Conductive micro-wire structure
View Patent ↗A conductive micro-wire structure includes a substrate. A plurality of spaced-apart electrically connected micro-wires is formed on or in the substrate forming the conductive micro-wire structure. The conductive micro-wire structure has a transparency of less than 75% and greater than 0%.
1. A conductive micro-wire structure, comprising:
a substrate;
a plurality of spaced-apart electrically connected micro-wires formed on or in the substrate; and
wherein the conductive micro-wire structure has a transparency of less than 75% and greater than 0%.
2. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 1 , wherein the conductive micro-wire structure has a transparency of less than 70%.
3. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 2 , wherein the conductive micro-wire structure has a transparency of less than or equal to 65%.
4. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 3 , wherein the conductive micro-wire structure has a transparency of less than or equal to 50%.
5. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 4 , wherein the conductive micro-wire structure has a transparency of less than or equal to 40%.
6. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 1 , wherein the micro-wire conductor has a conductance of less than or equal to 4 ohms per square.
7. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 6 , wherein the micro-wire conductor has a conductance of less than or equal to 3 ohms per square.
8. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 7 , wherein the micro-wire conductor has a conductance of less than or equal to 2 ohms per square.
9. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 8 , wherein the micro-wire conductor has a conductance of less than or equal to 1 ohm per square.
10. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the micro-wires has a width of less than or equal to 4 microns.
11. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 10 , wherein at least one of the micro-wires has a width of less than or equal to 3 microns.
12. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 11 , wherein at least one of the micro-wires has a width of less than or equal to 2 microns.
13. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 1 , wherein the spaced-apart electrically connected micro-wires include:
a plurality of spaced-apart first micro-wires extending across the substrate in a first direction;
a plurality of spaced-apart second micro-wires extending across the substrate in a second direction different from the first direction, each second micro-wire electrically connected to at least two first micro-wires.
14. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 13 , wherein at least one of the first micro-wires has a width greater than the width of at least one of the second micro-wires.
15. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 13 , wherein two adjacent pairs of first micro-wires are spaced apart by a distance greater than the distance spacing apart two adjacent second micro-wires.
16. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 13 , wherein at least one of the first micro-wires has a length greater than the length of at least one of the second micro-wires.
17. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the micro-wires has a thickness greater than width.
18. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 1 , further comprising micro-channels formed in the substrate and the micro-wires are located in the micro-channels.
19. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 18 , wherein a cross section of one or more of the channels substantially forms a rectangle or a trapezoid.
20. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 1 , wherein the substrate has a surface and wherein the micro-wires are formed substantially on the surface.
21. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the micro-wires is a connection micro-wire that is wider than at least some of the other micro-wires.
22. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 21 , wherein at least one of the micro-wires that is closer to the connection micro-wire is wider than at least one of the other micro-wires that is farther from the connection micro-wire.
23. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 21 , wherein at least two of the micro-wires closer to the connection micro-wire are more closely spaced than at least two of the micro-wires that are farther from the connection micro-wire.
24. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 13 , wherein adjacent first micro-wires are equally spaced apart or the adjacent second micro-wires are equally spaced apart.
25. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 13 , wherein one or more of the second micro-wires is electrically connected to only two adjacent first micro-wires.
26. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the micro-wires has straight line segments.
27. The conductive micro-wire structure of claim 1 , wherein the micro-wires form an array of aligned or offset rectangles having an aspect ratio greater than four.