IP Library Granted Patent US 7,825,412
Granted Patent B2
US 7,825,412 · App. 12/000,854 · Granted Nov 2, 2010

Display device

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Patent No.
US 7,825,412
App. No.
12/000,854
Granted
Nov 2, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides a display device which can obviate the occurrence of a leak current in a thin film transistor. In a display device including a substrate, and gate signal lines, an insulation film, semiconductor layers and conductor layers which are sequentially stacked on the substrate, the conductor layer forms at least a drain electrode which is connected to a drain signal line and a source electrode which is connected to a pixel electrode, and the semiconductor layer is formed in a pattern in which the semiconductor layer has a protruding portion which protrudes outwardly from the conductor layer at a portion thereof except for a distal end of the drain electrode as viewed in a plan view.

Claims (14)

1. A display device comprising a substrate, and a plurality of gate signal line, a plurality of semiconductor layer and a plurality of conductor layer which are sequentially stacked on the substrate, wherein

the conductor layer forms at least a drain electrode which is connected to a drain signal line and a source electrode which is connected to a pixel electrode,

the source electrode is formed in a pattern in which the source electrode has a projecting portion at a position where the source electrode overlaps the gate signal line as viewed in a plan view, and

the semiconductor layer is formed in a pattern in which the semiconductor layer has a protruding portion which protrudes outwardly from the conductor layer at a portion thereof except for a distal end of the projecting portion as viewed in a plan view.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer is not formed in a protruding manner at least on an edge portion of a distal end of the projecting portion as viewed in a plan view.

3. A display device comprising a substrate, and a plurality of gate signal line, a plurality of semiconductor layer and a plurality of conductor layer which are sequentially stacked on the substrate, wherein

the conductor layer forms at least a drain electrode which is connected to a drain signal line and a source electrode which is connected to a pixel electrode,

the source electrode is formed in a pattern in which the source electrode has a projecting portion at a position where the source electrode overlaps the gate signal line as viewed in a plan view,

the drain electrode is formed in a pattern in which the drain electrode has a projecting portion at a portion thereof close to a distal end thereof as viewed in a plan view, and

the semiconductor layer is formed in a pattern in which the semiconductor layer has a protruding portion which protrudes outwardly from the conductor layer at a portion thereof except for a distal end of the projecting portion of the source electrode and a distal end of the projecting portion of the drain electrode as viewed in a plan view.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the semiconductor layer is not formed in a protruding manner at least on an edge portion of the projecting portion of the drain electrode as viewed in a plan view.

5. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the semiconductor layer is not formed in a protruding manner at least on an edge portion of the projecting portion of the source electrode as viewed in a plan view.

6. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the drain electrode is formed in an approximately U-shaped pattern in which the drain electrode surrounds a distal end portion of the source electrode as viewed in a plan view.

7. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the projecting portion of the drain electrode also functions as a connecting portion between the drain electrode and the drain signal line.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0223 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065614/0644 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY, INC.
Reel/Frame 065654/0250 →
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
MERGER Recorded Apr 27, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA TECHNOLOGY, LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026249/0704 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2008
From: WATANABE, KUNIHIKO; UEHARA, JUNICHI; ISHII, MIYO
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.; IPS ALPHA TECHNOLOGY, LTD.
Reel/Frame 020553/0859 →