Patent ID: 7811423

Claim:
A substrate plating assembly comprising: a delivery unit having an exterior surface and an interior chamber housing a consumable plating material, the interior chamber containing a plating fluid, the interior chamber having an opening interfaced by a first porous insert that allows the plating fluid to move in and out of the interior chamber of the delivery unit; a receiving unit having an exterior surface and an interior volume housing a cathode, the cathode facilitating distribution of an electrical field, the interior volume of the receiving unit configured to hold at least part of the plating fluid, and the interior volume of the receiving unit having an opening interfaced by a second porous insert that allows the plating fluid to move in and out of the interior chamber of the receiving unit, such that the second porous insert is substantially aligned with the first porous insert, thereby defining a plating meniscus from the plating fluid between the first and second porous inserts; and a substrate path defined by a distance separating the delivery unit and the receiving unit, the meniscus being formed between the first porous insert and the second porous insert in the substrate path; wherein the substrate path is configured to provide passage for a substrate, and a surface of the substrate capable of being plated when exposed to the plating fluid of the plating meniscus as the substrate is caused to move through the substrate path between the delivery unit and the receiving unit.