IP Library Granted Patent US 8,570,452
Granted Patent B2
US 8,570,452 · App. 13/079,203 · Granted Oct 29, 2013

Electro-optical device having a holding capacitor comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode with a first capacitor insulation film and a second capacitor insulation film each being formed of first and second capacitor insulation layers

Inventor: Minoru Moriwaki (Fujimi-machi, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,570,452
App. No.
13/079,203
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electro-optical device includes: a pixel electrode provided on a substrate; a transistor being provided between the substrate and the pixel electrodes; and a holding capacitor, provided between the pixel electrode and the transistor, configured of a first electrode, a second electrode provided opposing the first electrode via a first capacitor insulation film, and a third electrode provided opposing the first electrode via a second capacitor insulation film. Both the first capacitor insulation film and the second capacitor insulation film have multiple layers; the first capacitor insulation film and the second electrode are formed symmetrical to the second capacitor insulation film and the third electrode when viewed from the first electrode.

Claims (24)

1. An electro-optical device comprising:

a pixel electrode provided on a substrate;

a transistor provided corresponding to the pixel electrode, the transistor being provided between the substrate and the pixel electrode; and

a holding capacitor provided between the pixel electrode and the transistor, the holding capacitor including:

a first electrode;

a second electrode provided opposing the first electrode via a first capacitor insulation film, the first capacitor insulation film having:

a first capacitor insulation layer provided between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a second capacitor insulation layer provided between the first capacitor insulation layer and the second electrode, the second capacitor insulation layer being made from a material different from a material of the first capacitor insulation layer; and

a third electrode provided opposing the first electrode via a second capacitor insulation film, the second capacitor insulation film having:

a third capacitor insulation layer provided between the first electrode and the third electrode, the third capacitor insulation layer being made from a same material as a material of the first capacitor insulation layer; and

a fourth capacitor insulation layer provided between the third capacitor insulation layer and the third electrode, the fourth capacitor insulation layer being made from a same material as a material of the second capacitor insulation layer.

2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second electrode and the third electrode are electrically connected to a relay layer provided between the pixel electrode and the holding capacitor via different contact holes.

3. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to a capacitor line; and

the second electrode and the third electrode are electrically connected to the pixel electrode and the transistor.

4. The electro-optical device according to claim 3 ,

wherein a predetermined constant potential is supplied to the first electrode via the capacitor line.

5. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to the pixel electrode and the transistor; and

the second electrode and the third electrode are electrically connected to the capacitor line.

6. The electro-optical device according to claim 5 ,

wherein a predetermined constant potential is supplied to the second electrode and the third electrode via the capacitor line.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2019
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050197/0212 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 4, 2011
From: MORIWAKI, MINORU
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 026069/0626 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-086764 · Apr 5, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20110242470A1 · Oct 6, 2011