Metal working – Method of mechanical manufacture – Electrical device making
Patent
1995-11-07
1997-02-18
Arbes, Carl J.
Metal working
Method of mechanical manufacture
Electrical device making
156150, 156151, 427 96, 216 48, 216 52, H05K 302
Patent
active
056031580
ABSTRACT:
An adhesive is applied onto a flexible resistive film 1 and dried to form an adhesive layer 2. A metal foil 3 is contacted onto the layer 2, which is subjected to a heat and pressing treatment. The foil 3 is polished. An ultraviolet light curable ink is applied on the foil 3 and dried to form a first layer 4. A negative film is placed on or over the layer 4 and ultraviolet light is irradiated thereto through the film so that the layer 4 is cured. Uncured portions of the layer 4 is removed so that cured portions thereof remain and the foil 3 is exposed between the remaining cured portions. The metal foil 3 is subjected to an etching treatment to remove exposed portions of the foil 3 so that unexposed portions of the foil 3 remain and form conductors 3A. The cured portions of the layer 4 is removed from the conductors 3A. A metal plating film 5 is formed on each conductor 3A to form each electrical conductive circuit 9. An ultraviolet light curable ink is applied on the layer 2 and dried to form a second layer 7. Ultraviolet light is irradiated to the layer 7 through the film 1 so that the layer 7 is cured in gaps 6 between the circuits 9. Uncured portions of the layer 7 is removed so that the circuits 9 are exposed and cured portions of the layer 7 remain in the gaps 6. The cured portions of the layer 7 is subjected to a heat treatment. The resulting flexible circuit board comprises the film 1, the adhesive layer 2, the circuits 9 and cured films 8 filling the gaps 6.
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Hatakeyama Toru
Isono Tadaaki
Murata Katsuhiro
Shibata Mitsumasa
Arbes Carl J.
Nippon Graphite Industries Ltd.
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