Patent ID: 8621749
Filing Date: 2014-01-07
Classification: C25D,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method for producing a continuous conductive circuit upon a non-conductive substrate comprising: applying a metallic base layer upon at least one surface of a non-conductive substrate; creating a circuit pattern within the metallic base layer based upon a circuit design, wherein the metallic base layer comprising the circuit pattern is physically separated from a remainder of the metallic base layer existing upon the at least one surface of the non-conductive substrate, wherein a region of the at least one surface of the non-conductive substrate that encloses the circuit pattern is called a plating region, wherein the region of the at least one surface of the non-conductive substrate that represents the remainder is called a non-plating region; adding a first metal layer upon the metallic base layer; and adding a second metal layer upon the first metal layer of the plating region, wherein the second metal layer is electrically conductive, wherein the second metal layer is restricted from being added upon the first metal layer of the non-plating region, wherein the addition of the second metal layer further comprises: attaching the plating region of the non-conductive substrate to an apparatus of an electroplating process; and performing the electroplating process to form the second metal layer upon the first metal layer within the plating region of the non-conductive substrate.