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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Phillip Bailey, Goleta, CA (US);
Uniax Corporation, Santa Barbara, CA (US);
Abstract
This invention pertains to methods of forming a patterned metal layer in an electronic device, wherein the metal layer is in contact with an underlying organic polymeric layer (e.g., a conductive or semiconductive organic polymeric layer), which methods comprise mechanically scribing the metal layer with a mechanical scribing instrument to form the patterned metal electrode. More specifically, this invention pertains to methods of forming a patterned metal layer in an electronic device, which device comprises, in contact sequence, a support layer, an organic polymeric layer, and said metal layer, said method comprising the step of mechanically scribing said metal layer with a mechanical scribing instrument to form said patterned metal layer; wherein said mechanical scribing instrument scribes through the entire thickness of said metal layer; wherein said mechanical scribing instrument scribes through none, some, or all of the thickness of said organic polymeric layer; wherein said mechanical scribing instrument scribes through none or some, but not all, of the thickness of said support layer.