Pre-treatment process for electroless plating

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PATENT NO 9896765
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15112205

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The present invention discloses a process for electroless plating of a metal or metal alloy onto copper features of an electronic device such as a printed circuit board which suppresses undesired skip plating and extraneous plating. The process comprises the steps i) providing such a substrate, ii) activating of the copper features with noble metal ions; iii) removing excessive noble metal ions or precipitates formed thereof with an aqueous pre-treatment composition comprising an acid, a source for halide ions and an additive selected from the group consisting of thiourea, thiourea derivatives and polymers comprising thiourea groups, and iv) electroless plating of a metal or metal alloy layer.

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  • ATOTECH DEUTSCHLAND GMBH

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Janssen, Boris Alexander Berlin, DE 5 9
Lautan, Donny Berlin, DE 5 0

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