Patent ID: 6232047
Filing Date: 2001-05-15
Classification: H01P,H05K

Abstract:
Process comprising:(a) depositing a conductive strip on a substrate by the steps of:(i) applying a conductive metal paste on said substrate and(ii) firing said conductive metal paste to form the conductive strip,said conductive strip bounded by edge E.sub.1 and edge E.sub.2 and having a portion thereof with width W.sub.1 as measured between edge E.sub.1 and edge E.sub.2 and another portion thereof with width W.sub.2 as measured between edge E.sub.1 and edge E.sub.2, where W.sub.1 and W.sub.2 are not equal,(b) depositing a blanket metal layer over the surface of said conductive strip and said substrate,(c) masking selected portions of the metal layer with a photolithographic mask leaving portions of the metal layer exposed,(d) etching the exposed portions of the metal layer to form a metal trim strip, said metal trim strip having a width W.sub.3, where W.sub.3 >W.sub.1 and W.sub.3 >W.sub.2, and wherein said metal trim strip extends over edge E.sub.1 and onto a portion of the substrate and extends over edge E.sub.2 and onto a portion of the substrate.