IP Library Granted Patent US 6,943,100
Granted Patent B2
US 6,943,100 · App. 10/684,423 · Granted Sep 13, 2005

Method of fabricating a wiring board utilizing a conductive member having a reduced thickness

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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 6,943,100
App. No.
10/684,423
Granted
Sep 13, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a writing board wherein an opening is defined at a predetermined position of a film-like insulating substrate, an electric wiring provided with a connection terminal covering the opening is disposed on a principle plane of the insulating substrate, and a conductive member to be connected with the connection terminal of the electric wiring is disposed inside the opening; the conductive member having a thickness from a surface on which the electric wiring of the insulating substrate has been disposed is thinner than that of the insulating substrate.

Claims (15)

1. A process for the production of a wiring board, comprising the steps of:

defining an opening at a predetermined position of a film-like insulating substrate;

forming a conductive thin film on a first principal surface of said insulating substrate;

etching said conductive thin film to form an electric wiring provided with a connection terminal covering said opening;

forming, in said opening, a conductive member that is connected to said connection terminal; and

forming sequentially a thin film layer made of nickel (Ni) and a thin film layer made of gold (Au) on the surfaces of said conductive member,

wherein said conductive member does not protrude from a second principal surface of said insulating substrate opposed to said first principal surface and has a thickness thinner than that of said insulating substrate, and said thin film layer made of gold does not protrude from said second principal surface.

2. A process for the production of a wiring board as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

a step for forming said conductive member is effected by forming a copper (Cu) plating or a nickel (Ni) plating in accordance with an electroplating method.

3. A process for the production of a wiring board as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

a step for forming said conductive member is effected by forming a nickel (Ni) plating in accordance with an electroless plating method.

4. A process for the production of a wiring board as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

a step for forming said conductive member is effected by such a manner that the inside of said opening is filled with a conductive paste of silver (Ag) or copper (Cu), and said conductive paste is solidified.

5. A process for the production of a wiring board as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

a step for forming said conductive member is effected by such a manner that said conductive member has a thinner thickness at the central portion of said opening than that of a vicinity of a side wall of said opening.

Assignments (1)
MERGER Recorded Jan 29, 2014
From: HITACHI CABLE, LTD.
To: HITACHI METALS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 032134/0723 →