US4110176A
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Electrodeposition of copper
Assignee: Oxy Metal Industries Corp
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Filing: 1977-05-04
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Granted: 1978-08-29
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Expires: 1997-05-04
Abstract
Abstract A composition and method for electrodepositing ductile, bright, well leveled copper deposits from an aqueous acidic copper plating bath having dissolved therein from about 0.04 to about 1000 milligrams per liter of a poly (alkanol quaternary ammonium salt) formed as the reaction product of a polyalkanolamine with an alkylating or quaternization agent. The polyalkanolamine constituent typically is formed as the reaction product of a polyalkylenimine (e.g. polyethylenimine) with an alkylene oxide.
Inventors
- 👤 Hans-Gerhard Creutz, deceased
- 👤 Roy W. Herr
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-25 05:13
CPC Classifications
C; C25; C25D; C25D3/00; C25D3/02; C25D3/38; B; B65; B65D; B65D85/00; B65D85/70; B65D85/84
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
142 words
A bath for electrodepositing copper comprising an aqueous acidic copper plating bath having dissolved therein about 0.04 to 1000 mg/l of a reaction product of an alkoxylated polyalkylenimine with an alkylating agent as defined below: ##STR6## wherein: R 1 = alkylene group of 1-6 carbon atoms; R 2 = alkylene group of 1-6 carbon atoms; ##STR7## R 5 = alkyl group of 1-4 carbon atoms; aralkyl; alkenyl group of 2-4 carbon atoms; alkynyl group of 2-4 carbon atoms; alkylene sulfonate group of 1-4 carbon atoms (e.g. --CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 SO 3 .sup.⊖); and ##STR8## R 6 = H, --CH 3 , --CH 2 OH; R 7 = alkyl group of 1-4 carbon atoms; m = 1 to 2; X.sup.⊖ = cl.sup.⊖, Br.sup.⊖, CH 3 SO 4 .sup.⊖ ; p = 1 to 2 and n = 7.0 to 23,500.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
142 words
A bath for electrodepositing copper comprising an aqueous acidic copper plating bath having dissolved therein about 0.04 to 1000 mg/l of a reaction product of an alkoxylated polyalkylenimine with an alkylating agent as defined below: ##STR6## wherein: R 1 = alkylene group of 1-6 carbon atoms; R 2 = alkylene group of 1-6 carbon atoms; ##STR7## R 5 = alkyl group of 1-4 carbon atoms; aralkyl; alkenyl group of 2-4 carbon atoms; alkynyl group of 2-4 carbon atoms; alkylene sulfonate group of 1-4 carbon atoms (e.g. --CH 2 CH 2 CH 2 SO 3 .sup.⊖); and ##STR8## R 6 = H, --CH 3 , --CH 2 OH; R 7 = alkyl group of 1-4 carbon atoms; m = 1 to 2; X.sup.⊖ = cl.sup.⊖, Br.sup.⊖, CH 3 SO 4 .sup.⊖ ; p = 1 to 2 and n = 7.0 to 23,500.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
39 words
A bath as defined in claim 1, in which the reaction product is an alkoxylated polyalkylenimine with an alkylating agent selected from the group consisting of benzyl chloride, allyl bromide, propanesultone, dimethyl sulfate and (3-chloro-2 hydroxypropyl) trimethyl ammonium chloride.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
46 words
A bath as claimed in claim 2, wherein there is also present 0.01 to 5.0 g/l of a bath soluble polyether compound and 0.0005 to 1.0 g/l of an organic divalent sulfur compound selected from aliphatic polysulfides and organic sulfides carrying at least one sulfonic group.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
38 words
A bath as claimed in claim 2, wherein there is also present a polyether compound in an amount within the range of about 0.01 to 5.0 g/l and 0.0005 to 1.0 g/l of an organic divalent sulfur compound.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
A bath as defined in claim 1, wherein the alkylene oxide used to synthesize the alkoxylated polyalkylenimine is selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide and glycidol.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
17 words
A bath as defined in claim 1, wherein R 1 and R 2 are defined as ethylene.
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