Patent ID: 7231707

Claim:
A method of forming ferromagnetic inductive cores on a surface of a dielectric material, comprising the steps of: plasma etching the surface of the dielectric material to roughen its surface and to create peaks and valleys in the surface of that material exhibiting van der Waal forces capable of attracting catalytic particles having a slight electrostatic dipole; dipping the surface of the dielectric material in a solution containing catalytic metal particles having a slight electrostatic dipole moment when in solution to help the particles attach to the surface of the dielectric material; and placing the surface of the dielectric material in a first metal salt solution in metastable equilibrium with a reducing agent so as to cause a first layer containing metal to be plated upon the surface of the dielectric material containing the catalytic metal particles by a process of electroless plating in order to produce the ferromagnetic inductive cores.