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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 26, 2001
Filed:
Nov. 16, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Cyprian E. Uzoh, Hopewell Junction, NY (US);
Panayotis C. Andricacos, Croton-on-Hudson, NY (US);
John Owen Dukovic, Poughkeepsie, NY (US);
Robert P. Westerfield, Jr., Montgomery, NY (US);
Assignee:
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 2/118 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
C25D 2/118 ;
Abstract
An anode assembly including a perforated anode. A perforated anode holder holds the anode. The anode holder includes perforations at least in a bottom wall such that plating solution may flow through perforations in the anode holder and perforations in the anode. An anode isolator separates the anode and a cathode. The anode isolator includes at least one curvilinear surface.