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Method of producing electric circuit patterns

Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co Ltd
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Filing: 1990-03-19
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Granted: 1991-06-25
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Expires: 2010-03-19
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Abstract

Abstract A method of producing patterns consisting of buslines and two or more sets of lead lines. The lead lines are formed together with fragments of the buslines. Portions of the lead lines are coated with insulating films. The fragments of the buslines are coupled by forming compensatory buslines in alignment therewith.

Inventors

  • 👤 Akira Mase

Bibliographic Details

Application Number —
Jurisdiction US
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Last Synchronized 2026-11-03 07:42
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/46; H05K3/4685; H01; H01R; H01R12/00; H01R12/50; H01R12/59; H05K1/00; H05K1/02; H05K1/0286; H05K1/0287; H05K1/0289; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/4913; Y10T29/49144; Y10T29/49155; Y10T29/49169

Claims Analysis

Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim 135 words
A method of producing electric circiut patterns consisting of a plurality of buslines and two or more sets of lead lines, the lead lines of each set being coupled to said buslines respectively, said method comprising; forming two or more preceding patterns by wet etching, each consisting of the lead lines of one of said sets and fragments of said buslines which have been already coupled, wherein the fragments belonging to each preceding pattern are spaced from those of the adjacent preceding patterns; coating an insulating film over portions of said preceding patterns of said sets that are located at sites on which said buslines are to be formed; electrically coupling the fragmented buslines of adjacent preceding patterns by coating compensatory buslines in alignment with the fragmented buslines over said insulating films by screen printing.
Claim 2
Independent Claim 135 words
A method of producing electric circiut patterns consisting of a plurality of buslines and two or more sets of lead lines, the lead lines of each set being coupled to said buslines respectively, said method comprising; forming two or more preceding patterns by wet etching, each consisting of the lead lines of one of said sets and fragments of said buslines which have been already coupled, wherein the fragments belonging to each preceding pattern are spaced from those of the adjacent preceding patterns; coating an insulating film over portions of said preceding patterns of said sets that are located at sites on which said buslines are to be formed; electrically coupling the fragmented buslines of adjacent preceding patterns by coating compensatory buslines in alignment with the fragmented buslines over said insulating films by screen printing.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim 17 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said insulating film is coated by screen printing over said portions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim 13 words
The method of claim 1 wherein said insulating film consists of expoxy resin.
Claim 5
Independent Claim 157 words
A method of producing electric circuit patterns consisting of a plurality of buslines and two or more sets of lead lines, the lead lines of each set being coupled to said buslines respectively, said method comprising; forming two or more preceding patterns by wet etching, each consisting of the lead lines of one of said sets and fragments of said buslines which have been already coupled, wherein the fragments belonging to each preceding pattern are spaced from those of the adjacent preceding patterns; coating an insulating film over portions of said preceding patterns of said sets that are located at sites on which said buslines are to be formed; electrically coupling the fragmented buslines of adjacent preceding patterns by coating compensatory buslines in alignment with the fragmented buslines over said insulating films by screen printing; and connecting an electric device to each set of lead lines in advance of the electrical coupling step of said fragmented buslines.
Claim 6
Independent Claim 157 words
A method of producing electric circuit patterns consisting of a plurality of buslines and two or more sets of lead lines, the lead lines of each set being coupled to said buslines respectively, said method comprising; forming two or more preceding patterns by wet etching, each consisting of the lead lines of one of said sets and fragments of said buslines which have been already coupled, wherein the fragments belonging to each preceding pattern are spaced from those of the adjacent preceding patterns; coating an insulating film over portions of said preceding patterns of said sets that are located at sites on which said buslines are to be formed; electrically coupling the fragmented buslines of adjacent preceding patterns by coating compensatory buslines in alignment with the fragmented buslines over said insulating films by screen printing; and connecting an electric device to each set of lead lines in advance of the electrical coupling step of said fragmented buslines.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim 17 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said insulating film is coated by screen printing over said portions.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim 13 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said insulating film consists of expoxy resin.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim 27 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said electric device is connected to each set of lead lines in advance of the coating step of the insulating step.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim 25 words
The method of claim 4 wherein said electric device is connected to each set of lead lines after the coating step of the insulating film.

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