IP Library Granted Patent US 7,427,777
Granted Patent B2
US 7,427,777 · App. 11/164,856 · Granted Sep 23, 2008

Thin film transistor, pixel structure and repairing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,427,777
App. No.
11/164,856
Granted
Sep 23, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel structure including a scan line, a gate pattern, a first dielectric layer, a channel layer, a source, a drain, a data line, a second dielectric layer and a pixel electrode is provided. The gate pattern is electrically connected with the scan line and has an opening therein. The first dielectric layer covers the scan line and the gate pattern and it fills up the opening. Besides, the channel layer is disposed on the first dielectric layer, and the source and the drain are disposed on the channel layer. The drain is disposed above the opening of the gate pattern. The source is electrically connected with the data line, and the pixel electrode is electrically connected with the drain. The overlapping area between the gate pattern that has an opening and the drain can be kept so that the gate-drain capacitor (Cgd) is not changed.

Claims (6)

1. A pixel repairing method suitable for repairing a pixel structure comprising a scan line; a gate pattern electrically connecting with the scan line, wherein an opening is formed inside the gate pattern; a first dielectric layer covering the scan line and the gate pattern and filling up the opening; a channel layer disposed on the first dielectric layer above the gate pattern; a source and a drain disposed on the channel layer wherein the drain is disposed above the opening; a data line disposed on the first dielectric layer and electrically connected with the source; a second dielectric layer covering the source, the drain and the data line; a pixel electrode disposed on the second dielectric layer and electrically connected with the drain; and an extension line electrically connecting with the data line and extending above the gate pattern, the pixel repairing method comprising:

cutting off the gate pattern which is around the opening and on two sides of the drain and the extension line for forming a floating pattern below the drain and the extension line;

electrically connecting the extension line and the floating pattern; and

electrically connecting the drain and the floating pattern.

2. The pixel repairing method according to claim 1 , wherein a method of cutting off the gate pattern being around the opening and on two sides of the drain and the extension line is laser grooving technique.

3. The pixel repairing method according to claim 1 , wherein a method of connecting the extension line and the floating pattern electrically and connecting the drain and the floating pattern electrically is laser welding technique.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2016
From: HWZ INTANGIBLE ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
To: WUHAN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040174/0599 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 3, 2016
From: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
To: HWZ INTANGIBLE ASSETS INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Reel/Frame 039332/0949 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 8, 2005
From: TSOU, YUAN-HSIN; HE, CHIEN-KUO
To: CHUNGHWA PICTURE TUBES, LTD.
Reel/Frame 016865/0757 →