Abstract:
A process for increasing the reflow capability of a tin lead alloy deposit and increasing its adhesion to an underlying substrate, said process comprising impregnating a tin lead immersion deposit with tin prior to reflow. The process is useful in the manufacture of printed circuit boards.
Abstract:
A process for electroplating a nonconducting substrate comprising formation of a catalytic metal sulfide on the surface of a nonconducting substrate and electrolytic deposition of metal thereover. The catalytic metal chalcogenide is preferably palladium sulfide.
Abstract:
A photoimageable composition and process for use of the same. The composition comprises a binder that is a mixture of a phenolic resin and a multifunctional epoxy or vinyl compound and a curing system comprising a photoactive compound capable of generating a curing catalyst capable of crosslinking the binder components. The process for use of the composition comprises application of the composition to a substrate, drying of the same, exposing the dried coating to activating radiation, curing the binder in light exposed areas, developing the coating and thermally curing the developed image. The composition is especially useful as a solder mask.
Abstract:
This invention provides a means of controlling the composition of electrodepositable photoresists emulsion. The system removes contaminants from the bath which may adversely effect the quality of the deposited coatings and allows for continuous monitoring of the conductivity of the system.
Abstract:
It has been discovered that both water soluble or partially water soluble and water insoluble agents lower the operating temperature of electrodepositable photoresist compositions and substantially increase both lifetime stability and temperature stability of the bath. These additives, because of their low volatility and their partition coefficients, essentially remain in the emulsion system and are removed upon codeposition with the photoresist where they act to improve film quality and control thickness.
Abstract:
The invention is for a negative-acting, acid hardenable, deep UV photoresist comprising a phenolic resin having ring bonded hydroxyl sites, a thermally activated crosslinking agent that is an etherified aminoplast and a photoacid generator. The invention is characterized by control of the molar ratio of the ring bonded hydroxyl groups of the phenolic resin to the ether groups of the aminoplast which permits optimization of the properties such as optical absorbance, dissolution rate, photospeed, contrast, resolution and sidewall angle.
Abstract:
This invention describes methods for altering a substrate in a fine line image pattern using a microlithographic process including formation of a metal mask over a photoresist coating to protect the photoresist coating during dry development of the same. The invention also describes a method for formation of the metal mask. Briefly stated, the process of the invention comprises the steps of coating a substrate with a photoresist coating, exposing the photoresist coating so formed to a desired pattern of actinic radiation, catalyzing the entire surface of the photoresist coating with an electroless plating catalyst, developing the photoresist layer to a depth at least sufficient to remove the undesired catalyst layer in an image pattern, forming a metal pattern on the desired (remaining) catalyst layer and dry developing the remaning photoresist coating unprotected by the metal mask.