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Granted Patent B2
US 9,519,178 · App. 13/446,076 · Granted Dec 13, 2016

Color filter substrate, electro-optic device, and electronic apparatus

Inventor: Minoru Moriwaki (Suwa-gun, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
G02F1/133512G02B5/201G02F1/133553G02F2203/02
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Patent No.
US 9,519,178
App. No.
13/446,076
Granted
Dec 13, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A color filter substrate includes a color filter layer, a light-transmissive layer and a light-shielding layer. The light-transmissive layer is disposed between pixels and includes a side surface that forms a reflection surface. The light-shielding layer is laminated on the light-transmissive layer.

Claims (21)

1. A color filter substrate comprising:

a light-transmissive substrate including an incident surface and an outgoing surface with respect to transmitted light;

a plurality of pixels in which a color filter layer is formed;

a protrusion portion that is disposed between the plurality of pixels on the outgoing surface of the light-transmissive substrate and partitions the color filter layer, the protrusion portion including:

a light-transmissive layer comprising a light transmissive material that forms a reflective side surface, the reflective side surface being formed as an inclined surface and partitioning the color filter layer into at least a first color filter having a first color and a second color filter having a second color filter, the first color filter being directly adjacent to the second color filter; and

a light-shielding layer disposed such that the light-transmissive layer is disposed between the light-transmissive substrate and the light-shielding layer,

wherein

the light-transmissive layer is disposed between at least the first color filter and the second color filter,

the light-transmissive layer disposed between the first color filter and the second color filter includes both a first strip-shaped light-transmissive layer and a second strip-shaped light-transmissive layer parallel to the first strip-shaped light-transmissive layer,

the first strip-shaped light-transmissive layer has a first side surface facing the first color filter and a second side surface facing the second strip-shaped light-transmissive layer, and

the second strip-shaped light-transmissive layer has a first side surface facing the second color filter and a second side surface facing the first strip-shaped light-transmissive layer.

2. The color filter substrate according to claim 1 , wherein a side surface of the light-transmissive layer forms the reflective side surface by laminating the light-shielding layer on the side surface.

3. The color filter substrate according to claim 2 ,

wherein the reflective side surface is formed by laminating the light-shielding layer on the second side surface of the first strip-shaped light-transmissive layer oriented toward the second strip-shaped light-transmissive layer, and

wherein the reflective side surface is formed by laminating the light-shielding layer on the second side surface of the second strip-shaped light-transmissive layer oriented toward the first strip-shaped light-transmissive layer.

4. An electro-optic device comprising:

a counter substrate including the color filter substrate according to claim 1 ;

an element substrate in which a pixel transistor and a pixel electrode are formed; and

a liquid crystal layer interposed between the counter substrate and the element substrate.

5. An electronic apparatus comprising:

the electro-optic device according to claim 4 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 13, 2012
From: MORIWAKI, MINORU
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 028040/0997 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-091800 · Apr 18, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120262654A1 · Oct 18, 2012