The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jul. 20, 2004
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2002
Jan Johannes Van Den Broek, Eindhoven, NL;
Coen Theodorus Hubertus Fransiscus Liedenbaum, Eindhoven, NL;
Andreas Hubertus Montree, Eindhoven, NL;
Arjen Boogaard, Eindhoven, NL;
Willem Reindert De Wild, Nuenen, NL;
Johannes Nicolaas Huiberts, Eindhoven, NL;
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Abstract
The electronic device ( ) has a layer ( ) of a material comprising a first and a second element. This material has an amorphous and a crystalline state. A transition from the amorphous to the crystalline state can be effected by heating of the material to above a crystallization temperature, for example with a laser. As a result, the layer ( ) has a first electrically conducting areas ( ), comprising the material in the crystalline state, which are insulated from each other by the first electrically insulating area ( ), comprising the material in the amorphous state. The layer ( ) may be present as an interconnect layer, but also as a covering layer. Preferably, the material is aluminum-germanium. In the method of patterning a layer ( ), electrically conductive areas of the layer can be strengthened by electroplating.