IP Library Granted Patent US 9,164,275
Granted Patent B2
US 9,164,275 · App. 13/486,280 · Granted Oct 20, 2015

Display device

Inventors: Yasukazu Kimura (Chiba, JP); Jun Fujiyoshi (Mobara, JP); Takeshi Kuriyagawa (Mobara, JP); Daisuke Sonoda (Chiba, JP)
Assignee: Pixtronix, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 9,164,275
App. No.
13/486,280
Granted
Oct 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a plurality of pixels each having a shutter plate formed and an actuator portion, wherein the actuator portion has a beam portion connected to the shutter plate, a drive electrode causing the beam portion to bend to drive the shutter plate, a first supporting portion supporting the drive electrode and fixed on a substrate, and a second supporting portion supporting the beam portion and fixed on the substrate, at least one of the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion has a planar portion, and a recessed portion formed to be concaved from the planar portion and connected to the substrate, and the recessed portion has a vertically formed portion formed to be inclined substantially vertically from the planar portion, and a portion starting from the vertically formed portion and formed such that the inclination of the portion becomes gentle toward the substrate.

Claims (23)

1. A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels each having a shutter plate formed in a plate shape and an actuator portion driving the shutter plate with an electrostatic force, wherein

the actuator portion has

a beam portion connected to the shutter plate,

a drive electrode causing, in response to the application of a voltage thereto, the beam portion to bend to drive the shutter plate,

a first supporting portion supporting the drive electrode and fixed on a substrate, and

a second supporting portion supporting the beam portion and fixed on the substrate,

at least one of the first supporting portion and the second supporting portion has

a planar portion formed apart from and parallel to the substrate, and

a recessed, tapered portion formed to be concaved from the planar portion and connected to the substrate, and the recessed, tapered portion has

a vertically formed portion formed to be inclined substantially vertically from the planar portion, and

a curved portion starting from the vertically formed portion and formed such that the inclination of the curved portion becomes gradually gentle toward the substrate.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the drive electrode and the beam portion are formed on the side of the substrate relative to the planar portion.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the drive electrode and the beam portion are formed with an aspect ratio greater in the depth direction than in the width direction.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein

the first supporting portion has the recessed portion, and

the drive electrode is formed, in plan view, such that an outer extension thereof is formed with a structure having the aspect ratio and that an inside thereof is hollow.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the drive electrode and the beam portion are formed to a position deeper than the shutter plate.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein

a tip of each of the drive electrode and the beam portion is formed to be pointed on the side of the substrate.

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 Jun 1, 2012
From: KIMURA, YASUKAZU; FUJIYOSHI, JUN; KURIYAGAWA, TAKESHI; SONODA, DAISUKE
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 028303/0156 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2011-125337 · Jun 3, 2011 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20120306830A1 · Dec 6, 2012