IP Library Granted Patent US 12696639
Granted Patent B2
US 12696639 · App. 18/230,171 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Hajime Watakabe (Tokyo, JP); Masashi Tsubuku (Tokyo, JP); Toshinari Sasaki (Tokyo, JP); Takaya Tamaru (Tokyo, JP)
Assignees: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.; IDEMITSU KOSAN CO., LTD.
H10K59/131H10K59/1213
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12696639
App. No.
18/230,171
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel including a display portion having a plurality of pixels; and a sensor element disposed on a rear side of the display portion. The display portion has a first region overlapping the sensor element and a second region other than the first region in a plan view. Each of the plurality of pixels has a semiconductor device including a channel portion and a conductive portion made of an oxide semiconductor having a polycrystalline structure. Each of the plurality of pixels in the first region is connected by a first signal line comprising the same layer as the conductive portion, and each of the plurality of pixels in the second region is connected by a second signal line comprising a metal layer connected to the conductive portion.

Claims (18)

1 . A display device comprising:

a display panel including a display portion having a plurality of pixels and a signal line; and

a sensor element disposed on a rear side of the display portion, wherein

the display portion has a first region overlapping the sensor element and a second region other than the first region in a plan view,

each of the plurality of pixels has a transistor having a semiconductor layer including a channel portion and a conductive portion made of an oxide semiconductor having a polycrystalline structure,

the signal line extends from the first region to the second region,

the signal line includes a first part overlapping the first region and a second part overlapping the second region,

the first part comprises the same layer as the conductive portion,

the second part comprises a metal layer,

the conductive region of the transistor in the first region is connected to the first part by being uni-formed, and

the conductive region of the transistor in the second region is connected to the second part via a contact hole.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second part includes a plurality of second parts, and the first part is between two of the second parts in a plan view.

3 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel density in the first region is smaller than the pixel density in the second region.

4 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of pixels are arranged on a substrate, and

a thickness of the substrate in the first region is thinner than that in the second region.

5 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a sheet resistance of the conductive portion is less than 500 Ω/square.

6 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensor element is an imaging device.