Patent ID: 9066425
Filing Date: 2015-06-23
Classification: G06F,H05K

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a patterned conductor, comprising: providing a conductivised substrate, wherein the conductivised substrate comprises a substrate and an electrically conductive layer; providing an electrically conductive layer etchant; providing a spinning material, wherein the spinning material comprises a masking material and a carrier; providing a masking fiber solvent; forming a plurality of masking fibers by processing the spinning material by a process selected from the group consisting of electrospinning, gas jet spinning, gas jet electrospinning, centrifuge spinning, needleless electrospinning, and melt electrospinning and depositing the plurality of masking fibers onto the electrically conductive layer; optionally, compressing the plurality of masking fibers on the electrically conductive layer; exposing the electrically conductive layer to the electrically conductive layer etchant, wherein the electrically conductive layer that is uncovered by the plurality of masking fibers is removed from the substrate, leaving an interconnected conductive network on the substrate covered by the plurality of masking fibers; and, exposing the plurality of masking fibers to the masking fiber solvent, wherein the plurality of masking fibers are removed to uncover the interconnected conductive network on the substrate.