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Method of fabricating multi-layer board
Assignee: Boeing North American Inc
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Filing: 1989-11-17
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Granted: 1991-02-12
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Expires: 2009-11-17
Abstract
Abstract A multi-layer board is fabricated by plating up conductive posts on a nonconductive layer. The tops of the posts are planarized, resulting in sharp corners. The posts are aligned with a template, which has a hole above each post, and a second nonconductive layer is placed between the top of the posts and the bottom of the template. The two layers are laminated together by compressing the second layer between the first layer and the template, and the posts punch through the second layer. Conductive traces may then be etched or deposited between the posts tops, and the process may be repeated as many times as desired.
Inventors
- 👤 Joseph M. Shaheen
- 👤 John Simone
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 11:56
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/46; H05K3/4644; H05K3/4647; H05K3/4652; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/03; H05K2201/0332; H05K2201/0335; H05K2201/0355; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/07; H05K2203/0703; H05K2203/0733; H05K2203/11; H05K2203/1189; H05K3/02; H05K3/022; H05K3/025; H05K3/22; H05K3/24; H05K3/243; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T29/00; Y10T29/49; Y10T29/49002; Y10T29/49117; Y10T29/49124; Y10T29/49126; Y10T29/49147; Y10T29/49151; Y10T29/49153
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
76 words
A method of fabricating a multi-layer board, comprising the steps of: fabricating a plurality of conductive posts on a first non-conductive layer; aligning a template over the posts, the template including a plurality of holes extending therethrough, such that each of the posts lies beneath a hole in the template; compressing a second non-conductive layer between the first non-conductive layer and the template with a force sufficient to drive the posts through the second non-conductive layer.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
76 words
A method of fabricating a multi-layer board, comprising the steps of: fabricating a plurality of conductive posts on a first non-conductive layer; aligning a template over the posts, the template including a plurality of holes extending therethrough, such that each of the posts lies beneath a hole in the template; compressing a second non-conductive layer between the first non-conductive layer and the template with a force sufficient to drive the posts through the second non-conductive layer.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the method further comprises the step of fabricating a plurality of conductive pads on the first non-conductive layer before the post fabricating step; and wherein each of the posts is fabricated on a pad.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 2, further comprising the step of fabricating a conductive trace on the first non-conductive layer between selected ones of the conductive pads on the first non-conductive layer before the layer compressing step.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method of claim 1, wherein the second non-conductive layer comprises a conductive surface adjacent the template, and wherein the layer compressing step comprises the step of compressing the conductive surface between the first non-conductive layer and the template with a force sufficient to drive the posts through the second non-conductive layer and the conductive surface.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 4, further comprising the step of fabricating a conductive pad on each post on the conductive surface after the surface compressing step.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 5, further comprising the step of fabricating a conductive trace from the conductive surface between selected ones of the conductive pads on the second non-conductive layer before the surface compressing step.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
The method of claim 1, further comprising the step of planarizing the posts after the post fabricating step.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method of claim 7, wherein the method further comprises the step of fabricating a plurality of conductive pads on the first non-conductive layer before the post fabricating step; and wherein each of the posts is fabricated on pad.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
36 words
The method of claim 8, further comprising the step of fabricating a conductive trace on the first non-conductive layer between selected ones of the conductive pads on the first non-conductive layer before the layer compressing step.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
56 words
The method of claim 7, wherein the second non-conductive layer comprises a conductive surface adjacent the template, and wherein the layer compressing step comprises the step of compressing the conductive surface between the first non-conductive layer and the template with a force sufficient to drive the posts through the second non-conductive layer and the conductive surface.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method of claim 10, further comprising the step of fabricating a conductive pad on each post on the conductive surface after the surface compressing step.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
35 words
The method of claim 11, further comprising the step of fabricating a conductive trace from the conductive surface between selected ones of the conductive pads on the second non-conductive layer before the surface compressing step.
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