# US 2014/0191649 A1 · Pixel structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2014/0191649 A1 - Document ID: US20140191649A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 14/055,878 - Filed: 2013-10-16 - Published: 2014-07-10 - Earliest claimed: 2013-01-04 - Assignees: E Ink Holdings Inc. - Applicants: E Ink Holdings Inc. - Inventors: Ming-Sheng Chiang; Chih-Cheng Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20140191649A1 ## CPC - H05K 1/00: Printed circuits - G02F 1/133305: {Flexible substrates, e.g. plastics, organic film} - G02F 2201/503: Arrangements improving the resistance to shock - H10D 86/451: {characterised by the compositions or shapes of the interlayer dielectrics} - H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices - H05K: PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES ## Abstract A pixel structure including a flexible substrate, an active device, a pixel electrode, a capacitance electrode, a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer, and a padding layer is provided. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device and has pixel electrode openings. The capacitance electrode is disposed overlapping the pixel electrode and has capacitance electrode openings corresponding to the pixel electrode openings. The first insulation layer is disposed between the pixel electrode and the flexible substrate. The second insulation layer is disposed between the pixel electrode and the capacitance electrode. The active device is disposed between the second insulation layer and the flexible substrate. The padding layer includes padding pillars and a padding pattern covering over the active device. The padding pillars are located in the pixel electrode openings respectively. The pixel electrode partially covers the padding pattern and exposes the padding pillars. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A pixel structure, comprising: a flexible substrate; an active device disposed on the flexible substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the flexible substrate and electrically connected to the active device, wherein the pixel electrode has a plurality of pixel electrode openings; a capacitance electrode disposed on the flexible substrate and overlapping the pixel electrode, wherein the capacitance electrode has a plurality of capacitance electrode openings corresponding to the pixel electrode openings; a first insulation layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the flexible substrate; a second insulation layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the capacitance electrode, wherein the active device is disposed between the second insulation layer and the flexible substrate; and a padding layer disposed on the flexible substrate and comprising a plurality of padding pillars and a padding pattern, wherein the padding pattern covers the active device, the padding pillars are located in the pixel electrode openings respectively, and the pixel electrode partially covers the padding pattern and exposes the padding pillars. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The pixel structure according to claim 1, further comprising an auxiliary electrode disposed between the flexible substrate and the pixel electrode and electrically connected to the pixel electrode, wherein the auxiliary electrode has a plurality of auxiliary electrode openings corresponding to the pixel electrode openings and the capacitance electrode openings. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The pixel structure according to claim 2, wherein the capacitance electrode is located between the auxiliary electrode and the pixel electrode, and the first insulation layer is located between the auxiliary electrode and the capacitance electrode. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The pixel structure according to claim 3, wherein the first insulation layer has a first contact opening, the second insulation layer has a second contact opening, the first contact opening corresponds to the second contact opening, and the pixel electrode is connected to the auxiliary electrode through the first contact opening and the second contact opening. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The pixel structure according to claim 2, wherein the auxiliary electrode is located between the capacitance electrode and the pixel electrode, and the first insulation layer is located between the auxiliary electrode and the capacitance electrode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The pixel structure according to claim 1, wherein the second insulation layer has a contact opening, so that the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the active device through the contact opening. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The pixel structure according to claim 1, wherein the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer are located between the padding pillars and the flexible substrate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The pixel structure according to claim 1, wherein the padding pattern surrounds the pixel electrode. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The pixel structure according to claim 1, wherein the active device comprises a gate, a channel layer, a source and a drain, the channel layer is electrically insulated from the gate, the source and the drain are connected to the channel layer, the gate is connected to a scan line, the source is connected to a data line, and the drain is connected to the pixel electrode. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The pixel structure according to claim 9, wherein the source, the drain and the capacitance electrode are all disposed between the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The pixel structure according to claim 9, wherein the gate is disposed between the first insulation layer and the flexible substrate. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The pixel structure according to claim 1, wherein the capacitance electrode is located between the first insulation layer and the flexible substrate.