ELECTRO-OPTIC COMPONENT AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THESE

摘要

Electro-optic component comprising a substrate (10) carrying an electrically conductive structure) (20) of an electrically conductive material, said electrically conductive structure (20) being embedded in a barrier structure (30) having a first inorganic layer (32), a second inorganic layer (34) and an organic layer (36) between said inorganic layers, said second inorganic layer and said organic layer being partitioned by the electrically conductive structure into organic layer portions (36a), the electro-optic component further comprising an electro-optic element (40) with a first translucent electrically conductive layer (42), a second electrically conductive layer (44) and an electro-optic layer (46) arranged between the first and the second electrically conductive layer,wherein either the translucent electrically conductive layer is a cathode and the second electrically conductive layer is an anode or the translucent electrically conductive layer is an anode and the second electrically conductive layer is a cathode and wherein the electro-optic component further comprises a protection layer (50) that in combination with the barrier structure encloses the electro-optic element (40), characterized in that the electrically conductive structure comprises an enclosing mesh (24) and at least one electrically conductive element (22a), wherein the at least one electrically conductive element (22a) is arranged in a zone (26a) that is enclosed by the enclosing mesh (24), and wherein the first translucent electrically conductive layer (42) is applied at a surface of the enclosing mesh (24) facing away from the substrate (10), and wherein the second electrically conductive layer (44) physically and electrically contacts the at least one electrically conductive element (22a) at a location laterally beyond the first translucent electrically conductive layer (42) and the electro-optic layer (46).