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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 10, 1978
Filed:
Mar. 21, 1977
Yutaka Okinaka, Madison, NJ (US);
Catherine Wolowodiuk, New Providence, NJ (US);
Bell Telephone Laboratories, Incorporated, Murray Hill, NJ (US);
Abstract
Certain reducible species are found in gold electroplating solutions which interfere with efficient electroplating of gold and make uncertain gold thickness predictions based on current throughput. A gold electroplating process is described which minimizes formation of undesirable reducible species. This process uses an anode of titanium having a coating of the oxides of ruthenium, iridium, rhodium, titanium or mixtures thereof. In addition, a procedure is described for removing such chemical species from the gold plating bath which does not adversely affect the gold electroplating solution.