The invention provides a wired circuit board that can prevent
deterioration of a conductive pattern and short-circuiting of the
conductive pattern. The wired circuit board is presented herein in the
form of a suspension board with circuit which comprises an insulating
base layer formed on a metal supporting board, a conductive pattern
formed on the insulating base layer, a metal oxide layer formed on a
surface of the conductive pattern and on a surface of the insulating base
layer by sputtering, and an insulating cover layer, formed on the metal
oxide layer, to cover the conductive pattern. According to this
suspension board with circuit, since the metal oxide layer to cover the
conductive pattern is formed by the sputtering, the metal oxide layer can
be formed with a uniform thickness. Hence, the metal oxide layer can
fully function as a barrier layer to the conductive pattern and,
accordingly, deterioration of the conductive pattern and the
short-circuiting of the conductive pattern can be prevented effectively.