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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 10, 1999
Filed:
Mar. 23, 1998
Anastasios Peter Angelopoulos, Apalachin, NY (US);
Gerald Walter Jones, Apalachin, NY (US);
Luis Jesus Matienzo, Endicott, NY (US);
Thomas Richard Miller, Endwell, NY (US);
Voya Rista Markovich, Endwell, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corp., Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
The present invention provides a novel method of reducing the amount of seed deposited on polymeric dielectric surfaces. The method comprises the following steps: providing a work-piece coated with a polymeric dielectric layer; baking the work-piece to modify the surface of the polymeric dielectric layer; then applying the seed to polymeric dielectric layer and electrolessly plating metal to the seed layer. The invention also relates to a circuit board produced by the method of the present invention.