Patent ID: 7125495

Claim:
A method for producing a patterned thin film layer on a device substrate, the method comprising: forming a relatively high resolution first structure on the device substrate using a first processing tool; and forming a relatively low resolution second structure on the device substrate using a second processing tool such that the first structure is connected to the second structure, wherein using the second processing tool comprises: jet-printing a printing liquid onto the substrate to form a mask; and using the mask to form the second structure on the device substrate, and wherein using the first processing tool comprises stamping an etch resist pattern over a material layer formed on the device substrate, and then etching first portions of the material layer defined by the etch resist pattern such that retained second portions of the material layer include the first structure, and wherein forming the second structure comprises: printing a patterned resist layer over the first structure and the retained second material layer portions; and etching third portions of the retained second material layer portions defined by the patterned resist layer such that selected sections of the retained second material layer portions form the second structure.