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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 1978
Filed:
Aug. 29, 1977
Rudolf P Tijburg, Eindhoven, NL;
Teunis VAN Dongen, Eindhoven, NL;
U.S. Philips Corporation, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
The invention relates to a method of manufacturing a body having a gold pattern in which an etchant-resistant and electrically insulating masking layer is provided locally on the surface of a gold layer present on the body and parts of the surface of the gold layer not covered by the masking layer are subjected to a chemical etching treatment in an etching bath in which the gold pattern is formed. According to the invention, the gold layer during the chemical etching treatment is given a potential with respect to an electrode in the etching bath and this potential is adjusted to a value such that the etch rate is maintained at a rate no higher than the rate of the chemical etching treatment.