Patents by Inventor Shotaro Izawa

Shotaro Izawa has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • ELECTRO-OPTICAL DEVICE, ELECTRICAL APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20180067368
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device serves as an electro-optical device and includes, on a base member of an element substrate, a first shield layer disposed between a gate electrode and a drain electrode of a TFT, and a second shield layer provided between the drain electrode and a data line serving as a signal line. A first holding capacitor is configured by part of the drain electrode, the first dielectric layer, and the second shield layer.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 1, 2017
    Publication date: March 8, 2018
    Applicant: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
    Inventors: Shotaro IZAWA, Satoshi ITO
  • Electro-optic device and electronic apparatus
    Patent number: 9122115
    Abstract: Disclosed an electro-optic device which includes a reflective pixel electrode which is formed on a base of a contact hole in an approximately rectangular shape or an approximately oval shape, and a side wall thereof, and a second insulating film which covers the reflective pixel electrode, and has a cavity in the contact hole, in which the film thickness of the reflective pixel electrode becomes large toward the upper part from the base of the contact hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Date of Patent: September 1, 2015
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shotaro Izawa
  • ELECTRO-OPTIC DEVICE AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS
    Publication number: 20140118674
    Abstract: Disclosed an electro-optic device which includes a reflective pixel electrode which is formed on a base of a contact hole in an approximately rectangular shape or an approximately oval shape, and a side wall thereof, and a second insulating film which covers the reflective pixel electrode, and has a cavity in the contact hole, in which the film thickness of the reflective pixel electrode becomes large toward the upper part from the base of the contact hole.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 8, 2013
    Publication date: May 1, 2014
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Shotaro Izawa