Patent ID: 7157647

Claim:
A circuitized substrate comprising: at least one electrically conductive layer of substantially planar configuration and having first and second opposing surfaces, said at least one electrically conductive layer including at least one side edge portion comprised of a plurality of contiguous formed open segments; a first dielectric layer positioned on said first opposing surface of said at least one electrically conductive layer, a portion of said first dielectric layer being positioned within selected ones of said contiguous formed open segments of said at least one side edge portion, said first dielectric layer including a plurality of openings each aligned above a respective one of the remaining ones of said contiguous formed open segments; and a second dielectric layer positioned on said second opposing surface of said at least one electrically conductive layer, a portion of said second dielectric layer being positioned within said remaining ones of said contiguous formed open segments of said at least one side edge portion and within said plurality of openings within said first dielectric layer aligned above said respective ones of said remaining ones of said contiguous formed open segments, only said portion of said first dielectric layer being positioned within said selected ones of said contiguous formed open segments of said at least one side edge portion and substantially only said portion of said second dielectric layer being positioned with said remaining ones of said contiguous formed open segments of said at least one side edge portion and within said plurality of openings within said first dielectric layer aligned above said respective ones of said remaining ones of said contiguous formed open segments, said portions of both of said first and second dielectric layers being positioned within said contiguous formed open segments of said at least one side edge portion providing a substantially solid dielectric covering over said plurality of said continuous formed open segments of said at least one side edge portion.