Patent ID: 6905726

Claim:
A component, which comprises: a substrate; a lower insulating layer having a layer thickness between 0.05 μm and 50 μm and having a region; at least one upper insulating layer having a layer thickness between 0.05 μm and 50 μm, being chemically different and have different physical property profiles from said lower insulating layer, and having a region; and at least one activated region that is selectively activated using an activator selected from the group consisting of a gas, a liquid, a solution, and plasma; said at least one activated region being selected from the group consisting of said region of said lower insulating layer and said region of said at least one upper insulating layer, said activated region therefore being an activated insulating layer; said lower insulation layer located adjacent said at least one upper insulation layer; said activated region being one of a selectively modified region and a surface of said activated insulating layer such that subsequently only said activated region can be subjected to a process selected from a group of metallization, photosensitization, and hydrophobicization.