Electro-optical device and electronic equipment

Abstract

An electro-optical devices includes: a first substrate; a second substrate having one surface opposite to the first substrate; a support member configured to hold the first and second substrates with the second substrate located outside the first substrate, and to include a frame portion surrounding the first and second substrates; a first conductive film formed on the other surface of the second substrate; and a conductor layer placed between the frame portion and the first and second substrates, and electrically connected to the first conductive film. The first conductive film is held at a constant potential via the conductor layer.

The invention is claimed as follows: 
     
         1 . An electro-optical device comprising:
 an illumination unit that includes a light guide plate, a light source provided along an end portion of the light guide plate, and an optical sheet overlapping the light guide plate;   a panel that is provided on an optical sheet side of the illumination unit and includes a first substrate facing the optical sheet, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and an electro-optical material between the first substrate and the second substrate;   a resin case that includes a side plate portion and a step portion, the side plate portion surrounding the panel, the step portion being formed on an inner side of the side plate portion and having an inner side surrounding the illumination unit and an upper surface holding the first substrate;   an upper polarizing plate provided on a surface of the second substrate opposite to a surface thereof facing the first substrate; and   a light-shielding sheet provided between the panel, and the light guide plate and the optical sheet, at respective end portions of the light guide plate and the optical sheet,   wherein a flexible substrate connected to the light source is provided between the light source and the panel and overlaps at least part of the light-shielding sheet.   
     
     
         2 . The electro-optical device according to  claim 1 , further comprising
 a tape provided along an outer edge portion of the first substrate and between the first substrate and the step portion,   wherein the tape has an inner edge, an outer edge, a first surface, and a second surface,   wherein the outer edge of the tape is opposite to the inner edge thereof and faces the side plate portion of the resin case, the first surface of the tape faces the first substrate, and the second surface of the tape faces the upper surface of the step portion,   wherein the panel further includes a frame-shaped sealing member that is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, configured to seal the electro-optical material, and has an inner side surface facing the electro-optical material, and   wherein the inner edge of the tape is outside the inner side surface of the sealing member in a planar view.   
     
     
         3 . The electro-optical device according to  claim 1 , further comprising
 a light-shielding sheet that includes a first area contacting an end of the light guide plate and a second area stacked between an end portion of the optical sheet and the panel.   
     
     
         4 . The electro-optical device according to  claim 2 ,
 wherein the outer edge portion of the first substrate extends outside an outer edge of the optical sheet and an outer edge of the light guide plate,   wherein the upper surface of the step portion holds the outer edge portion of the first substrate, and   wherein the first surface of the tape is bonded to the outer edge portion of the first substrate.   
     
     
         5 . The electro-optical device according to  claim 2 , further comprising
 a lower polarizing plate between the optical sheet and the first substrate, wherein the tape is provided outside an outer edge of the lower polarizing plate.   
     
     
         6 . An electro-optical device comprising:
 a panel that is provided on an optical sheet side of an illumination unit and includes a first substrate, a second substrate, and an electro-optical material between the first substrate and the second substrate, the illumination unit including a light guide plate, a light source provided along an end portion of the light guide plate, and an optical sheet overlapping the light guide plate, the first substrate facing the optical sheet, the second substrate facing the first substrate;   a resin case that includes a side plate portion and a step portion, the side plate portion surrounding the panel, the step portion being formed on an inner side of the side plate portion and having an inner side surrounding the illumination unit and an upper surface holding the first substrate;   a light-shielding sheet provided between the panel, and the light guide plate and the optical sheet, at respective end portions of the light guide plate and the optical sheet,   wherein a flexible substrate connected to the light source is provided between the light source and the panel and overlaps at least part of the light-shielding sheet.   
     
     
         7 . The electro-optical device according to  claim 6 , further comprising
 a tape provided along an outer edge portion of the first substrate and between the first substrate and the step portion,   wherein the tape has an inner edge, an outer edge, a first surface, and a second surface,   wherein the outer edge of the tape is opposite to the inner edge thereof and faces the side plate portion of the resin case, the first surface of the tape faces the first substrate, and the second surface of the tape faces the upper surface of the step portion,   wherein the panel further includes a frame-shaped sealing member that is provided between the first substrate and the second substrate, configured to seal the electro-optical material, and has an inner side surface facing the electro-optical material, and   wherein the inner edge of the tape is outside the inner side surface of the sealing member in a planar view.   
     
     
         8 . The electro-optical device according to  claim 6 , further comprising
 an upper polarizing plate provided on a surface of the second substrate opposite to a surface thereof facing the first substrate.