Making transparent capacitor with multi-layer grid

A method of making a transparent capacitor apparatus, comprising:

• providing a first transparent substrate including a first patterned conductive layer having a first conductive material over the first transparent substrate in a first pattern;
• providing a second transparent substrate including a second patterned conductive layer having a second conductive material over the second transparent substrate in a second pattern different from the first pattern;
• locating the second transparent substrate over the first transparent substrate so that the first patterned conductive layer is effectively parallel to the second patterned conductive layer;
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• patterning overlapping portions of both the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer at the same time into spatially matching conductive areas and non-conductive areas by locally applying heat to melt the first and second conductive materials in the non-conductive areas of both the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer so that the surface tension of the first and second conductive materials causes the first and second conductive materials to coalesce into structures with a reduced conductive layer area.