Electrolysis: processes – compositions used therein – and methods – Electrolytic coating – Depositing predominantly single metal coating
Patent
1996-12-18
1998-07-14
Gorgos, Kathryn L.
Electrolysis: processes, compositions used therein, and methods
Electrolytic coating
Depositing predominantly single metal coating
205273, 205274, 205280, 205257, 205176, 205182, 205184, 205186, 205187, C25D 312, C25D 510, C25C 2802
Patent
active
057798737
ABSTRACT:
This invention is predicated on the discovery by the present applicants that boric acid in conventional nickel plating baths is responsible for excessive lateral growth in the electroplating of nickel on nickel ferrite substrates. While nickel baths without boric acid do not yield acceptable electrodeposits, the boric acid interacts with the ferrite substrate to cause excessive lateral growth. Applicants further discovered that by eliminating the boric acid and adding another acidic plating buffer such as citric acid, one can obtain isotropic nickel plating and produce a wire-bondable surface.
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Law Henry Hon
Schneemeyer Lynn Frances
Wu Te-Sung
Gorgos Kathryn L.
Lucent Technologies - Inc.
Rittman Scott J.
Wong Edna
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