# US 9,009,637 B2 · Method for designing an array of organic photodetector or photoemitter elements > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 9,009,637 B2 - Document ID: US9009637B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/111,370 - Filed: 2012-04-12 - Published: 2014-05-29 - Granted: 2015-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2011-04-15 - Assignees: Commissariat A L'energie Atomique Et Aux Energies Alternatives; Isorg - Applicants: Christophe Premont; Romain Gwoziecki - Inventors: Christophe Premont; Romain Gwoziecki - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US9009637B2 ## CPC - H04N 25/76: Addressed sensors, e.g. MOS or CMOS sensors - G06F 30/394: Routing (G06F30/396 takes precedence) - H10K 39/32: Organic image sensors - H10K 59/17: Passive-matrix OLED displays - H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A method for making a matrix device including a matrix of photodetecting or photoemitting elements, the method including designing operations for: a) identifying, from at least one topology of the matrix device, one or more spurious conducting closed circuits; b) selecting at least one photodetecting or photoemitting element of the matrix device belonging to at least one of the spurious conducting closed circuits identified, the at least one element selected being made inactive. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for making a matrix device including a matrix of photodetecting or photoemitting elements, the method comprising designing operation using a data processing means for: a) identifying, using a computer, from at least one given topology of the matrix device, one or more electrically conducting closed circuits; and b) selecting, using the computer, at least one photodetecting or photoemitting element of the matrix device belonging to at least one of the conducting closed circuits identified, wherein the at least one element selected in b) of the matrix is made inactive or is identified as intended to be made inactive, wherein a) further comprises: a1) implementing, from the given topology, at least one graph formed by vertices corresponding to the at least one element of the matrix and links corresponding to connections of vertices in the matrix, and a2) identifying one or more given cycles in the graph, and wherein b) is performed by selecting at least one given vertex belonging to at least one of the cycles of the graph. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The method for making a matrix device according to claim 1, further comprising producing a new topology of the matrix device, by modifying routing of the at least one given topology of the matrix, based on the at least one element selected in b) that is made inactive or identified as intended to be made inactive. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The method for making a matrix device according to claim 2, wherein the given vertex selected is common to two cycles of the graph. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The method for making a matrix device according to claim 2, wherein the given vertex selected belongs to a cycle having a length larger than a predetermined length or belonging to a greatest cycle of the graph. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The method for making a matrix device according to claim 1, further comprising manufacturing the matrix device, the at least one element selected in b) being inactive. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The method for making a matrix device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one element selected is made inactive by providing at least one electrode disconnected from a remainder of the matrix. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The method for making a matrix device according to claim 1, wherein the elements of the matrix include a semi-conducting, photodetecting, or photon-emitting zone, the at least one element selected being made inactive by providing a masking zone facing the semi-conducting zone, the photodetecting zone, or the photon-emitting zone of the matrix. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The method for making a matrix device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one element made inactive or intended to be made inactive is provided without a photodetecting or photoemitting semi-conducting zone or with an insulating zone replacing the photodetecting or photoemitting zone. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The method for making a matrix device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one element selected is formed with a photodetecting or photoemitting semi-conducting zone, and is made inactive. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The method for making a matrix device according to claim 1, wherein the at least one element of the matrix is at least one organic semi-conductor diode. ### Claim 11 A non-transitory computer readable storage medium encoded with computer program code instructions, which when executed, cause a computer to execute a method for making a matrix device including a matrix of photodetecting or photoemitting elements, the method comprising designing operation using a data processing means for: a) identifying, using the computer, from at least one given topology of the matrix device, one or more electrically conducting closed circuits; and b) selecting, using the computer, at least one photodetecting or photoemitting element of the matrix device belonging to at least one of the conducting closed circuits identified, wherein the at least one element selected in b) of the matrix is made inactive or is identified as intended to be made inactive, wherein a) further comprises: a1) implementing, from the given topology, at least one graph formed by vertices corresponding to the at least one element of the matrix and links corresponding to connections of vertices in the matrix, and a2) identifying one or more given cycles in the graph, and wherein b) is performed by selecting at least one given vertex belonging to at least one of the cycles of the graph.