An apparatus comprising electronic and/or optoelectronic circuitry and method for realizing said circuitry

In an apparatus comprising electronic and optoelectronic circuitry which are realized in two or more dimensions, the circuitry comprises elements in the form of wires, fibres, ribbons, strips or multicomponent filaments and/or combinations thereof. The elements are interfacing in a pattern generated by two or more of the elements in a fabric-like structure by weaving, knitting, crocheting, knotting, stitching and/or combinations thereof. Some of the elements form electrical or optical transmission lines or isolators. The elements may also comprise active regions and may locally be adapted for emitting or absorbing electrical or optical energy or interacting with each other. In a method for realizing circuits in two- or more dimensions wherein the circuitry comprises elements in the form of wire, fibres, ribbons, strips or multicomponent filaments and/or combinations thereof, two or more elements are joined into a fabric-like structure by weaving, knitting, crocheting, knotting, stitching and/or combinations thereof such that the element interface in a predetermined pattern. Use in e.g. a scalable flat or flexible physical or chemical sensors or large area displays.