Patent ID: 7632629

Claim:
A pattern structure of at least two different layer system elements, disposed one beside the other upon a common carrier surface, at least one of said at least two different layer system elements comprising: a layer of dielectric material, said layer of dielectric material having a function within said at least one layer system element which is optimally fulfilled if said layer of dielectric material has a constant desired thickness d 5 , said layer of dielectric material having said desired thickness d 5 in a central region of said one layer system element along the carrier surface and having a peripheral disturbed region along which the thickness of said dielectric layer deviates from said desired thickness d 5 by diminishing toward a periphery of said peripheral region due to shadowing caused by the other of the at least two different layer system elements which has a thickness of less than 2 times the desired thickness d 5 , wherein the thickness of said dielectric layer diminishes toward a periphery of the disturbed region, resulting in a thickness less than the desired thickness d 5 , the layer of dielectric material being deposited on a layer of a material that is resistant to activated oxygen or activated water, the width of said peripheral region being minimized to a maximum extent of 10*d 5 .