IP Library Granted Patent US 9,206,036
Granted Patent B2
US 9,206,036 · App. 13/478,147 · Granted Dec 8, 2015

Display device

Inventors: Jun Fujiyoshi (Mobara, JP); Yasukazu Kimura (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.
B81C1/00182G02B26/02B81B2201/045B81C2203/054
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Patent No.
US 9,206,036
App. No.
13/478,147
Granted
Dec 8, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A cut which penetrates a resin layer is formed in the resin layer such that the cut surrounds a third upper surface. A film is formed such that the film covers the whole resin layer except for a bottom surface of the resin layer inside the cut and at least a portion of the resin layer is exposed outside the cut. The resin layer which is wholly covered with the film is left inside the cut, and the whole resin layer continuously formed with a surface exposed from the film is removed outside the cut. A bump is formed by the resin layer and the film inside the cut, and a shutter and at least a portion of a drive part are formed by the film outside the cut in a state where these parts are floated from a first substrate.

Claims (16)

1. A display device comprising:

a first substrate;

a shutter which is formed on the first substrate and a drive part which is connected to the shutter;

a second substrate which is arranged such that the second substrate faces the first substrate in an opposed manner with a distance therebetween;

a bump which is arranged between the first substrate and the second substrate and which holds the distance between the first and second substrates; and

oil which is filled into a space defined between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein

the bump includes a resin layer which is formed on the first substrate and a film which covers the whole resin layer except for a bottom surface of the resin layer,

the shutter and the drive part are made of the same material as the film, and an uppermost surface of the bump is at a greater height above the first substrate than an upper-most surface of the shutter.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the film exhibits higher dissolution resistance to the oil than the resin layer does.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the film includes a semiconductor film and a metal film.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the semiconductor film is made of amorphous silicon.

5. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the metal film is made of aluminum.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the bump faces the second substrate with a predetermined gap therebetween.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the bump is formed in contact with the second substrate.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the second substrate includes a light blocking film in which an opening is formed, and

the bump is formed in contact with the light blocking film.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 2, 2016
From: PIXTRONIX, INC.
To: SNAPTRACK, INC.
Reel/Frame 039905/0188 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 31, 2013
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: PIXTRONIX, INC.
Reel/Frame 030913/0743 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2013
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.
Reel/Frame 030522/0923 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 31, 2013
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 030524/0060 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 23, 2012
From: FUJIYOSHI, JUN; KIMURA, YASUKAZU
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 028253/0307 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-114362 · May 23, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120300283A1 · Nov 29, 2012