Patent ID: 7968010

Claim:
A method for electroplating a substrate, the method comprising: applying a voltage switchable dielectric (VSD) material onto a target region of a device, said VSD material comprising: a binder; high aspect ratio (HAR) particles that are conductive or semi-conductive and dispersed as nanoscale particles within the binder; and conductor and/or semiconductor particles other than said HAR particles; said conductor and/or semiconductor particles being distributed in the binder; wherein HAR particles and said conductor and/or semiconductor particles are combined to provide said composition with a characteristic of being (i) dielectric in absence of a voltage that exceeds a characteristic voltage level, and (ii) conductive with application of said voltage exceeding said characteristic voltage level; forming a pattern using the VSD material; applying the voltage that exceeds the characteristic voltage level so that the VSD material is conductive; while applying the voltage, exposing the target region of the device to an electrolytic medium; and wherein said characteristic voltage level exceeds about 14 volts per mil across a gap formed by a thickness of the VSD material.