This application claims the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2007-0121079 filed with the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Nov. 26, 2007, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.
1. Technical Field
The present invention relates to a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board having intaglio circuit patterns.
2. Description of the Related Art
With developments in electronic components, fine-line circuit wiring is being employed, in order to provide higher densities in the printed circuit board. This, however, can result in lower adhesion between the metal circuit lines and the insulation, which may cause problems such as the circuit lines being peeled off from the insulation. To improve this, a technique is under development, which includes processing an intaglio groove in the insulation and then filling the groove with metal by a plating process.
The filling of a metal by plating into an intaglio groove having a small width may not pose serious problems even when existing chemicals and processes are employed, but in cases where the width is large, such as the case illustrated in
One aspect of the invention provides a method of forming circuit patterns in a simple manner without using a photoresist.
Another aspect of the invention provides a method of manufacturing a printed circuit board. The method includes: sequentially stacking an acid-resistant first cover layer and an alkali-resistant second cover layer over a copper foil, for a copper clad laminate that includes the copper foil stacked over one side of an insulation layer; forming an intaglio groove, by removing portions of the second cover layer, the first cover layer, and the copper clad laminate; stacking a seed layer over the intaglio groove and the second cover layer; removing a portion of the seed layer stacked over the second cover layer, by stripping the second cover layer; forming a plating layer, by plating an inside of the intaglio groove; stripping the first cover layer; and removing the copper foil exposed by the stripping of the first cover layer.
The operation of removing the portion of the seed layer can be performed by stripping the second cover layer by physical force.
The removing of the copper foil can include removing the copper foil by etching.
Additional aspects and advantages of the present invention will be set forth in part in the description which follows, and in part will be obvious from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention.
The method of manufacturing a printed circuit board according to certain embodiments of the invention will be described below in more detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. Those components that are the same or are in correspondence are rendered the same reference numeral regardless of the figure number, and redundant explanations are omitted.
Operation S11 may include, for a copper clad laminate in which a copper foil is stacked over one side of an insulation layer, sequentially stacking a first cover layer resistant to acid and a second cover layer resistant to alkali over the copper foil.
The copper clad laminate 10 may have the form of copper foils 11, 13 stacked over both sides of an insulation layer 12, and is an electrical material commonly used in printed circuit boards. The copper clad laminate 10 can be a double-sided type, as illustrated for this particular embodiment, or can be a single-sided type, in which a copper foil is stacked over only one side of the insulation layer.
A first cover layer 14, which is resistant to acid, may first be stacked over one side of the copper clad laminate 10, and then a second cover layer, which is resistant to alkali, may be stacked over the first cover layer 14.
A dry film used in semi-additive processes may be used for the first cover layer 14. A dry film used in a semi-additive process is typically resistant to acid. The semi-additive processes, and the dry film used therein, are well known to those skilled in the art, and thus will not be described here in further detail.
A dry film used in full-additive processes may be used for the second cover layer 15. A dry film used in a full-additive process is typically resistant to alkali. The full-additive processes, and the dry film used therein, are well known to those skilled in the art, and thus will not be described here in further detail.
Operation S12 may include removing portions of the second cover layer, first cover layer, and copper clad laminate, to form an intaglio groove.
The intaglio groove 16 may be formed, as illustrated in
Operation S13 may include stacking a seed layer over the intaglio groove and the second cover layer, where
The seed layer 17 may be formed by electroless plating. As shown in
Operation S14 may include stripping the second cover layer to remove a portion of the seed layer stacked over the surface of the second cover layer, where
Operation S15 may include plating the inside of the intaglio groove to form a plating layer, where
The upper surface of the first cover layer 14, on which there is no seed layer 17, may not be plated.
Operation S16 may include stripping the first cover layer, where
Operation S17 may include removing the copper foil exposed by the stripping of the first cover layer, where
According to certain aspects of the invention as set forth above, two cover layers may be used to selectively plate only the intaglio groove. In this way, a printed circuit board can be formed in a simple manner without having to use a photoresist.
While the spirit of the invention has been described in detail with reference to particular embodiments, the embodiments are for illustrative purposes only and do not limit the invention. It is to be appreciated that those skilled in the art can change or modify the embodiments without departing from the scope and spirit of the invention.
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