Patent ID: 8635761
Filing Date: 2014-01-28
Classification: G06K,H01Q,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of forming an electrical conductor on a substrate comprising: printing a first pattern on a substrate with an electrically non-conductive material to form a second pattern on the substrate that is substantially free of the electrically non-conductive material, the substrate having a surface area that is essentially comprised of the first pattern and the second pattern; applying by vacuum evaporation an electrically conductive material to the surface area of the substrate to cover the electrically non-conductive material of the first pattern and the substrate essentially free of the electrically non-conductive material to enable the electrically conductive material covering the second pattern to operate as an electrical conductor electrically isolated from the electrically conductive material covering the electrically non-conductive material applied in the first pattern; and heating the substrate and the electrically non-conductive material to a temperature higher than a softening point of the electrically non-conductive material prior to and during the vacuum evaporation, the electrically non-conductive material essentially comprising one of an emulsion aggregation toner and a phase-change ink.