Patents by Inventor Catherine J. Curling

Catherine J. Curling 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).

  • Thin film transistors and method of manufacture
    Patent number: 6686229
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing thin film transistors includes the steps of depositing and patterning a plurality of layers (3,13,15,23) to define the thin film transistors, wherein one of the plurality of layers (23) is patterned using a higher definition process and others (3,13,15) of the plurality of layers are patterned using a lower definition process. In particular, a metallisation layer (23) defining the source and drain of the thin film transistors may be patterned using the high definition process and the other layers patterned by the low definition process. The high definition process may be photolithography and the low definition process may be printing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2004
    Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    Inventors: Steven C. Deane, Catherine J. Curling
  • Thin film transistors and method of manufacture
    Publication number: 20030148560
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing thin film transistors includes the steps of depositing and patterning a plurality of layers (3,13,15,23) to define the thin film transistors, wherein one of the plurality of layers (23) is patterned using a higher definition process and others (3,13,15) of the plurality of layers are patterned using a lower definition process. In particular, a metallization layer (23) defining the source and drain of the thin film transistors may be patterned using the high definition process and the other layers patterned by the low definition process. The high definition process may be photolithography and the low definition process may be printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Publication date: August 7, 2003
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Steven C. Deane, Catherine J. Curling
  • Thin film transistors and method of manufacture
    Publication number: 20020132398
    Abstract: A method of manufacturing thin film transistors includes the steps of depositing and patterning a plurality of layers (3,13,15,23) to define the thin film transistors, wherein one of the plurality of layers (23) is patterned using a higher definition process and others (3,13,15) of the plurality of layers are patterned using a lower definition process. In particular, a metallization layer (23) defining the source and drain of the thin film transistors may be patterned using the high definition process and the other layers patterned by the low definition process. The high definition process may be photolithography and the low definition process may be printing.
    Type: Application
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Publication date: September 19, 2002
    Applicant: KONINKLIJKE PHILIPS ELECTRONICS N.V.
    Inventors: Steven C. Deane, Catherine J. Curling
  • Array of photosensitive pixels
    Patent number: 5973312
    Abstract: The array comprises an insulating substrate with diode-capacitor pixels disposed over conductors on the substrate. A single mask is used to etch the pixel stacks, and each pixel stack is wider than the conductor beneath. As a result, the mask alignment does not influence the pixel characteristics.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 12, 1998
    Date of Patent: October 26, 1999
    Assignee: U.S. Philips Corporation
    Inventors: Catherine J. Curling, Neil C. Bird