrically conductive and restricted from forming on the first metal layer of the non-plating region.
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1. An electronic assembly comprising:
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a non-conductive substrate; a metallic base layer upon a portion of said non-conductive substrate, said metallic base layer consisting of one of palladium, rhodium, platinum, iridium, osmium, gold, and iron, wherein said metallic base layer has structural characteristics indicative of said metallic base layer being processed by a laser; a first metal layer on top of said metallic base layer, wherein said first metal layer has structural characteristics indicative of said first metal layer being added using a chemical plating process; and wherein structural characteristics indicative of the first metal layer being processed by the laser are absent; and a second metal layer on top of said first metal layer, wherein said second metal layer has structural characteristics indicative of said second metal layer being added using an electroplating process. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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