IP Library Granted Patent US 7,335,913
Granted Patent B2
US 7,335,913 · App. 11/223,919 · Granted Feb 26, 2008

Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus

Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,335,913
App. No.
11/223,919
Granted
Feb 26, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electro-optical device includes a pair of substrates that are disposed to face each other with a predetermined gap therebetween, one substrate of the pair of substrates extending from the other substrate on at least one side in plan view, display electrodes that are provided on one substrate, a circuit unit that is provided on one substrate so as to drive the display electrodes, a plurality of lead wiring lines that are led from one of the sides of wiring lines for driving the circuit unit or the display electrodes to an extending portion extending on the one side of one substrate, and a plurality of external connecting terminals that are correspondingly connected to the plurality of lead wiring lines and are provided on a surface of the extending portion facing the other substrate so as to at least partially overlap the plurality of lead wiring lines in plan view.

Claims (34)

1. An electro-optical device comprising:

a pair of substrates that are disposed to face each other with a predetermined gap therebetween, one substrate of the pair of substrates including an extending portion that extends from the other substrate on one side in plan view;

display electrodes that are provided on the one substrate;

a circuit unit that is provided on the one substrate so as to drive the display electrodes;

wiring lines for driving the circuit unit and the display electrodes;

a plurality of lead wiring lines provided on the extending portion and that are led from one of the sides of the wiring lines to the extending portion; and

a plurality of external connecting terminals provided on the extending portion, each of the external connecting terminals overlapping with the plurality of lead wiring lines in plan view.

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

wherein the external connecting terminals and the lead wiring lines are laminated with an interlayer insulating film interposed therebetween, each of the external connecting terminals being electrically connected with a corresponding one of the lead wiring lines and being electrically isolated from others of the plurality of lead wiring lines by the interlayer insulating film.

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

wherein the plurality of external connecting terminals are arranged in a direction along the one side, and

the plurality of lead wiring lines extend in the direction along the one side and are correspondingly connected to edges of the external connecting terminals in a direction intersecting the direction along the one side.

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

wherein the plurality of external connecting terminals are arranged in a direction along the one side, and

the plurality of lead wiring lines extend in the direction along the one side and are correspondingly connected to the external connecting terminals in a region where the lead wiring lines and the external connecting terminals intersect each other in plan view.

5. An electro-optical device comprising:

a pair of substrates that are disposed to face each other with a predetermined gap therebetween, one substrate of the pair of substrates including an extending portion that extends from the other substrate on one side in plan view;

display electrodes that are provided on the one substrate;

a circuit unit that is provided on the one substrate so as to drive the display electrodes;

wiring lines for driving the circuit unit and the display electrodes;

a plurality of lead wiring lines provided on the extending portion and that are led from one of the sides of the wiring lines to the extending portion; and

a plurality of external connecting terminals provided on the extending portion, each of the external connecting terminals overlapping with the circuit unit in plan view.

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

wherein the circuit unit is electrically connected to terminals for supplying an image signal among the plurality of external connecting terminals and has a driving circuit, which is driven by the supplied image signal, and

at least a part of the driving circuit overlaps the external connecting terminals in plan view.

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

wherein the external connecting terminals and the part of the circuit unit are laminated with an interlayer insulating film interposed therebetween, each of the external connecting terminals being electrically connected with a corresponding one of the lead wiring lines and being electrically isolated from others of the plurality of lead wiring lines by the interlayer insulating film.

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

a sealant that bonds edges of opposite surfaces of the pair of substrates to each other so as to form an internal space between the pair of substrates; and

an electro-optical material that is held in the internal space,

wherein the display electrodes and a part of the circuit unit are disposed to face the internal space.

9. An electronic apparatus comprising the electro-optical device according to claim 1 .

10. The electro-optical device according to claim 2 , the external connecting terminals being formed from the same film as a first conductive film constituting the circuit unit, and the lead wiring lines being formed from the same film as a second conductive film constituting the circuit unit.

11. The electro-optical device according to claim 7 , the external connecting terminals being formed from the same film as a first conductive film constituting the circuit unit.

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 Sep 13, 2005
From: MURADE, MASAO
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016986/0842 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2004-328982 · Nov 12, 2004 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20060102906A1 · May 18, 2006