US Patent 8129768 - Nanowire integrated circuit for display device

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This patent is based on a collaboration between Sharp and Nanosys and teaches a way to construct integrated circuitry for display devices by combining different types of nanowires (i.e. p-type, n-type) to construct different electronic devices (transistors, LEDs, etc.) on the same substrate. Claim 1 reads:

1. An integrated circuit device, comprising

a substrate on which a plurality of nano wire elements are provided,

said plurality of nano wire elements including at least two types of nano wire element having different functions,

each of said at least two types of nano wire element being constituted by 10 to 200 nano wires,

each of said at least two types of nano wire element is constituted by nano wires, and the nano wires have lengths differing depending on the types of nano wire element, and

placement regions having different longitudinal lengths corresponding to different lengths of different types of nano wire are provided on the substrate, and

each of the placement regions includes nano wires having a corresponding length therein in rows.