IP Library Granted Patent US 7,106,495
Granted Patent B2
US 7,106,495 · App. 10/175,344 · Granted Sep 12, 2006

Mask, substrate with light reflection film, manufacturing method for light reflection film, manufacturing method for electro-optical device and electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 7,106,495
App. No.
10/175,344
Granted
Sep 12, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A substrate is provided with a light reflection film in which the heights of a plurality of convex portions or the depths of concave portions formed on a base material are specified to be substantially the same. The two-dimensional shapes of the plurality of convex portions or concave portions are specified to be the two-dimensional shapes of independent circles and polygons, or of either of them. In addition, the plurality of convex portions or concave portions are arranged in the direction of the plane on a random basis. The substrate is formed using a mask in which light transmission portions or light non-transmission portions are formed in units of dots, the number thereof being smaller than the number of dot regions. The dots are arranged irregularly in each of the units, and a plurality of units are included.

Claims (18)

1. An electro-optical device comprising:

an electro-optical layer;

a light scanning film placed on one side of the electro-optical layer;

a light reflection film placed onthe other side of the electro-optical layer;

at least one of convex portions and concave portions are formed on the light reflection film in a pattern having an irregular arrangement repeated in at least two units, each unit being defined by a plurality of dots;

the pattern formed from at least one of the convex portions and concave portions has the irregular arrangement in a unit including three or more dots; and

a haze value of the light scattering film is 10 % or more, but 40 % or less.

2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein one pixel is formed from a plurality of dot regions and a plurality of colored layers which are placed corresponding thereto and which have different colors, and at least the one pixel corresponds to the unit.

3. The The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , comprising a protection plate placed on the one side.

4. An electronic apparatus comprising an electro-optical device as a display portion, wherein the electro-optical device according to claim 1 is adopterd as the electro-optical device.

5. An electro-optical device including a plurality of dot regions, comprising:

an electro-optical layer;

a first substrate placed on an observation side of the electro-optical layer;

a second substrate placed on a side of the electro-optical layer opposite to the observation side and having a light reflection film including at least one of convex portions and concave portions; and

a light scattering film placed on the observation side of the first substrate, the light scattering film having a haze value of 10 % or more, but 40 % or less;

wherein a pattern formed from the at least one of the convex portions and the concave portions includies a plurality of unit patterns arranged in the pattern; and

each unit pattern includes fom three dots to less than the plurality of dot regions and includes the at least one of the convex portions and the concave portions in a irregular arrangement.

6. The electro-optical device according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of heights of the convex portions and depths of the concave portions are substantially the same.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2016
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY (HK) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037515/0050 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2016
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY (HK) LIMITED
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037515/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 18, 2002
From: OTAKE, TOSHIHIRO; MATSUO, MUTSUMI; TSUYUKI, TADASHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 013303/0994 →