US5572045A
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Light valve device using semiconductive composite substrate
Assignee: Seiko Instruments Inc
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Filing: 1995-06-02
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Granted: 1996-11-05
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Expires: 2015-06-02
Abstract
Abstract Herein disclosed are a semiconductor device having a double-side wiring structure, in which a single crystal semiconductor thin film formed integrally with transistor elements is laminated on an insulating thin film and is formed with through holes and in which the insulating thin film is formed on its back with electrodes and a shielding film, and a light valve device using the semiconductor device. Over the single crystal semiconductor thin film, there are formed switching elements of transistors, pixel electrodes connected electrically with the switching elements, and drive circuits for scanning and driving the switching elements. Also disclosed is a miniature highly dense light valve device. In this light valve device, an electrooptical substance is arranged between a multi-layer substrate, which is formed with electrodes and a shielding film at the opposed side of the insulating film to the side formed with the grouped elements through the insulating film, and a transparent opposite substrate, so that the optical transparency of the electrooptical substance is controlled by the switching elements.
Inventors
- 👤 Kunihiro Takahashi
- 👤 Yoshikazu Kojima
- 👤 Hiroaki Takasu
- 👤 Nobuyoshi Matsuyama
- 👤 Hitoshi Niwa
- 👤 Tomoyuki Yoshino
- 👤 Tsuneo Yamazaki
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 03:17
CPC Classifications
H; H10; H10D; H10D86/00; H10D86/01; H10D86/021; H10D86/0214; H10D30/00; H10D30/60; G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1345; G02F1/13454; H10D30/01; H10D30/021; H10D30/031; H10D30/0321; H10D30/0323; H10D30/67; H10D30/6729; H10D30/673; H10D30/6733; H10D30/6734; H10D86/40; H10D86/60; H10P; H10P90/00; H10P90/19; H10P90/1904; H10P90/1906; H10W; H10W10/00; H10W10/01; H10W10/061; H10W10/10; H10W10/181; G02F1/1335; G02F1/133509; G02F1/133512; G02F1/136; G02F1/13613; G02F2202/00; G02F2202/10; G02F2202/105; H10P72/00; H10P72/70; H10P72/74; H10P72/7432; H10W10/021; H10W10/20; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S148/00; Y10S148/012; Y10S148/135
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 2
Claim 1
Independent Claim
210 words
An image projection system comprising: a light source; a light valve device for guiding a light emanating from the light source, the light valve device comprising a drive substrate having drive electrodes and drive circuits for exciting the drive electrodes in response to predetermined signals, an opposed substrate arranged opposite to the drive substrate, and an electrooptical substance layer arranged between the drive substrate and the opposed substrate, wherein the drive substrate includes a transparent insulating thin film layer, a single crystal semiconductor thin film layer formed over the transparent insulating thin film layer, and a light shielding layer formed at that surface of the transparent insulating layer which is opposed to the side of the single crystal semiconductor thin film layer, wherein the drive circuits include transistor elements formed in the transparent insulating thin film layer, wherein the light shielding layer covers the active portions of the transistor elements, and wherein the drive electrodes are integrally arranged on the single crystal thin film layer and electrically connected with the drive circuits so that they are excited by the drive circuits to act upon the electrooptical substance layer to thereby control the optical transparency thereof; and an optical lens for magnifying and projecting an image on the light valve device.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
210 words
An image projection system comprising: a light source; a light valve device for guiding a light emanating from the light source, the light valve device comprising a drive substrate having drive electrodes and drive circuits for exciting the drive electrodes in response to predetermined signals, an opposed substrate arranged opposite to the drive substrate, and an electrooptical substance layer arranged between the drive substrate and the opposed substrate, wherein the drive substrate includes a transparent insulating thin film layer, a single crystal semiconductor thin film layer formed over the transparent insulating thin film layer, and a light shielding layer formed at that surface of the transparent insulating layer which is opposed to the side of the single crystal semiconductor thin film layer, wherein the drive circuits include transistor elements formed in the transparent insulating thin film layer, wherein the light shielding layer covers the active portions of the transistor elements, and wherein the drive electrodes are integrally arranged on the single crystal thin film layer and electrically connected with the drive circuits so that they are excited by the drive circuits to act upon the electrooptical substance layer to thereby control the optical transparency thereof; and an optical lens for magnifying and projecting an image on the light valve device.
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