IP Library Granted Patent US 7,079,198
Granted Patent B2
US 7,079,198 · App. 10/676,143 · Granted Jul 18, 2006

Wiring structure, method of manufacturing the same, electro-optical device, and electronic device

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,079,198
App. No.
10/676,143
Granted
Jul 18, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

The invention provides a wiring structure and a method for manufacturing the same for appropriately establishing an electrical connection between a first conductive layer constituting a part of a laminate and a conductive layer to be electrically connected thereto. The wiring structure can include, on a substrate, a capacitor provided with a first conductive layer, an insulating layer formed on the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer formed on the insulating layer, a conductive layer electrically connected to the first conductive layer, and a relay layer located below the first conductive layer and the conductive layer, respectively to form a part of laminated structure. The first conductive layer and the conductive layer are electrically connected to each other through the relay layer.

Claims (11)

1. An electro-optical device comprising, on a substrate, data lines extending along a first direction, scanning lines extending along a second direction intersecting the data lines, and pixel electrodes and thin film transistors arranged to correspond to intersection regions between the data lines and the scanning lines, the electro-optical device further comprising:

storage capacitors that are electrically coupled to the thin film transistors and the pixel electrodes; and

relay electrodes that are arranged below the pixel electrodes and the storage capacitors, respectively,

one electrode of a pair of electrodes constituting each storage capacitor being electrically coupled to the pixel electrode through the relay electrode.

2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , the storage capacitor being formed on a surface having a step.

3. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , the one electrode being a pixel-potential-side capacitor electrode electrically coupled to the pixel electrode and the thin film transistor,

the storage capacitor comprising the pixel-potential-side capacitor electrode, a fixed-potential-side capacitor electrode arranged to face the pixel-potential-side capacitor electrode and having a fixed potential, and a dielectric film interposed between the pixel-potential-side capacitor electrode and the fixed-potential-side capacitor electrode; and

the dielectric film comprising a laminate including a layer made of a high dielectric material.

4. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , the relay electrodes being formed using a same material as the gate electrodes of the thin film transistors included in the scanning lines.

5. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , the fixed-potential-side capacitor electrode being formed to cover the pixel-potential-side capacitor electrode.

6. An electronic apparatus utilizing an electro-optical device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046551/0423 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 26, 2004
From: MIYAZAKI, TOSHIHIDE; OYAMADA, SHIN
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 014380/0633 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-342490 · Nov 26, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040119899A1 · Jun 24, 2004