IP Library Granted Patent US 9,778,527
Granted Patent B2
US 9,778,527 · App. 14/416,302 · Granted Oct 3, 2017

Array substrate and method for detecting the same

Inventors: Zui Wang (Shenzhen, CN); Shih Hsun Lo (Shenzhen, CN)
Assignee: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
G02F1/136259G01R31/02G02F1/13G09G3/006G02F2001/136254G02F2001/136263
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Patent No.
US 9,778,527
App. No.
14/416,302
Granted
Oct 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An array substrate and a method for detecting the array substrate are disclosed. The array substrate comprises a display area and a detecting area. In a first detecting mode, a first to a sixth detecting circuits are divided into three groups, and a first detecting signal is successively provided to these three groups of detecting circuits, so that a circuit defect possibly existing in a charge line and a share line that are located in each row of subarea can be detected. In a second detecting mode, the first to the sixth detecting circuits are divided into two groups, and a second detecting signal is provided to the two groups of detecting circuits successively, so that a circuit defect possible existing in the charge line and the share line that are located in adjacent rows of subareas can be detected.

Claims (22)

1. An array substrate, comprising:

a display area, which includes a plurality of rows of subareas, each row of subarea being provided with a charge line and a share line, wherein the share line located in an N th row of subarea is connected to the charge line located in an (N+J) th row of subarea, N being a positive number while J being a positive even number, and

a detecting area, which includes six detecting circuits from a first detecting circuit to a sixth detecting circuit, connected to the charge lines located in six successive rows of subareas in the display area in one-to-one correspondence,

wherein in a first detecting mode, the first to the sixth detecting circuits are divided into three groups, and a first detecting signal is provided to the three groups of detecting circuits successively, to detect a circuit defect existing in the charge line and the share line that are located in each row of subarea, and

wherein in a second detecting mode, the first to the sixth detecting circuits are divided into two groups, and a second detecting signal is provided to the two groups of detecting circuits successively, to detect a circuit defect existing in the charge lines and the share lines that are located in adjacent rows of subareas.

2. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein in the first detecting mode, the three groups of detecting circuits include a group consisting of the first and the fourth detecting circuits, a group consisting of the second and the fifth detecting circuits, and a group consisting of the third and the sixth detecting circuits.

3. The array substrate according to claim 2 , wherein when the first detecting signal is in effect, a difference value between and among row numbers of subareas that receive the first detecting signal via corresponding charge lines is a multiple of 3.

4. The array substrate according to claim 2 , wherein J is 2 or 4.

5. The array substrate according to claim 3 , wherein J is 2 or 4.

6. The array substrate according to claim 1 , wherein in the second detecting mode, the two groups of detecting circuits include a group consisting of the first, the third, and the fifth detecting circuits, and a group consisting of the second, the fourth, and the sixth detecting circuits.

7. The array substrate according to claim 6 , wherein J is 2 or 4.

8. A method for detecting an array substrate, comprising:

providing a display area, which includes a plurality of rows of subareas, each row of subarea being provided with a charge line and a share line, wherein the share line located in an N th row of subarea is connected to the charge line located in an (N+J) th row of subarea, N being a positive number while J being a positive even number,

providing a detecting area, which includes six detecting circuits from a first detecting circuit to a sixth detecting circuit, connected to the charge lines located in six successive rows of subareas in the display area in one-to-one correspondence,

dividing, in a first detecting mode, the first to the sixth detecting circuits into three groups, and providing a first detecting signal to the three groups of detecting circuits successively, to detect a circuit defect existing in the charge line and the share line that are located in each row of subarea, and

dividing, in a second detecting mode, the first to the sixth detecting circuits into two groups, and providing a second detecting signal to the two groups of detecting circuits successively, to detect a circuit defect existing in the charge lines and the share lines that are located in adjacent rows of subareas.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein in the first detecting mode, the three groups of detecting circuits include a group consisting of the first and the fourth detecting circuits, a group consisting of the second and the fifth detecting circuits, and a group consisting of the third and the sixth detecting circuits.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein when the first detecting signal is in effect, a difference value between and among row numbers of subareas that receive the first detecting signal via corresponding charge lines is a multiple of 3.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein J is 2 or 4.

12. The method according to claim 10 , wherein J is 2 or 4.

13. The method according to claim 8 , wherein in the second detecting mode, the two groups of detecting circuits include a group consisting of the first, the third, and the fifth detecting circuits, and a group consisting of the second, the fourth, and the sixth detecting circuits.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein J is 2 or 4.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2016
From: WANG, ZUI; LO, SHIH HSUN
To: SHENZHEN CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
CN 2014 1 0650209 · Nov 14, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160342050A1 · Nov 24, 2016