Patent ID: 6480182
Filing Date: 2002-11-12
Classification: G02F

Abstract:
A method of fabricating an electronic display, the method comprising the steps of:a. print-depositing a first set of electrodes onto a substrate; b. print-depositing a plurality of nonlinear elements above at least some of the electrodes, the nonlinear elements having a voltage threshold; c. print-depositing a particle-based nonemissive display material over the nonlinear elements; and d. print-depositing a second set of electrodes over the display material and in an intersecting pattern with respect to the first set of electrodes, thereby sandwiching the display and the nonlinear elements between electrodes at regions of intersection, the sandwiched display material and the nonlinear elements electrically coupling at least some electrodes of the first set with corresponding electrodes of the second set at regions of intersection such that a voltage exceeding the threshold and applied across the electrodes will cause current to flow between the electrodes, thereby activating the display.