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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 1990
Filed:
Jul. 11, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Nanayakkara L Somasiri, St. Paul, MN (US);
Thomas A Speckhard, St. Paul, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
428409 ; 4284735 ; 428901 ; 427 96 ; 427250 ; 427306 ; 427310 ;
Abstract
The adhesion of metal to a polyimide substrate is enhanced by depositing onto at least one surface of the polyimide a thin film of metal such as copper and heating in air to cause the deposited metal to texturize that surface by producing asperities that are at least 0.05 .mu.m in average height and average breadth. In doing so, metal oxide clusters are formed at the textured surface. When the textured surface is metallized, the resulting composite resists delamination even at soldering temperatures.