Patent ID: 7984546

Claim:
An apparatus tool for filling vias in a product greensheet comprising: a product greensheet assembly comprising a product greensheet plate for holding a product greensheet having vias and circuit patterns, which product greensheet plate has a central opening with a plurality of vacuum ports around the periphery of the product greensheet plate for holding the product greensheet, the plurality of vacuum ports are connected to a vacuum line; a punch head assembly for holding, moving and positioning a transfer greensheet containing vias in a fixed array, which said punch head assembly will be used to punch a via of the transfer greensheet to fill the via of the product greensheet; a transfer greensheet assembly comprising a transfer greensheet plate for holding the transfer greensheet, the transfer greensheet having a fixed array of filled vias and the transfer greensheet plate having a plurality of vacuum ports preferably spaced in the non-via areas of the transfer greensheet; and a punch die positioned in the central opening of the product greensheet plate.