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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 19, 2010
Filed:
Dec. 27, 2005
Michal V. Wolkin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ana C. Arias, San Carlos, CA (US);
Michal V. Wolkin, Los Altos, CA (US);
Ana C. Arias, San Carlos, CA (US);
Palo Alto Research Center Incorporated, Palo Alto, CA (US);
Abstract
A passive electronic device includes layers of a layered structure on a support surface. The device can include a first layer part that includes electrically conductive or semiconductive material and that has a contact surface. The device can also include second layer parts that include electrically conductive material and are in electrical contact with the contact surface, with a subset electrically connectible to external circuitry. At least one of the parts of the two layers can be produced by a printing operation or can include a printed patterned artifact such as an uneven boundary or an alignment. The printing operation can be direct printing or printing of a mask for etching or liftoff or both. The device could, for example, be a resistive device, such as a device with resistance varying in response to non-electrical stimuli, or a conductive device, such as with a contact pad for a pogo pin.