Patent attributes
A method of fabricating a pattern on a substrate, comprises the steps of: depositing; such as by ink-jet printing, multiple drops of a first liquid material as a first deposit (15) on the substrate: depositing, such as by ink-jet printing, multiple drops of a second liquid material (17) as a second deposit on the substrate, and in contact with the first material (15) while the first material is liquid, the first and second liquid materials being mutually immiscible; and producing on the substrate a solid deposit from at least one of said liquid materials. In a preferred embodiment, the method comprises ink-jet printing multiple drops of liquid material immiscible with said second liquid material as a third deposit (16) on the substrate, the third deposit (16) being spaced from the first (15) by a predetermined gap and the second deposit (17) applied in said gap overlapping the first and third deposits (15, 16). At least one of the deposits may contain a suspension or solute, and said solid deposit may be formed by solidification of at least one of said liquids. Applicable to the production of thin-film transistor arrays or other integrated circuits.
