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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 02, 1986
Filed:
Jun. 03, 1985
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert J Capwell, Vestal, NY (US);
Robert G Rickert, Endwell, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C23C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427-8 ; 427 10 ; 4274431 ;
Abstract
Method and apparatus for determining the deposition capability of an electroless metal plating bath by monitoring the difference in instantaneous electrical potential between a pair of test coupons immersed in the bath in which one coupon is seeded to initiate plating thereon of the bath metal and the other coupon has a surface of the bath metal. The magnitude of the difference in potential and its change with respect to time during concurrent immersion of both coupons indicate the probable rate and quality of the bath deposition onto work pieces.