IP Library Granted Patent US 8,896,775
Granted Patent B2
US 8,896,775 · App. 13/042,595 · Granted Nov 25, 2014

Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Minoru Moriwaki (Nagano-ken, JP); Masahiro Yasukawa (Chino, JP); Ken Wakita (Nagano-ken, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
H01L27/12H01L27/13G02F1/136209H01L27/1214H01L29/78633G02F1/136213G02F1/136227
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Patent No.
US 8,896,775
App. No.
13/042,595
Granted
Nov 25, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electro-optical device includes a pixel electrode provided on a substrate, a transistor provided between the substrate and the pixel electrode, a first capacitor electrode provided between the pixel electrode and the transistor, and be electrically connected to the pixel electrode and the transistor, a second capacitor electrode provided between the pixel electrode and the first capacitor electrode, be located so as to be opposite the first capacitor electrode via a capacitor insulating film, and be supplied with a predetermined electric potential, and a light-shielding film provided between the pixel electrode and the second capacitor electrode, be located so as to be at least partially overlapped by the transistor, and be electrically connected to the second capacitor electrode via a contact hole formed in an insulating film disposed between the second capacitor electrode and the light-shielding film.

Claims (29)

1. An electro-optical device comprising:

a substrate;

a pixel electrode corresponding to a pixel on the substrate;

a transistor provided between the substrate and the pixel electrode, the transistor having a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, and an LDD structure;

a first capacitor electrode provided between the pixel electrode and the transistor, the first capacitor electrode being electrically connected to the pixel electrode and the transistor;

a second capacitor electrode provided between the pixel electrode and the first capacitor electrode, the second capacitor electrode being located so as to be opposite the first capacitor electrode via a capacitor insulating film, and the second capacitor electrode configured to be supplied with a predetermined electric potential;

a light-shielding film provided between the pixel electrode and the second capacitor electrode, the light-shielding film being located so as to be at least partially overlapped by the semiconductor layer, and the light-shielding film being electrically connected to the second capacitor electrode via a contact hole formed in an insulating film disposed between the second capacitor electrode and the light-shielding film, wherein the second capacitor electrode and the light-shielding film are electrically connected to each other via the contact hole that is at least partially overlapped with an LDD area positioned at the pixel electrode side; and

a capacitor line provided between the pixel electrode and the light-shielding film, the light-shielding film configured to be supplied with a predetermined electric potential via the capacitor line.

2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the light-shielding film is provided within an area of the second capacitor electrode when viewed in a plan view.

3. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein an oxidized film is formed on a surface of the second capacitor electrode.

4. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the predetermined electric potential is an opposite common electric potential, which is configured to be supplied to an opposite electrode that is located so as to be opposite the pixel electrode via an electro-optical material.

5. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the first capacitor electrode is electrically connected to the pixel electrode via a relay layer, which is provided on a layer the same as that of a gate electrode of the transistor.

6. An electronic apparatus comprising an electro-optical device set forth in claim 1 .

7. An electro-optical device comprising:

a substrate;

a pixel electrode corresponding to a pixel on the substrate;

a transistor provided between the substrate and the pixel electrode, the transistor having a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode;

a first capacitor electrode provided between the pixel electrode and the transistor, the first capacitor electrode being electrically connected to the pixel electrode and the transistor;

a second capacitor electrode provided between the pixel electrode and the first capacitor electrode, the second capacitor electrode being located so as to be opposite the first capacitor electrode via a first capacitor insulating film, and the second capacitor electrode configured to be supplied with a predetermined electric potential;

a light-shielding film provided between the pixel electrode and the second capacitor electrode, the light-shielding film being located so as to be at least partially overlapped by the semiconductor layer and so as to be opposite the second capacitor electrode via a second capacitor insulating film, and the light-shielding film being electrically connected to the pixel electrode via a contact hole formed in an insulating film disposed between the pixel electrode and the light-shielding film; and

a capacitor line provided between the pixel electrode and the second capacitor electrode, the second capacitor electrode configured to be supplied with the predetermined electric potential via the capacitor line.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising an electro-optical device set forth in claim 7 .

9. An electro optical device comprising:

a substrate;

a pixel electrode;

a transistor electrically connected to the pixel electrode, the transistor having a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode;

a capacitor electrically connected to the pixel electrode, the capacitor including a first capacitor electrode that is electrically connected to the pixel electrode, a second capacitor electrode that is disposed between the pixel electrode and the first capacitor electrode, a capacitor insulating film disposed between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode;

a light shielding film that is disposed between the pixel electrode and the second capacitor electrode, the light shielding film overlapping at least a part of the semiconductor layer when looking from a direction from the pixel electrode toward the substrate, the light shielding film is separated from the second capacitor electrode by a second capacitor insulating film, the light shielding film being electrically connecting to the pixel electrode; and

a capacitor line disposed between the pixel electrode and the second capacitor electrode.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2024
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 067131/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 8, 2011
From: MORIWAKI, MINORU; YASUKAWA, MASAHIRO; WAKITA, KEN
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025916/0474 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-052938 · Mar 10, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110222008A1 · Sep 15, 2011