IP Library Granted Patent US 8,130,333
Granted Patent B2
US 8,130,333 · App. 13/040,389 · Granted Mar 6, 2012

Electric optical device and electronic device

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,130,333
App. No.
13/040,389
Granted
Mar 6, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electric optical device includes a transistor that includes a semiconductor layer having a source region connected to a data line, a drain region connected to a pixel electrode, and a channel region, and a gate electrode, a first light blocking film that is formed to be wider than the gate electrode and that is connected to the gate electrode via a first contact hole which is opened in a first insulating film disposed on the gate electrode, and a second light blocking film that is provided between the semiconductor layer and a substrate and is connected to the first light blocking film via a second contact hole which is opened to penetrate the first insulating film, a gate insulating film, and a second insulating film.

Claims (19)

1. An electric optical device comprising:

a substrate;

a data line and a scan line intersecting each other on the substrate;

a pixel electrode provided in a pixel corresponding to an intersection of the data line and the scan line;

a transistor provided between the pixel electrode and the substrate, the transistor including:

a semiconductor layer having a first source/drain region electrically connected to the data line, a second source/drain region electrically connected to the pixel electrode, and a channel region provided between the first source/drain region and the second source/drain region,

a gate electrode provided to be opposed to the channel region, and

a gate insulating film provided between the channel region and the gate electrode;

a first insulating film provided between the pixel electrode and the gate electrode;

a first light blocking film provided between the first insulating film and the gate electrode, the first light blocking film being formed to have a part overlapping with the gate electrode, and being electrically connected to the gate electrode via a first contact hole which is opened in the first insulating film;

a second insulating film provided between the semiconductor layer and the substrate; and

a second light blocking film provided between the second insulating film and the substrate, the second light blocking film being electrically connected to the first light blocking film via a second contact hole which is opened to penetrate the first insulating film, the gate insulating film, and the second insulating film.

2. The electric optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the gate electrode and the first light blocking film include the same material.

3. The electric optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer includes a junction region formed between the second source/drain region and the channel region, and

wherein the first light blocking film is formed to surround the junction region.

4. The electric optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the second contact hole is formed along the semiconductor layer from a flank of a part where the first light blocking film overlaps with the channel region in a plan view.

5. The electric optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the first light blocking film has an OD value of two or more.

6. The electric optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the first contact hole is integrally formed with the second contact hole.

7. An electronic device comprising the electric optical device according to claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2019
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: 138 EAST LCD ADVANCEMENTS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 050197/0212 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 4, 2011
From: EGAMI, TAKAFUMI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025900/0852 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2010-050233 · Mar 8, 2010 · national
Continuity (1)
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