IP Library Granted Patent US 7,714,331
Granted Patent B2
US 7,714,331 · App. 11/987,233 · Granted May 11, 2010

Display device

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Patent No.
US 7,714,331
App. No.
11/987,233
Granted
May 11, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a gate line and a data line crossing each other to form a pixel; a thin film transistor (TFT) near the crossing, the TFT including a polycrystalline silicon layer, wherein the polycrystalline silicon layer includes a plurality of first, second and third circular crystals, and the three first, second and third adjacent circular crystals form one equilateral triangle, and six of the equilateral triangles form a regular hexagon, wherein the second crystals are grown radially staffing from circumferences of the first crystals and wherein the third crystals are grown radially starting from circumferences of the first or second crystals.

Claims (15)

1. A display device comprising:

a gate line and a data line crossing each other to form a pixel;

a thin film transistor (TFT) near the crossing, the TFT including a polycrystalline silicon layer,

wherein the polycrystalline silicon layer includes a plurality of first, second and third circular crystals, and the first, second and third adjacent circular crystals form one equilateral triangle, and six of the equilateral triangles form a regular hexagon,

wherein the second crystals are grown radially starting from circumferences of the first crystals and

wherein the third crystals are grown radially starting from circumferences of the first or second crystals.

2. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device is either a liquid crystal display or an electroluminescence display.

3. The device according to claim 1 , wherein each circular crystal includes a plurality of radially grown grains.

4. A display device comprising:

a gate line and a data line crossing each other to form a pixel;

a thin film transistor (TFT) near the crossing, the TFT including a polycrystalline silicon layer, wherein the polycrystalline silicon layer includes a plurality of first, second and third crystals having a polygon shape, and the centers of the first, second and third adjacent crystals form one equilateral triangle, and six of the equilateral triangles form a regular hexagons,

wherein the second crystals are grown radially starting from circumferences of the first crystals and

wherein the third crystals are grown radially starting from circumferences of the first or second crystals.

5. The device according to claim 4 , wherein the display device is either a liquid crystal display or an electroluminescence display.

6. The device according to claim 4 , wherein each crystal includes a plurality of radially grown grains.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Oct 17, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021754/0045 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2007
From: YOU, JAE SUNG
To: LG. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020216/0342 →