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Title: | Sono-electrodeposition transfer of micro-scale copper patterns on to A7 substrates using a mask-less method |
Author: | Serrà i Ramos, Albert Coleman, Simon J. Gómez, Elvira Green, Todd A. Vallés Giménez, Elisa Vilana i Balastegui, Joan Roy, Sudipta |
Keywords: | Coure Galvanoplàstia Microestructura Copper Electroplating Microstructure |
Issue Date: | 30-Apr-2016 |
Publisher: | Elsevier Ltd |
Abstract: | The EnFACE technology has been demonstrated as a successful mask-less electrodeposition method to transfer millimetre and micrometre-scale copper patterns on to A7-sized rectangular plates. This is the first successful demonstration of this technique using large substrates. A patterned anode tool was used to transfer electrodepositedpatterns onto anun-patterned cathode by maintaining very narrow separation (300 µm) between the two electrodes and agitating the fluid in the inter-electrode gap by ultrasonic means. A non-acidic copper solution with a low content of metal ions and additives was used.Limiting current experiments were initially performed to demonstrate that improved and uniform agitation could be maintained within the inter-electrode gap at relatively low ultrasonic powers of 5 to 30 W L-1. The best pattern definition was obtained at a US power of 5 W L-1and a current density of 20 mA cm-2. Importantly, the resultsobtained were comparable to those obtained by conventional through-mask plating. A single anode tool could be used to pattern up to five substrates, substantially minimising the amount of lithographic processingrequired. These results suggest that the EnFACE techniqueis a usefulmask-less microfabrication process for pattern transfer on to large substrates. |
Note: | Versió postprint del document publicat a: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.04.003 |
It is part of: | Electrochimica Acta, 2016, vol. 207, p. 207-217 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/2445/140382 |
Related resource: | https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electacta.2016.04.003 |
ISSN: | 0013-4686 |
Appears in Collections: | Articles publicats en revistes (Ciència dels Materials i Química Física) |
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