Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus
View Patent ↗An electro-optical device includes pixel regions arranged at intersections of a plurality of data lines and a plurality of scanning lines on an element substrate. A sensor element, a sensor signal line for outputting a signal from the sensor element, a common wiring line, and a capacitive-coupling-operation bidirectional diode element are disposed at an end of a region on the element substrate in which the pixel regions are arranged. The capacitive-coupling-operation bidirectional diode element includes two capacitive-coupling-operation diode elements each including a semiconductor element including a source electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconductor layer having a channel region, and a gate electrode facing the channel region with a gate insulating film disposed therebetween, and a capacitor element arranged between one of the source electrode and the drain electrode and the gate electrode.
1. An electro-optical device comprising:
an element substrate,
wherein a plurality of data lines, a plurality of scanning lines, and a plurality of pixel transistors connected to the scanning lines and the data lines are disposed on the element substrate,
wherein a sensor element, a sensor signal line for outputting a signal from the sensor element, a common wiring line, and a capacitive-coupling-operation bidirectional diode element are disposed on the element substrate,
the capacitive-coupling-operation bidirectional diode element including two capacitive-coupling-operation diode elements each including
a semiconductor element including a source electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconductor layer having a channel region, and a gate electrode facing the channel region with a gate insulating film disposed therebetween, and
a capacitor element arranged between one of the source electrode and the drain electrode and the gate electrode,
the two capacitive-coupling-operation diode elements being electrically connected in opposite directions to each other,
the sensor signal line is electrically connected to the common wiring line via the capacitive-coupling-operation bidirectional diode element, and
a control wiring line for supplying a gate voltage setting the semiconductor elements of the capacitive-coupling-operation bidirectional diode element to be in a non-conducting state is disposed for the capacitive-coupling-operation bidirectional diode element.
2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the capacitor elements in the capacitive-coupling-operation bidirectional diode element is formed by arranging the one of the source electrode and the drain electrode so as to face the gate electrode with an insulation film disposed therebetween.
3. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the sensor element includes
a semiconductor element including a source electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconductor layer having a channel region, and a gate electrode facing the channel region with the gate insulating film disposed therebetween, and
a capacitor element electrically connected to the semiconductor element; and
after the capacitor element is charged, a state quantity is detected on the basis of a characteristic of discharging performed via the semiconductor element of the sensor element.
4. The electro-optical device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the source electrodes, the drain electrodes, the semiconductor layers, and the gate electrodes of the capacitive-coupling-operation bidirectional diode element are made of the same materials as the materials of the source electrode, the drain electrode, the semiconductor layer, or the gate electrode of the sensor element, respectively; and
a pair of layers between which the source electrodes, the drain electrodes, the semiconductor layers, or the gate electrodes of the capacitive-coupling-operation bidirectional diode element are disposed is the same as a pair of layers between which the source electrode, the drain electrode, the semiconductor layer, or the gate electrode of the sensor element is disposed, respectively.
5. The electro-optical device according to claim 3 , wherein the channel region of the sensor element is formed of an amorphous silicon film.
6. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor element is an optical sensor.
7. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor element is a temperature sensor.
8. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of the pixel transistor including a source electrode, a drain electrode, a semiconductor layer having a channel region, and a gate electrode facing the channel region with the gate insulating film disposed therebetween,
the source electrodes, the drain electrodes, the semiconductor layers, and the gate electrodes of the pixel transistors are made of the same materials as the materials of the source electrodes, the drain electrodes, the semiconductor layers, or the gate electrodes of the capacitive-coupling-operation bidirectional diode element, respectively; and
a pair of layers between which the source electrodes, the drain electrodes, the semiconductor layers, or the gate electrodes of the pixel transistors are disposed is the same as a pair of layers between which the source electrodes, the drain electrodes, the semiconductor layers, or the gate electrodes of the capacitive-coupling-operation bidirectional diode element are disposed, respectively.
9. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 1 .