IP Library Granted Patent US 9,523,898
Granted Patent B2
US 9,523,898 · App. 14/733,177 · Granted Dec 20, 2016

Display apparatus

Inventors: Norihisa Kakinuma (Hyogo, JP); Teruhisa Nakagawa (Hyogo, JP); Masahiro Ishii (Hyogo, JP); Daisuke Kajita (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
G02F1/136227G02F1/1337G02F1/1368G02F1/13439G02F1/133345H01L27/124H01L29/41733
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Patent No.
US 9,523,898
App. No.
14/733,177
Granted
Dec 20, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display apparatus, including a substrate including: a pixel electrode; an organic insulating film; a common electrode laminated on the organic insulating film so as to be opposed to the pixel electrode via an insulating layer; a common signal line connected to the common electrode; and a transistor configured to apply, to the pixel electrode, a voltage signal input to a signal line. The pixel electrode is connected to a source electrode of the transistor via a through hole formed through the organic insulating film. The through hole includes, in at least one extending portion formed by retreating the organic insulating film toward an outer side of the through hole, a stepped portion formed by laminating a part of the common signal line.

Claims (31)

1. A display apparatus, comprising a substrate comprising:

a pixel electrode;

an organic insulating film;

a common electrode laminated on the organic insulating film so as to be opposed to the pixel electrode via an insulating layer;

a common signal line connected to the common electrode; and

a transistor configured to apply, to the pixel electrode, a voltage signal input to a signal line,

the pixel electrode being connected to a source electrode of the transistor via a through hole formed through the organic insulating film,

the through hole comprising, in at least one extending portion formed by retreating the organic insulating film toward an outer side of the through hole, a stepped portion formed by laminating a part of the common signal line.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one extending portion has a width smaller than a width of the through hole.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising a gate line connected to a gate electrode of the transistor,

wherein the at least one extending portion is formed in a direction along the gate line.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the common signal line is arranged along the gate line,

wherein the common signal line comprises a common extending portion extending toward the at least one extending portion, and

wherein the through hole comprises, in the at least one extending portion, a stepped portion formed by laminating a part of the common extending portion.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the at least one extending portion comprises two extending portions, and

wherein the two extending portions are formed on both sides of the through hole.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , further comprising an alignment film on the substrate.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the alignment film is formed by being applied on the substrate by an ink jet system.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein the gate electrode is formed of a part of the gate line.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the common electrode is made of ITO.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the common signal line is made of a metal.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one extending portion is formed in a direction along the signal line, and has the same width in a direction along the gate line as the through hole.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 11 ,

wherein the common signal line has a cut-out portion in apart of an inclined portion of the through hole, and

wherein the stepped portion is further formed along with the cut-out portion.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 11 ,

wherein the common signal line has a protruding portion in a part of an inclined portion of the through hole, and

wherein the stepped portion is further formed along with the protruding portion.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 11 , wherein the stepped portion is formed on an opposite side to the pixel electrode side.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 064292/0775 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 6, 2015
From: KAKINUMA, NORIHISA; NAKAGAWA, TERUHISA; ISHII, MASAHIRO; KAJITA, DAISUKE
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035978/0092 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2013-004047 · Jan 11, 2013 · national
JP 2013-249053 · Dec 2, 2013 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2013007554 · Dec 24, 2013
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