IP Library Granted Patent US 6,856,374
Granted Patent B1
US 6,856,374 · App. 09/627,194 · Granted Feb 15, 2005

Display and method for repairing defects thereof

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Patent No.
US 6,856,374
App. No.
09/627,194
Granted
Feb 15, 2005
Kind
B1
Abstract

It is an object of the invention to provide a display and a method for repairing defects of the same in which defects such as inter-layer short-circuits and short-circuits in a single that have occurred at steps for manufacturing the display can be easily repaired to provide a good product with a probability higher than that in the related art. Laser irradiation is carried out as a first cycle of laser irradiation by forming a slit S 1 in a region where a drain bus line 220 completely covers a gate bus line 218 to form a cut portion longer than the width of the gate bus line 218 adjacent to an inter-layer short-circuit 290 such that it splits an intersecting portion of the drain bus line 220 into two parts as shown in FIG. 5 b . Next, as shown in FIG. 5 c , slits S 2 and S 3 are respectively used for second and third cycles of laser irradiation to cut the drain bus line 220 at both ends of the cut portion (indicated by S 1 ), thereby isolating the inter-layer short-circuit 290 of the drain bus line 220.

Claims (2)

1. A method for repairing a defect in a display having pixel regions formed on a substrate, comprising the step of:

forming a bypass for a, broken portion of a gate bus line by making a conductive path that electrically connects said gate bus line to a pixel electrode and a storage capacitor bus line through local irradiation with a laser beam, thereby allowing said broken portion to be repaired by sacrificing regular use of an associated pixel.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2005
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 016345/0210 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 13, 2005
From: FUJITSU DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 016345/0310 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2002
From: FUJITSU LIMITED
To: FUJITSU DISPLAY TECHNOLOGIES CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 013552/0107 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 27, 2000
From: OZAKI, KIYOSHI; MATSUBARA, KUNIO; TAGUCHI, YOSHIHISA; HAYASHI, SHOGO; KAMADA, TSUYOSHI; KATOH, SHINJA; ASADA, KATSUSHIGE
To: FUJITSU LIMITED
Reel/Frame 011021/0776 →