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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 24, 1997
John H Glezen, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Hameed A Naseem, Fayetteville, AR (US);
William D Brown, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Leonard W Schaper, Fayetteville, AR (US);
Ajay P Malshe, Fayetteville, AR (US);
The Board of Trustees of the University of Arkansas, Little Rock, AR (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is an electroplating method and products made therefrom, which in one embodiment includes using a current density J.sub.O, to form a conductive metal layer having a surface roughness no greater than the surface roughness of the underlying member. In another embodiment of electroplating a substrate surface having peaks and valleys, the method includes electroplating a conductive metal onto the peaks to cover the peaks with the conductive metal, and into the valleys to substantially fill the valleys with the conductive metal.