Hamilton, Brook, Smith & Reynolds, P.C.
Technique for producing interconnecting conductive links
 A method for providing a lateral conductive link between conductive elements, e.g., metals, placed on a first non-conductive material, wherein a second non-conductive material is placed on said first non-conductive material to form an interface therebetween in a region between the conductive elements. Energy is applied to the conductive elements to produce mechanical strains by thermal expansion in the conductive elements which initiate a rupturing of the interface between the non-conductive materials so as to provide at least one fissure therein extending between the conductive elements. The energy applied causes a portion of at least one of the conductive elements to flow in such fissure to provide a lateral conductive link between the conductive elements. 
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