Patent ID: 8819927

Claim:
A method of making a transparent conductor structure, comprising: providing a transparent substrate having a material layer formed over the transparent substrate; defining a plurality of first transparent conductor areas in the materials layer, the first transparent conductor areas defining a first area over the transparent substrate; defining a plurality of second transparent conductor areas in the material layer and spaced apart from the first transparent conductor areas, the second transparent conductor areas defining a second area over the transparent substrate; pattern-wise defining a plurality of electrically connected first micro-wires over the transparent substrate in the first transparent conductor areas, each first micro-wire occupying a first micro-wire area over the transparent substrate; pattern-wise defining a plurality of electrically connected second micro-wires over the transparent substrate in the second transparent conductor areas, each second micro-wire occupying a second micro-wire area over the transparent substrate, the first micro-wires electrically connected to the second micro-wires; and wherein the height of at least one of the first micro-wires is greater than the height of at least one of the second micro-wires and the total of the first micro-wire areas is less than 15% of the first area and the total of the second micro-wire areas is less than 15% of the second area.