US5811837A
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Liquid crystal device with unit cell pitch twice the picture element pitch
Assignee: Seiko Epson Corp
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Filing: 1995-05-09
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Granted: 1998-09-22
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Expires: 2015-05-09
Abstract
Abstract An active matrix panel including a matrix of driving electrodes couples through thin film transistor switches to a corresponding source line and gate line and at least one of a driver circuit including complementary thin film transistors for driving the source and/or gate lines of the picture elements on the substrate. The thin film transistors of the active matrix have the same cross-sectional structure as the P-type or the N-type thin film transistors forming the driver circuit and are formed during the same patterning process.
Inventors
- 👤 Toshiyuki Misawa
- 👤 Hiroyuki Oshima
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-05 21:20
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1345; G02F1/13454; H; H10; H10D; H10D84/00; H10D84/80; H10D84/82; H10D84/83; H10D84/85; H10D84/859; G09; G09G; G09G3/00; G09G3/001; G09G3/002; G09G3/003; G09G3/20; G09G3/34; G09G3/36; G09G3/3611; G09G3/3648; G09G3/3674; G09G3/3677; G09G3/3685; G09G3/3688; H10D84/01; H10D84/0123; H10D84/0126; H10D84/0165; H10D84/0191; H10D86/00; H10D86/40; H10D86/441; H10D86/60; H10W; H10W20/00; H10W20/40; G02F1/133345; G02F1/136; G02F1/1362; G02F1/136213; G02F1/136254; G09G2300/00; G09G2300/04; G09G2300/0404; G09G2300/0408; G09G2300/08; G09G2300/0809; G09G2330/00; G09G2330/12; G09G3/006; G09G3/2007; G09G3/2011; G09G3/3659; H10D30/00; H10D30/60; H10D30/67; H10D30/6704; H10D30/6713; H10W72/00; H10W72/01; H10W72/015; H10W72/01515; H10W72/071; H10W72/075; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S257/00; Y10S257/923; Y10S345/00; Y10S345/904
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 12
Claim 1
Independent Claim
314 words
A liquid crystal device for an electro-optical device wherein data signals are supplied to liquid crystal cells through a plurality of thin film transistors arranged in a plurality of picture elements, each of the picture elements having a picture element pitch, the liquid crystal device comprising: a substrate having a pixel region and at least one driver region; a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines disposed on the substrate, the plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of source lines in the pixel region; and driving means formed in the at least one driver region for driving at least one of the source lines and the gate lines including a shift register having CMOS thin film transistors, the CMOS thin film transistors comprising first type thin film transistors formed in first thin film regions and second type thin film transistors formed in second thin film regions, the driving means comprising a plurality of unit cells, each of the plurality of unit cells having a unit cell pitch, the driving means comprising at least a first power source line and a second power source line, the first power source line including a first portion extending in a first direction and a second portion extending substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and the second power source line including a third portion extending substantially in the first direction and a fourth portion extending substantially perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the first thin film regions of the first type thin film transistors are arranged to cross the second portions, and the second thin film regions of the second type thin film transistors are arranged to cross the fourth portions, and wherein the unit cell pitch corresponds to a distance between the second and fourth portions, the unit cell pitch being one of equal to and twice a value of the picture element pitch.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
314 words
A liquid crystal device for an electro-optical device wherein data signals are supplied to liquid crystal cells through a plurality of thin film transistors arranged in a plurality of picture elements, each of the picture elements having a picture element pitch, the liquid crystal device comprising: a substrate having a pixel region and at least one driver region; a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines disposed on the substrate, the plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of source lines in the pixel region; and driving means formed in the at least one driver region for driving at least one of the source lines and the gate lines including a shift register having CMOS thin film transistors, the CMOS thin film transistors comprising first type thin film transistors formed in first thin film regions and second type thin film transistors formed in second thin film regions, the driving means comprising a plurality of unit cells, each of the plurality of unit cells having a unit cell pitch, the driving means comprising at least a first power source line and a second power source line, the first power source line including a first portion extending in a first direction and a second portion extending substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and the second power source line including a third portion extending substantially in the first direction and a fourth portion extending substantially perpendicular to the first direction, wherein the first thin film regions of the first type thin film transistors are arranged to cross the second portions, and the second thin film regions of the second type thin film transistors are arranged to cross the fourth portions, and wherein the unit cell pitch corresponds to a distance between the second and fourth portions, the unit cell pitch being one of equal to and twice a value of the picture element pitch.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
50 words
The liquid crystal device of claim 1, wherein source, drain and channel regions of the first type thin film transistors are formed by the first thin film regions, and source, drain and channel regions of the second type thin film transistors are formed by the second silicon thin film regions.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
