Terminal-equipped substrates with electrically conductive surfaces thereon

Claim 1

A LIGHT-SENSITIVE ELEMENT WHICH COMPRISES: A SUBSTRATE OF MATERIAL THAT IS SUBSTANTIALLY A NON-CONDUCTOR OF ELECTRICITY, A CHANNEL IN SAID SUBSTRATE, SAID CHANNEL EXTENDING TO AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE PERIPHERY OF SAID SUBSTRATE, A SECOND CHANNEL IN SAID SUBSTRATE, SAID SECOND CHANNEL EXTENDING TO AND COMMUNICATING WITH THE PERIPHERY OF SAID SUBSTRATE, SAID CHANNELS BEING SPACED APART, A LAYER OF LIGHT-SENSITIVE, SEMI-CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL OVERLYING AND FIRMLY ADHERENT TO SAID SUBSTRATE, SAID LAYER OF LIGHT-SENSITIVE, SEMICONDUCTIVE MATERIAL EXTENDING INTO AND FIRMLY ADHERENT TO THE SURFACE OF BOTH OF SAID CHANNELS, A LAYER OF METAL OVERLYING AND FIRMLY ADHERENT TO PART OF THE OUTER SURFACE OF SAID LIGHT-SENSITIVE, SEMI-CONDUCTIVE LAYER, SAID LAYER OF METAL EXTENDING INTO THE FIRST SAID CHANNEL AND OVERLYING AND FIRMLY ADHERENT TO SAID PORTION, OF SAID LIGHT-SENSITIVE, SEMI-CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL WHICH EXTENDS INTO THE FIRST SAID CHANNEL, A SECOND LAYER OF METAL OVERLYING AND FIRMLY ADHERENT TO A FURTHER PART OF SAID OUTER SURFACE OF SAID LIGHTSENSITIVE, SEMI-CONDUCTIVE LAYER, SAID SECOND LAYER OF METAL EXTENDING INTO SAID SECOND CHANNEL AND OVERLYING AND FIRMLY ADHERENT TO SAID PORTION OF SAID LIGHT-SENSITIVE, SEMI-CONDUCTIVE MATERIAL WHICH EXTENDS INTO SAID SECOND CHANNEL, SAID LAYERS OF METAL BEING SPACED APART AND BEING ELECTRICALLY ISOLATED FROM EACH OTHER EXCEPT THROUGH SAID LIGHT-SENSITIVE, SEMI-CONDUCTIVE LAYER, ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE TERMINALS WHICH HAVE ENDS THEREOF DISPOSED WITHIN SAID CHANNELS, SAID ENDS OF SAID TERMINALS HAVING THICKNESS WHICH ARE SMALLER THAN THE THICKNESS OF SAID CHANNELS SO SAID ENDS OF SAID TERMINALS CAN BE FREELY INTRODUCED INTO SAID CHANNELS, ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE BONDING MATERIAL DISPOSED WITHIN THE FIRST SAID CHANNEL THAT ENGAGES SAID END OF SAID TERMINAL IN SAID CHANNEL AND ALSO ENGAGES THE FIRST SAID METAL LAYER, AND FURTHER ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE BONDING MATERIAL DISPOSED WITHIN SAID SECOND CHANNEL THAT ENGAGES SAID END OF SAID TERMINAL WITHIN SAID SECOND CHANNEL AND THAT ENGAGES SAID SECOND METAL LAYER, THE FIRST SAID AND SAID FURTHER ELECTRICALLY-CONDUCTIVE BONDING MATERIAL MECHANICALLY SECURING SAID ENDS OF SAID TERMINALS WITHIN SAID CHANNELS AND ALSO ELECTRICALLY BONDING SAID ENDS OF SAID TERMINALS TO SAID METAL LAYERS, SAID CHANNELS SUBSTANTIALLY PROTECTING SAID ENDS OF SAID TERMINALS AGAINST BLOWS WHICH COULD TEND TO SEPARATE SAID TERMINALS FROM SAID SUBSTRATE AND FROM SAID METAL LAYERS.