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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 26, 2005
Filed:
Oct. 07, 2002
Applicants:
Ian D. French, Hove, GB;
Pieter J. Van Der Zaag, Pyrford, GB;
Eric A. Meulenkamp, Eindhoven, NL;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V., Eindhoven, NL;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02F001/1343 ; H01L021/44 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A method of increasing the conductivity of a transparent conductive layer, in which a photoresist layer which patterns the transparent layer is given tapered edges and is partially etched. The partial etching exposing the edge regions of the underlying transparent conductor layer, which are the selectively plated. This method has a single patterning stage of the transparent layer, but uses partial etching of a tapered resist layer in order to expose a small edge region of the transparent layer for coating with a conductive layer (which can be opaque).