IP Library Granted Patent US 9,052,556
Granted Patent B2
US 9,052,556 · App. 14/254,405 · Granted Jun 9, 2015

Display device

Inventors: Hirokazu Itakura (Ootaki, JP); Hitoshi Komeno (Mobara, JP); Tomoaki Takahashi (Mobara, JP)
Assignees: Japan Display, Inc.; Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
G02F1/134363G02F1/13454G02F1/136204G02F1/136286G02F1/13439
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Patent No.
US 9,052,556
App. No.
14/254,405
Granted
Jun 9, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a display region, a peripheral region, an insulating layer which is disposed on a gate signal line and a conductor, a conductive layer which is disposed on the insulating layer and crosses a plurality of gate signal lines and the conductor in the peripheral region, a first semiconductor film which is disposed between the insulating layer and the conductive layer, and a second semiconductor film which is disposed between the insulating layer and the conductive layer and which is separated from the first semiconductor film. The conductive layer is connected to the plurality of gate signal lines via a plurality of diodes, and the plurality of gate signal lines are arranged in the display region and the peripheral region. A length of the conductor differs from a length of the gate signal line in the display region and the peripheral region.

Claims (33)

1. A display device comprising:

a gate signal line;

an image signal line;

a pixel switch connected to the gate signal line and the image signal line in a display region;

a pair of electrodes connected to the pixel switch;

a conductor arranged along the gate signal line;

an insulating layer disposed on the gate signal line and the conductor;

a conductive layer disposed on the insulating layer and crossing the gate signal line and the conductor in a peripheral region;

a first semiconductor film disposed on the insulating layer;

a second semiconductor film disposed on the insulating layer; and

a pair of diodes arranged in the peripheral region, and connected to the gate signal line and the conductive layer;

wherein the first semiconductor film is separated from the second semiconductor film;

wherein the first semiconductor film overlaps a first region where the gate signal line crosses the conductive layer;

wherein the second semiconductor film overlaps a second region where the conductor crosses the conductive layer; and

wherein the conductive layer is arranged along the image signal line, and the conductive layer is wider than the image signal line.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the gate signal line and the conductor extend to a side of peripheral region; and

wherein the display region is closer to an end of the gate signal line in the side of the peripheral region than to an end of the conductor in the side of the peripheral region.

3. The display device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the conductive layer is wider than the gate signal line.

4. The display device according to claim 3 comprising:

a third semiconductor film separated from the first semiconductor film and the second semiconductor film, and disposed on the insulating layer;

wherein the third semiconductor film overlaps a third region where the image signal line crosses the gate signal line; and

wherein the first region is larger than the third region.

5. The display device according to claim 4 ,

wherein the second region is larger than the third region.

6. The display device according to claim 5 ,

wherein the first semiconductor film is larger than the third semiconductor film in a plan view.

7. The display device according to claim 6 ,

wherein the second semiconductor film is larger than the third semiconductor film in a plan view.

8. The display device according to claim 7 ,

wherein, along the image signal line, the third semiconductor film has two edges and a central portion which is arranged between two edges; and

wherein the two edges are thinner than the central portion.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
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 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-294843 · Nov 18, 2008 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 14032432 · Sep 20, 2013
Continuation 13783818 · Mar 4, 2013
Continuation 13605280 · Sep 6, 2012
Continuation 12618843 · Nov 16, 2009
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