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Laser direct structuring
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Molded interconnect device.
Laser Direct Structuring (LDS)
Laser Direct Structuring was invented at Hochschule Ostwestfalen-Lippe, University of Applied Sciences in Lemgo, Germany, from 1997 until 2001. LDS technology was developed in a research cooperation with the former LPKF Limited, patented by the inventors, Gerhard Naundorf and Horst Wissbrok, and first exclusively licensed to LPKF. In 2002 the patents concerning LDS technology were transferred to LPKF Laser & Electronics AG.