Patent ID: 7485411

Claim:
A method for manufacturing a printed circuit board with a thin film capacitor embedded therein, the method comprising: sputtering a conductive metal via a first mask on a polymer substrate to form a lower electrode for a capacitor; sputtering a dielectric material via a second mask on the lower electrode to form a dielectric layer enclosing a portion of the lower electrode and one end thereof; sputtering the conductive metal via a third mask on the dielectric layer and a portion where the dielectric layer abuts the substrate to form an upper electrode for the capacitor; stacking an insulating layer on a stack body with the upper electrode formed therein and perforating via holes from a top surface of the insulating layer to a top surface of the lower electrode and from the top surface of the insulating layer to a top surface of the upper electrode formed on the substrate; and electrolytically and electrolessly plating the stack body with the via holes formed therein.