Electro-optical device and manufacturing method thereof

1. An electro-optical device, comprising:

a circuit substrate including a flattening layer provided on a surface of the circuit substrate;

at least one electro-optical element provided on the flattening layer;

a sealing film sealing the electro-optical element and including at least a resin layer; and

a frame-shaped bank surrounding the flattening layer and covered by the resin layer on an inner side of the frame-shaped bank,

wherein, in a plan view, an unevenness is provided at a peripheral edge of the flattening layer facing the frame-shaped bank.

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

wherein the flattening layer is pattern-formed, and the peripheral edge has the unevenness in a plan view.

3. The electro-optical device according to claim 2 ,

wherein a groove recessed in a thickness direction of the flattening layer and extending inwardly from a recessed portion of the unevenness in a plan view is provided on an upper face of the flattening layer.

4. The electro-optical device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the unevenness has a zig-zag shape in a plan view.

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

wherein the at least one electro-optical element includes a pattern electrode provided for each of the at least one electro-optical element,

a peripheral edge of the pattern electrode is covered by an edge cover including an opening configured to expose a part of the pattern electrode, and

a plurality of island-shaped resin layers, formed from a same material as the edge cover, provided in a same layer as the edge cover, and covering the flattening layer from an upper face to an end face of the peripheral edge of the flattening layer, are formed intermittently in a plan view, a peripheral edge of the flattening layer not covered by the plurality of island-shaped resin layers forms a recessed portion, a leading end of the plurality of island-shaped resin layers protruding toward the frame-shaped bank forms a protruding portion, and the unevenness including the recessed portion and the protruding portion is formed at the peripheral edge in a plan view.

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

wherein a plurality of protruding portions protruding toward the flattening layer are provided on a side of the frame-shaped bank facing the flattening layer.

7. The electro-optical device according to claim 6 ,

wherein each of the flattening layer and the frame-shaped bank has an outer shape of a shape including at least one angle portion, and the plurality of protruding portions are provided on an inner side of the angle portion in the frame-shaped bank.

8. The electro-optical device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the plurality of protruding portions surrounding the flattening layer are provided on the frame-shaped bank.

9. A manufacturing method of an electro-optical device including a circuit substrate including a flattening layer provided on a surface of the circuit substrate, at least one electro-optical element provided on the flattening layer, a sealing film sealing the electro-optical element and including at least a resin layer, and a frame-shaped bank surrounding the flattening layer and covered by the resin layer on an inner side of the frame-shaped bank, the manufacturing method comprising:

forming an unevenness in a plan view at a peripheral edge of the flattening layer;

forming the frame-shaped bank surrounding the flattening layer; and

forming the resin layer covering an inner side of the frame-shaped bank,

wherein the forming the resin layer includes dropping a liquid resin on the flattening layer.

10. The manufacturing method of an electro-optical device according to claim 9 ,

wherein, in the forming the unevenness, the flattening layer is pattern-formed such that the peripheral edge includes the unevenness in a plan view.

11. The manufacturing method of an electro-optical device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

forming, on an upper face of the flattening layer, at least before the forming the resin layer, a groove recessed in a thickness direction of the flattening layer and extending inwardly from a recessed portion of the unevenness in a plan view.

12. The manufacturing method of an electro-optical device according to claim 10 ,

wherein, in the forming the unevenness, the flattening layer is pattern-formed such that the peripheral edge of the flattening layer includes the unevenness having a zig-zag shape.

13. The manufacturing method of an electro-optical device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

forming the at least one electro-optical element on the flattening layer,

wherein the forming the electro-optical element includes

forming a pattern electrode for each electro-optical element, and

forming an edge cover covering a peripheral edge of the pattern electrode and including an opening configured to expose a part of the pattern electrode,

among the forming the unevenness, the forming the edge cover, and the forming the frame-shaped bank, at least the forming the unevenness and the forming the edge cover are performed simultaneously,

in the forming the unevenness, a plurality of island-shaped resin layers formed from a same material as the edge cover, provided in a same layer as the edge cover, and covering the flattening layer from an upper face to an end face of the peripheral edge of the flattening layer, are formed intermittently such that, in a plan view, the peripheral edge of the flattening layer not covered by the plurality of island-shaped resin layers forms a recessed portion, a leading end of the plurality of island-shaped resin layers protruding toward the frame-shaped bank forms a protruding portion, and the unevenness including the recessed portion and the protruding portion is formed at the peripheral edge in a plan view.

14. The manufacturing method of an electro-optical device according to claim 9 ,

wherein, in the forming the frame-shaped bank, a plurality of protruding portions protruding toward the flattening layer are formed on a side of the frame-shaped bank facing the flattening layer.

15. The manufacturing method of an electro-optical device according to claim 14 ,

wherein, in the forming the frame-shaped bank, the frame-shaped bank is formed such that the frame-shaped bank has an outer shape of a shape including at least one angle portion, and the plurality of protruding portions are provided on an inner side of the angle portion in the frame-shaped bank.

16. The manufacturing method of an electro-optical device according to claim 14 ,

wherein, in the forming the frame-shaped bank, the frame-shaped bank is formed such that the plurality of protruding portions surround the flattening layer.