Patent ID: 6380922
Filing Date: 2002-04-30
Classification: G02F,G09F,G09G,H01L

Abstract:
A voltage controlled display, comprises:a display element having a pair of electrodes; a voltage divider having a terminal coupled to a first one of the pair of electrodes of the voltage controlled display; and a metal-insulator-metal diode having a switching voltage less than about 10 volts coupled to the voltage divider, the metal-insulator-metal diode comprising: a first electrode of a conductive material; a composite metal-insulator layer comprised of metal particles suspended in a dielectric binding layer, the metal particles having an intrinsic oxide layer that covers the surface of the particles and is in contact with the binder layer; and a second electrode disposed on the composite metal-insulating layer comprised of a conductive materials, the second electrode disposed directly on the composite metal insulating layer to be in contact with the intrinsic oxide layer on the particles.