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Method of finishing a printed wiring board with a soft etching solution and a preserving treatment or a solder-leveling treatment

US5802714A · kind A · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateJun 7, 1995
Grant dateSep 8, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateJun 7, 2015

Classification

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

Abstract

The invention presents a method of finishing a printed circuit board by using a soluble chloride added to a soft etching solution, the soluble chloride provides a source of chloride ions that beneficially combine with plated copper to form a protective CuCl layer. The protective layer is desirably used to prevent overetching of a copper film in a via or through-hole of a printed wiring board.

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