Display device and substrate of display device
According to an aspect, a display device includes: a first substrate having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side; a display region provided with pixels; a first partial peripheral region between the first side and the display region; a second partial peripheral region between the second side and the display region; a plurality of signal lines configured to supply signals to switching elements in the pixels; a plurality of first terminals provided in the first partial peripheral region and configured to be electrically coupled to a driver integrated circuit; a plurality of second terminals provided in the second partial peripheral region and configured to be supplied with signals for inspection; and a first coupling circuit provided between the first terminals and the display region in the first partial peripheral region and configured to switch between coupling and decoupling the signal lines and the second terminals.
1. A display device comprising:
a driver integrated circuit; and
an array substrate,
wherein the array substrate including:
an insulating substrate having a first side and a second side opposed to the first side;
pixels in a display region;
a first insulating film having a first surface and a second surface opposed to the first surface;
detection electrodes arranged in a matrix in the display region and located on the first surface of the first insulating film;
a sensor line located on the second surface of the first insulating film;
a signal-line coupling circuit between the first side and the display region;
first terminals configured to be electrically coupled to the driver integrated circuit, and located between the signal-line coupling circuit and the first side; and
a circuit between the second side and the display region,
wherein
the sensor line is connected to one of the detection electrodes via a contact part formed in the first insulating film in the display region,
the sensor line has a first end and a second end opposed to the first end,
the first end of the single sensor line is connected to the circuit in an outside of the display region, and
the second end of the sensor line is connected to one of the first terminals in an outside of the display region.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the array substrate further comprises:
a connection line and a second terminal,
the connection line is connected between the circuit and the second terminal, and
the first end of the sensor line is electrically coupled to the second terminal via the connection line.
3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the circuit is a thin film transistor.
4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein
the first end is connected to a source of the thin film transistor or a drain of the thin film transistor, and
the connection line is connected to the drain of the thin film transistor or the source of the thin film transistor.
5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein
the array substrate further comprises:
a third terminal; and
a second connection line connected to the third terminal,
wherein
a gate of the thin film transistor is connected to the second connection line, and
an inspection control signal is supplied to the gate of the thin film transistor from the third terminal.
6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein
the second terminal and the third terminal are located closer to the second side of the insulating substrate than the circuit is, and
the circuit is located closer to the display region than the second terminal and the third terminal are.
7. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a signal for inspection is supplied to the sensor line from the second terminal.
8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the circuit is a thin film transistor.
9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the array substrate further comprises:
signal lines provided in the display region and configured to supply pixel signals to the pixels;
a second insulating film covering the signal lines; and
an inorganic insulating film covering the first surface of the first insulating film and the detection electrodes,
wherein
the signal lines are between the insulating substrate and the second insulating film,
the sensor line is between the second insulating film and the second surface of the first insulating film,
the first insulating film is between the second insulating film and the inorganic insulating film, and
the detection electrodes are between the first surface of the first insulating film and the inorganic insulating film.
10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the first insulating film and the second insulating film are made of a light-transmitting resin material.