IP Library Granted Patent US 7,394,105
Granted Patent B2
US 7,394,105 · App. 10/995,181 · Granted Jul 1, 2008

Active matrix display and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,394,105
App. No.
10/995,181
Granted
Jul 1, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an active matrix display including pixels arrayed in a matrix form and each including a display element and a thin film transistor. In each of columns which the pixels form, the pixels are divided into a first pixel group in which the thin film transistors are arranged along a first straight line parallel with the column, and a second pixel group in which the thin film transistors are arranged along a second straight line parallel with the column and spaced apart from the first straight line.

Claims (7)

1. An active matrix display comprising pixels arrayed in a matrix and each including a display element and a polysilicon thin film transistor, wherein the pixels in each column of the matrix are arranged in a line and are divided into at least a first pixel group in which the polysilicon thin film transistors are arranged along a first straight line parallel with the column, and a second pixel group in which the polysilicon thin film transistors are arranged along a second straight line parallel with the column and offset from the first straight line, and wherein the polysilicon thin film transistor is a drive transistor, the drive transistor and the display element being connected in series between first and second power supply terminals.

2. The display according to claim 1 , wherein each of the pixels further includes a pixel switch which is connected between a video signal line and a gate of the drive transistor and whose switching operation is controlled by a scan signal supplied from a scan signal line, and a capacitor which is connected to the gate of the drive transistor.

3. The display according to claim 1 , wherein dispersion of mobilities of the thin film transistors is narrower in the first and second pixel groups than that in the column.

4. The display according to claim 1 , wherein the pixels in the first pixel group and the pixels in the second pixel group are alternately arranged in a direction parallel with the column.

5. The display according to claim 1 , wherein in each of the columns, the pixels in the same column are equal to each other in a position of the display element in a direction parallel with rows which the pixels form.

6. The display according to claim 5 , wherein in each of the columns, the pixels adjacent in a direction parallel with the column are different from each other in a relative position of the display element with respect to the polysilicon thin film transistor in the direction parallel with the rows.

7. The display according to claim 1 , wherein in each of the columns, the pixels adjacent in a direction parallel with the column are different from each other in a relative position of the display element with respect to the polysilicon thin film transistor in a direction parallel with rows which the pixels form.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2012
From: TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028339/0273 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2012
From: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC.
Reel/Frame 028339/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 24, 2004
From: GOTO, YASUMASA
To: TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016028/0779 →