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Granted Patent B2
US 11,768,409 · App. 17/832,100 · Granted Sep 26, 2023

Display device with light-blocking coupling wiring

Inventor: Yoshihide Ohue (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
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Patent No.
US 11,768,409
App. No.
17/832,100
Granted
Sep 26, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an aspect, a display device includes: an array substrate comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes; a counter substrate comprising a common electrode in a position at least overlapping the pixel electrodes; a liquid crystal layer between the array substrate and the counter substrate; and a light source disposed so as to emit light into a side surface of the array substrate or a side surface of the counter substrate. The array substrate includes, in a display region: a plurality of signal lines arranged in a first direction with spaces between the signal lines; a plurality of scanning lines arranged in a second direction with spaces between the scanning lines; and common potential wiring provided outside the display region. The counter substrate comprises light-blocking coupling wiring that couples the common electrode to a conductive first power feeding portion.

Claims (27)

1. A display device comprising:

an array substrate comprising a plurality of pixel electrodes;

a counter substrate comprising a common electrode in a position at least overlapping the pixel electrodes;

a liquid crystal layer between the array substrate and the counter substrate; and

a light source disposed so as to emit light into a side surface of the array substrate or a side surface of the counter substrate, wherein

the array substrate comprises, in a display region:

a plurality of signal lines arranged in a first direction with spaces between the signal lines;

a plurality of scanning lines arranged in a second direction with spaces between the scanning lines; and

common potential wiring provided outside the display region,

the counter substrate comprises light-blocking coupling wiring that couples the common electrode to a first power feeding portion, which is an annular body,

the common potential wiring has a mesh shape, and

the array substrate comprises a second power feeding portion having a metal layer filling the meshes of the common potential wiring in a position overlapping an opening of the annular body of the first power feeding portion.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a conductive light-blocking layer that is stacked on the common electrode and overlaps the signal lines or the scanning lines; and

a sealing portion that surrounds the display region, wherein

the coupling wiring is formed of the same material as that of the light-blocking layer, and

the common electrode extends from the display region across the sealing portion until being electrically coupled to the first power feeding portion.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the array substrate comprises a first orientation film in contact with the liquid crystal layer,

the counter substrate comprises a second orientation film in contact with the liquid crystal layer, and

outer edges of the first orientation film and the second orientation film overlap the sealing portion.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first power feeding portion is formed of the same material as that of the coupling wiring.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the metal layer is covered with a light-transmitting conductive material.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an inter-substrate conductor is provided between the second power feeding portion and the first power feeding portion.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the liquid crystal layer is formed of polymer-dispersed liquid crystals, and

a background of the counter substrate is visible from the array substrate, and a background of the array substrate is visible from the counter substrate, in a peripheral region located outside the display region.

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 Jun 3, 2022
From: OHUE, YOSHIHIDE
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 060099/0963 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2019-224075 · Dec 11, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation PCTJP2020044172 · Nov 27, 2020
Related Publication 20220299807A1 · Sep 22, 2022
Cited By (1)
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