Patent ID: 7237330
Filing Date: 2007-07-03
Classification: H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for making an electrically conductive pattern, comprising: (a) depositing on a substrate a metal powder composition consisting essentially of at least one metal powder, wherein the substrate is selected from the group consisting of (i) paper and (ii) materials that are at least about 10% compressible; and (b) densifying the composition to form a conductive pattern on the substrate, wherein percent compressible, represented by X %, means that a substrate dimension measured in a direction parallel to an applied pressure of 30 MPa is [(100−X)/100]times its dimension in the same direction at an applied pressure of 0.07 MPa and a total volume of the substrate measured at an applied pressure of 30 MPa is [(100−X)/100]times its volume at an applied pressure of 0.07 MPa.