Claims
- 1. A method of improving the plating performance of an aqueous halide ion electrolyte electroplating bath comprising the step of adding an effective amount of a salt of an alkyl and/or alkanol sulfonic acid to said bath to operate said bath at higher current densities, wherein the added salt is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and ammonium or substituted ammonium salts.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the halide ion is selected from chloride and fluoride ions.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the salt is a salt of 2-hydroxy ethyl sulfonic acid.
- 4. The method of claim 3, wherein the salt is sodium isethionate.
- 5. The method of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the electroplating bath is a tin or tin alloy electroplating bath.
- 6. The method of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the electroplating bath is a nickel or nickel alloy electroplating bath.
- 7. The method of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the electroplating bath is a copper or copper alloy electroplating bath.
- 8. The method of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the electroplating bath is a zinc or zinc alloy electroplating bath.
- 9. The method of claim 1, 2, 3 or 4, wherein the electroplating bath is a cadmium or cadmium alloy electroplating bath.
- 10. An aqueous metal alloy halide electroplating bath comprising:(a) a source of halide anions as principal electrolyte; (b) one or more soluble platable metal salts, wherein the platable metal is selected from the group consisting of tin, nickel, copper, zinc, cadmium and mixtures thereof; and (c) a salt of an alkyl sulfonic acid and alkanol sulfonic acid in an effective amount to operate said bath at higher current densities, wherein the salt is selected from the group consisting of alkali metal, alkaline earth metal, and ammonium or substituted ammonium salts.
- 11. The electroplating bath of claim 10, wherein the sulfonic acid salt is a salt of 2-hydroxy ethyl sulfonic acid.
- 12. The electroplating bath of claim 11, wherein the salt is sodium isethionate.
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS
The present invention is related to the following commonly owned applications filed on even date herewith; Metal Alloy Fluoroborate Electroplating Baths, U.S. Ser. No. 09/273,119, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,179,985; Metal Alloy Sulfonate Electroplating Baths, U.S. Ser. No. 09/272,551, now U.S. Pat. No. 6,183,619; and Metal Alloy Sulfate Electroplating Baths, U.S. Ser. No. 09/272,800, pending; all filed Mar. 19, 1999; the disclosures of which are hereby incorporated herein by reference.
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