Patent ID: 7365436

Claim:
A substrate comprising: a base member having a through-hole; and a conductive metal filling said through-hole so as to form a penetrating via; wherein said penetrating via containing a conductive core member, which is disposed substantially at a central axis of said through-hole, said conductive core member being operable to conduct electrical energy to deposit and grow said conductive metal by an electrolytic plating process, said conductive core extending up to a top edge of said through-hole, wherein said conductive core member is covered with said conductive metal, said conductive metal forming a unitary top end portion, unitary to a main part of said penetrating via inside said through-hole at a top end of said penetrating via and a unitary bottom end portion, unitary to said main part at a bottom end of said penetrating via, said unitary top end portion covering a top surface of a said base member around said top edge of said through-hole, said unitary bottom end portion covering a bottom surface of said base member around a bottom edge of said through-hole, said conductive core member extending from a bottom conductor covering said unitary bottom end portion toward said unitary top end portion, and wherein said unitary top end portion covers a top end of said conductive core member.