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Granted Patent B2
US 6,850,307 · App. 09/785,511 · Granted Feb 1, 2005

Display device substrate, method for manufacturing the display device substrate, liquid-crystal display device, and electronic equipment

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 6,850,307
App. No.
09/785,511
Granted
Feb 1, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

A panel substrate includes a substrate, a plurality of display electrodes running in parallel on the substrate, and a plurality of wirings respectively continuous from the display electrodes formed on the substrate. The display electrodes and the wirings respectively have a bilayer structure of a transparent conductive layer and a metal layer. The metal layer of the display electrode is substantially narrower in width than the width of the transparent conductive layer.

Claims (32)

1. A display device substrate comprising:

a plurality of display electrodes;

a plurality of wirings for applying the plurality of display electrodes with a voltage;

the plurality of wirings including a laminated structure composed of a transparent conductive layer formed of the same layer as that of the display electrodes, and a metal layer having an electrical resistance lower than that of the transparent conductive layer;

the display electrodes including the laminated structure of the transparent conductive layer and the metal layer; and

a reflective display function using the region of the metal layer as a light reflective section.

2. The display device substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the display electrode comprises a laminated structure composed of a transparent conductive layer, and a metal layer having an electrical resistance lower than that of the transparent conductive layer.

3. The display device substrate according to claim 2 , wherein the metal layer in the display electrode is narrower in width than the transparent conductive layer.

4. The display device substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the metal layer of the display electrodes has an aperture in the laminated structure, and further includes a transmissive display function using the aperture of the metal layer as a light transmissive section.

5. The display device substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the wirings are routed from the ends of the respective display electrodes along the peripheral portion of the display device substrate.

6. A liquid-crystal device encapsulating a liquid crystal between a pair of substrates, the device comprising the display device substrate according to claim 1 , as to at least one of the pair of substrates.

7. A liquid-crystal device comprising the display device substrate according to claim 4 ; a counter substrate opposed to the display device substrate; and a liquid-crystal layer encapsulated between the display device substrate and the counter substrate.

8. Electronic equipment comprising:

the liquid-crystal device according to claim 7 , as display means.

9. A liquid-crystal device comprising:

a pair of display device substrates;

a liquid crystal encapsulated between the display device substrates;

one of the pair of display device substrates including a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of two-terminal-type switching elements, each connected to the respective pixel electrode;

the other of the pair of display device substrates including a plurality of display electrodes arranged in stripes to be opposed to the plurality of pixel electrodes, and wirings respectively connected to the display electrodes,

the plurality of display electrodes including a transparent conductive layer;

the wirings including a transparent conductive layer formed of the same layer as that of the display electrodes, and a metal layer having an electrical resistance lower than that of the transparent conductive layer;

the display electrodes including the laminated structure of the transparent conductive layer and the metal layer; and

a reflective display function using the region of the metal layer as a light reflective section.

10. A liquid-crystal device comprising:

a pair of display device substrates;

a liquid crystal encapsulated between the display device substrates;

one of the pair of display device substrates including a plurality of pixel electrodes, and a plurality of three-terminal-type switching elements, each connected to the respective pixel electrode; and

the other of the pair of display device substrates including a plurality of display electrodes arranged in stripes to be opposed to the plurality of pixel electrodes, and wirings respectively connected to the display electrodes,

the plurality of display electrodes including a transparent conductive layer;

the wirings including a transparent conductive layer formed of the same layer as that of the display electrodes, and a metal layer having an electrical resistance lower than that of the transparent conductive layer;

the display electrodes including the laminated structure of the transparent conductive layer and the metal layer; and

a reflective display function using the region of the metal layer as a light reflective section.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2016
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY (HK) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037515/0050 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2016
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY (HK) LIMITED
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037515/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 14, 2001
From: HINATA, SHOJI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 011810/0357 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2000-041752 · Feb 18, 2000 · national
JP 2001-016182 · Jan 24, 2001 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20010022644A1 · Sep 20, 2001