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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 21, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 07, 1997
Siegfrid Dippon, Gechingen, DE;
Walter Olbrich, Magstadt, DE;
Hewlett-Packard Company, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
Process for manufacturing circuit boards in which a masking layer (2) is applied to a carrier substrate (1) of insulating material and after producing openings for soldering pads, conductor traces, and through or blind holes, in accordance with a preferred embodiment by laser ablation, a thin electrically conductive layer (5) is applied to the surface of the carrier substrate including the masking layer. Subsequently, the masking layer (2) and the conductive layer deposited thereon, for example copper, are removed and the remaining metal surfaces (6) are chemically reinforced to produce the desired thickness. The process permits the production of dense structures using few process steps and without additional abrasion steps.