Patent ID: 7826023

Claim:
An electro-optical display cell comprising: (a) at least one transparent front substrate whose top surface forms a front face of the cell; (b) at least one back substrate that may also be transparent or not, whose lower surface forms a back face of said cell; (c) a sealing frame joining the front and back substrates and defining a volume for retaining an electro-optically or photo-electrically active medium in a sealed manner, wherein said front and back substrates include on faces opposite each other at least one electrode each, these electrodes being connectable by conductive paths of the cell to an electrical power or control circuit and the electrodes are even or level with an edge surface of the front substrate and with an edge surface of the back substrate, respectively, and define lateral electric contact zones, wherein the conductive paths are each formed of a first separate component part in contact with the electrodes at the level of the lateral electric contact zones, and a second separate component part extending over the back surface of the cell; and (d) a contact member arranged over an edge, or back, or the edge and the back, of the cell thereby forming an electrical junction disposed between the first separate component part and the second separate component part of each conductive path, wherein the electric junction provides direct conductive continuity between the first separate component part and the second separate component part, and the first separate component part and the second separate component part are disposed so that each contacts the contact member.