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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2004
Filed:
Oct. 24, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Abram M. Castro, Fort Worth, TX (US);
Assignee:
Touch Future Technolocy Ltd., , HK;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/16 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H05K 1/16 ;
Abstract
A process for forming a circuit pattern on a substrate includes steps of forming a number of electrical circuits on a substrate, which circuits include an electrically conductive bus that interconnects the circuits, covering the electrical circuits with a soldermask, leaving electrical contact portions exposed, electroplating the exposed electrical contacts with a conductive surface finish by using the bus to electrolytically apply the surface finish, and then severing the bus at locations between circuits so that the circuits are electrically isolated from each other. The process may be used to make circuit boards and especially integrated circuit packages.