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Simplified process for production of roughened copper foil

US6270645A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateSep 26, 1997
Grant dateAug 7, 2001
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Expiry dateSep 26, 2017

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH05K2203/0723
  • WIPO fieldSurface technology, coating
  • WIPO sectorChemistry

Abstract

A simplified process and apparatus for electrodepositing a bond-enhancing copper treatment layer on a surface of copper foil, preferably wherein a single treatment layer is uniformly applied on raw copper foil using a current density of from about 40 to about 100 A/ft.sup.2, a plating time of greater than 30 seconds, and the electrolyte is a copper sulfate-sulfuric acid solution containing arsenic, chloride ions and 2 imidazalidinethione. The raw foil is transferred to a station for applying the treatment directly from a rotating drum cathode machine on which it is produced, at the same speed at which the raw foil is produced, and then to a barrier layer station, a stainproofing station and a chemical adhesion promoter station, after which it is dried and coiled.

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