Display device
View Patent ↗A terminal includes a first part, which includes a terminal contact hole and an ITO film, and a second part, which includes the ITO film but not the contact hole. A terminal wiring line of the terminal is wide in the first part and narrow in the second part. In regions adjacent to the first part, adjacent terminal wiring lines are bent outward, thus securing enough interval between wiring lines, with the result that terminals can be formed through patterning by normal light exposure.
1. A display device comprising:
a display area in which multiple scanning lines, multiple video signal lines, and multiple pixels are formed, the multiple video signal lines intersecting the multiple scanning lines; and
a terminal group which is placed outside the display area,
wherein the terminal group comprises multiple terminals each of which contains part of a terminal wiring line, the terminal wiring line supplying signals to any one of the multiple scanning lines and the multiple video signal lines,
wherein the multiple terminals each comprise a first part and a second part, which is adjacent to the first part in a running direction of the terminal wiring line,
wherein the first part comprises a contact hole, which is formed in an insulating film above the terminal wiring line, and a transparent conductive film, which covers the contact hole to connect to the terminal wiring line,
wherein the second part comprises the transparent conductive film but not the contact hole,
wherein the terminal wiring line is wider in the first part than in the second part, and
wherein, in regions adjacent to the first part of one of the multiple terminals, terminal wiring lines of other terminals that are adjacent to the terminal wiring line of the one of the multiple terminals have a wiring width narrower than a width of the terminal wiring line of the one of the multiple terminals in the first part, and are bent away from the first part.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein one bump formed in an IC driver is connected to the first part of one of the multiple terminals, and to the second part of the one of the multiple terminals both in an overlapping manner.
3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal group comprises a terminal in which the first part is placed closer to the display area than the second part is and a terminal in which the second part is placed closer to the display area than the first part is.
4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal wiring line of the one of the multiple terminals and the terminal wiring lines of the other terminals that are adjacent to the terminal wiring line of the one of the multiple terminals are formed in the same layer.
5. The display device according to claim 1 ,
wherein the multiple pixels formed in the display area each comprise a thin-film transistor, and
wherein the terminal wiring line is formed from a gate metal layer, which is the same layer and material used to form a gate electrode of the thin-film transistor in the display area.
6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent conductive film of each of the multiple terminals is wider in the first part than in the second part.
7. A display device comprising:
a display area in which multiple scanning lines, multiple video signal lines, and multiple pixels are formed, the multiple video signal lines intersecting the multiple scanning lines;
a terminal group which is placed outside the display area;
a test thin-film transistor which is connected to the terminal group; and
a test wiring line,
wherein the terminal group comprises multiple terminals each of which contains part of a terminal wiring line, the terminal wiring line supplying signals to any one of the multiple scanning lines and the multiple video signal lines,
wherein the multiple terminals each comprise a first part and a second part, which is adjacent to the first part in a running direction of the terminal wiring line,
wherein the terminal wiring line comprises a first terminal wiring line and a second terminal wiring line, which is formed in a layer different from a layer where the first terminal wiring line is formed,
wherein the first part comprises a first contact hole, which is formed in an insulating film above the first terminal wiring line, a second contact hole, which is formed in an insulating film above the second terminal wiring line, and a transparent conductive film, which covers the first contact hole and the second contact hole to connect to the first terminal wiring line and the second terminal wiring line,
wherein the second part comprises the transparent conductive film but not the first contact hole or the second contact hole,
wherein the terminal wiring line is wider in the first part than in the second part,
wherein, in regions adjacent to the first part of one of the multiple terminals, terminal wiring lines of other terminals that are adjacent to the terminal wiring line of the one of the multiple terminals have a wiring width narrower than a width of the terminal wiring line of the one of the multiple terminals in the first part, and are bent away from the first part,
wherein, in the first part, the first terminal wiring line is electrically connected to the second terminal wiring line through the first contact hole, the second contact hole, and the transparent conductive film, and
wherein the second terminal wiring line is connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the test thin-film transistor.
8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein one bump formed in an IC driver is connected to the first contact hole and the second contact hole in the first part of one of the multiple terminals, and to the second part of the one of the multiple terminals both in an overlapping manner.
