US4859263A
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Process for the manufacture of printed circuits
Assignee: Bayer AG
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Filing: 1988-03-17
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Granted: 1989-08-22
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Expires: 2008-03-17
Abstract
Abstract A method for manufacturing printed electrical circuits which comprise a substrate and copper foil applied thereto by hot embossing in a predetermined circuit pattern, said method comprising (a) providing a laminate which comprises the sequence of a printed circuit substrate, a heat activated adhesive layer, a copper foil and a carrier film which is electrically conductive, (b) passing an electrical current between two electrodes and through the carrier film wherein one electrode has sufficiently large film contact area whereby substantially no resistance heating results from the current density and the other electrode serves as an embossing tool and is of sufficiently small film contact area whereby sufficient resistance heating results from the current density to activate the adhesive layer to bond the copper foil to the substrate in the pattern of said other electrode, and (c) removing from the laminate the carrier film and such copper foil overlying areas where the adhesive was not heat activated thereby leaving a copper foil pattern bonded to the substrate.
Inventors
- 👤 Heinz-Jurgen Dziurla
- 👤 Hans-Leo Weber
- 👤 Dieter Freitag
- 👤 Werner Waldenrath
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 09:51
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/02; H05K3/04; H05K3/046; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/05; H05K2203/0502; H05K2203/0528; H05K2203/11; H05K2203/1105
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
167 words
A method of manufacturing printed electrical circuits which comprise a substrate and copper foil applied thereto by hot embossing in a predetermined circuit pattern, said method comprising (a) providing a laminate which comprises the sequence of a printed circuit substrate, a heat activatable adhesive layer, a copper foil and a carrier film which is electrically conductive, (b) passing an electrical current between two electrodes and through the carrier film wherein one electrode has sufficiently large film contact area whereby substantially no resistance heating results from the current density and the other electrode serves as an embossing tool and is of no sufficiently small film contact area whereby sufficient resistance heating results from the current density to activate the adhesive layer to bond the copper foil to the substrate in the pattern of said other electrode, and (c) removing from the laminate the carrier film and such copper foil overlying areas where the adhesive was not heat activated, thereby leaving a copper foil pattern bonded to the substrate.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
167 words
A method of manufacturing printed electrical circuits which comprise a substrate and copper foil applied thereto by hot embossing in a predetermined circuit pattern, said method comprising (a) providing a laminate which comprises the sequence of a printed circuit substrate, a heat activatable adhesive layer, a copper foil and a carrier film which is electrically conductive, (b) passing an electrical current between two electrodes and through the carrier film wherein one electrode has sufficiently large film contact area whereby substantially no resistance heating results from the current density and the other electrode serves as an embossing tool and is of no sufficiently small film contact area whereby sufficient resistance heating results from the current density to activate the adhesive layer to bond the copper foil to the substrate in the pattern of said other electrode, and (c) removing from the laminate the carrier film and such copper foil overlying areas where the adhesive was not heat activated, thereby leaving a copper foil pattern bonded to the substrate.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
15 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the carrier film is a soot-filled polycarbonate film.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the carrier film has a specific conductant resistance of 0.05 to 1,000Ω·cm (Ohm·cm).
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
13 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the copper foil comprises sintered copper.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
20 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein the heat activator adhesive has an activation temperature of at least 150° C.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
34 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein between the copper foil layer and the carrier film, an aluminum layer and a meltable separation layer are provided with the aluminum layer abutting the carrier film.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 6 wherein the meltable separation layer is a melt adhesive melting between 30° and 150° C.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
21 words
A method according to claim 6 wherein the aluminum layer is provided by vacuum metallizing aluminum metal onto the carrier film.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A method according to claim 6 wherein the aluminum layer has a surface resistance from 0.01 to 10 ohms.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
23 words
A method according to claim 1 wherein a layer of electrically conductive adhesive is provided between the carrier film and the copper foil.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
A method according to claim 10 wherein the conductive adhesive layer has substantially the same specific conduction resistance as the carrier film.
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