AQUEOUS ALKALINE PRE-TREATMENT SOLUTION FOR USE PRIOR TO DEPOSITION OF A PALLADIUM ACTIVATION LAYER, METHOD AND USE THEREOF

• Main Authors: BREMMERT, Stefanie, GERNHARD, Marius, GREGORIADES, Dr. Laurence John, WURDINGER, Kay
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 25.06.2020
• 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 aqueous alkaline pre-treatment solution for use prior to deposition of a palladium activation layer on a substrate in manufacturing an article with an integrated circuit and a method and use thereof, wherein the solution comprises: - at least one hydroxycarboxylic acid or...