Patent ID: 7594322

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 a dielectric layer over the surface of the at least one substrate blank and the another, opposing surface of the at least one substrate blank and over an inner surface of the at least one substrate blank within the at least one aperture; forming a conductive layer concurrently over the dielectric layer on the surface of the at least one substrate blank, and the another, opposing surface of the at least one substrate blank and over the dielectric layer on the inner surface of the at least one substrate blank within the at least one aperture; depositing another conductive layer comprising a metal on selected regions of the conductive layer, including within the at least one aperture; and patterning the conductive layer using the another conductive layer as a mask pattern and defining at least one conductive element extending over a portion of at least one of the surface of the at least one substrate blank and the another, opposing surface of the at least one substrate blank and over the inner surface of the at least one substrate blank within the at least one aperture.