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Granted Patent B2
US 12,298,636 · App. 18/637,685 · Granted May 13, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Fumiya Kimura (Tokyo, JP); Isao Suzumura (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
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Patent No.
US 12,298,636
App. No.
18/637,685
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device is provided and includes a substrate on which a TFT is formed. The display device including an organic film formed on the TFT, the organic film having a through hole, and a first common electrode, an upper pixel electrode and a second common electrode which are stacked in this order above the organic passivation film, a filler being filled in the through hole, and wherein the upper pixel electrode is electrically connected with the TFT, and an edge of the upper pixel electrode is located directly on the filler.

Claims (70)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a thin film transistor above the substrate;

a semiconductor film, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode included in the thin film transistor;

an organic film above the substrate, the thin film transistor being disposed between the substrate and the organic film;

a through hole passing through the organic film;

a filler with which the through hole is filled; and

a first pixel electrode electrically connected with one of the source electrode and the drain electrode and having an edge portion, a part of the edge portion overlapping the filler in a plan view,

a second pixel electrode connecting the first pixel electrode with the one of the source electrode and the drain electrode;

a first common electrode between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode; and

a second common electrode disposed at an opposite side of the first pixel electrode from the first common electrode,

wherein a part of the second pixel electrode is disposed in the through hole, and

wherein the first common electrode overlaps the second electrode in the through hole in a plan view.

2. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the part of the edge portion overlaps the through hole in a plan view, and is disposed outside the through hole.

3. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the part of the edge portion is on and in physical contact with the filler.

4. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first pixel electrode is disposed at an opposite side of the organic film from the gate electrode.

5. The display device according claim 1 , wherein the part of the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, the first common electrode, and the second common electrode overlap one other at a portion overlapping the through hole in a plan view.

6. The display device according claim 1 , wherein the second pixel electrode is connected with the one of the source electrode and the drain electrode via the through hole.

7. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a thin film transistor above the substrate;

a semiconductor film, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode included in the thin film transistor;

an organic film above the substrate, the thin film transistor being disposed between the substrate and the organic film;

a through hole passing through the organic film;

a filler with which the through hole is filled; and

a first pixel electrode electrically connected with one of the source electrode and the drain electrode and having an edge portion, a part of the edge portion overlapping the filler in a plan view;

a second pixel electrode connecting the first pixel electrode with the one of the source electrode and the drain electrode;

a first common electrode between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode; and

a second common electrode disposed at an opposite side of the first pixel electrode from the first common electrode,

wherein the part of the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, the first common electrode, and the second common electrode overlap one other at a portion overlapping the through hole in a plan view.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein

a first insulating film is formed between the second pixel electrode and the first common electrode,

a second insulating film is formed between the first common electrode and the first pixel electrode, and

a third insulating film is formed between the first pixel electrode and the second common electrode.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

the second pixel electrode and the first common electrode is configured to form a first capacitance,

the first common electrode and the first pixel electrode is configured to form a second capacitance, and

the first pixel electrode and the second common electrode is configured to form a third capacitance.

10. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein

the first common electrode is a laminated structure of an a transparent conductive film and a metal film.

11. The display device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the metal film is a MoW film.

12. A display device comprising:

a thin film transistor with a semiconductor film, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode;

a pixel with a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode that is disposed between the first pixel electrode and the a semiconductor film;

an organic film with a through hole, the organic film covering the semiconductor film, the gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; and

a filler disposed in the through hole,

wherein the second pixel electrode is connected with one of the source electrode and the drain electrode via the through hole,

the first pixel electrode is connected with the second pixel electrode, and has an edge portion, and

a part of the edge portion overlaps the filler in a plan view,

wherein the part of the edge portion overlaps the through hole in a plan view, and is disposed outside the through hole.

13. The display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the part of the edge portion is on and in physical contact with the filler.

14. The display device according to claim 12 ,

wherein the first pixel electrode is disposed at an opposite side of the organic film from the semiconductor film.

15. The display device according to claim 12 , further comprising:

a first common electrode between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode; and

a second common electrode disposed at an opposite side of the first pixel electrode from the first common electrode,

wherein the part of the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, the first common electrode, and the second common electrode overlap one other at a portion overlapping the through hole in a plan view.

16. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein

a first insulating film is formed between the second pixel electrode and the first common electrode,

a second insulating film is formed between the first common electrode and the first pixel electrode, and

a third insulating film is formed between the first pixel electrode and the second common electrode.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein

the second pixel electrode and the first common electrode is configured to form a first capacitance,

the first common electrode and the first pixel electrode is configured to form a second capacitance, and

the first pixel electrode and the second common electrode is configured to form a third capacitance.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 30, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071875/0594 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 17, 2024
From: KIMURA, FUMIYA; SUZUMURA, ISAO
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 067133/0665 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-031465 · Feb 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18196312 · May 11, 2023
Continuation 17851982 · Jun 28, 2022
Continuation PCTJP2020043452 · Nov 20, 2020
Related Publication 20240272496A1 · Aug 15, 2024
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