Claims
- 1. The method of constructing an electrical connector which includes the steps of:
- forming a plurality of holes through a thin elongate strip of electrical insulating material;
- plating the walls of said holes with an electrically conductive metal to form plated-through holes; and
- dipping said thin elongate strip in a bath containing molten metal and withdrawing therefrom to form bumps of metal on each end of said plated-through holes.
- 2. The method as defined in claim 1, wherein said metal comprises an Indium-Tin alloy and further comprising the additional step of plating said bumps with a metal comprising Gold.
- 3. The method defined in claim 1, wherein said electrical insulating material comprises polyimide.
- 4. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising the step of cutting said thin elongate strip containing said metal bumps on each end of said plated-through holes into a plurality of shorter thin elongate strips.
- 5. The method as defined in claim 1, further comprising the step, following said step of forming a plurality of holes, of plating an electrically conductive metal annuluses on the upper and lower surfaces of said strip surrounding the respective entrance and exit ends of each of said plurality of holes to define a plurality of bump pads.
Parent Case Info
This is a division of application Ser. No. 08/886,312, filed Jul. 1, 1997.
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Divisions (1)
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