Patent ID: 8773393

Claim:
A transparent conductor apparatus, comprising: a transparent substrate; a plurality of electrically connected first micro-wires formed in a plurality of first areas in a micro-wire layer, the micro-wire layer formed in relation to the transparent substrate; a plurality of electrically connected second micro-wires formed in a plurality of second areas in the micro-wire layer, the first micro-wires electrically connected to the second micro-wires; a plurality of third micro-wires formed in a plurality of third areas in the micro-wire layer, the third micro-wires electrically disconnected from the first micro-wires and the second micro-wires; and wherein the transparent substrate supports the micro-wire layer and the height of at least a portion of the first micro-wires or second micro-wires is greater than the height of at least a portion of the third micro-wires; and wherein portions of the first micro-wires closer to the transparent substrate have a width equal to or wider than portions of the first micro-wires farther from the transparent substrate, portions of the second micro-wires closer to the transparent substrate have a width equal to or wider than portions of the second micro-wires farther from the transparent substrate, and portions of the third micro-wires closer to the transparent substrate have a width equal to or wider than portions of the third micro-wires farther from the transparent substrate.