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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 30, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 23, 2007
Applicants:
Taimei Kodaira, Chino, JP;
Sumio Utsunomiya, Suwa, JP;
Inventors:
Taimei Kodaira, Chino, JP;
Sumio Utsunomiya, Suwa, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H01L 29/06 (2006.01); H01L 23/58 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A thin-film circuit device includes a substrate and a thin-film circuit layer, disposed on the substrate, having an element region and a low-strength region. The element region includes thin-film elements. The low-strength region extends between an end portion of the thin-film circuit layer and the element region and has a mechanical strength less than that of the surroundings of the low-strength region.