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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 26, 2013
Filed:
Aug. 05, 2010
Zhigang Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vivek Subramanian, Orinda, CA (US);
Lee Cleveland, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Zhigang Wang, Sunnyvale, CA (US);
Vivek Subramanian, Orinda, CA (US);
Lee Cleveland, Santa Clara, CA (US);
Kovio, Inc., San Jose, CA (US);
Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention relate to circuit layouts that are compatible with printing electronic inks, printed circuits formed by printing an electronic ink or a combination of printing and conventional blanket deposition and photolithography, and methods of forming circuits by printing electronic inks onto structures having print-compatible shapes. The layouts include features having (i) a print-compatible shape and (ii) an orientation that is either orthogonal or parallel to the orientation of every other feature in the layout.