US 7,476,328 B2
Method of manufacturing printed circuit board
Takashi Oda, Ibaraki (Japan)
Assigned to Nitto Denko Corporation, Osaka (Japan)
Filed on Dec. 23, 2005, as Appl. No. 11/317,596.
Claims priority of application No. 2005-007920 (JP), filed on Jan. 14, 2005.
Prior Publication US 2006/0157351 A1, Jul. 20, 2006
Int. Cl. H01B 13/00 (2006.01)
U.S. Cl. 216—13  [216/16; 216/18; 216/20; 216/71; 216/81] 5 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A method of manufacturing a printed circuit board, comprising the steps of:
forming a thin metal film on an insulating layer;
forming conductive patterns on said thin metal film by electroplating;
removing said thin metal film excluding a region under said conductive patterns by etching; and
processing the insulating layer exposed between said conductive patterns by isotropic plasma etching.