IP Library Granted Patent US 8,520,173
Granted Patent B2
US 8,520,173 · App. 12/725,762 · Granted Aug 27, 2013

Display device

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Patent No.
US 8,520,173
App. No.
12/725,762
Granted
Aug 27, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device is provided, decreasing the influence of reflected incident/ambient light caused by patterned bus lines therein, wherein a backlight is disposed at a back side of a substrate comprising common electrodes and color filters, and images are viewed at a side of another substrate comprising pixel electrodes and thin film transistors. A layer (low-reflection layer) with an optical reflectivity lower than that of bus lines, is disposed in a buffer film formed between a viewing side of a glass substrate and an insulating film where the bus lines 4 a are disposed. The low-reflection layer is patterned with the same shape as those of the bus lines and covers the bus lines. The incident/ambient light via the glass substrate is shielded by the low-reflection layer and does not arrive at the bus lines.

Claims (17)

1. A display device, comprising:

an array substrate having a control component, a bus line on a surface, and a low-reflection layer with an optical reflectivity lower than that of the bus line, wherein the control component corresponds to each of pixels to control luminance for displaying images, the bus line is for operating the control component, and the low-reflection layer covers the bus line but does not cover the control component;

a color filter substrate having a plurality of color filters arranged in a matrix, and a black matrix disposed between neighboring color filters; and

a backlight device, wherein the color filter substrate is disposed between the array substrate and the backlight device.

2. The device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a smoothing film for smoothing the surface of the array substrate, wherein the low-reflection layer is formed at a side close to the array substrate of the smoothing film.

3. The device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein

the control component is a thin film transistor (TFT); and

the bus line comprises at least one of a data bus line connected to the thin film transistor, a gate bus line connected to the thin film transistor, and a bus line for a storage capacitor.

4. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein

the control component is a thin film transistor (TFT); and

the bus line comprises at least one of a data bus line connected to the thin film transistor, a gate bus line connected to the thin film transistor, and a bus line for a storage capacitor.

5. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the low-reflection layer is a metal film or a laminated film of a metal film and a metal oxide film.

6. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the low-reflection layer is a resin film.

7. The device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the low-reflection layer is a semiconductor film.

8. The device as claimed in claim 1 ,

wherein the black matrix comprises a light diffusing surface.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Apr 13, 2014
From: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
To: INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 032672/0813 →
MERGER Recorded Jan 23, 2011
From: TPO DISPLAYS CORP.
To: CHIMEI INNOLUX CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 025681/0319 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2010
From: INADA, TOSHIYA
To: TPO DISPLAYS CORP.
Reel/Frame 024308/0100 →