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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 06, 1990
Filed:
Nov. 08, 1988
Stanley M Albrechta, Binghamton, NY (US);
Francis C Burns, Endicott, NY (US);
Gary R Carden, Endwell, NY (US);
William T Chen, Endicott, NY (US);
Andrew R Gresko, Binghamton, NY (US);
John J Kaufman, Windsor, NY (US);
Eugene P Skarvinko, Binghamton, NY (US);
Nadia Tonsi, Endicott, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A flexible supporting cable for an electronic device which includes a steel foil substrate, a layer of polymer on portions of the substrate, circuit pads on the polymer layer having both the bottom and top surfaces of the pads exposed; circuit lines extending from the top surface of the pads, a window free from steel beneath a portion of the circuit lines, and a second, smaller window free from both steel and the polymer beneath a portion of the circuit lines. Methods are provided for fabricating these flexible supporting cables.