IP Library Granted Patent US 12,372,812
Granted Patent B2
US 12,372,812 · App. 18/006,418 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Three-dimensional electronic devices and methods of producing the same

Inventor: Chi-Hwan Lee (West Lafayette, IN)
Assignee: Purdue Research Foundation
G02C7/049H10F39/107H10F77/413H10K19/10
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Patent No.
US 12,372,812
App. No.
18/006,418
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Electronic devices, methods of producing such electronic devices, and electronic contact lens devices as an example of such an electronic device. According to one aspect, a three-dimensional electronic device includes a fractal structure having an array with a plurality of radial members interconnected at and radially extending from a center of the device, and spiral members each encircling the center and any spiral members located radially inward therefrom.

Claims (9)

1. A three-dimensional electronic device comprising a fractal structure having an array with a plurality of radial members interconnected at and radially extending from a center of the device, and spiral members each encircling the center and any spiral members located radially inward therefrom, wherein the fractal structure includes an organic, n-type doped graphene hybrid composite material at cross-junctions of the spiral and radial members.

2. The three-dimensional electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the fractal structure is applied to a three-dimensional surface, a time-dynamic surface, or a flexible surface.

3. The three-dimensional electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional electronic device is an electronic contact lens device.

4. The three-dimensional electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the three-dimensional electronic device is a hemispherical photodetector device configured for three-dimensional photodetection, the hemispherical photodetector device having photodetectors at cross-junctions of the spiral and radial members.

5. An electronic contact lens device comprising a fractal structure having an array with a plurality of radial members interconnected at and radially extending from a center of the lens, spiral members each encircling the center and any spiral members located radially inward therefrom, and photodetectors at cross-junctions of the spiral and radial members, wherein the photodetectors comprise an organic, n-type doped graphene layer.

6. The electronic contact lens device of claim 5 , wherein the n-type doped graphene layer comprises Pyronin B as an n-type dopant.

7. The electronic contact lens device of claim 6 , wherein the n-type dopant has a doping concentration in a range of 1 μM to 1 mM in the n-type doped graphene layer.

8. The electronic contact lens device of claim 5 , wherein the fractal structure is applied to a three-dimensional surface.

9. The electronic contact lens device of claim 8 , wherein the three-dimensional surface is a surface of a transparent hemispherical dome.

Assignments (2)
CONFIRMATORY LICENSE Recorded Feb 24, 2025
From: PURDUE UNIVERSITY
To: NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 070302/0610 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2023
From: LEE, CHI HWAN
To: PURDUE RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Reel/Frame 063402/0348 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 63080892 · Sep 21, 2020
Related Publication 20230288729A1 · Sep 14, 2023
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