Patent ID: 9420699
Filing Date: 2016-08-16
CPC Classification: C25D,H05K,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. An electronic assembly comprising: a non-conductive substrate; a metallic base layer upon a portion of said non-conductive substrate, said metallic base layer consisting of one of palladium, rhodium, platinum, iridium, osmium, gold, and iron, wherein said metallic base layer has structural characteristics indicative of said metallic base layer being processed by a laser; a first metal layer on top of said metallic base layer, wherein said first metal layer has structural characteristics indicative of said first metal layer being added using a chemical plating process; and wherein structural characteristics indicative of the first metal layer being processed by the laser are absent; and a second metal layer on top of said first metal layer, wherein said second metal layer has structural characteristics indicative of said second metal layer being added using an electroplating process.