Production of highly conductive polymers for electronic circuits
US5250388A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | May 31, 1988 |
| Grant date | Oct 5, 1993 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | May 31, 2008 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB29C2035/0872
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
Processes for producing stable, radiation hard, highly conductive polymers by a combination of chemical doping and ion irradiation and microelectronics are described. The highly conductive polymers formed by these processes may contain regions of different kinds of conductivity on the same polymer. Resist coatings and masks are used in conjunction with chemical doping and ion irradiation to create specific predetermined n and p conductivity patterns and insulation areas on polymeric films of selected thicknesses for electronic circuitry applications. The resulting circuitry, besides having a conductivity approaching that of metal, is extremely light in weight, flexible, and conductively stable. Several different configurations of microelectronic junction devices fabricated from single type or multiple type conductivity polymer films used either alone or with a polymer of opposite conductivity and a suitable metal or metals are disclosed.
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