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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 26, 2000
Filed:
Feb. 04, 1998
Ann Marie Burnell, Schenectady, NY (US);
John F Lubera, Catskill, NY (US);
Terrence P Oliver, West Lafayette, OH (US);
General Electric Co., Pittsfield, MA (US);
Abstract
The present invention is directed to a method for improving the adhesion between a conductive laminate and a substrate material. In a preferred embodiment of the present invention, the conductive laminate is a copper film and the substrate material comprises polyphenylene ether resin. The method involves admixing a copolymer of a vinyl aromatic compound and an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated cyclic anhydride with the polyphenylene ether resin. The copolymer of a vinyl aromatic compound and an .alpha.,.beta.-unsaturated cyclic anhydride is preferably a polystyrene maleic anhydride copolymer or a rubber modified polystyrene maleic anhydride copolymer.