Patents by Inventor Seamus Burns

Seamus Burns has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 8890831
    Abstract: A touch sensitive active matrix display device is provided. The device includes a display fabricated on a first flexible substrate, said display having a viewing surface. The device further includes a touch sensitive sensor including a second flexible substrate, under said display. The touch sensor is operated by touching said viewing surface of said display, and said combined display and touch sensitive sensor is flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Seamus Burns, Sharjil Siddique, Simon Jones
  • Patent number: 8760427
    Abstract: A touch sensitive active matrix display device is provided. The device includes a display fabricated on a first flexible substrate, said display having a viewing surface. The device further includes a touch sensitive sensor including a second flexible substrate, under said display. The touch sensor is operated by touching said viewing surface of said display, and said combined display and touch sensitive sensor is flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Date of Patent: June 24, 2014
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Seamus Burns, Sharjil Siddique, Simon Jones
  • Patent number: 8581240
    Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a multilayer electronic device on a flexible substrate including at least a first and a second patterned layer, wherein the first patterned layer is defined with a linewidth that is smaller than the linewidth of the second patterned layer, and the second patterned layer is defined by a patterning technique which is capable of correcting for local distortions of the pattern of said first layer on top of the flexible substrate and wherein the first patterned layer is laid-out in such a way that the geometric overlap between a portion of the second layer and a portion of the first layer is insensitive against small variations of the position of the second patterned layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 12, 2013
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Henning Sirringhaus, Seamus Burns
  • Publication number: 20130265280
    Abstract: A touch sensitive active matrix display device is provided. The device includes a display fabricated on a first flexible substrate, said display having a viewing surface. The device further includes a touch sensitive sensor including a second flexible substrate, under said display. The touch sensor is operated by touching said viewing surface of said display, and said combined display and touch sensitive sensor is flexible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 30, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Seamus Burns, Sharjil Siddique, Simon Jones
  • Patent number: 8451249
    Abstract: A touch sensitive active matrix display device is provided. The device includes a display fabricated on a first flexible substrate, said display having a viewing surface. The device further includes a touch sensitive sensor including a second flexible substrate, under said display. The touch sensor is operated by touching said viewing surface of said display, and said combined display and touch sensitive sensor is flexible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Date of Patent: May 28, 2013
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Seamus Burns, Sharjil Siddique, Simon Jones
  • Patent number: 8400576
    Abstract: A device architecture for an active matrix display pixel comprising source addressing lines and TFT drain electrode formed on a first metal level of the device, the pixel electrode formed on a second, separate metal level, and the TFT gate electrode and gate addressing lines on a third metal level separated from both the first level and the second level by at least one dielectric layer, wherein the pixel electrode on the second level is electrically connected to the drain electrode on the first level through a via-hole connection and a pixel capacitor is formed by overlap of part of the pixel electrode on the second level with a portion of the gate addressing line of a neighboring line of pixels on the third level. The device is formed preferably using print based methods.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Date of Patent: March 19, 2013
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Seamus Burns, Henning Sirringhaus
  • Publication number: 20120193655
    Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a multilayer electronic device on a flexible substrate including at least a first and a second patterned layer, wherein the first patterned layer is defined with a linewidth that is smaller than the linewidth of the second patterned layer, and the second patterned layer is defined by a patterning technique which is capable of correcting for local distortions of the pattern of said first layer on top of the flexible substrate and wherein the first patterned layer is laid-out in such a way that the geometric overlap between a portion of the second layer and a portion of the first layer is insensitive against small variations of the position of the second patterned layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 4, 2012
    Publication date: August 2, 2012
    Applicant: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Henning Sirringhaus, Seamus Burns
  • Patent number: 8174634
    Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a multilayer electronic device on a flexible substrate including at least a first and a second patterned layer, wherein the first patterned layer is defined with a linewidth that is smaller than the linewidth of the second patterned layer, and the second patterned layer is defined by a patterning technique which is capable of correcting for local distortions of the pattern of said first layer on top of the flexible substrate and wherein the first patterned layer is laid-out in such a way that the geometric overlap between a portion of the second layer and a portion of the first layer is insensitive against small variations of the position of the second patterned layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Date of Patent: May 8, 2012
    Assignee: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Henning Sirringhaus, Seamus Burns
  • Publication number: 20100295812
    Abstract: A touch sensitive active matrix display device is provided. The device includes a display fabricated on a first flexible substrate, said display having a viewing surface. The device further includes a touch sensitive sensor including a second flexible substrate, under said display. The touch sensor is operated by touching said viewing surface of said display, and said combined display and touch sensitive sensor is flexible.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 24, 2006
    Publication date: November 25, 2010
    Applicant: Plastic Logic Limited
    Inventors: Seamus Burns, Sharjil Siddique, Simon Jones
  • Publication number: 20080265244
    Abstract: A method is provided for fabricating a multilayer electronic device on a flexible substrate including at least a first and a second patterned layer, wherein the first patterned layer is defined with a linewidth that is smaller than the linewidth of the second patterned layer, and the second patterned layer is defined by a patterning technique which is capable of correcting for local distortions of the pattern of said first layer on top of the flexible substrate and wherein the first patterned layer is laid-out in such a way that the geometric overlap between a portion of the second layer and a portion of the first layer is insensitive against small variations of the position of the second patterned layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 2, 2005
    Publication date: October 30, 2008
    Inventors: Henning Sirringhaus, Seamus Burns
  • Publication number: 20070211002
    Abstract: An electro-optic display (100) comprises a backplane (102); an electro-optic layer (112) adjacent the backplane (102), the electro-optic layer (112) being smaller than the backplane (102) so as to leave a peripheral portion of the backplane extending beyond the edges of the electro-optic layer (112); and a protective layer (118) disposed on the opposed side of the electro-optic layer (112) from the backplane (102), a peripheral portion of the protective layer (118) extending beyond the edges of the electro-optic layer and being adhered (at 120) to the backplane (102).
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 6, 2007
    Publication date: September 13, 2007
    Applicants: E INK CORPORATION, PLASTIC LOGIC LIMITED
    Inventors: Robert Zehner, Seamus Burns
  • Publication number: 20060250558
    Abstract: A device architecture for an active matrix display pixel comprising source addressing lines and TFT drain electrode formed on a first metal level of the device, the pixel electrode formed on a second, separate metal level, and the TFT gate electrode and gate addressing lines on a third metal level separated from both the first level and the second level by at least one dielectric layer, wherein the pixel electrode on the second level is electrically connected to the drain electrode on the first level through a via-hole connection and a pixel capacitor is formed by overlap of part of the pixel electrode on the second level with a portion of the gate addressing line of a neighbouring line of pixels on the third level. The device is formed preferably using print based methods.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2004
    Publication date: November 9, 2006
    Inventors: Seamus Burns, Henning Sirringhaus