US 6,611,301 B2 · Electro-optical apparatus having faces holding electro-optical material in between flattened by using concave recess, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic device using same

Abstract

The electro-optical apparatus of the invention has a pair of substrates and an electro-optical material held between these substrates. The TFT array substrate may be formed into a concave shape in non-aperture areas containing the data line, the scanning line, the capacitor line and the TFT. Further, the areas opposite to the connecting lines in the sealed area may be formed into a concave shape. In the electro-optical apparatus having such a configuration, it is possible to reduce steps resulting from the presence of various wiring lines and elements in the image display area and the sealed area, by the use of a relatively simple configuration.

Claims11

Dependent claims

An electro-optical device, comprising:

a substrate;
a concave recess region formed on the substrate, formed by lattice shapes:
a scanning line extending along a direction of the concave recess region;
a data line extending along another direction of the concave recess region;
a switching element electrically connected to the scanning line and the data line above the concave recess region;
and
a pixel electrode electrically connected to the switching element, and disposed at least in a region adjacent with the concave recess region.

4 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

10/153,804Filed 24 May 2002 · continuation

Priority

JP 9-35181319 Dec 1997

Published

US 2002/0145683 A110 Oct 2002

Granted

26 Aug 2003

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification8 codes

G02F 1/13454
Conductors connecting electrodes to cell terminals: drivers integrated on the active matrix substrate
G02F 1/136209
Active matrix addressed cells: light shielding layers, e.g. black matrix, incorporated in the active matrix substrate, e.g. structurally…
G02F 1/136227
Active matrix addressed cells: through-hole connection of the pixel electrode to the active element through an insulation layer
G09G 3/3648
Control of matrices with row and column drivers: using an active matrix

Electro-optical apparatus having faces holding electro-optical material in between flattened by using concave recess, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic device using same

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Electro-optical apparatus having faces holding electro-optical material in between flattened by using concave recess, manufacturing method thereof, and electronic device using same

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Abstract

Claims11