Patent ID: 7374984

Claim:
A method comprising: depositing a material over at least a portion of a substrate to form a channel layer; depositing a material over just a first portion of the channel layer to form an encapsulation layer over just the first portion of the channel layer, wherein said encapsulation layer comprises dielectric material, and such that one or more second portions of the channel layer remain exposed and never have the encapsulation layer formed thereover; forming one or more electrodes proximate to the encapsulation layer by use of one or more solution processes, wherein at least a portion of said one or more electrodes is formed such that said at least a portion of one or more electrodes is electrically coupled to said channel layer, where just the encapsulation layer protects the first portion of the channel layer from any contaminants resulting from formation of the electrodes; and depositing a material over at least a portion of the substrate to form a gate dielectric layer, such that at least a portion of a thin film component is formed.