Thin Film Electronics ASA Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160110725 | NFC/RF Mechanism with Multiple Valid States for Detecting an Open Container, and Methods of Making and Using the Same - A wireless (e.g., near field or RF) communication device, and methods of manufacturing and using the same are disclosed. The wireless communication device includes a receiver and/or transmitter, a substrate with an antenna thereon, an integrated circuit, and one or more protection lines. The antenna receives and/or transmits or broadcasts a wireless signal. The integrated circuit processes the wireless signal and/or information therefrom, and/or generates the wireless signal and/or information therefor. The integrated circuit has a first set of terminals electrically connected to the antenna. The protection line(s) are on a common or different substrate as the antenna. The protection line(s) sense or determine a continuity state of a package or container on which the communication device is placed or to which the communication device is fixed or adhered, and are electrically connected to a second set of terminals of the integrated circuit different from the first set of terminals. | 04-21-2016 |
20160095226 | Printed Timer Label - A printed timer label including a substrate, a printed battery on the substrate, a printed load resistance configured to control a discharge time of the printed battery, and printed voltage comparison circuitry connected to the printed battery and configured to provide an output signal depending on the output voltage of the printed battery relative to a predetermined threshold value. | 03-31-2016 |
20160035762 | Methods for Manufacturing RFID Tags and Structures Formed Therefrom - Radio frequency identification (RFID) tags and processes for manufacturing the same. The RFID device generally includes (1) a metal antenna and/or inductor; (2) a dielectric layer thereon, to support and insulate integrated circuitry from the metal antenna and/or inductor; (3) a plurality of diodes and a plurality of transistors on the dielectric layer, the diodes having at least one layer in common with the transistors; and (4) a plurality of capacitors in electrical communication with the metal antenna and/or inductor and at least some of the diodes, the plurality of capacitors having at least one layer in common with the plurality of diodes and/or with contacts to the diodes and transistors. The method preferably integrates liquid silicon-containing ink deposition into a cost effective, integrated manufacturing process for the manufacture of RFID circuits. Furthermore, the present RFID tags generally provide higher performance (e.g., improved electrical characteristics) as compared to tags containing organic electronic devices. | 02-04-2016 |
20150146345 | Methods for Forming Electrically Precise Capacitors, and Structures Formed Therefrom - High precision capacitors and methods for forming the same utilizing a precise and highly conformal deposition process for depositing an insulating layer on substrates of various roughness and composition. The method generally comprises the steps of depositing a first insulating layer on a metal substrate by atomic layer deposition (ALD); (b) forming a first capacitor electrode on the first insulating layer; and (c) forming a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer and on or adjacent to the first capacitor electrode. Embodiments provide an improved deposition process that produces a highly conformal insulating layer on a wide range of substrates, and thereby, an improved capacitor. | 05-28-2015 |
20150129667 | Printed Antennas, Methods of Printing an Antenna, and Devices Including the Printed Antenna - Wireless devices such as sensors, interactive displays and electronic article surveillance (EAS) and/or radio frequency identification (RFID) tags including integrated circuitry and an antenna and/or inductor printed thereon, and methods for making and using the same, are disclosed. The device generally includes an integrated circuit on a substrate and an antenna, directly on the substrate and/or the integrated circuit, in electrical communication with the integrated circuit. The method of making a wireless device generally includes forming an integrated circuit on the substrate and printing at least part of an antenna or antenna precursor layer on the integrated circuit and/or substrate. The present invention advantageously provides a low cost wireless device capable of operating at MHz frequencies that can be manufactured in a shorter time period than conventional devices. | 05-14-2015 |
20140216791 | SHORT CIRCUIT REDUCTION IN AN ELECTRONIC COMPONENT COMPRISING A STACK OF LAYERS ARRANGED ON A FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE - An electronic component ( | 08-07-2014 |
20140210026 | SHORT CIRCUIT REDUCTION IN A FERROELECTRIC MEMORY CELL COMPRISING A STACK OF LAYERS ARRANGED ON A FLEXIBLE SUBSTRATE - A ferroelectric memory cell ( | 07-31-2014 |
20090026513 | Method for forming ferroelectric thin films, the use of the method and a memory with a ferroelectric oligomer memory material - In a method for forming ferroelectric thin films of vinylidene fluoride oligomer or vinylidene fluoride co-oligomer, oligomer material is evaporated in vacuum chamber and deposited as a thin film on a substrate which is cooled to a temperature in a range determined by process parameters and physical properties of the deposited VDF oligomer or co-oligomer thin film. In an application of the method of the invention for fabricating ferroelectric memory cells or ferroelectric memory devices, a ferroelectric memory material is provided in the form of a thin film of VDF oligomer or VDF co-oligomer located between electrode structures. A ferroelectric memory cell or ferroelectric memory device fabricated in this manner has the memory material in the form of a thin film of VDF oligomer or VDF co-oligomer provided on at least one of first and second electrode structures, such that the thin film is provided on at least one of the electrode structures or between first and second electrode structures. | 01-29-2009 |
20080198644 | Data Storage Device - In a non-volatile electric memory system a memory unit ( | 08-21-2008 |