Patent ID: 7327428

Claim:
An electro-optical device, comprising: a pair of substrates; electro-optical material interposed between the pair of substrates; signal electrodes on one of the substrates, each signal electrode including a main section, a perpendicular section that extends from the main section in a direction substantially perpendicular to the main section, and an opposing section that extends from an end of the perpendicular section that is remote from the main section and in a direction substantially parallel with the main section; common electrodes on the same substrate as the signal electrodes, the common electrodes crossing the signal electrodes and extending in a different direction from the signal electrodes; an insulating layer interposed between the signal electrodes and the common electrodes; thin film diodes having at least one end; one end of each of the thin film diodes being connected to a respective one of the common electrodes; and pixel electrodes on the same substrate as the signal electrodes and the common electrodes, each pixel electrode being connected to another end of each of the thin film diodes, each pixel electrode having two sets of opposing sides, each pixel electrode being sandwiched in between the main section and the opposing section of the corresponding signal electrode on one set of opposing sides and between the corresponding common electrode and the perpendicular section of the corresponding signal electrode on the other set of opposing sides.