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Method of manufacturing high density printed circuit
Assignee: World Properties Inc
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Filing: 1980-09-16
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Granted: 1981-12-22
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Expires: 2000-09-16
Abstract
Abstract A printed circuit which may be highly flexible in configuration and design includes at least one uniformly thick, planar circuit layer including a conductive circuit pattern and an insulating circuit pattern of a cured, flowable insulating material. The printed circuit may include multiple circuit layers that are selectively electrically connected to other layers and may provide circuit patterns, mechanically supportive insulator patterns and windows in almost any desired configuration. The printed circuit may be bonded to a substrate in a high thermal transfer configuration, implemented as a film carrier having plated conductors extending from the surface to receive directly pads of integrated circuit chips or used as a high strength, low coefficient of thermal expansion flexible cable. The printed circuit is manufactured by forming a first conductive circuit pattern on a polished temporary substrate, forming a second conductive circuit pattern (which may be an interconnect pattern) on the first pattern if desired, laminating a flowable insulator material to the first and second conductive circuit layers and temporary substrate to form first and second insulator layers, sanding to form a smooth top surface coplanar with the top of the top conductive pattern, selectively adding additional layers and a substrate and stripping the printed circuit from the temporary substrate. The conductive patterns may be formed with high resolution using photolithographic techniques.
Inventors
- 👤 Sanford Lebow
- 👤 Daniel Nogavich
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 20:57
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/46; H05K3/4644; H05K3/4647; H05K3/10; H05K3/20; H05K3/205; H05K3/4682; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/01; H05K2203/0147; H05K2203/0152; H05K2203/07; H05K2203/0703; H05K2203/0726; H05K2203/0733; H05K3/22; H05K3/24; H05K3/243; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/49155; Y10T29/49158
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 11
Claim 1
Independent Claim
164 words
The method of manufacturing a high density printed circuit with closely spaced, fine line conductors comprising the steps of: photolithographically forming a metallic conductive circuit pattern having a selected, uniform thickness atop a smooth planar surface of a temporary substrate with a metallic, adhesive free bond between the circuit pattern and the smooth surface of the substrate; laminating a preformed sheet of a flowable setting insulator material having a uniform thickness equal to the selected thickness of the conductive circuit pattern to the planar surface and said conductive circuit pattern formed thereon; removing insulator material from the conductive circuit pattern to expose conductive material of the circuit pattern and form a circuit layer with a smooth surface defined partly by the insulator material and partly by the conductive material, the surface being sufficiently smooth to permit the formation of an additional circuit layer thereon using a photolithographic technique as set forth in the preceding steps; and removing the printed circuit from the temporary substrate.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
164 words
The method of manufacturing a high density printed circuit with closely spaced, fine line conductors comprising the steps of: photolithographically forming a metallic conductive circuit pattern having a selected, uniform thickness atop a smooth planar surface of a temporary substrate with a metallic, adhesive free bond between the circuit pattern and the smooth surface of the substrate; laminating a preformed sheet of a flowable setting insulator material having a uniform thickness equal to the selected thickness of the conductive circuit pattern to the planar surface and said conductive circuit pattern formed thereon; removing insulator material from the conductive circuit pattern to expose conductive material of the circuit pattern and form a circuit layer with a smooth surface defined partly by the insulator material and partly by the conductive material, the surface being sufficiently smooth to permit the formation of an additional circuit layer thereon using a photolithographic technique as set forth in the preceding steps; and removing the printed circuit from the temporary substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
25 words
The method according to claim 1 above, wherein the conductive circuit pattern comprises copper, the substrate comprises stainless steel, and the insulator material comprises polyamideimide.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
15 words
The method according to claim 1 above, wherein the insulator material comprises dry film polyamideimide.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
102 words
The method according to claim 3 above, further comprising between the steps of removing insulator material and removing the printed circuit the step of forming a second conductive circuit layer on said smooth surface of the circuit layer by photolithographically forming a second metallic conductive circuit pattern having a selected uniform thickness atop the smooth surface of the first mentioned circuit layer and laminating a preformed sheet of flowable setting insulator material having a uniform thickness equal to the selected thickness of the second conductive circuit pattern to the smooth surface of the first mentioned circuit layer and said circuit pattern thereon.
Claim 6
Independent Claim
127 words
The method of manufacturing a printed circuit comprising the steps of: depositing a uniformly thick layer of photosensitive material upon a polished planar surface of a substrate; exposing and developing the photosensitive material to define a selected conductive circuit pattern in void regions from which the photosensitive material is removed; electroplating conductive material upon said polished planar surface to a uniform thickness no greater than the thickness of the layer of photosensitive material in said void regions; removing the remaining photosensitive material to define a selected insulator pattern in regions mutually exclusive of the conductive circuit pattern; and laminating a preformed, uniformly thick sheet of thermosetting flowable insulator material equal in thickness to the thickness of the conductive material to the planar surface and selected circuit pattern.
Claim 7
Independent Claim
127 words
The method of manufacturing a printed circuit comprising the steps of: depositing a uniformly thick layer of photosensitive material upon a polished planar surface of a substrate; exposing and developing the photosensitive material to define a selected conductive circuit pattern in void regions from which the photosensitive material is removed; electroplating conductive material upon said polished planar surface to a uniform thickness no greater than the thickness of the layer of photosensitive material in said void regions; removing the remaining photosensitive material to define a selected insulator pattern in regions mutually exclusive of the conductive circuit pattern; and laminating a preformed, uniformly thick sheet of thermosetting flowable insulator material equal in thickness to the thickness of the conductive material to the planar surface and selected circuit pattern.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
77 words
The method of manufacturing a printed circuit according to claim 5 above, further comprising the step of removing insulator material from the conductive material of the circuit pattern to expose the conductive material and form a circuit layer with a smooth surface defined partly by the insulator material and partly by the conductive material, the surface being sufficiently smooth to permit the formation of an additional layer thereon using a photolithographic technique by repeating the preceding steps.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
The method of manufacturing a printed circuit according to claim 6 above, comprising the further step of forming a second circuit layer upon the first-mentioned circuit layer by repeating the above steps with the smooth surface of the first-mentioned circuit layer being used in place of the surface of the substrate.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method of manufacturing a printed circuit according to claim 5, 6 or 7 above, comprising the further step of separating the substrate from the printed circuit.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method of manufacturing a printed circuit according to claim 5, 6 or 7 above, wherein the insulator material is polyamideimide.
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USPTO Annuity & Maintenance Windows
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| 3.5 Years (Year 4) | 1984-12-21 | 1985-06-22 | 1985-12-22 | $2000.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 7.5 Years (Year 8) | 1988-12-21 | 1989-06-22 | 1989-12-22 | $3760.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |
| 11.5 Years (Year 12) | 1992-12-21 | 1993-06-22 | 1993-12-22 | $7700.00 | Window Closed / Lapsed |