Abstract: An electrically resistive foil comprising a resistive composite material including a conductive material and a non-conductive material alone or incorporated into a two layer foil material that includes a conductive metal layer and a layer of the resistive composite material. This invention also includes circuit boards comprising an insulative substrate and an integral resistor comprising the resistive composite material of this invention as well as methods for manufacturing printed circuit boards including integral resistors.

Abstract: A method of forming circuit lines on a substrate by applying a roughened conductive metal layer using a copper foil carrier. The copper foil is etched away, leaving the roughened conductive metal embedded in the surface of the substrate. The conductive metal may be treated to remove an oxide layer. A photoresist may also be applied over the treated conductive metal layer to define a fine line circuit pattern. The photoresist defining the fine line circuit pattern is then removed to expose trenches in accordance with the desired circuit pattern. Copper is applied into the trenches over the exposed conductive metal, and the remaining photoresist, and conductive metal underlying the remaining photoresist, is removed to finish the fine line circuit pattern.