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Granted Patent B2
US 10,373,552 · App. 13/767,899 · Granted Aug 6, 2019

Display device having a multilayer wiring structure including a wiring in a lower electrode layer

Inventors: Junichi Yamashita (Tokyo, JP); Katsuhide Uchino (Kanagawa, JP)
Assignee: Sony Corporation
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Patent No.
US 10,373,552
App. No.
13/767,899
Granted
Aug 6, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

Any one of a write scanning line, a power source supply line, and a video signal line is structured as a subsidiary wiring disposed in the same layer as that having a lower electrode disposed therein. The subsidiary wiring is used in the power source supply line through which a power source drive pulse to be pulse-driven is transmitted, or other wirings (such as the write scanning line and the video signal line).

Claims (26)

1. A display device comprising:

a signal line in a first layer, the signal line extends in a signal line direction;

a scanning line in a second layer that is different from the first layer, the scanning line extends in a direction that is orthogonal to the signal line direction;

an electro-optic element that includes an organic layer between an upper electrode and a lower electrode, the lower electrode is in a third layer;

a transistor layer between a first wiring layer and an insulating layer, the insulating layer is between the lower electrode and the transistor layer;

a transistor that is switchable between electrically connecting wiring to a supply line and electrically disconnecting the wiring from the supply line, the wiring electrically connects the lower electrode to the transistor; and

a plate of a storage capacitor in the first layer, the plate of the storage capacitor is a gate electrode of a drive transistor,

wherein the electro-optic element covers the wiring in a top plan view of the display device,

wherein a channel region of the transistor layer is between a drain region of the transistor layer and a source region of the transistor layer, the wiring electrically connects the source region to the lower electrode, and

wherein the channel region is another plate of the storage capacitor.

2. A display device comprising: an electro-optic element that covers interlayer wiring in a top plan view of the display device, the electro-optic element includes an organic layer between an upper electrode and a lower electrode;

a transistor layer between a first wiring layer and an insulating layer, the insulating layer is between the lower electrode and the transistor layer; and

a plate of a storage capacitor in the first wiring layer,

wherein a channel region of the transistor layer is between a drain region of the transistor layer and a source region of the transistor layer, the interlayer wiring electrically connects the source region to the lower electrode, and

wherein the plate of the storage capacitor is a gate electrode of a drive transistor, the channel region is another plate of the storage capacitor.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the drive transistor is switchable between electrically connecting the interlayer wiring to a supply line and electrically disconnecting the interlayer wiring from the supply line.

4. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a plate of a first subsidiary capacitor in the first wiring layer, the drain region is another plate of the first subsidiary capacitor.

5. The display device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a plate of a second subsidiary capacitor in the insulating layer, the drain region is another plate of the second subsidiary capacitor.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the plate of the first subsidiary capacitor is electrically connected directly to the plate of the second subsidiary capacitor.

7. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the plate of the second subsidiary capacitor is electrically connected directly to the upper electrode.

8. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the electro-optic element is configured to emit light.

9. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the upper electrode is electrically connected directly to ground.

10. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the lower electrode is an anode electrode and the upper electrode is a cathode electrode.

11. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a pixel circuit includes the electro-optic element and the transistor layer.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2008-006735 · Jan 16, 2008 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 12314315 · Dec 8, 2008
Related Publication 20130147692A1 · Jun 13, 2013