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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 30, 2003
Filed:
Jul. 08, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Steven C. Deane, Redhill, GB;
Cornelis Van Berkel, Hove, GB;
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/26 ; B32B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 3/26 ; B32B 3/00 ;
Abstract
A light-weight substrate ( ) for thin film, large area electronic devices such as active matrix display devices, image sensing arrays and the like comprises a layer of rigid, cellular material ( ) bonded to a comparatively thin glass sheet ( ) on whose surface thin film circuit elements are provided. An aerogel material of higher than usual density can be used for the cellular layer. An array of microlenses may be provided between the cellular layer and the thin glass sheet.