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US 9,935,164 · App. 15/331,641 · Granted Apr 3, 2018

Electro-optical device, electronic apparatus, and method of driving electro-optical device

Inventors: Hitoshi Ota (Shiojiri, JP); Ryoichi Nozawa (Tatsuno-machi, JP)
Assignee: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
H01L27/3265H01L27/3248H01L27/3276H01L27/3262
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Patent No.
US 9,935,164
App. No.
15/331,641
Granted
Apr 3, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A second data transfer line that is coupled to a gate layer of a drive transistor is formed in a layer higher than the gate layer, and a transfer capacitor is formed in a layer higher than a layer having the second data transfer line. A first data transfer line to which a data signal is supplied is formed in a layer higher than a layer having the transfer capacitor.

Claims (27)

1. An electro-optical device comprising:

a plurality of scan lines;

a plurality of first data lines;

a plurality of pixel circuits at respective cross sections of the scan lines and the first data lines;

a first conductive layer corresponding to one of the plurality of scan lines;

a second conductive layer corresponding to one of the plurality of first data lines;

a third conductive layer corresponding to one of a plurality of second data lines;

a first capacitor that includes a fourth conductive layer which is coupled to the second conductive layer, and an insulating layer between the third conductive layer and the

fourth conductive layer; and

a pixel circuit that is provided in correspondence with the third conductive layer and the first conductive layer,

wherein the first conductive layer, the second conductive layer, and the third conductive layer are formed above a substrate, the second conductive layer is formed in a layer higher than a layer in which the third conductive layer is formed, and the first capacitor is formed between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and

the second and third conductive layers extend in parallel across plural pixel circuits in a direction different from a direction in which the first conductive layer extends; wherein the scan lines are formed above a plurality of transistors.

2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the third conductive layer is formed in a layer higher than a layer in which a source electrode of a transistor is formed.

3. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 2 .

4. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein a set of the pixel circuits that are coupled to the same second conductive layer through the third conductive layer is set as a pixel string, and the pixel circuits having a smaller number than the pixel circuits which are included in the pixel string are set as one block, the third conductive layer is provided to each block.

5. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 4 .

6. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth conductive layer of the first capacitor is formed in a different layer from the second conductive layer, and the third conductive layer of the first capacitor is formed in a different layer from the fourth conductive layer.

7. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 6 .

8. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel circuit includes a plurality of transistors that includes a drive transistor, and a light emitting element.

9. The electro-optical device according to claim 8 , wherein a power supply line that is coupled to a current terminal of the drive transistor among the plurality of transistors is formed in a layer lower than the third conductive layer.

10. The electro-optical device according to claim 9 , wherein a gate electrode of the drive transistor is covered with the power supply line.

11. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 10 .

12. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 8 .

13. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 9 .

14. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the first capacitor is provided in each third conductive layer.

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

16. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 14 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 21, 2016
From: OTA, HITOSHI; NOZAWA, RYOICHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 040093/0601 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2015-215229 · Oct 30, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170125503A1 · May 4, 2017