IP Library Granted Patent US 7,446,832
Granted Patent B2
US 7,446,832 · App. 11/205,328 · Granted Nov 4, 2008

Electro-optical device with light shield made of small to larger width colored layers between adjacent dot regions on colored filter substrate

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Patent No.
US 7,446,832
App. No.
11/205,328
Granted
Nov 4, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electro-optical device includes a substrate that supports an electro-optical material; a plurality of display dot regions; and a light-shielding film that is provided among the plurality of display dot regions on the substrate and that is formed by laminating a plurality of colored layers. In the electro-optical device, one of the plurality of colored layers is formed such that both ends thereof in a widthwise direction protrude from edges of the other colored layers.

Claims (10)

1. An electro-optical device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of display dot regions including a first display dot region and a second display dot region that are adjacent to each other; and

a light-shielding film that is between the first and second display dot regions and that is formed by laminating a first colored layer and a second colored layer, the first and second colored layers have different colors, the first colored layer and the second colored layer each have opposite ends wherein one of the opposite ends faces the first display dot region and the other of the opposite ends faces the second display dot region, both of the opposite ends of the first colored layer protrude beyond both of the opposite ends of the second colored layer.

2. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , further comprising a third colored layer;

wherein the first, second, and third colored layers are blue, green, and red respectively.

3. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of display dot regions each include a transmissive portion for transmitting light and a reflective portion that reflects light, the reflective portion is closer to the light-shielding film than the transmissive portion;

the first colored layer partially overlaps the reflective portion; and

one of the first and second colored layers is provided in the transmissive portion.

4. The electro-optical device according to claim 1 , wherein the first display dot region and the second display dot region correspond to the same color.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2016
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY (HK) LIMITED
Reel/Frame 037515/0050 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 14, 2016
From: BOE TECHNOLOGY (HK) LIMITED
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 037515/0082 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 6, 2005
From: NAKANO, TOMOYUKI; TAKIZAWA, KEIJI; KAMIJO, KIMITAKA; KATO, TATSUYA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 016854/0857 →