IP Library Granted Patent US 10,126,616
Granted Patent B2
US 10,126,616 · App. 15/662,899 · Granted Nov 13, 2018

Electronic device

Inventors: Yoshihiro Watanabe (Tokyo, JP); Yoshikatsu Imazeki (Tokyo, JP); Yoichi Kamijo (Tokyo, JP); Shuichi Osawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
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Patent No.
US 10,126,616
App. No.
15/662,899
Granted
Nov 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, an electronic device includes a first substrate including a first basement and a first conductive layer, a second substrate including a second basement opposed to the first basement and the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer, a sealing material located between the first substrate and the second substrate to bond the first substrate to the second substrate, a contact hole penetrating the second basement, the sealing material and the first conductive layer, and a connecting material electrically connecting the first conductive layer with the second conductive layer via the contact hole.

Claims (69)

1. An electronic device, comprising:

a first substrate including a first basement and a first conductive layer;

a second substrate including a second basement opposed to the first basement and the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer;

a sealing material located between the first substrate and the second substrate to bond the first substrate to the second substrate;

a contact hole penetrating the second basement, the sealing material and the first conductive layer; and

a connecting material electrically connecting the first conductive layer with the second conductive layer via the contact hole,

wherein the sealing material includes a first sealing part having a first width and a second sealing part having a second width larger than the first width, and

wherein the contact hole penetrates the second sealing part of the sealing material.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first sealing part and the second sealing part extend in a same direction.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second basement has a plurality of sides, and

the first sealing part and the second sealing part extend parallel to one of the sides of the second basement.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second basement has a plurality of sides,

the first sealing part is located opposite to one of the sides of the second basement, and

the second sealing part is located opposite to another side of the second basement.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second conductive layer includes a detector located in a first area, and a terminal located in a second area adjacent to the first area and connected to the detector, and

the connecting material is electrically connected to the terminal in the second area.

6. The electronic device according to claim 5 , further comprising:

a detection circuit electrically connected with the first conductive layer to read a sensor signal output from the second conductive layer.

7. The electronic device according to claim 5 , wherein

the first substrate includes a sensor driving electrode which intersects the detector.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first substrate further includes a first insulating layer located between the first basement and the first conductive layer, a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and the first conductive layer, and a third insulating layer disposed on the second insulating layer,

the contact hole further penetrates the second insulating layer,

the first insulating layer and the third insulating layer are inorganic insulating layers, and

the second insulating layer is an organic insulating layer.

9. An electronic device, comprising:

a first substrate including a first basement and a first conductive layer;

a second substrate including a second basement opposed to the first basement and the first conductive layer, and a plurality of second conductive layers;

a sealing material located between the first substrate and the second substrate to bond the first substrate to the second substrate;

a plurality of contact holes penetrating the second basement and the sealing material; and

a connecting material electrically connecting the first conductive layer with the second conductive layer via at least one of the contact holes,

wherein positions of the contact holes are not aligned in a direction in which the second conductive layers are arranged,

wherein the second conductive layer includes a detector located in a first area, and a terminal located in a second area adjacent to the first area and connected to the detector, and

wherein the connecting material is electrically connected to the terminal in the second area.

10. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein

the contact holes are arranged in a staggered state.

11. The electronic device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a detection circuit electrically connected with the first conductive layer to read a sensor signal output from the second conductive layer.

12. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein

the first substrate includes a sensor driving electrode which intersects the detector.

13. The electronic device according to claim 9 , wherein

the first substrate further includes a first insulating layer located between the first basement and the first conductive layer, a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and the first conductive layer, and a third insulating layer disposed on the second insulating layer,

the contact hole further penetrates the second insulating layer,

the first insulating layer and the third insulating layer are inorganic insulating layers, and

the second insulating layer is an organic insulating layer.

14. An electronic device, comprising:

a first substrate including a first basement and a first conductive layer;

a second substrate including a second basement opposed to the first basement and the first conductive layer, and a second conductive layer;

a sealing material located between the first substrate and the second substrate to bond the first substrate to the second substrate;

a first hole penetrating the first conductive layer;

a second hole connected to the first hole to penetrate the sealing material;

a notch opposed to the first hole and the second hole and formed on one of edges of the second basement; and

a connecting material electrically connecting the first conductive layer with the second conductive layer via the first hole, the second hole, and the notch.

15. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein

the second conductive layer includes a detector located in a first area, and a terminal located in a second area adjacent to the first area and connected to the detector, and

the connecting material is electrically connected to the terminal in the second area.

16. The electronic device according to claim 15 , further comprising:

a detection circuit electrically connected with the first conductive layer to read a sensor signal output from the second conductive layer.

17. The electronic device according to claim 15 , wherein

the first substrate includes a sensor driving electrode which intersects the detector.

18. The electronic device according to claim 14 , wherein

the first substrate further includes a first insulating layer located between the first basement and the first conductive layer, a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer and the first conductive layer, and a third insulating layer disposed on the second insulating layer,

the second hole further penetrates the second insulating layer,

the first insulating layer and the third insulating layer are inorganic insulating layers, and

the second insulating layer is an organic insulating 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 11, 2017
From: WATANABE, YOSHIHIRO; IMAZEKI, YOSHIKATSU; KAMIJO, YOICHI; OSAWA, SHUICHI
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 043548/0062 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-149607 · Jul 29, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180031934A1 · Feb 1, 2018