(19)
(11) EP 1 588 214 B8

(12) CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT SPECIFICATION
Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15) Correction information:
Corrected version no 1 (W1 B1)

(48) Corrigendum issued on:
25.06.2008 Bulletin 2008/26

(45) Mention of the grant of the patent:
09.04.2008 Bulletin 2008/15

(21) Application number: 04701062.4

(22) Date of filing: 09.01.2004
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): 
G02F 1/1343(2006.01)
 H01L 27/146(2006.01)
(86) International application number:
PCT/IB2004/000020
(87) International publication number:
WO 2004/063803 (29.07.2004 Gazette 2004/31)

(54)

ELECTRONIC DEVICE COMPRISING AN ARRAY OF ELECTRONIC ELEMENTS BASED ON DIAGONAL LINE ROUTING

ELEKTRONISCHE VORRICHTUNG MIT EINER SCHALTMATRIX ELEKTRONISCHER ELEMENTE BERUHEND AUF DIAGONALER LEITUNGSFÜHRUNG

DISPOSITIF ÉLECTRONIQUE COMPRENANT UN RESEAU D'ÉLÉMENTS ÉLECTRONIQUES ET BASÉ SUR L'ACHEMINEMENT DE LIGNES EN DIAGONALE

(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR

(30) Priority: 15.01.2003 EP 03100070

(43) Date of publication of application:
26.10.2005 Bulletin 2005/43

(73) Proprietors:
  • Philips Intellectual Property & Standards GmbH
    20099 Hamburg (DE)
    Designated Contracting States:
    DE 
  • Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V.
    5621 BA Eindhoven (NL)

(72) Inventor:
  • MAACK, Hanns-Ingo
    GmbH Weisshausstr. 2 52066 Aachen (DE)

(74) Representative: Kopf, Korbinian Paul 
Maiwald Patentanwalts GmbH Elisenhof Elisenstrasse 3
80335 München
80335 München (DE)


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