31 words
The liquid crystal device of claim 1, wherein the first power source line is a positive power source line and the second power source line is a negative power source line.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
The liquid crystal device of claim 1, wherein the first type thin film transistors are P-type thin film transistors and the second type thin film transistors are N-type thin film transistors.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
63 words
The liquid crystal device of claim 1, wherein adjacent ones of the first thin film regions are separated by a first distance, adjacent ones of the second thin film regions are separated by the first distance, and adjacent ones of the first and the second thin film regions are separated by a second distance, the first and the second distances being substantially equal.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
314 words
A projection type color display device wherein data signals are supplied to liquid crystal cells through a plurality of thin film transistors arranged in a plurality of picture elements, each of the plurality of picture elements having a picture element pitch, the projection type color display device comprising: a substrate having a pixel region and at least one driver region; a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines disposed on the substrate, the plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of source lines in the pixel region; and driving means formed in the at least one driver region for driving at least one of the source lines and the gate lines including a shift register having CMOS thin film transistors, the CMOS thin film transistors comprising first type thin film transistors formed in first thin film regions and second type thin film transistors formed in second thing film regions, the driving means comprising a plurality of unit cells, each of the plurality of unit cells having a unit cell pitch, the driving means comprising at least a first power source line and a second power source line, the first power source line including a first portion extending in a first direction and a second portion extending substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and the second power course line including a third portion extending substantially in the first direction and a fourth portion extending substantially perpendicular to the first direction, wherein first thin film regions of the first type thin film transistors are arranged to cross the second portions, and second thin film regions of the second type thin film transistors are arranged to cross the fourth portions, and wherein the unit cell pitch corresponds to a distance between the second and fourth portions, the unit cell pitch being one of equal to and twice a value of the picture element pitch.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
314 words
A projection type color display device wherein data signals are supplied to liquid crystal cells through a plurality of thin film transistors arranged in a plurality of picture elements, each of the plurality of picture elements having a picture element pitch, the projection type color display device comprising: a substrate having a pixel region and at least one driver region; a plurality of source lines and a plurality of gate lines disposed on the substrate, the plurality of gate lines crossing the plurality of source lines in the pixel region; and driving means formed in the at least one driver region for driving at least one of the source lines and the gate lines including a shift register having CMOS thin film transistors, the CMOS thin film transistors comprising first type thin film transistors formed in first thin film regions and second type thin film transistors formed in second thing film regions, the driving means comprising a plurality of unit cells, each of the plurality of unit cells having a unit cell pitch, the driving means comprising at least a first power source line and a second power source line, the first power source line including a first portion extending in a first direction and a second portion extending substantially perpendicular to the first direction, and the second power course line including a third portion extending substantially in the first direction and a fourth portion extending substantially perpendicular to the first direction, wherein first thin film regions of the first type thin film transistors are arranged to cross the second portions, and second thin film regions of the second type thin film transistors are arranged to cross the fourth portions, and wherein the unit cell pitch corresponds to a distance between the second and fourth portions, the unit cell pitch being one of equal to and twice a value of the picture element pitch.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
51 words
The projection type display device of claim 6, wherein source, drain and channel regions of the first type thin film transistors are formed by the first thin film regions, and source, drain and channel regions of the second type thin film transistors are formed by the second silicon thin film regions.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The projection type display device of claim 6, wherein the first power source line is a positive power source line and the second power source line is a negative power source line.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
32 words
The projection type display device of claim 6, wherein the first type thin film transistors are P-type thin film transistors and the second type thin film transistors are N-type thin film transistors.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
64 words
The projection type display device of claim 6, wherein adjacent ones of the first thin film regions are separated by a first distance, adjacent ones of the second thin film regions are separated by the first distance, and adjacent ones of the first and the second thin film regions are separated by a second distance, the first and the second distances being substantially equal.
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