Patent ID: 8012791

Claim:
A method for producing, on a substrate, an electronic component with closely adjacent electrodes, the method comprising: depositing a first metal layer onto the substrate; structuring a first photo lacquer on a surface of the first metal layer, wherein a portion of the surface of the first metal layer does not have the first photo lacquer thereon; etching the portion of the surface of the first metal layer not having the first photo lacquer; undercut etching the first metal layer so that an overhang is defined by the first photo lacquer; exposing, to a metal vapor, a surface of the first photo lacquer and an exposed portion of the substrate where the first metal layer was etched away so that a second metal layer is formed on the surface of the first photo lacquer and the exposed portion of the substrate where the first metal layer was etched away except in a space between the overhang and the substrate; removing the second metal layer from the surface of the first photo lacquer and removing the first photo lacquer; etching a hole into the substrate at a position other than a position of the first metal layer and the second metal layer; depositing a third metal layer onto the substrate, the first metal layer, and the second metal layer; applying an insulator onto the third metal layer; applying an organic semiconductor onto the third metal layer and the insulator; and applying a sealing layer onto the organic semiconductor.