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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 29, 2024
Filed:
May. 06, 2016
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Kurt F. Fischer, Eau Claire, WI (US);
Alexander W. Haas, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Matthew J. Horner, Savage, MN (US);
Peter F. Ladwig, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Carl C. Minton, Litchfield, MN (US);
Paul V. Pesavento, Hutchinson, MN (US);
David D. Smahel, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Christopher J. Sperl, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Darrell C. Sydlo, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Ritesh K. Tiwari, Ellicott City, MD (US);
Kyle T. Tobias, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Maryam O. Yusuf, Chanhassen, MN (US);
Hutchinson Technology Incorporated, Hutchinson, MN (US);
Abstract
Methods for producing flexible circuits can include creating treating a surface of the flexible circuit with at least one of an atmospheric plasma and a beam of ions. The atmospheric plasma is formed by directing a flow of gas between an electrode and the surface of the flexible circuit and generating a voltage between the electrode and the flexible circuit to create a plasma from the gas. A mean ion energy of the ions in the ion beam ranges from about 500 electron volts to about 1,500 electron volts.