IP Library Granted Patent US 8,300,170
Granted Patent B2
US 8,300,170 · App. 12/499,833 · Granted Oct 30, 2012

Electro-optical device, electronic apparatus, and transistor

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,300,170
App. No.
12/499,833
Granted
Oct 30, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electro-optical device includes a substrate, a data line, and a transistor formed on the substrate and including (i) a semiconductor film having a channel region having a channel length according to one direction, first and second source/drain regions which are formed with the channel region interposed therebetween, and first and second junction regions respectively formed between the first and second source/drain region and the channel region, and (ii) a gate electrode overlapping with the channel region, wherein at least one of the first and second junction regions is formed such that the width thereof is at least partially larger than that of the channel region.

Claims (31)

1. An electro-optical device comprising:

a substrate; and

a transistor that includes:

a gate electrode;

a semiconductor film that includes a first source and a first drain; and

a channel region that is formed between the first source and the first drain, at least a part of a light-shielding film overlapping with the semiconductor film, the light-shielding film having:

a first portion that extends along a first direction;

a second portion that protrudes from the first potion along a second direction intersecting the first direction; and

a third portion that protrudes from the first portion along a third direction intersecting the first direction,

the first portion having a first width along the second direction,

the second portion having a second width along the first direction,

the third portion having a third width along the first direction,

the second portion and the third portion being formed such that the second width is smaller than the third width, and

the semiconductor film having a first part,

at least a part of the second portion overlapping with the first part,

the first part having a fourth width along the first direction,

the channel region having a fifth width along the first direction, and

the fourth width being greater than the fifth width.

2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , the third direction being opposite to the second direction.

3. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising a scan line that extends along the first direction.

4. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , the light-shielding film being formed between the substrate and the semiconductor film.

5. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a data line that extends along the second direction; and

a scan line that extends along the first direction,

the channel region overlapping with an intersection portion at which the data line intersects the scan line.

6. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a data line that is electrically connected to the first source, and

a pixel electrode that is electrically connected to the first drain.

7. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising a scan line that extends along the first direction, the channel region overlapping with the scan line and the light-shielding film.

8. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising a scan line that extends along the first direction, the scan line overlapping with the light-shielding film.

9. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising a scan line that extends along the first direction, the scan line overlapping with the first portion of the light-shielding film.

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 Jul 9, 2009
From: MOCHIKU, HIROSHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 022932/0210 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-248539 · Sep 26, 2008 · national
Continuity (1)
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