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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 30, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2009
Jong-souk Yeo, Corvallis, OR (US);
Gregg Alan Combs, Monmouth, OR (US);
Tim R. Koch, Corvallis, OR (US);
Jong-Souk Yeo, Corvallis, OR (US);
Gregg Alan Combs, Monmouth, OR (US);
Tim R. Koch, Corvallis, OR (US);
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Houston, TX (US);
Abstract
A transparent conductor structure includes a transparent, insulating substrate and a discontinuous, transparent conducting layer established on the substrate. The discontinuous conducting layer is partitioned into a plurality of segments, each of which has a thickness ranging from about 1 nm to about 10 μm. Two or more of the segments are connected together by i) a metal trace disposed on or between them, or ii) a mesh, formed from a plurality of metal traces, disposed across a surface of the segments.