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Granted Patent B2
US 12,635,327 · App. 18/265,950 · Granted May 19, 2026

Display device having connection pads at multiple edges and composite display device

Inventor: Hiroaki Ito (Ritto, JP)
Assignee: KYOCERA Corporation
H10H29/49H01L25/0753H01L25/167H10D86/441H10D86/60H10H29/45
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Patent No.
US 12,635,327
App. No.
18/265,950
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate including a first side and a second side adjoining the first side, a plurality of light emitters located on the substrate, a plurality of emission control signal lines located on the substrate to control an emission state or a non-emission state of the plurality of light emitters, and a plurality of connection pads located at an edge adjacent to the first side of the substrate and at an edge adjacent to the second side of the substrate. The plurality of connection pads is connected to the plurality of emission control signal lines.

Claims (51)

1 . A display device comprising:

a substrate including a first side and a second side adjoining the first side;

a plurality of light emitters located on the substrate;

a plurality of emission control signal lines located on the substrate to control an emission state or a non-emission state of the plurality of light emitters; and

a plurality of connection pads located at an edge adjacent to the first side of the substrate and at an edge adjacent to the second side of the substrate, the plurality of connection pads being connected to the plurality of emission control signal lines, wherein

the plurality of connection pads includes

a plurality of first connection pads located along the first side of the substrate at the edge adjacent to the first side, the plurality of first connection pads being connected to a first emission control signal line of the plurality of emission control signal lines to control an emission state or a non-emission state of light emitters in a first group of the plurality of light emitters,

a second connection pad located at the edge adjacent to the second side of the substrate, the second connection pad being connected to a second emission control signal line of the plurality of emission control signal lines to control an emission state or a non-emission state of light emitters in a second group of the plurality of light emitters,

the substrate includes a third side adjoining the first side and located opposite to the second side, and

the display device further comprises a third connection pad located at an edge adjacent to the third side of the substrate, and the third connection pad is connected to a third emission control signal line of the plurality of emission control signal lines to control an emission state or a non-emission state of light emitters in a third group of the plurality of light emitters.

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

a fourth connection pad located at the edge adjacent to the second side of the substrate and connected to a wire other than the second emission control signal line,

wherein the second connection pad is located closer to the first side than the fourth connection pad.

3 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of light emitters includes a plurality of outermost light emitters located along the first side of the substrate at the edge adjacent to the first side, and

each of the plurality of first connection pads is located between outermost light emitters of the plurality of outermost light emitters.

4 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light emitters in the second group are located along the edge adjacent to the second side, and

the second connection pad is located between the light emitters in the second group.

5 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second connection pad is larger than each of the plurality of first connection pads.

6 . The display device according to claim 5 , wherein

the second connection pad includes an extension extending along the second side toward the first side.

7 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the substrate includes a first surface on which the plurality of light emitters is located, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a side surface connecting the first surface and the second surface, and a side wire extending from an edge of the first surface through the side surface to an edge of the second surface, and

each of the plurality of first connection pads and the second connection pad is connected to the side wire.

8 . The display device according to claim 7 , wherein

the substrate includes a drive located on the second surface and connected electrically to the side wire.

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

a fourth connection pad located at the edge adjacent to the third side of the substrate and connected to a wire other than the third emission control signal line,

wherein the third connection pad is located closer to the first side than the fourth connection pad.

10 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the light emitters in the third group are located along the edge adjacent to the third side, and

the third connection pad is located between the light emitters in the third group.

11 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the third connection pad is larger than each of the plurality of first connection pads.

12 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the third connection pad includes an extension extending along the third side toward the first side.

13 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the substrate includes a first surface on which the plurality of light emitters is located, a second surface opposite to the first surface, a side surface connecting the first surface and the second surface, and a side wire extending from an edge of the first surface through the side surface to an edge of the second surface, and

the third connection pad is connected to the side wire.

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

a power supply connection pad located at the edge adjacent to the second side, the power supply connection pad being connected to a power supply wire to supply a power supply current to the plurality of light emitters.

15 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of light emitters is a micro-light-emitting diode.

16 . A composite display device comprising:

a plurality of the display devices according to claim 1 , the plurality of display devices being joined to one another on side surfaces of the plurality of display devices,

wherein the plurality of display devices includes a first display device and a second display device,

the first display device has a first side surface adjoining the first side,

the second display device has a second side surface facing the first side surface, and

the first display device and the second display device are joined to each other on the first side surface of the first display device and the second side surface of the second display device.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 7, 2023
From: ITO, HIROAKI
To: KYOCERA CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 063887/0975 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2020-203733 · Dec 8, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240038954A1 · Feb 1, 2024
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