US5494781A
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Method for manufacturing printed circuit board
Assignee: Panasonic Electric Works Co Ltd
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Filing: 1994-08-04
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Granted: 1996-02-27
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Expires: 2014-08-04
Abstract
Abstract A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board is to form on a top surface of an insulating substrate a layer of such plating ground as a metal film, to irradiate such electromagetic wave as a laser to a boundary edge zone of non-circuit parts with respect to circuit-printing parts on the insulating substrate in correspondence to a pattern of the non-circuit parts to remove the plating ground layer at the part irradiate by the electromagnetic wave with the plating ground layer at the non-irradiated part left as formed, and thereafter to form a plating on the surface of the plating ground layer at the non-irradiated parts, whereby it is enabled to allow the laser irradiation to be carried out only with respect to the boundary edge zone of the non-circuit parts, without irradiating all over the non-circuit parts.
Inventors
- 👤 Ryuji Ohtani
- 👤 Takeshi Okamoto
- 👤 Yoshimitsu Nakamura
- 👤 Yosiyuki Uchinono
- 👤 Kazuo Kamada
- 👤 Kunzi Nakashima
- 👤 Toshiyuki Suzuki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-31 12:46
CPC Classifications
B; B23; B23K; B23K26/00; B23K26/02; B23K26/06; B23K26/067; B23K26/0673; B23K26/064; B23K26/0643; B23K26/066; B23K26/073; H; H05; H05K; H05K3/00; H05K3/02; H05K3/027; H05K3/06; H05K3/061; H05K3/064; H05K3/10; H05K3/108; H05K2201/00; H05K2201/09; H05K2201/09209; H05K2201/0929; H05K2201/09363; H05K2203/00; H05K2203/10; H05K2203/107; H05K3/0011; H05K3/0017; H05K3/0073; H05K3/0082; H05K3/18; H05K3/181; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S430/00; Y10S430/146
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 17
Claim 1
Independent Claim
187 words
A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board in which a pattern of electric circuits is formed with a conducting material on a surface of an insulating substrate, comprising the step of: (a) forming a plating ground layer of a metal film on said surface of the insulating substrate, said plating ground layer including a plurality of printed circuit forming parts for forming said pattern of electric circuits and a plurality of non-circuit parts for forming an insulating space between said printed circuit forming parts, (b) irradiating electromagnetic waves selected from the group consisting of coherent light, X-rays and ultraviolet rays onto said plating ground layer at a boundary edge zone of said non-circuit parts along said printed circuit forming parts on the insulating substrate to remove said plating ground layer at said boundry edge zone irradiated while allowing the plating ground layer to remain at said printed circuit forming and non-circuit parts which have not been irradiated, and (c) plating said conducting material on said plating ground layer remaining at said printed circuit forming and non-circuit parts which have not been irradiated at said step (b).
Claim 2
Independent Claim
187 words
A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board in which a pattern of electric circuits is formed with a conducting material on a surface of an insulating substrate, comprising the step of: (a) forming a plating ground layer of a metal film on said surface of the insulating substrate, said plating ground layer including a plurality of printed circuit forming parts for forming said pattern of electric circuits and a plurality of non-circuit parts for forming an insulating space between said printed circuit forming parts, (b) irradiating electromagnetic waves selected from the group consisting of coherent light, X-rays and ultraviolet rays onto said plating ground layer at a boundary edge zone of said non-circuit parts along said printed circuit forming parts on the insulating substrate to remove said plating ground layer at said boundry edge zone irradiated while allowing the plating ground layer to remain at said printed circuit forming and non-circuit parts which have not been irradiated, and (c) plating said conducting material on said plating ground layer remaining at said printed circuit forming and non-circuit parts which have not been irradiated at said step (b).
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said plating of the conducting material on the plating ground layer at said step (c) is performed by means of an electroplating.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein said surface treatment for removing the metal film at the boundary edge zone is performed through a moderate etching.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
26 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein said electroplating is performed with the same metal as that of the metal film forming said plating ground layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
32 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said circuit is designed by attaining said irradiation of the electromagnetic waves on the basis of information from a computer aided design/computer aided manufacturing (CAD/CAM).
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
44 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said irradiation of electromagnetic waves at said step (b) is carried out with a beam of the irradiation having a diameter set to be essentially equal to the minimum value of the width of said non-circuit parts.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said irradiation of the electromagnetic waves at said step (b) is executed with a beam of said electromagnetic waves made shiftable along a length of said boundary edge zone and variable in diameter.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
39 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said irradiation of the eletromagnetic waves of said step (b) is executed with a beams of said electromagnetic waves which is divided into a plurality of beam spots spaced from each other.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said irradiation of the electromagnetic waves at said step (b) is executed with an annular laser beam mode showing an abrupt rise in the peripheral energy distribution of said annular laser beam mode.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said irradiation of the electromagnetic waves at said step (b) is executed with an irradiated beam spot formed in a shaped selected from the group consisting of a square, an elongated square and an elongated ellipse.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
43 words
The method according to claim 1, wherein said irradiation of the electromagnetic waves at said step (b) is executed with an irradiated spot made to scan along the length of said boundary edge zone while being vibrated in the direction of said scanning.
