Abstract: An electro-optic display includes a backplane with at least one electrode, a layer of an electro-optic material disposed adjacent to the backplane, and a light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer disposed on the opposite side of the layer of electro-optic material from the backplane. The electro-optic display also includes a rod member disposed laterally adjacent to the backplane, the electro-optic material, and the light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer. A first barrier layer is disposed adjacent to the light-transmissive electrically-conductive layer and a first side of the rod member, and a second barrier is layer disposed on the backplane and a second side of the rod member. The second side is the opposite side of the rod member from the first side. A flexible barrier tape extends from an edge portion of the first barrier layer, around the rod member, to an edge portion of the second barrier layer.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention are directed to a method of fabricating a semiconductor device wherein a device wafer substrate is coated with a composition encompassing a surface energy modifier and a thermally stable polymer which is then bonded to a carrier wafer substrate coated with a composition encompassing a crosslinkable polymer composition. The polymer composition allows thinning of a device wafer before separating from the carrier wafer at room temperature.

Abstract: Embodiments in accordance with the present invention are directed to a method of fabricating a semiconductor device wherein a device wafer substrate is coated with a composition encompassing a surface energy modifier and a thermally stable polymer which is then bonded to a carrier wafer substrate coated with a composition encompassing a crosslinkable polymer composition. The polymer composition allows thinning of a device wafer before separating from the carrier wafer at room temperature.

Abstract: This disclosure provides devices and methods of reducing stiction during a fluid-filling process. A device can include two substrates with movable MEMS components on at least one of the substrates. The device can include a fluid between the two substrates and surrounding or at least partially surrounding the movable MEMS components, where the fluid can serve as a lubricant for the movable MEMS components. The fluid can be a liquid solution doped with a surface energy modifier, where the surface energy modifier includes a nonpolar functional group R. In some implementations, the nonpolar functional group R can be selected from the group consisting of: alkyl, aryl and naphthenic.

Abstract: This disclosure provides systems, methods and apparatus for packaging a display device, such as an electromechanical systems (EMS) device, with a seal. In one aspect, the display device includes a seal or sealant surrounding a display region of the display device in contact with and between two substrates. The sealant can include an epoxy matrix with a plurality of first spacers and a plurality of second spacers. In some implementations, the first spacers can be about the same size and define a substrate-to-substrate gap between the two substrates. In some implementations, each of the second spacers can be smaller than the first spacers, where the second spacers have a water vapor transmission rate less than the epoxy.