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US 6,888,606 B2Granted
Electrooptic device and electronic apparatus
AssigneeSeiko Epson Corporation
InventorsShoji Hinata, Yasuhito Aruga, Tadashi Tsuyuki
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Abstract
A liquid crystal device 1, that is, an electrooptic device, has a second electrode 11 provided so as to oppose a first electrode 10, and a liquid crystal provided between the first electrode 10 and the second electrode 11. This liquid crystal device 1 further has a first substrate 2 on which the first electrode 10 is provided and a wire 14 which is formed on the first substrate 2 and is electrically connected to the second electrode 11 at a conduction position 4a. Since the wire 14 extends inside the conduction position 4a, the picture frame region that is outside a sealing material 4 can be decreased.
Claims20
An electrooptic device comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate;
- a first electrode provided on the first substrate;
- a second electrode provided on the second substrate, the second electrode disposed to oppose the first electrode;
- a wire provided on the first substrate;
- an electrooptic material provided between the first electrode and the second electrode;
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- a sealing material between the first substrate and the second substrate defining a sealed area, the electrooptic material disposed within the sealed area;
- wherein the wire includes a first end and a second end opposite the first end, one of said first end and said second end of the wire being electrically connected to the second electrode at a conduction position located between said first and second substrates and entirely covered by the sealing material;
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- wherein the wire extends inward from the conduction position to within the sealed area and extends beyond the sealed area.
7 more elements
An electrooptic device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a plurality of first electrodes provided in a stripe pattern on the first substrate;
- a second substrate;
- a plurality of second electrodes provided on the second substrate in a stripe pattern, said second electrodes are provided orthogonal to the first electrodes;
- a sealing material which bonds the first substrate to the second substrate so that the individual surfaces thereof oppose each other, the sealing material at least substantially surrounding an interior region;
- liquid crystal positioned at the interior region and surrounded by the first substrate and the second substrate;
- a conductive material disposed in the sealing material;
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- wires provided on the first substrate and electrically connected to the second electrodes via the conductive material;
- wherein the wires each comprise a first conductive film having a resistance lower than that of first electrodes, said first conductive film is an APC film;
- wherein the wires extend from the sealing material to the interior region of the sealing material such that a part or the entirety of the first conductive film is provided in the region surrounded by the sealing material.
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An electrooptic device comprising:
- a first substrate;
- a plurality of pixel electrodes in a dot matrix provided on the first substrate;
- a plurality of two-terminal switching elements electrically connected to the corresponding pixel electrodes, said switching elements are provided on the first substrate;
- a second substrate;
- a plurality of second electrodes provided on the second substrate in a stripe pattern and which oppose the pixel electrodes at a viewing area;
- a sealing material which bonds the first substrate to the second substrate so that the individual surfaces thereof oppose each other, the sealing material defining an interior region bordered by the sealing material, the interior region including the viewing area;
- liquid crystal enclosed in a region surrounded by the first substrate, the second substrate, and the sealing material;
- a conductive material disposed within the sealing material;
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- a plurality of wires provided on the first substrate electrically connected to the second electrodes via the conductive material;
- wherein the two-terminal switching elements have a laminated structure comprising a first metal film, an insulating film, and a second metal film,
- wherein all of the wires extend inward from the sealing material to the interior region bordered by the sealing material at first positions and extend through the interior region between the sealing material and the viewing area and outward from the interior region at second positions different from the first positions, the wires each comprise a first conductive film having a resistance lower than that of the pixel electrodes, and
- a part or an entirety of the first conductive film is provided in the interior region bordered by the sealing material.
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An electrooptic device comprising:
- a first substrate and a second substrate;
- a first electrode provided on the first substrate;
- a second electrode provided on the second substrate, the second electrode disposed opposite the first electrode;
- an electrooptic material provided between the first electrode and the second electrode;
- a sealing material between the first substrate and the second substrate defining a sealed area, the electrooptic material disposed within the sealed area, the sealing material including a conductive region and a non-conductive region;
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- a wire provided on the first substrate, the wire extending inward from the sealing material into the sealed area, the wire extending through both the conductive region and the non-conductive region of the sealing material.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.