Patent ID: 8193042

Claim:
A process for producing a circuit assembly 2000 comprising executing the following steps in any order: locating an electrical component 2102 , 2002 , 2104 , with a conductive pathway 2012 , on a flexible substrate 2016 , the conductive pathway 2012 in contact with the flexible substrate 2016 ; attaching an electrically insulating material encapsulant 2004 to at least one side of the component 2102 , 2002 , 2104 ; attaching the encapsulant 2004 to the flexible substrate 2016 ; forming a via 2020 extending through the flexible substrate 2016 to a putative location of the conductive pathway 2012 ; and extracting the encapsulant 2004 to a level proximate to a surface of the flexible substrate 2016 .