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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2011
Filed:
Feb. 10, 2005
Michael J. Banach, Cambridge, GB;
John Mills, Cambridge, GB;
James Watts, Cambs, GB;
Alan Lionel Hudd, Herts, GB;
James Edward Fox, Cambridge, GB;
Philip Gareth Bentley, Cambridge, GB;
Michael J. Banach, Cambridge, GB;
John Mills, Cambridge, GB;
James Watts, Cambs, GB;
Alan Lionel Hudd, Herts, GB;
James Edward Fox, Cambridge, GB;
Philip Gareth Bentley, Cambridge, GB;
Plastic Logic Limited, Cambridge, GB;
Conductive Inkjet Technology Limited, West Yorkshire, GB;
Abstract
A method for electroless plating of metal on a laser-patterned substrate. A substrate is provided on which both a thermal imaging layer and catalytic layer are deposited. On exposure to a laser beam, sufficient levels of radiation are converted to heat in the thermal imaging layer to render the exposed regions of the adjacent catalytic layer inactive. The laser-patterned substrate is then exposed to a reaction solution which initiates the growth of a metal film on the unexposed regions of the catalytic layer.