Patent ID: 7316063

Claim:
A method of fabricating a substrate, comprising: providing at least one substrate blank having a surface and another, opposing surface; forming at least one aperture through the at least one substrate blank between the surface and the another, opposing surface; forming at least one conductive layer concurrently over the surface, the another, opposing surface and within the at least one aperture of the at least one substrate blank; forming a mask pattern over the at least one conductive layer including within the at least one aperture; removing the at least one conductive layer where unprotected by the mask pattern using an etchant to define at least one conductive element extending over a portion of at least one of the surface and the another, opposing surface and over a surface of the at least one aperture; plating a second conductive layer over at least a portion of the at least one conductive element; and providing a dielectric layer over at least a portion of the second conductive layer and the at least one conductive element.