IP Library Granted Patent US 8,436,842
Granted Patent B2
US 8,436,842 · App. 12/947,064 · Granted May 7, 2013

Display apparatus

Inventors: Kenichi Takatori (Tokyo, JP); Hideki Asada (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Haga (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: NEC Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,436,842
App. No.
12/947,064
Granted
May 7, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display apparatus capable of reducing the scale of a drive circuit and decreasing the frame. A display area in which pixels are provided in matrix, a scanning line drive circuit for driving scanning lines, and a signal line drive circuit for driving signal lines are provided on a support substrate. The pixel within the display area is constituted with a plurality of dots. Each dot corresponds to a color filter of a certain color. The dot is in a laterally long shape, i.e. in a shape extending in a direction along the scanning lines. In other words, each dot is in a shape extending in parallel with the longitudinal direction of the signal line drive circuit. The color filters are of lateral stripe type, for example.

Claims (23)

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a display part where pixels, each being constituted with a single or a plurality of dots, are arranged in matrix on a support substrate in a first direction and a second direction;

a first circuit provided on outer side of the first direction of the display part on the support substrate; and

a second circuit whose scale is larger than that of the first circuit, which is provided on outer side of the second direction of the display part on the support substrate,

wherein the dot is in a shape that is longer in the first direction than the second direction,

wherein at least one of the plurality of dots has a color filter,

wherein the color filter corresponds to one of a plurality of colors by each of the dots, and

the second circuit comprises a plurality of circuit elements, the circuit elements are arranged in the first direction at a constant repeated pitch, each circuit element comprises a wiring part defining an area, a circuit part arranged in the area, and a space part between the circuit part and the wiring part; and a following relation is satisfied where, in one of the circuit elements, a proportion of a sum of a width of the wiring part and a width of the space part in the first direction occupying the repeated pitch is c, a ratio of a length in the first direction of the circuit part to a length of the second direction of the circuit part is b, and a number of the plurality of colors of the plurality of dots is k, b+c>1/k.

2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of dots comprises a light-emitting element.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the light-emitting element corresponds to one of the plurality of luminance colors by each of the dots.

4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the light-emitting element corresponds to each dot of the same color in a same column of the first direction.

5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the light-emitting element is constituted with a fluorescent element, an electroluminescence element, a stress-induced light-emitting element, or a photonic crystal structure.

6. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a frame memory, a timing controller, or a serial interface is provided on the support substrate.

7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the support substrate is constituted with a glass substrate, a quartz substrate, a plastic substrate, or a silicon substrate.

8. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein at least either the first circuit or the second circuit is constituted with amorphous silicon, polysilicon, single-crystal silicon, an organic semiconductor, or an oxide semiconductor.

9. A near-eye device using the display apparatus claimed in claim 1 .

10. A portable terminal using the display apparatus claimed in claim 1 .

11. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the color filter corresponds to each dot of the same color in a same column of the first direction.

12. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display part comprises a scanning line, and the first circuit includes a scanning line drive circuit for driving the scanning line.

13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the display part comprises a signal line, and the second circuit includes a signal line drive circuit for driving the signal line.

14. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the signal line drive circuit is a circuit for performing parallel data processing by expanding a bus width.

15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the wiring part comprises two first wirings parallel to the first direction and two second wirings parallel to the second direction, and the first and second wirings coordinately define the area to receive the circuit part.

16. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the circuit part is a sense amplifier part.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: GOLD CHARM LIMITED
To: HANNSTAR DISPLAY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063394/0342 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 11, 2013
From: NEC CORPORATION
To: GOLD CHARM LIMITED
Reel/Frame 030195/0510 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2006-059663 · Mar 6, 2006 · national
JP 2007-044110 · Feb 23, 2007 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 11682192 · Mar 5, 2007
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