FORMALDEHYDE-FREE ELECTROLESS COPPER PLATING SOLUTION

• Main Authors: STENHÄUSER EDITH, WIESE STEFANIE, NGUYEN TANG CAM LAI, RÖSELER SANDRA, STAMP LUTZ
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 28.08.2014
• Subjects: CHEMICAL SURFACE TREATMENT; CHEMISTRY; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY ION IMPLANTATIONOR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING BY VACUUM EVAPORATION, BY SPUTTERING, BY IONIMPLANTATION OR BY CHEMICAL VAPOUR DEPOSITION, IN GENERAL; COATING MATERIAL WITH METALLIC MATERIAL; COATING METALLIC MATERIAL; DIFFUSION TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL; INHIBITING CORROSION OF METALLIC MATERIAL OR INCRUSTATION INGENERAL; METALLURGY; SURFACE TREATMENT OF METALLIC MATERIAL BY DIFFUSION INTO THESURFACE, BY CHEMICAL CONVERSION OR SUBSTITUTION

The invention relates to an electroless aqueous copper plating solution, comprising a source of copper ions, a source of glyoxylic acid as reducing agent, and at least one polyamino disuccinic acid or at least one polyamino monosuccinic acid, or a mixture of at least one polyamino disuccinic acid and at least one polyamino monosuccinic acid as complexing agent, as well as to a method for electroless copper plating utilizing said solution and the use of the solution for the plating of substrates.