Patent ID: 8673160
Filing Date: 2014-03-18
Classification: G11B

Abstract:
1. A method for producing an electrical interconnect for a disk drive head suspension from an inchoate electrical interconnect, the inchoate electrical interconnect comprising an insulating base, a seed layer formed on said insulating base, a plating resist pattern applied on said seed layer, and a plated conductor plated on said seed layer, the method comprising: stripping said plating resist pattern from said seed layer so as to expose a side of said conductor; protective-metal-plating a protective metal on said conductor including said side of said conductor in a first plating bath; moving said conductor with said protective metal to a second plating bath such that said protective metal remains wet during said movement; contact-metal-plating a contact metal on said protective metal in said second plating bath; and applying a covercoat over said contact metal such that a terminal pad coated with contact metal remains exposed.