IP Library Granted Patent US 11,187,927
Granted Patent B2
US 11,187,927 · App. 16/688,004 · Granted Nov 30, 2021

Display device

Inventor: Hiroyuki Yabuki (Hyogo, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,187,927
App. No.
16/688,004
Granted
Nov 30, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device according to a present disclosure comprises: a display region; a frame region disposed around the display region; a plurality of first wirings extending in a first direction in the display region; a first drive circuit electrically connected to one end of each of the plurality of first wirings; a first inspection wiring electrically connected to another end of each of the plurality of first wirings through each of a plurality of inspection thin film transistors; a second inspection wiring connected to a gate electrode of each of the plurality of inspection thin film transistors; an inspection drive circuit electrically connected to the second inspection wiring; and an inspection circuit electrically connected to the first inspection wiring, wherein at least a part of the second inspection wiring extends in the first direction in the display region.

Claims (44)

1. A display device comprising:

a display region;

a frame region disposed around the display region;

a plurality of first wirings extending in a first direction in the display region;

a first drive circuit electrically connected to one end of each of the plurality of first wirings;

a plurality of second wirings extending in a second direction intersecting with the first direction in the display region;

a second drive circuit electrically connected to the plurality of second wirings;

a plurality of lead-out lines that extend in the first direction and electrically connect each of the plurality of second wirings and the second drive circuit in the display region;

a plurality of first inspection wirings electrically connected to another end of each of the plurality of first wirings through each of a plurality of inspection thin film transistors;

a plurality of second inspection wirings connected to a gate electrode of each of the plurality of inspection thin film transistors;

an inspection drive circuit electrically connected to at least one of the plurality of second inspection wirings;

an inspection circuit electrically connected to at least part of the first inspection wirings; and

a plurality of pixel electrodes arrayed in the first direction and the second direction in the display region,

wherein at least a part of the second inspection wirings extends in the first direction in the display region, and

the plurality of pixel electrodes includes:

a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode adjacent to each other in the second direction; and

a third pixel electrode and a fourth pixel electrode adjacent to each other in the second direction,

one of the plurality of lead-out lines extends between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode in planar view,

one of the plurality of second inspection wirings extends between the third pixel electrode and the fourth pixel electrode in planar view,

none of the plurality of second inspection wirings is disposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, and

none of the plurality of lead-out lines is disposed between the third pixel electrode and the fourth pixel electrode.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the inspection drive circuit is included in the second drive circuit.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the first drive circuit is disposed in a first edge side region constituting the frame region, and

the second drive circuit is disposed in the first edge side region, or disposed in a second edge side region that constitutes the frame region and is opposed to the first edge side region.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of second inspection wirings extends between two adjacent lead-out lines of the plurality of lead-out lines in planar view.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of pixel electrodes further includes a fifth pixel electrode and a sixth pixel electrode adjacent to each other in the second direction,

at least a part of the plurality of first inspection wirings extends in the first direction in the display region,

one of the plurality of first inspection wirings extends between the fifth pixel electrode and the sixth pixel electrode in planar view,

none of the plurality of first inspection wirings is disposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, and between the third pixel electrode and the fourth pixel electrode, and

none of the plurality of second inspection wirings and the plurality of lead-out lines is disposed between the fifth pixel electrode and the sixth pixel electrode.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein at least one of the plurality of first inspection wirings extends between two adjacent lead-out lines of the plurality of lead-out lines in planar view.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the first inspection wiring extends in the first direction in the display region.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least part of the plurality of second inspection wirings is connected to gate electrodes of at least two inspection thin film transistors included in the plurality of inspection thin film transistors.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least part of the plurality of first inspection wirings is electrically connected to at least two inspection thin film transistors included in the plurality of inspection thin film transistors.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the inspection drive circuit is disposed in a first edge side region constituting the frame region,

the plurality of inspection thin film transistors are disposed in a second edge side region that constitutes the frame region and is opposed to the first edge side region, and

at least a part of the plurality of second inspection wirings is disposed in the second edge side region.

11. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the inspection drive circuit is disposed in a first edge side region constituting the frame region, and

the inspection circuit is disposed in the first edge side region.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 064292/0775 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2020
From: YABUKI, HIROYUKI
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052033/0639 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2018-220971 · Nov 27, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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