Japan Display Inc.

Sony Corporation

Epson Imaging Devices Corporation

Hideki Kawada

Hiroshi Matsuda

Katsuya Anzai

Yukitada Iwasaki

Shin Fujita

Makoto Hayashi

An electro-optical device is provided and includes a plurality of first signal lines extending in a first direction on a substrate; a plurality of second signal lines extending in a second direction on the substrate, the second direction intersecting the first direction; a pixel area in which a plurality of pixel electrodes are disposed; an outer peripheral edge of the pixel area having a curved portion or a bent portion; and a first circuit block, a second circuit block, and a third circuit block arranged along the outer peripheral edge, wherein the second circuit block is arranged between the first circuit block and the first circuit block, and a first gap between the first circuit bock and the second circuit block is different from a second gap between the second circuit block and the third circuit block.

Electro-optical device

An electro-optical device is provided and includes first signal lines extending in first direction on substrate; second signal lines extending in second direction on substrate, second direction intersecting first direction; pixel area in which pixel electrodes are disposed; outer peripheral edge of pixel area having curved or bent portions; first and second circuit blocks arranged along curved or bent portions, each of first and second circuit blocks including at least two unit circuits, wherein second circuit block is arranged adjacent to first circuit block with gap therebetween in first direction, first circuit block has first upper part and first lower part that define width of first circuit block in second direction, second circuit block has second upper part and second lower part that define width of second circuit block in second direction, and first upper part is arranged between second upper part and second lower part in second direction.

An electro-optical device includes first and second signal lines extending in first and second directions respectively on a component substrate; a pixel area disposed at a portion corresponding to an intersection of the first and second signal lines; a signal output circuit disposed outside the pixel area and outputs a driving signal to the first signal line and including circuit blocks arranged next to one another, wherein an outer peripheral edge of the pixel area has a curved or bent portion facing the signal output circuit, a first circuit block included in the circuit blocks is arranged along the curved or bent portion, and a second circuit block included in the circuit blocks and adjacent to the first circuit block is arranged so as to be displaced in the first direction from the first circuit block, and a lead-out area where the first and second circuit blocks are connected.

An electro-optical device includes first and second signal lines extending in directions intersecting each other on a component substrate, a pixel area including a pixel electrode disposed in correspondence with an intersection of the first and second signal lines, a signal output circuit disposed outside the pixel area and outputs a driving signal to the first signal line, and a connection wiring connecting the signal output circuit and the first signal line. An outer peripheral edge of the pixel area has a curved portion or a bent portion in a portion facing the signal output circuit, and the signal output circuit includes a plurality of circuit blocks arranged along the curved portion or the bent portion of the portion facing the signal output circuit with deviated between adjacent circuit blocks in the direction of extension of the first signal line and/or the direction of extension of the second signal line.

An electro-optical device includes first and second signal lines that extend in directions for intersecting each other on a component substrate, a pixel area in which a pixel electrode is disposed in correspondence with an intersection of the first and second signal lines, a signal output circuit that is disposed outside the pixel area and outputs a driving signal to the first signal line, and a connection wiring that connects the signal output circuit and the first signal line together. An outer peripheral edge of the pixel area has a curved portion or a bent portion in a portion facing the signal output circuit, and the signal output circuit includes a plurality of circuit blocks, and the circuit blocks are arranged along the curved portion or the bent portion of the portion facing the signal output circuit with deviated between adjacent circuit blocks in the direction of extension of the first signal line and/or the direction of extension of the second signal line.

The occurrence of the poor electric connection between the outer circuit and the liquid crystal display device can be reduced in the manufacturing method of the outer circuit and liquid display device of this invention. The liquid crystal display device has the pixel regionP and the outer connection region. There are the gate metal layerdisposed on the gate insulating film, the interlayer insulating filmcovering the gate metal layer, the first conductive layercovering the gate metal layerlocated on the interlayer insulating film, the passivation filmwith the second openingexposing the part of the first conductive layerthat covers the gate metal layer, and the second conductive layercovering the first conductive layerexposed from the second openingin the outer connection region. The metal bumpof the outer circuit is connected on the second conductive layerthrough thermal pressure treatment.

Liquid crystal display device and its manufacturing method

An electrooptic device including a plurality of scanning lines; a plurality of m image signal lines; m connecting signal lines provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the m image signal lines; a plurality of data lines blocked by m lines, m data lines in one block being provided in a one-to-one correspondence with the m image signal lines; a scanning-line driving circuit; a block selecting circuit; a sampling switch provided for each of the plurality of data lines; and pixels provided at the intersections of the plurality of scanning lines and the plurality of data lines. Each pixel becomes a gray level corresponding to the data signal sampled to the data line when the scanning line is selected.

Growing community of inventors

Anpachi-cho, Japan

Hideki Kawada