Patent ID: 7923264

Claim:
A process for providing a passive memory device comprising at least one passive ferroelectric memory element and at least one substrate, at least one of said at least one substrate having at least one conductive surface or surface layer on at least one side of said at least one substrate which is provided with said passive ferroelectric memory element, said passive ferroelectric memory element comprising a first electrode system and a second electrode system, and an overprinted image or a homogeneously coloured or opaque layer on said first and second electrode systems so as to visually hide said first and second electrode systems, wherein said first electrode system is at least partly insulated from said second electrode system by an element system comprising at least one ferroelectric element, wherein said first electrode system is a conductive surface, or a conductive layer, wherein said second electrode system is an electrode pattern or a plurality of isolated conductive areas in contact with, for read-out and/or data-input purposes only, a plurality of conducting pins isolated from one another, and wherein, with the exception of said first electrode system being the conductive surface of a metallic substrate, said systems being printable by conventional printing processes, the process comprising the steps of: providing said at least one substrate, realizing said conductive layer on said substrate if the substrate is non-metallic; realizing an element system comprising at least one ferroelectric element on said conductive surface or conductive layer, providing an electrode pattern or a plurality of isolated conducting areas on said element system, and overprinting said first and second electrode systems with an image or providing a homogeneously colored or opaque layer thereon, wherein at least one of the steps of providing a conductive layer if the substrate is non-conductive, providing an element system and providing a plurality of isolated conducting areas is realized with a conventional printing process.