Multi-Layer Composite Body Having an Electronic Function

• US 20080203383A1
• Filed: 03/31/2006
• Published: 08/28/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 04/15/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG (Leonhard KURZ Stiftung & Company KG)
• Original Assignee: PolyIC GmbH & Co. KG (Leonhard KURZ Stiftung & Company KG)
• Inventors: Fix, Walter, Knobloch, Alexander, Ullmann, Andreas, Welker, Merlin
• Granted Patent: US 7,812,343 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/40
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07718 the record carrier being manufactured in a continuous process, e.g. using endless rolls
• CPC Class Codes: G06K 19/07749 the record carrier being capable of non-contact communication, e.g. constructional details of the antenna of a non-contact smart card
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/0393 Flexible materials H05K1/038 takes precedence; specific organic compositions are classified in H05K1/0313 and subgroups
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 1/16 incorporating printed electric components, e.g. printed resistor, capacitor, inductor
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10166 Transistor
• CPC Class Codes: H05K 2201/10174 Diode
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 19/10 comprising field-effect transistors
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 19/202 Integrated devices comprising a common active layer

Abstract

The invention relates to a multilayer composite body having an electronic function, in particular an electronic subassembly comprising a plurality of organic electronic components. The invention provides, for the first time, a possibility for a structure of an entire subassembly such as an RFID tag, the entire tag with all of the components being able to be implemented in one production process.

Claims

1. A multilayer composite body comprising:

at least two different electronic organic components;

each component comprising at least two conductive electrode layers in common with each component and at least one organic semiconductor layer between the at least two electrode layers;

the at least two electrode layers comprising two corresponding respective materials which have different work functions.

2. The multilayer composite body as claimed in claim 1 wherein one of the electrode layers comprises a, more base layer and a more noble electrode layer of silver.

4. The multilayer as claimed in claim 1 wherein the two electrode layers form an electrode and a counterelectrode.

5. The multilayer composite body as claimed in claim 1 which contains at least one further layer which is common to the different electronic organic components and, although being essential in one of the components, constitutes a superfluous layer in the other component.

6. The multilayer composite body as claimed in claim 1 wherein one of the at least two different components is a diode.

7. The multilayer composite body as claimed in claim 6 wherein, one of the at least two different components is a capacitor.

8. The multilayer composite body as claimed in claim 1 wherein the at least two components comprise at least two diodes and one capacitor.

9. The multilayer composite body as claimed in claim 1 wherein the at least two components comprise at least three different components, a diode, a capacitor and a transistor.

10. The multilayer composite body as claimed in claim 1 wherein the at least two components comprise at least four different types of components.

11. The multilayer composite body as claimed in claim 1 wherein the at least two components comprise at least one of the electronic components is selected from the group consisting of transistor, electrical contact via, resistor, interconnect resistor, coil, capacitor and rectifier in combination with a diode.

12. The multilayer composite body as claimed in claim 1 wherein at least one of the layers is on a substrate in a continuous planar structure.

13. The multilayer composite body as claimed in claim 1 wherein at least one of the layers is printed.

14. The multilayer composite body as claimed in claim 1 wherein one of the layers has no functionality in one component and comprises a continuous planar structure.

16. The multilayer composite body as claimed in claim 1 wherein one of the components is a capacitor, the semiconductor layer being in common to a plurality of components including the capacitor in which capacitor the common semiconductor layer superfluous.

3. The multilayer composite body as claimed in 2, wherein the more base electrode layer is copper.

15. A multilayer composite body comprising:

a plurality of components on a substrate;

at least one component of the plurality of components comprising least one layer; and

a second component of the plurality on the substrate and comprising said at least one layer and which said at least one layer is superfluous in the second component.