Patent ID: 7951698

Claim:
A method of fabricating an electronic device using nanowires, the method comprising the steps of: forming electrodes on a substrate; depositing at least one nanowire on the substrate including the electrodes, the nanowire, taken from a top view of the substrate, being spaced apart from the electrodes without overlapping the electrodes; after depositing the nanowire, capturing an image of the substrate including the nanowire and the electrodes; after capturing the image, drawing virtual connection lines for connecting the nanowire with the electrodes on the image using an electrode pattern simulated through a computer program; after drawing the virtual connection lines, coating an E-beam photoresist on the substrate; after coating the photoresist, removing the photoresist from regions of the substrate that correspond to the virtual connection lines using E-beam lithography; after removing the photoresist from said regions, depositing a metal layer on the substrate; after depositing the metal layer, removing remaining photoresist from the substrate using a lift-off process, wherein: the metal layer includes a connection electrode and a connection line; taken from the top view of the substrate, the connection electrode is spaced apart from the electrodes and at least a portion of the connection electrode overlaps the nanowire; and the connection line, taken from the top view of the substrate, extends from the connection electrode to one of the electrodes.