Patent ID: 8419906

Claim:
An electroplating system, comprising: an electrode assembly comprising a plurality of adjacent, mutually spaced and electrically isolated electrodes connected in series so as to be oppositely polarized when a voltage is applied thereacross, the electrodes of the plurality arranged in a defined electrode pattern in which at least one negative electrode of the plurality is disposed between segments of at least one positive electrode of the plurality, the defined electrode pattern corresponding to a pattern of discrete metal features to be formed on a substrate, a bottom surface of each of the electrodes of the plurality aligned with a lowest surface of the electrode assembly; a power supply operably coupled to the plurality of electrodes; a platen for bearing the substrate on which the discrete metal features are to be formed; and an electrode support configured for suspending the electrode assembly over an upper surface of the substrate disposed on the platen in spaced relation to and in alignment with the substrate.