IP Library Granted Patent US 10,120,500
Granted Patent B2
US 10,120,500 · App. 15/658,953 · Granted Nov 6, 2018

Electronic device

Inventor: Yoshikatsu Imazeki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G06F3/0416G06F3/044H01L21/486H01L23/3192H01L23/49827H01L23/49833H01L23/5226G06F2203/04103G06F2203/04108G06F2203/04111G06F2203/04112
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Patent No.
US 10,120,500
App. No.
15/658,953
Granted
Nov 6, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

In one embodiment, an electronic device includes first and second substrates, an insulating layer, and a connecting material. The first substrate includes a first conductive layer. The second substrate includes a basement having first and second surfaces, a second conductive layer on the second surface, and a first hole penetrating through the basement. The insulating layer is arranged between the first conductive layer and the basement, and has a second hole. The connecting material connects conductive layers via holes. The first hole has a first opening on a first surface side. The second hole has a third opening on a first conductive layer side which is larger than the first opening.

Claims (40)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a first substrate which includes a first conductive layer;

a second substrate which includes

a basement which has

a first surface opposed to the first conductive layer and separated from the first conductive layer, and

a second surface opposite to the first surface,

a second conductive layer which is arranged on the second surface, and

a first hole which penetrates through between the first surface and the second surface;

an insulating layer which is arranged between the first conductive layer and the basement, and has a second hole which is connected to the first hole; and

a connecting material which electrically connects the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer via the first hole and the second hole, wherein

the first hole has a first opening on a first surface side and a second opening on a second surface side,

the second hole has a third opening on a first conductive layer side and a fourth opening on a basement side, and

the third opening is larger than the first opening.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second hole has a shape that a width increases from the fourth opening to the third opening in a sectional view.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first conductive layer has a flat area which closes the third opening, and

the connecting material is in contact with the area.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer includes a sealing material which attaches the first substrate and the second substrate to each other.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth opening is larger than the first opening.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first opening is larger than the second opening.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first opening is smaller than the second opening.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the first hole has a shape that a width increases from the first opening toward the second opening in a sectional view.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first hole has an intermediate portion which is located between the first opening and the second opening, and

the first hole has a shape that a width decreases from the first opening toward the intermediate portion and increases from the intermediate portion toward the second opening in a sectional view.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein the first opening is smaller than the second opening.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting material covers an inner surface of the first hole and an inner surface of the second hole.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting material covers the second surface and the second conductive layer covers the connecting material in a circumference of the first hole.

13. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the connecting material inside the first hole is formed between the second conductive layer and an inner surface of the first hole.

14. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the second conductive layer inside the first hole is formed between the connecting material and an inner surface of the first hole.

15. The electronic device according to claim 1 , further comprising a protection layer which covers the second conductive layer and the connecting material.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein the protection layer includes a first protection layer which covers the second conductive layer, and a second protection layer which covers the connecting material.

17. The electronic device according to claim 16 , wherein the second hole is filled with the second protection layer.

18. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second conductive layer includes

a detector which detects an object in contact with or in proximity to the first area, and

a terminal which is arranged in a second area adjacent to the first area and is connected to the detector, and

the first hole and the second hole are located in a position which overlaps the terminal in a plan view.

19. The electronic device according to claim 18 , further comprising a detection circuit which is electrically connected to the first conductive layer and reads a sensor signal output from the second conductive layer.

20. The electronic device according to claim 18 , wherein the first substrate includes a driving electrode which is opposed to the second conductive layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072130/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 12, 2017
From: IMAZEKI, YOSHIKATSU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 043553/0654 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-149968 · Jul 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180032204A1 · Feb 1, 2018