Appeal No. 96-1394
Application No. 08/179,801
The disclosed invention relates to an active matrix
electro-optical display device that is characterized by an
array of storage capacitors formed as islands of electrically
conductive material beneath row electrodes of the device.
Each island of electrically conductive material is in
electrical contact with an adjacent pixel electrode, and a
layer of dielectric material is located between each island of
electrically conductive material and the overlying row
electrode.
Claim 17 is illustrative of the claimed invention, and it
reads as follows:
17. An active matrix electro-optic display device
comprising a pair of walls each having an inner and an outer
surface, at least one of which is optically transparent, the
walls defining a space between them, an array of pixel
electrodes, an array of switches associated with the pixel
electrodes, and an array of row and column electrodes, the row
electrodes and column electrodes interconnecting the pixel
electrodes via the switches, the arrays arranged on the inner
surface of one of the walls, a counter electrode on the inner
surface of the other wall, and an electro-optic material
filling the space between the walls, characterized in that the
display
includes an array of storage capacitors, each comprised of an
island of an electrically conductive material underlying a row
electrode, and in electrical contact with an adjacent pixel
electrode, and a layer of a dielectric material between the
island of conductive material and the overlying row electrode.
The references relied on by the examiner are:
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