Patent · US Expired

Method for making printed circuit board with flush surface lands

US5659951A · kind A · utility

15Cited by
12References
17Claims
0Family size

Assignee

Inventors

Key dates

Filing dateApr 15, 1996
Grant dateAug 26, 1997
Priority date
Expiry dateApr 15, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T29/49165
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A method for making a printed circuit board with a flush surface land begins by forming a multi-layer printed circuit board with a recess in a surface dielectric layer. Then, a hole is drilled into or through the printed circuit board; the hole communicates with the recess. After the recess is formed, a conductive material is provided in the recess to form a surface land and provided on an inner surface of the hole to form a plated hole which is electrically connected to the surface land. The conductive material in the recess has a thickness substantially equal to a depth of the recess such that the surface land is flush with an adjacent surface of the dielectric surface layer.

Source: USPTO / EPO open patent data. Objective bibliographic and citation counts.