Abstract: A novel metal core printed circuit board and a method of making it are described. The circuit board comprises a metal substrate, a patternable metal foil, and an insulating layer of thermoplastic resin whose glass transition temperature is exceeded during assembly under pressure to bond the resin to the metal substrate and to the foil by high temperature wetting. The circuit board also provides holes whose interior is lined with a resin united fusing to the resin in the insulating layer by high temperature wetting accompanied by pressure. The thermoplastic resin is a polyetherimide engineering plastic. The layers of the printed circuit board described above, including any additional layers of insulating resin and foil, may be bonded in a single step in a laminating press.

Abstract: The invention deals with a method of electroding a poly(vinylidene fluoride) solid in a piezoelectric application. The electroding method entails surface preparation of the poly(vinylidene fluoride) by a variety of steps including plasma etching to create temporary molecular scale surface irregularities followed by sputtering a metallic layer before deterioration of the plasma etched surface. The chromium may be the initial metal sputtered, followed by a sputtered copper layer, followed in turn by at least one heavier electrodeposited conductive layer. The method may be conducted without deterioration of the piezoelectric properties of the material. The method has been found to provide very good adhesion between the electrode and the PVF.sub.2 surface.

Abstract: The invention deals with a method of bonding a poly(vinylidene fluoride) solid to a variety of solid substrates, in an application typically using the piezoelectric properties of the material. The bonding method entails surface preparation of the poly(vinylidene fluoride) by a variety of steps including activation of the surface by plasma etching to cause the surface to wet the adhesive used in the bonding process. The bonding method produces bonds of increased strength and having good electrical properties.