IP Library Granted Patent US 7,068,338
Granted Patent B2
US 7,068,338 · App. 10/764,607 · Granted Jun 27, 2006

Electro-optical device substrate, electro-optical device, and electronic apparatus

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,068,338
App. No.
10/764,607
Granted
Jun 27, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electro-optical device substrate is provided comprising a base, and a plurality of wirings formed on the base. In at least one of the wirings, there is, in a bent portion of the wirings, a portion whose line width W 0 gradually increases from a first side of the base to a second side. By preparing a portion having a large line width lowers the wiring resistance of the wirings, thereby preventing crosstalk from being generated in a display region of the electro-optical device.

Claims (38)

1. An electro-optical device substrate, comprising:

a base with a first side and a second side opposite from each other, and

a plurality of wirings formed on the base,

wherein at least one of the wirings has a portion whose width gradually increases from the first side of the base to the second side of the base, each of the plurality of wirings having a bent portion with a width that is greater than at a portion other than the bent portion.

2. The electro-optical device substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the line width of at least one of the wirings increases continuously and gradually.

3. The electro-optical device substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein among the plurality of wirings extending from the first side to the second side, the line width is greater for wirings extending nearer the second side.

4. The electro-optical device substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein gaps among the plurality of wirings are nearly uniform for all of the wirings.

5. The electro-optical device substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of wirings further comprises extended wirings for transmitting signals to electrodes.

6. The electro-optical device substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the plurality of wirings has conductive pads, and the conductive pads are conducted to electrodes on another substrate by a conductive material.

7. The electro-optical device substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wirings are formed of one of the following: elemental chromium (Cr); a lamination of two layers, chromium (Cr) and tantalum (Ta); and a lamination of three layers, ITO, chromium (Cr), and tantalum (Ta).

8. An electro-optical device, comprising the electro-optical device substrate according to claim 1 and an electro-optical material layer disposed on the electro-optical device substrate.

9. The electro-optical device according to claim 8 ,

wherein one side of the electro-optical device substrate is a side to which a wiring substrate is connected, and

wherein the plurality of wirings is disposed in a region near edges of two sides adjacent to the one side and also is extended along each of the edges.

10. The electro-optical device according to claim 8 , further comprising a counter substrate opposing the electro-optical device substrate,

wherein the wirings are connected to electrodes disposed on the counter substrate by a conductive material.

11. The electro-optical device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the electro-optical material is a liquid crystal.

12. The electro-optical device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the counter substrate has a plurality of electrodes and electrode wirings connected to the plurality of electrodes,

wherein the plurality of electrode wirings is connected to the respective plurality of wirings on the electro-optical device substrate by the conductive material, and

wherein a width of each of the plurality of electrode wirings increases as the length of a corresponding wire line on the electro-optical device substrate increases.

13. The electro-optical device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the electrode wirings on the counter substrate corresponding to the wirings having a short length have a short line width, so that the wiring resistances are uniform between wirings having a long length and wirings having a short length among the plurality of wirings on the electro-optical device substrate.

14. An electronic apparatus, comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 8 and control means for controlling the operation of the electro-optical device.

15. The electro-optical device substrate according to claim 1 ,

wherein as the length of the plurality of wirings from the first side to the second side increases, the wiring width of the entire region thereof increases.

16. An electro-optical device, comprising:

a substrate having a first edge and a second edge opposite from each other;

a plurality of wirings formed over the base, each of the wirings having a straight portion and a bent portion continuous with each other, the straight portions extending in a direction following a first edge of the substrate and the bent portions extending in a direction that intersects the first edge, the bent portions having a width that is greater than the straight portion and that increases with increasing proximity to one of the first edge.

17. An electro-optical device according to claim 16 , wherein one wiring of the wirings is disposed nearer the second edge of the substrate than the other wirings, the one wiring having a bent portion with a right-angled corner.

18. An electro-optical device according to claim 16 , wherein wirings with a straight portion farther from the first edge of the substrate have a bent portion with a wider width than wirings with a straight portion closer to the first edge.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2016
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: INTELLECTUALS HIGH-TECH KFT
Reel/Frame 039300/0295 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2016
From: INTELLECTUALS HIGH-TECH KFT
To: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039301/0043 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 28, 2004
From: TAGUCHI, SATOSHI; MIYAKO, YUICHIRO; KANEKO, HIDEKI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 015406/0075 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2003-014733 · Jan 23, 2003 · national
JP 2003-377171 · Nov 6, 2003 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20040189915A1 · Sep 30, 2004