Patent ID: 10287688

Abstract:
A plating method has an electroless plating step for forming a conductive coating on a non-conductive substrate and an electrolytic plating step for forming a metallic coating on the conductive coating by using an auxiliary electrode. In the electroless plating step, with the position of the auxiliary electrode adjusted in relation to the non-conductive substrate, the non-conductive substrate and the auxiliary electrode are both immersed in an electroless plating solution to form the conductive coating. In the electrolytic plating step, with the position of the auxiliary electrode adjusted in relation to the non-conductive substrate, the non-conductive substrate and the auxiliary electrode are both immersed in an electrolytic plating solution to form the metallic coating. In the electroless plating step, electric current is applied by using the auxiliary electrode as an anode and a conductive member immersed in the electroless plating solution as a cathode.