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Method for making electrical device

US6141870A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateAug 4, 1997
Grant dateNov 7, 2000
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Expiry dateAug 4, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
  • CPC primaryY10T428/24331
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A multilayer electrical device such as a printed circuit board, and method for making the electrical device, having a tooth structure for joining at least one of the layers. The method includes the following steps: providing a base; preparing the base and adding a conductive layer to the base; applying a dielectric material to the conductive layer; preparing the applied dielectric material for receipt of the conductive coating; forming openings (vias) through holes in the applied dielectric coating; etching cavities in the applied dielectric material; applying a conductive coating to the cavities in the applied dielectric material; and forming a metal layer on the conductive coating to produce a tooth structure set in the dielectric coating. The tooth structure preferably has obtuse teeth in the range of 1-2 tenths of a mil deep that mechanically join a dielectric material to a subsequently added metal layer.

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