IP Library Granted Patent US 8,228,585
Granted Patent B2
US 8,228,585 · App. 13/013,372 · Granted Jul 24, 2012

Substrate for electro-optical devices, electro-optical device and electronic apparatus

View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 8,228,585
App. No.
13/013,372
Granted
Jul 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

A electro-optical device is provide with a substrate, a pixel electrode provide for each pixel, a pixel transistor which is provided for each pixel more to a lower layer side through an interlayer insulating film than the pixel electrode and is connected to the pixel electrode, a periphery transistor provided in a periphery region, and a connection wire formed in the same film as the pixel electrode in a region where the interlayer insulating film and a gate insulating film included in the pixel transistor and the periphery transistor are not formed, and electrically connected to the periphery transistor.

Claims (26)

1. A substrate for electro-optical devices, which has a display region where a plurality of pixels is arranged, comprising:

a substrate,

a pixel electrode provided for each of the pixels on the substrate,

a pixel transistor which is provided for each of the pixels on the substrate on a lower layer side than the pixel electrode, the pixel transistor including a gate electrode, a semiconductor layer, and a gate insulating film selectively provided in a specific region on the substrate between the gate electrode and the semiconductor layer such that the gate insulating film extends past a perimeter of the gate electrode in plan view and is surrounded by a region that does not include the gate insulating film in plan view, the pixel transistor being electrically connected to the pixel electrode,

an interlayer insulating film arranged between the pixel electrode and the pixel transistor and selectively provided in a specific region on the substrate,

a periphery transistor provided in a peripheral region positioned on the periphery of the display region on the substrate, and

a connection wire formed in the same film as the pixel electrode in a region where the interlayer insulating film and the gate insulating film included in the pixel transistor and the periphery transistor are not formed in plan view, and electrically connected to the periphery transistor.

2. The substrate for electro-optical devices according to claim 1 ,

wherein the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film each comprise an insulating material that has been selectively applied to a region where the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film are to be formed.

3. The substrate for electro-optical devices according to claim 1 ,

wherein the pixel electrode and the connection wire each comprise a conductive material that has been selectively applied in a region where the pixel electrode and the connection wire are to be formed.

4. The substrate for electro-optical devices according to claim 1 ,

wherein the connection wires are diode-connected with the periphery transistor.

5. The substrate for electro-optical devices according to claim 1 , wherein

a plurality of periphery transistors are connected to each other by the connection wire, and

the plurality of periphery transistors configure an inverter circuit.

6. An electro-optical device comprising the substrate for electro-optical devices according to claim 1 .

7. An electro-optical device comprising the substrate for electro-optical devices according to claim 2 .

8. An electro-optical device comprising the substrate for electro-optical devices according to claim 3 .

9. An electro-optical device comprising the substrate for electro-optical devices according to claim 4 .

10. An electro-optical device comprising the substrate for electro-optical devices according to claim 5 .

11. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 6 .

12. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 7 .

13. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 8 .

14. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 9 .

15. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 10 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 13, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: E INK CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 047072/0325 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2011
From: SATO, TAKASHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025693/0996 →