US Patent 7704859 Electro-optical apparatus, electronic apparatus, and method of manufacturing electro-optical apparatus

Provided is an electro-optical apparatus including a first thin-film transistor having a first gate electrode, a first gate insulating layer and a first active layer, which are respectively formed of a conductive film, an insulating film and a semiconductor film, in a pixel region of a device substrate, the apparatus including: a second thin-film transistor having a first gate electrode formed of the conductive film, a second gate insulating layer formed by removing a portion of the insulating film in a thickness direction and a second active layer formed of the semiconductor film, in a region other than the pixel region of the device substrate.