Abstract:
A process for promoting the adhesion of metal to thermoplastic substrates such as polyimides. The improvement comprises conditioning the substrate by treating with a lactone and aqueous rinse prior to subsequent steps of etching and deposition of a metal coating. Use of the conditioner promotes increased adhesion between the substrate and the metal without loss of the cohesive integrity of the substrate throughout subsequent processing steps.
Abstract:
This invention is directed to novel photoresist processes and compositions having high resolution novalac resins, high resolution photoactive components with several diazoquinone groups per molecule, and solvents having a high solvency power, better safety, improved photospeed, higher contrast and equivalent cast film thickness from lower percent sofids formulations.
Abstract:
A method for metal plating the surface of an article formed from an organic plastic. The method includes a step of passing a current between two electrodes immersed in an electrolyte containing dissolved plating metal. One of the electrodes is the article to be plated and is provided with a surface having areas of a transition metal sulfide adjacent to and in contact with conductive areas. The method is especially useful for the formation of printed circuit boards and is sufficiently versatile to permit formation of a printed circuit board by a process that involves pattern plating.
Abstract:
A method and apparatus for electrodeposition of insulating coatings such as photoresists having uniform thickness throughout the coating. The apparatus comprises one or more cathodes (30) disposed in a bath containing an electrophoretic depositing composition (50), one or more anodes (10) disposed in said bath in face to face relationship with the cathode, and means for applying a voltage between the anode and the cathode to produce a current whereby a current density gradient is formed on the cathode, the gradient comprising high and low current density areas. The anode is concentrated opposite the high current density areas of the cathode, thereby controlling the thickness of deposition by controlling the amount of current flowing to the cathode.
Abstract:
A lithographic process analysis and control system which provides a modeled version of a lithographic process in the dimensions of feature width, focus and exposure. This system uses the model to quickly determine the range of focus and exposure limits for obtaining the desired feature width. The system has flexible graphic display capability for displaying graphic representations of the data as measured and modeled.
Abstract:
The invention provides a method for forming a photoresist mask on a substrate resistant to reticulation during plasma etching. The method comprises the steps of forming an imaged and developed photoresist coating over an integrated circuit substrate where the photoresist contains an essentially unreacted acid activated cross linking agent, and subjecting said substrate to an etching plasma in a gaseous stream that contains a Lewis acid. Contact of the surface of the photoresist film with the Lewis acid causes cross linking of the surface of the photoresist film during plasma etching with the formation of a reticulation resistant surface layer.
Abstract:
A method for metal plating the surface of an article formed from a nonconductor. The method includes a step of passing a current between two electrodes immersed in an electrolyte containing dissolved plating metal. One of the electrodes is the article to be plated and is provided with a surface having areas of a catalytic metal chalcogenide conversion coating adjacent to and in contact with conductive areas. The method is especially useful for the formation of printed circuit boards and is sufficiently versatile to permit formation of a printed circuit board by a process that involves pattern plating.
Abstract:
The invention is for a developer for a bilayer photoresist film comprising a first relatively thick layer of a polyglutarimide and a second relatively thin layer of a diazo sensitized novolak resin. The developer is an aqueous solution of a tetra alkyl ammonium hydroxide where at least two of the alkyl groups have two or more carbon atoms. The developer of the invention permits development of the bottom resist layer without erosion of the top resist layer.
Abstract:
A catalytic adsorbate suspended in an aqueous solution comprising reduced catalytic metal on an organic suspending agent where the reduced catalytic metal has a maximum dimension not exceeding 500 angstroms. The catalytic adsorbate is useful for the electroless metal deposition of substrates that are non-catalytic to electroless metal deposition.