Method for the production of through holes in a laminate
AssigneePerstorp AB
InventorsKjell A. Cederberg, Jiri K. Konicek, Hans R. Malm
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Abstract
A method for the production of through holes in a laminate comprising an insulating base provided with a thin metal layer on at least one side, said laminate being intended for printed wiring. The method is characterized in that the thin metal layer is provided with a firmly adhering and protective foil or layer of a material being chemically different from the thin metal layer and that so-called burrs in the thin metal layer obtained during a mechanical machining of the holes are removed by dissolution whereupon the protective foil or layer can be removed.
Claims9
In a method for the production of through holes in a laminate used for printed wiring and consisting of an insulating base of glass fiber reinforced thermosetting resin provided on at least one side with a thin continuous layer of copper or copper alloy, comprising
- electroplating said thin continuous layer of copper or copper alloy to a temporary base of a throwaway type comprising a foil of aluminum or an alloy thereof having a thickness of up to about 200 .mu.m,
- laminating said layer of copper or copper alloy on said temporary base under heat and pressure to a final base-forming material consisting of at least one sheet of glass fiber reinforced thermosetting resin, and
- subsequently drilling or punching holes in said laminate causing the formation of burrs in said layer of copper or copper alloy,
- the improvement consisting of
- dissolving said burrs and
- removing the protective foil of aluminum or aluminum foil by etching, stripping, tearing off, or a combination thereof, leaving said thin electroplated layer of copper or copper alloy on the final base and the walls of the holes in said layer of copper or copper alloy being free of burrs.
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