IP Library Granted Patent US 8,766,535
Granted Patent B2
US 8,766,535 · App. 12/752,619 · Granted Jul 1, 2014

Electro-optical apparatus, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic device

Inventors: Takuya Sonoyama (Suwa-gun, JP); Shunichi Seki (Suwa-gun, JP)
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
H01L51/52H01L2251/5338H01L27/3244
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Patent No.
US 8,766,535
App. No.
12/752,619
Granted
Jul 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electro-optical apparatus includes a substrate and multiple pixels formed upon the substrate. The substrate is formed by interleaving multiple strip-shaped tape members configured of a resin.

Claims (24)

1. An electro-optical apparatus comprising:

a substrate with an active-matrix display region, the substrate being formed by interleaving multiple strip-shaped tape members configured of a resin;

wherein (i) each of the multiple strip-shaped tape members includes a plurality of spaced apart partial display regions and a plurality of spaced apart non-display regions, (ii) each of the multiple strip-shaped tape members includes a scanning line driving circuit and a data line driving circuit, and (iii) each of the partial display regions includes a plurality of pixels that are controlled by the scanning line driving circuit and the data line driving circuit: and

the active-matrix display region is formed by the plurality of partial display regions of the multiple strip-shaped tape members that are interleaved.

2. The electro-optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein when the surface of the substrate on which an image is displayed by the multiple pixels is taken as a display surface, the multiple pixels are formed at least in areas of the tape members that are exposed on the display surface side as a result of the interleaving.

3. The electro-optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein spaces that are smaller than the widths of the tape members are formed in the substrate as a result of the interleaving.

4. The electro-optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the interleave is a square interleave or a twill-pattern interleave.

5. The electro-optical apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the multiple pixels formed in the exposed areas of the tape members are driven for display on a tape member-by-tape member basis.

6. The electro-optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the multiple pixels are formed of organic EL elements.

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

8. The electro-optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the multiple pixels include at least a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel.

9. The electro-optical apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each of the interleaving multiple strip-shaped tape members includes a scanning line driving circuit and a data line driving circuit.

10. A manufacturing method for an electro-optical apparatus, the method comprising:

forming an active-matrix display region;

forming multiple strip-shaped tape members configured of a resin;

forming multiple pixels on each of the tape members; and

forming a substrate by interleaving the tape members,

wherein (i) each of the multiple strip-shaped tape members includes a plurality of spaced apart partial display regions and a plurality of spaced apart non-display regions, (ii) each of the multiple strip-shaped tape members includes a scanning line driving circuit and a data line driving circuit, and (iii) each of the partial display regions includes a plurality of pixels that are controlled by the scanning line driving circuit and the data line driving circuit.

11. A manufacturing method for an electro-optical apparatus, the method comprising:

forming an active-matrix display region;

forming multiple pixels upon a resin plate in a predetermined pattern;

cutting out multiple strip-shaped tape members from the resin plate; and

forming a substrate by interleaving the tape members,

wherein (i) each of the multiple strip-shaped tape members includes a plurality of spaced apart partial display regions and a plurality of spaced apart non-display regions, (ii) each of the multiple strip-shaped tape members includes a scanning line driving circuit and a data line driving circuit, and (iii) each of the partial display regions includes a plurality of pixels that are controlled by the scanning line driving circuit and the data line driving circuit.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2024
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: LUMITEK DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Reel/Frame 067131/0445 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2010
From: SONOYAMA, TAKUYA; SEKI, SHUNICHI
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 024178/0413 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2009-106045 · Apr 24, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20100271293A1 · Oct 28, 2010