Electro-optical device and electronic apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorNaoki Tomikawa
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Abstract
In an electro-optical device, a first ion trap electrode, a second ion trap electrode, and a third ion trap electrode are provided between a pixel region and a sealing material, the first ion trap electrode, the second ion trap electrode, and the third ion trap electrode are applied with signals whose phases are shifted by 120° from each other. Since a diffusion preventing portion in which the thickness of an electro-optical layer is thinner than the thickness of the pixel region is provided between a pixel electrode and the first ion trap electrode, ionic impurities are less likely to diffuse into the pixel region even if application of a potential to an ion trap electrode is paused.
Claims9
An electro-optical device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a sealing material;
- a second substrate bonded to the first substrate via the sealing material;
- an electro-optical layer disposed on an inner side of the sealing material;
- a pixel electrode provided in a pixel region of one of the first substrate and the second substrate;
- a first ion trap electrode provided between the pixel region of the first substrate and the sealing material, the first ion trap electrode being applied with a first signal;
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- a second ion trap electrode provided between the first ion trap electrode of the first substrate and the sealing material, the second ion trap electrode being applied with a second signal having a phase different from that of the first signal, wherein
- a diffusion preventing portion is provided in a position between the pixel electrode and the first ion trap electrode such that a thickness of the electro-optical layer in the position is thinner than that in the pixel region.
An electro-optical device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a sealing material;
- a second substrate bonded to the first substrate via the sealing material;
- an electro-optical layer disposed on an inner side of the sealing material;
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- a plurality of pixel electrodes provided in a pixel region of one of the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein
- the plurality of pixel electrodes include an image display pixel electrode and an ion trap electrode, the image display pixel electrode being applied with an image signal for displaying an image, and the ion trap electrode being applied with an ion trap signal having a phase different from that of the image signal,
- a diffusion preventing portion is provided in a position between the image display pixel electrode and the ion trap electrode such that a thickness of the electro-optical layer in the position is thinner than that in a region where the electro-optical layer overlaps the image display pixel electrode.
An electro-optical device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a sealing material;
- a second substrate bonded to the first substrate via the sealing material;
- an electro-optical layer disposed on an inner side of the sealing material;
- a pixel electrode provided in a pixel region of one of the first substrate and the second substrate;
- and
- an ion trap electrode provided between the pixel region of the first substrate and the sealing material, the ion trap electrode being applied with an ion trap potential, wherein
- a diffusion preventing portion is provided in a position between the pixel electrode and the ion trap electrode such that a thickness of the electro-optical layer in the position is thinner than that in the pixel region and thicker than an interval between the pixel electrode and the ion trap electrode in plan view.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.