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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 18, 2000
Filed:
Jan. 12, 1998
Paul F Findeis, Glenham, NY (US);
Kenneth R Idler, Blairstown, NJ (US);
Minkailu A Jalloh, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Thomas A Kelly, Blairstown, NJ (US);
Emanuele F Lopergolo, Marlboro, NY (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
General Wire & Stamping Company, Incorporated, Randolph, NJ (US);
Abstract
Disclosed is a plating structure including a substrate having a plurality of pins to be plated and a metallic plating screen having a plurality of apertures, wherein each of the apertures has at least two tabs spaced apart from each other, wherein the metallic plating screen is placed over the pins so that at least two pins penetrate each aperture, each of the pins contacting a tab of the aperture. Also disclosed is a method of electrolytically plating a plurality of pins utilizing the above metallic plating screen.