Display device and semiconductor substrate
According to one embodiment, a semiconductor substrate including, a switching element, a first organic insulating film, first and second metal lines arranged in a first direction and extending in a second direction, and a metal electrode located between the first and second metal lines. The first organic insulating film includes first and second surfaces. The switching element is covered with the first surface. The first and second metal lines and the metal electrode are located on the second surface side. The first metal line includes a first portion extending in the second direction and a second portion having a width larger than a width of the first portion. The second portion includes arcuate first and second edge. The metal electrode has a polygonal shape having n corners or an elliptic shape where n is larger than four.
1 . A display device comprising:
signal lines arrayed in a first direction;
scanning lines arrayed in a second direction intersecting the first direction;
a first pixel electrode;
a second pixel electrode arranged next to the first pixel electrode in the second direction;
a plurality of common electrodes arrayed in a matrix;
metal lines including a first metal line;
a first insulating film between the plurality of common electrodes and the first metal line;
a light-shielding portion including a first light-shielding portion and a second light-shielding portion;
a second insulating film between the signal lines and the metal lines,
a metal electrode in an insular shape arranged on the second insulating film and formed of a same material as the first metal line; and
a second metal line located on the second insulating film and extending in the second direction, wherein
one of the plurality of common electrodes includes a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion arrayed in the second direction, and an opening between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion,
the first electrode portion is opposed to the first pixel electrode,
the second electrode portion is opposed to the second pixel electrode,
the first electrode portion includes a first edge which defines a part of an outline of the opening,
the second electrode portion includes a second edge which defines a part of the outline of the opening,
the first edge and the second edge oppose to each other in the second direction,
the first metal line extends across the first edge, the opening, and the second edge,
the first edge includes a first protruding portion protruding toward the second edge,
the first protruding portion overlaps the first metal line,
the first insulating film covers both of the signal lines and the metal lines in planar view, and
the metal electrode is located between the first metal line and the second metal line and is overlaid on the first light-shielding portion, and has a polygonal shape larger than four sides or an elliptic shape.
2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the first metal line includes a first portion and a second portion, and
a width of the second portion is larger than a width of the first portion.
3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein
the second portion overlaps the first protruding portion.
4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the signal lines include a first signal line,
the first signal line extends across the first edge, the opening, and the second edge,
the first metal line is connected to one of the plurality of common electrodes, and
the first metal line extends parallel to the first signal line.
5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein
the first electrode portion includes a first slit, and
the first slit overlaps the first metal line.
6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein
the second electrode portion includes a second slit, and
the second slit overlaps the first metal line.
7 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein
the scanning lines include a first scanning line, and
the first scanning line crosses the first metal line and the first signal line in an area where the opening is formed.
8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein
the first light-shielding portion overlaps the first scanning line and extends in parallel to the first scanning line,
the second light-shielding portion overlaps the first signal line and extends in parallel to the first signal line, and
the first protruding portion overlaps the first light-shielding portion.
9 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein
a width of the first light-shielding portion in the second direction is larger than a width of the second light-shielding portion in the first direction.
10 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a drain electrode in an insular shape overlaid on the first light-shielding portion and formed of a same material as the signal lines,
wherein
the metal electrode is in contact with the drain electrode through a contact hole formed in the second insulating film, and
the drain electrode includes an arcuate edge opposed to the scanning line in planar view.
11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein
the metal electrode covers the arcuate edge.
12 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein
the one of the plurality of common electrodes includes a bridge portion between the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion,
the first electrode portion and the second electrode portion are connected by the bridge portion,
the bridge portion includes a third edge which defines a part of the outline of the opening,
the first edge is connected to the third edge,
the second edge is connected to the third edge, and
the bridge portion overlaps neither the first metal line nor the first signal line.
13 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein
an edge of the first protruding portion is a part of the first edge, and
the edge of the first protruding portion is arcuate.