Claim 13
Independent Claim
231 words
A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board in which a pattern of electric circuits is formed with a conducting material on a surface of an insulating substrate, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a metal film of said conducting material on said surface of the insulating substrate, said metal film including a plurality of printed circuit forming parts for forming said pattern of electric circuits and a plurality of non-circuit parts for forming an insulating space between said printed circuit forming parts, (b) adhering a resist made removable upon irradiation of electromagnetic waves selected from the group consisting of coherent light, X-rays and ultraviolet rays onto the surface of said metal film, said resist being one selected from the group consisting of a first resist made soluble to a developer upon an exposure by means of said irradiation and a second resist evaporizable upon said irradiation, (c) irradiating the electromagnetic waves onto said resist on the metal film at a boundary edge zone of said non-circuit parts along said printed circuit forming parts on the insulating substrate to remove the resist at irradiated parts while allowing the resist to remain at said printed circuit forming parts which have not been irradiated, and (d) thereafter removing the metal film uncovered during said step c at said boundary edge zone of the non-circuit parts through a surface treatment with an etching solution.
Claim 14
Independent Claim
231 words
A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board in which a pattern of electric circuits is formed with a conducting material on a surface of an insulating substrate, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a metal film of said conducting material on said surface of the insulating substrate, said metal film including a plurality of printed circuit forming parts for forming said pattern of electric circuits and a plurality of non-circuit parts for forming an insulating space between said printed circuit forming parts, (b) adhering a resist made removable upon irradiation of electromagnetic waves selected from the group consisting of coherent light, X-rays and ultraviolet rays onto the surface of said metal film, said resist being one selected from the group consisting of a first resist made soluble to a developer upon an exposure by means of said irradiation and a second resist evaporizable upon said irradiation, (c) irradiating the electromagnetic waves onto said resist on the metal film at a boundary edge zone of said non-circuit parts along said printed circuit forming parts on the insulating substrate to remove the resist at irradiated parts while allowing the resist to remain at said printed circuit forming parts which have not been irradiated, and (d) thereafter removing the metal film uncovered during said step c at said boundary edge zone of the non-circuit parts through a surface treatment with an etching solution.
Claim 15
Independent Claim
250 words
A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board in which a pattern of electric circuits is formed with a conducting material on a surface of an insulating substrate, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a metal film on said surface of the insulating substrate, said metal film including a plurality of printed circuit forming parts for forming said pattern of electric circuits and a plurality of non-circuit parts for forming an insulating space between said printed circuit forming parts, (b) adhering a resist made insoluble to a developer upon an exposure by means of irradiation of electromagnetic waves selected from the group consisting of coherent light, X-rays and ultraviolet rays to a surface of said metal film, (c) irradiating the electromagnetic waves onto said resist at a boundary edge zone of said non-circuit parts along said printed circuit forming parts on the insulating substrate to remove the resist at the non-circuit parts which have not been irradiated while allowing the resist to remain at said boundary edge zone of the non-circuit parts irradiated, (d) thereafter plating said conducting material on said surface of the metal film uncovered with the resist removed at said printed circuit forming and non-circuit parts which have not been irradiated, (e) then peeling off the resist left at the boundary edge zone, and (f) removing the metal film uncovered at the parts where the resist has been peeled off of the boundary edge zone at said step (e) through a surface treatment with an etching solution.
Claim 16
Independent Claim
250 words
A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board in which a pattern of electric circuits is formed with a conducting material on a surface of an insulating substrate, comprising the steps of: (a) providing a metal film on said surface of the insulating substrate, said metal film including a plurality of printed circuit forming parts for forming said pattern of electric circuits and a plurality of non-circuit parts for forming an insulating space between said printed circuit forming parts, (b) adhering a resist made insoluble to a developer upon an exposure by means of irradiation of electromagnetic waves selected from the group consisting of coherent light, X-rays and ultraviolet rays to a surface of said metal film, (c) irradiating the electromagnetic waves onto said resist at a boundary edge zone of said non-circuit parts along said printed circuit forming parts on the insulating substrate to remove the resist at the non-circuit parts which have not been irradiated while allowing the resist to remain at said boundary edge zone of the non-circuit parts irradiated, (d) thereafter plating said conducting material on said surface of the metal film uncovered with the resist removed at said printed circuit forming and non-circuit parts which have not been irradiated, (e) then peeling off the resist left at the boundary edge zone, and (f) removing the metal film uncovered at the parts where the resist has been peeled off of the boundary edge zone at said step (e) through a surface treatment with an etching solution.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
40 words
The method according to claim 13, wherein said plating of the conducting material on said metal-film at said step (d) at the printed circuit forming and non-circuit parts which have not been irradiated is performed by means of an electroplating.
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