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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 03, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2017
Applicant:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Inventors:
Doreen D. DiMilia, Pleasantville, NY (US);
Yu Luo, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Janusz J. Nowak, Highland Mills, NY (US);
Lubomyr T. Romankiw, Briancliff Manor, NY (US);
Assignee:
INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CORPORATION, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 18/18 (2006.01); C23C 18/34 (2006.01); C23C 18/36 (2006.01); C23C 18/16 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C 18/34 (2013.01); C23C 18/168 (2013.01); C23C 18/1637 (2013.01); C23C 18/1844 (2013.01); C23C 18/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
A method of electrolessly plating an iron-based substrate, including immersing an iron-based substrate in an acidic solution, immersing the iron-based substrate in a basic complexing solution, immersing the iron-based substrate in a catalytic metal solution including a catalytic metal, and immersing the iron-based substrate in an electroless nickel plating solution or an electroless cobalt plating solution.