Preferred methods for producing electrical circuit elements used to control an electronic display

A method of manufacturing an addressing device for an electronic display comprising:

• a) providing a substrate;
• and
• b) fabricating the addressing device adjacent a surface of the substrate by printing at least one circuit element by:
• (i) screen printing a gate structure;
• (ii) ink jet printing a dielectric material and a semiconductor;
• (iii) screen printing coarse features of a source structure and a drain structure;
• and
• (iv) printing by use of soft lithography high resolution features of the source structure and the drain structure.

A method of manufacturing an electronic device comprising:

• a) providing a substrate;
• b) depositing a gate structure on the substrate using flexo-gravure printing;
• c) depositing a layer of dielectric material using slot coating, the layer of dielectric material covering the gate structure and a portion of the substrate;
• d) depositing adjacent the dielectric layer on a side thereof opposite the gate structure using screen printing a low resolution feature of a source structure and a low resolution feature of a drain structure, the source structure and the drain structure being deposited in a patterned structure having a space therebetween;
• e) depositing a semiconductor material adjacent the dielectric layer in the space between the source structure and the drain structure using ink jet printing a semiconductor material;
• and
• f) disposing at least one electronic element adjacent said addressing device, such that said addressing device addresses said at least one electronic element to control a behavior of said electronic element.

A transistor for addressing an electronic display comprising:

• a substrate;
• a gate structure disposed adjacent a portion of the substrate, the gate structure formed by flexo-gravure printing;
• a dielectric film disposed adjacent the gate and the substrate, the dielectric film formed by slot coating;
• a source and a drain disposed adjacent the dielectric film, the source and the drain separated one from the other, the source and the drain formed using at least one of soft lithography and screen printing;
• and
• a semiconductor film disposed adjacent a portion of the dielectric film and between the source and the drain, the semiconductor film formed by ink-jet printing.
• wherein a selected one of the source and the drain is in electrical communication with a pixel electrode.