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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 26, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2000
George Anthony Dunn, San Jose, CA (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A flexible cable consists of trace conductors disposed on a first flexible insulating substrate, and a second flexible insulating upper substrate. Holes are placed on one of the substrates to expose the central conductor. The cable is then washed and sputter deposited with a thin gold film of a thickness of about 10 angstroms. Finally, an aluminum layer of thickness of more than 100 angstroms is sputtered over the cable. The aluminum sputter layer is connected to the central conductor and then they are both electrically grounded. A cost-effective method of making such cable to solve the adhesion problem of the aluminum coating in the prior art.