IP Library Granted Patent US 11,947,231
Granted Patent B2
US 11,947,231 · App. 18/323,030 · Granted Apr 2, 2024

Display device including a strip oxide semiconductor overlapping an opening

Inventors: Hitoshi Tanaka (Tokyo, JP); Kazuhide Mochizuki (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,947,231
App. No.
18/323,030
Granted
Apr 2, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to one embodiment, a display device includes a gate line extending in a first direction, first and second source lines crossing the gate line and arranged in the first direction, a first light-shielding layer having first and second openings, and an oxide semiconductor layer crossing the gate line, and in the display device, the first opening and the second opening are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction between the first source line and the second source line, the gate line is located between the first opening and the second opening, and the oxide semiconductor layer has a first overlapping portion overlapping the first opening.

Claims (36)

1. A display device comprising:

a first source line;

a second source line next to the first source line in a first direction;

a first gate line;

a second gate line next to the first gate line in a second direction;

a third gate line next to the second gate line in the second direction; and

a strip oxide semiconductor crossing the second gate line between the first source line and the second source line, wherein

the second gate line is between the first gate line and the third gate line,

the strip oxide semiconductor includes a first portion including a first end, a second portion including a second end, and a first bent portion between the first portion and the second portion,

the first end of the strip oxide semiconductor is located between the second gate line and the third gate line in the second direction,

the first end of the strip oxide semiconductor is located between the first source line and the second source line in the first direction,

the second end of the strip oxide semiconductor is located between the first gate line and the second gate line in the second direction,

the second end of the strip oxide semiconductor is connected to the second source line, and

the first bent portion of the strip oxide semiconductor is located between the first source line and the second source line in the first direction.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first bent portion is located between the first gate line and the second gate line, and

the first portion crosses the second gate line.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the strip oxide semiconductor does not overlap the second source line except at the second end.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the strip oxide semiconductor does not overlap the second source line except at the second end.

5. The display device of claim 3 , further comprising a light-shielding layer, wherein

the light-shielding layer extends parallel to the second gate line, and overlaps the second gate line,

the strip oxide semiconductor crosses the second gate line and the light-shielding layer, and

in a crossing area where the strip oxide semiconductor crosses the second gate line and the light-shielding layer, the strip oxide semiconductor sandwiches the second gate line and the light-shielding layer in a sectional view.

6. The display device of claim 5 , further comprising a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode, wherein

the first pixel electrode is located between the first source line and the second source line, and between the first gate line and the second gate line,

the second pixel electrode is located between the first source line and the second source line, and between the second gate line and the third gate line,

the second pixel electrode is connected to the first end of the strip oxide semiconductor, and

the first pixel electrode overlaps a part of the second portion of the strip oxide semiconductor.

7. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a light-shielding layer, wherein

the light-shielding layer includes a first opening and a second opening,

the first opening is located between the first source line and the second source line in the first direction, and between the first gate line and the second gate line in the second direction,

the second opening is located between the first source line and the second source line in the first direction, and between the second gate line and the third gate line in the second direction, and

a part of the second portion of the strip oxide semiconductor overlaps the first opening.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the first bent portion of the strip oxide semiconductor overlaps the first opening.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein a part of the first portion of the strip oxide semiconductor overlaps the first opening.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the first end of the strip oxide semiconductor overlaps the light-shielding layer between the first opening and the second opening.

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 May 25, 2023
From: TANAKA, HITOSHI; MOCHIZUKI, KAZUHIDE
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 063757/0546 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2017-008620 · Jan 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 17698317 · Mar 18, 2022
Continuation 17092862 · Nov 9, 2020
Continuation 16892375 · Jun 4, 2020
Continuation 16697921 · Nov 27, 2019
Continuation 15874199 · Jan 18, 2018
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