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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 10, 2010
Sunity Kumar Sharma, Fremont, CA (US);
Alex Newsom Beavers, Jr., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thomas Furst, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Sunity Kumar Sharma, Fremont, CA (US);
Alex Newsom Beavers, Jr., Menlo Park, CA (US);
Thomas Furst, Menlo Park, CA (US);
Averatek Corp., Santa Clara, CA (US);
Abstract
Thin indium-less 'optically porous' layers adapted to replace traditional ITO layers are provided herein. A thin metalized film adapted to carry an electrical charge can include a dense pattern of small openings to allow the transmission of light to or from an underlying semiconductor material. The pattern of openings can create a regular or irregular grid pattern of low aspect ratio fine-line metal conductors. Creation of this optically porous metalized film can include the printing of a catalytic precursor material, such as palladium in solution in a pattern on a substrate, drying or curing the catalytic precursor, and the deposition of a thin layer of metal, such as copper on the dried precursor to form the final conductive and optically porous film.