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Granted Patent B2
US 11,372,296 · App. 17/201,554 · Granted Jun 28, 2022

Liquid crystal display

Inventor: Gen Koide (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
G02F1/136286G02F1/1368G02F1/133514G02F1/134336G02F1/13606G02F2201/40H01L29/78645H01L29/78696
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Patent No.
US 11,372,296
App. No.
17/201,554
Granted
Jun 28, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A liquid crystal display is provided and includes first and second substrates and liquid crystal layer therebetween; pixel electrode on first substrate; pedestal metal coupled to pixel electrode; semiconductor layer substantially U-shaped and coupled to pedestal metal at first coupling portion; scan line that extends in first direction and in layer different from semiconductor layer; signal line that extends in second direction different from first direction so as to three-dimensionally cross scan line, signal line being coupled to semiconductor layer at second coupling portion; and extending portion that is part of scan line and that protrudes from scan line, the extending portion extending along signal line, wherein: in first direction along a shorter side of each pixel unit, extending portion is adjacent to pedestal metal; and in second direction along a longer side of each pixel unit, length of extending portion is smaller than length of pedestal metal.

Claims (25)

1. A liquid crystal display comprising:

a first substrate;

a second substrate disposed so as to face the first substrate;

a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and the second substrates;

a pixel electrode on the first substrate;

a pedestal metal being coupled to the pixel electrode;

a semiconductor layer that is substantially U-shaped in a plan view, the semiconductor being coupled to the pedestal metal at a first coupling portion;

a scan line that extends in a first direction and in a layer different from the semiconductor layer in a vertical direction that is orthogonal to a surface of the first substrate;

a signal line that extends in a second direction different from the first direction so as to three-dimensionally cross the scan line, the signal line being coupled to the semiconductor layer at a second coupling portion; and

an extending portion that is a part of the scan line and that protrudes from the scan line, the extending portion extending along the signal line,

wherein:

in the first direction that is along a shorter side of each pixel unit, the extending portion is adjacent to the pedestal metal; and

in the second direction that is along a longer side of each pixel unit, a length of the extending portion is smaller than a length of the pedestal metal.

2. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein a shape of the pedestal metal is quadrangular in a plan view.

3. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein

the extending portion includes two extending regions,

each of the extending regions is arranged between the pedestal metal and the signal line adjacent to the pedestal metal, and

in the first direction, a space between the signal line and each of the extending regions is smaller than a space between each of the extending regions and the pedestal metal.

4. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein the extending portion partially overlaps with the signal line.

5. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer is disposed in a plane between a plane of the scan line and a plane of the signal line in the vertical direction.

6. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein the scan line three-dimensionally crosses the semiconductor layer at two portions.

7. The liquid crystal display according to claim 1 , wherein the extending portion has an electric potential that is the same as an electric potential of the scan line.

8. The liquid crystal display according to claim 7 , wherein

the scan line overlaps the semiconductor layer at a first portion and at a second portion, and

the first portion and the second portion are arranged parallel to each other.

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 Jun 24, 2021
From: KOIDE, GEN
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 056673/0507 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-008822 · Jan 21, 2013 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16810322 · Mar 5, 2020
Continuation 16122408 · Sep 5, 2018
Continuation 15144178 · May 2, 2016
Continuation 14157053 · Jan 16, 2014
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