Process for electroplating a work piece coated with an electrically conducting polymer
OwnerWalter Kronenberg, Jurgen Hupeinventors
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Abstract
The object of the invention is to provide a process for electroplating a work piece (1) which is coated with an electrically conducting or modified polymer, wherein, independently of the work piece to be electroplated, it is possible to simultaneously reduce the current density and shorten the electroplating time. The invention includes, as a first step, that the work piece is connected to a current source (8) by multiple adjoining contact elements (5) and covered with a thin metallic coat, except at the points covered by the contact elements and that subsequently, in a second step, the contact elements are removed and an unbroken metal coat (10) is formed.
Claims19
A process for electroplating a work piece coated with an electrically conducting or modified polymer characterized by the work piece, in a first process step, being connected by multiple adjoining contact elements to a current source and coated with a thin metal layer, except at the contact points covered by the contact elements and subsequently, in a second process step, the contact elements being removed an unbroken metal coat is formed.
A process in accordance with one of the foregoing claims, characterized by the metal coat being formed in a thickness, which can be selected.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.