FABRICATION OF CONDUCTING POLYMER INTERCONNECTS

A nonmechanical approach to the construction of complex three-dimensio nal interconnect arrays has been developed with the use of conducting polymer dendrites. Electrically independent connections between pairs of wires in an array were successfully grown through alternating-curre nt electrochemical polymerization of poly(3-methylthiophene), without mechanical or optical masking steps. The electrically active links wer e insulated by subsequent electropolymerization of 4-vinylpyridine or 2-methylthiophene or by the dip-coating of the connections in a polyst yrene solution.