Patent ID: 8276268

Claim:
A method of forming a patterned conformal structure, comprising: applying an electrically insulating coating to an electrical system so the electrically insulating coating conforms to the electrical system and has a uniform thickness throughout, the electrical system including a circuit substrate and a plurality of circuit components disposed on the circuit substrate, and wherein the circuit substrate includes contact pads formed thereon; forming a plurality of openings in the electrically insulating coating so as to expose the contact pads on the circuit substrate; forming a conformal patterned metallic layer on a portion of the electrically insulating coating and in each of the plurality of openings; wherein forming the conformal patterned metallic layer comprises: forming a plurality of shielding structures configured to protect the circuit components from radio frequency (RF) interference and electromagnetic (EM) interference, wherein each of the plurality of shielding structures is formed over a respective one of the plurality of circuit components so as to conform to the respective circuit component; and forming a metallic interconnect in each of the plurality of openings, with the metallic interconnects being electrically connected with a ground plane of the circuit substrate by way of a direct metallic connection to the contact pads; wherein each of the plurality of shielding structures is separate from others of the plurality of shielding structures.