IP Library Granted Patent US 12,436,430
Granted Patent B2
US 12,436,430 · App. 18/768,537 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Motoharu Miyamoto (Tokyo, JP); Tomokazu Ishikawa (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Magnolia White Corporation
G02F1/1339G02F1/136227G02F1/136286G09G3/3674
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Patent No.
US 12,436,430
App. No.
18/768,537
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device comprising: an array substrate; a counter substrate provided with color filters; and a liquid crystal layer between the array substrate and the counter substrate; wherein one surface of the array substrate includes a plurality of signal lines arranged side by side in a first direction with a gap interposed therebetween, a plurality of scanning lines arranged side by side in a second direction with a gap interposed therebetween, a first organic insulating film provided on the signal lines, and a second organic insulating film provided on the first organic insulating film; and each region surrounded by the corresponding scanning line and the corresponding signal line includes a semiconductor layer, a first contact conductive layer, a second contact conductive layer, and a first electrode.

Claims (36)

1. A display device comprising:

an insulating substrate;

a first organic insulating film having a first contact hole;

a second organic insulating film, on the first organic insulating film, having a second contact hole; and

a first metal layer provided between the first organic insulating film and the second organic insulating film,

wherein, in a sectional view:

the first contact hole includes a first side surface, a second side surface opposed to the first side surface, and a bottom surface;

the second contact hole includes a first side surface, a second side surface opposed to the first side surface of the second contact hole, and a bottom surface;

the second organic insulating film covers the first side surface of the first contact hole;

the first side surface of the second contact hole is located between the first side surface of the first contact hole and the second side surface of the first contact hole; and

the second side surface of the first contact hole is located between the first side surface of the second contact hole and the second side surface of the second contact hole, and

wherein, in a plan view, a part of the first side surface of the first contact hole overlaps a part of the first side surface of the second contact hole.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein, in the plan view, the second side surface of the first contact hole does not overlap the second organic insulating film.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein,

in the sectional view:

the first metal layer includes a first portion, a second portion, and a third portion;

the first portion contacts the first side surface of the first contact hole and is covered by the second organic insulating film; and

the third portion covers the bottom portion of the first contact hole, and

in the plan view, the second portion contacts the second side surface of the first contact hole and overlaps the second contact hole.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein,

in the sectional view:

the first metal layer includes a fourth portion;

the fourth portion contacts a top surface of the first organic insulating film; and

the fourth portion is located between the second side surface of the first contact hole and the second side surface of the second contact hole, and

in the plan view, the second side surface of the first contact hole and the fourth portion overlap the second contact hole.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein, in the sectional view,

a first angle of the first side surface of the first contact hole with a plane of the insulating substrate is a different from a second angle of the first side surface of the second contact hole with the plane of the insulating substrate.

6. The display device of claim 1 , further comprise a pair of the scanning lines arranged side by side in a first direction and a pair of the signal lines arranged side by side in a second direction,

wherein, in the plan view, each of the first contact hole and the second contact hole is located in an area surrounded by the pair of scanning lines and the pair of the signal lines.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein, in the plan view, the first side surface of the first contact hole, the first side surface of the second contact hole, the second side surface of the first contact hole, and the second side surface of the second contact hole are arranged in this order in the first direction.

8. The display device of claim 4 , further comprises a second metal layer and a first transparent conductive layer, wherein, in the sectional view:

the second metal layer is provided between the insulating substrate and the first organic insulating film in a second direction perpendicular to the insulating substrate;

the first transparent conductive film is provided on the first metal layer;

the second metal layer is in contact with the first metal layer at the bottom surface of the first contact hole; and

the first transparent conductive layer is in contact with the first metal layer at the bottom surface of the second contact hole.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein, in the sectional view, a length of the first side surface of the second contact hole is larger than a length of the second side surface of the second contact hole.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071793/0491 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2024
From: MIYAMOTO, MOTOHARU; ISHIKAWA, TOMOKAZU
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 067990/0786 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-130222 · Jul 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 18228305 · Jul 31, 2023
Continuation 17866786 · Jul 18, 2022
Continuation 17142839 · Jan 6, 2021
Continuation PCTJP2019025729 · Jun 27, 2019
Related Publication 20240361640A1 · Oct 31, 2024
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