9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the terminal group comprises a terminal in which the first part is placed closer to the display area than the second part is and a terminal in which the second part is placed closer to the display area than the first part is.
10. The display device according to claim 7 ,
wherein the multiple pixels formed in the display area each comprise a thin-film transistor, and
wherein the first terminal wiring line is formed from a gate metal layer, which is the same layer and material used to form a gate electrode of the thin-film transistor in the display area.
11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the second terminal wiring line is formed from an SD metal layer, which is the same layer and material used to form the source electrode and the drain electrode of the thin-film transistor in the display area.
12. The display device according to claim 11 , wherein the terminal wiring line formed from the SD metal layer constitutes one of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the test thin-film transistor.
13. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the transparent conductive film of each of the multiple terminals is wider in the first part than in the second part.
14. A display device comprising:
a display area in which multiple scanning lines, multiple video signal lines, and multiple pixels are formed, the multiple video signal lines intersecting the multiple scanning lines;
a terminal group which is placed outside the display area;
a test thin-film transistor which is connected to the terminal group; and
a test wiring line,
wherein the terminal group comprises multiple terminals each of which contains part of a terminal wiring line, the terminal wiring line supplying signals to any one of the multiple scanning lines and the multiple video signal lines,
wherein the multiple terminals each comprise a first part and a second part, which is adjacent to the first part in a running direction of the terminal wiring line,
wherein the terminal wiring line comprises a first terminal wiring line and a second terminal wiring line, which is formed in a layer different from a layer where the first terminal wiring line is formed,
wherein the first part comprises a first contact hole, which is formed in an insulating film above the first terminal wiring line, a second contact hole, which is formed in an insulating film above the second terminal wiring line, and a transparent conductive film, which covers the first contact hole and the second contact hole to connect to the first terminal wiring line and the second terminal wiring line,
wherein the second part comprises the transparent conductive film but not the first contact hole or the second contact hole,
wherein the terminal wiring line is wider in the first part than in the second part,
wherein, in regions adjacent to the first part of one of the multiple terminals, terminal wiring lines of other terminals that are adjacent to the terminal wiring line of the one of the multiple terminals have a wiring width narrower than a width of the terminal wiring line of the one of the multiple terminals in the first part, and are bent away from the first part,
wherein, in the first part, the first terminal wiring line is electrically connected to the second terminal wiring line through the first contact hole, the second contact hole, and the transparent conductive film,
wherein every two adjacent terminal wiring lines are formed in different layers, which are separated by an insulating film, in a region between the terminal group and the display area,
wherein, when the first terminal wiring line of one terminal wiring line is located between the display area and the first part of one of the multiple terminals with which this terminal wiring line is associated, this terminal wiring line is electrically connected to the second terminal wiring line in the first part to be connected to one of a source electrode and a drain electrode of the test thin-film transistor, and
wherein, when the second terminal wiring line of one terminal wiring line is located between the display area and the first part of one of the multiple terminals with which this terminal wiring line is associated, this terminal wiring line is electrically connected to the first terminal wiring line in the first part, and is electrically connected back to the second terminal wiring line via a switchover terminal in a region between the first part and the test thin-film transistor to be connected to one of the source electrode and the drain electrode of the test thin-film transistor, the switchover terminal including a through hole.
15. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein one bump formed in an IC driver is connected to the first contact hole and the second contact hole in the first part of one of the multiple terminals, and to the second part of the one of the multiple terminals both in an overlapping manner.
16. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein the terminal group comprises a terminal in which the first part is placed closer to the display area than the second part is and a terminal in which the second part is placed closer to the display area than the first part is.
17. The display device according to claim 14 ,
wherein the multiple pixels formed in the display area each comprise a thin-film transistor,
wherein the first terminal wiring line is formed from a gate metal layer, which is the same layer and material used to form a gate electrode of the thin-film transistor in the display area, and
wherein the second terminal wiring line is formed from an SD metal layer, which is the same layer and material used to form the source electrode and the drain electrode of the thin-film transistor in the display area.
18. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein a number of the switchover terminals is half a number of the terminal wiring lines.