IP Library Granted Patent US 9,323,109
Granted Patent B2
US 9,323,109 · App. 14/566,169 · Granted Apr 26, 2016

Display device and electronic apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,323,109
App. No.
14/566,169
Granted
Apr 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a pixel section provided between a pair of substrates and including plural pixels; one or plural active components disposed in a frame region around the pixel section on one substrate of the pair of substrates; an insulating film provided in the frame region on the one substrate to cover the one or plural active components; and a sealing layer provided to seal the pixel section and cover an end edge portion of the insulating film in the frame region.

Claims (45)

1. A display device comprising:

a pair of substrates facing each other;

a pixel section between the substrates;

a plurality of pixels in the pixel section;

a plurality of thin film transistors on one of the substrates in both the pixel section and a frame region around the pixel section;

a wiring layer electrically connected to at least one of the thin film transistors;

an organic insulating film in the frame region and the pixel region;

a seal layer covering an edge of the organic insulating film in the frame region; and

an inorganic insulating film between the organic insulating film and the seal layer,

the inorganic insulating film covering the edge of the organic insulating film in the frame region,

wherein,

the thin film transistors are entirely covered by the organic insulating film,

the wiring layer is covered by the organic insulating film, and

an edge of the seal layer extends beyond the edge of the organic insulating film in the frame region.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:

the seal layer is formed of a seal material that bonds and seals the pixel section between the pair of substrates.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display device includes a wall section around the end edge portion of the inorganic insulating film.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display device includes, on the pixel section side of the other substrate of the pair of substrates, a color filter layer and another insulating film that covers the color filter layer, and

the seal layer is provided to cover an end edge portion of the other insulating film.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the thin film transistor is a bottom gate type thin film transistor.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the thin film transistor is a top gate type thin film transistor.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the thin film transistor includes a semiconductor layer formed of low-temperature polysilicon, microcrystalline silicon, or amorphous silicon.

8. An electronic apparatus comprising a display device, the display device including:

a pair of substrates facing each other;

a pixel section between the substrates;

a plurality of pixels in the pixel section;

a plurality of thin film transistors on one of the substrates in both the pixel section and a frame region around the pixel section;

a wiring layer electrically connected to at least one of the thin film transistors;

an organic insulating film in the frame region and the pixel region;

a seal layer covering an edge of the organic insulating film in the frame region; and

an inorganic insulating film between the organic insulating film and the seal layer,

the inorganic insulating film covering the edge of the organic insulating film in the frame region,

wherein,

the thin film transistors are entirely covered by the organic insulating film,

the wiring layer is covered by the organic insulating film, and

an edge of the seal layer extends beyond the edge of the organic insulating film in the frame region.

9. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the seal layer is formed of a seal material that bonds and seals the pixel section between the pair of substrates.

10. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the display device includes a wall section around the end edge portion of the inorganic insulating film.

11. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein:

the display device includes, on the pixel section side of the other substrate of the pair of substrates, a color filter layer and another insulating film that covers the color filter layer, and

the seal layer is provided to cover an end edge portion of the other insulating film.

12. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the thin film transistor is a bottom gate type thin film transistor.

13. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the thin film transistor is a top gate type thin film transistor.

14. The electronic apparatus according to claim 8 , wherein the thin film transistor includes a semiconductor layer formed of low-temperature polysilicon, microcrystalline silicon, or amorphous silicon.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 11, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072398/0001 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 9, 2015
From: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.; JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 035116/0519 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 28, 2015
From: NOMURA, MORIKAZU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY WEST INC.
Reel/Frame 034833/0839 →