IP Library Granted Patent US 7,064,734
Granted Patent B2
US 7,064,734 · App. 10/390,910 · Granted Jun 20, 2006

Display device

Assignee: Hitachi, Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,064,734
App. No.
10/390,910
Granted
Jun 20, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate having display portion and peripheral portion, a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines formed over the substrate, a plurality of switching elements connected to the plurality of gate signal lines and the plurality of drain signal lines and formed over the substrate, and a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of switching elements and formed in the display portion. An organic interlayer film is formed in the display portion and the peripheral portion, an insulating film is formed between the substrate and the organic interlayer film in the display portion and the peripheral portion, and the insulating film includes at least one of a plurality of recesses and protuberances.

Claims (20)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate having a display portion and a peripheral portion;

a plurality of gate signal lines and a plurality of drain signal lines formed over the substrate;

a plurality of switching elements connected to the plurality of gate signal lines and the plurality of drain signal lines and formed over the substrate;

a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to the plurality of switching elements and formed in the display portion; and

an organic interlayer film formed in the display portion and the peripheral portion;

wherein a first insulating film is formed between the substrate and the organic interlayer film in the display portion and the peripheral portion, and

wherein a plurality of first openings are formed in the first insulating film in the peripheral portion, and the organic interlayer film is filled in the plurality of first openings.

2. A display device according to claim 1 wherein the plurality of first openings is one of a plurality of holes arranged in a random pattern and a plurality of grooves arranged in parallel.

3. A display device according to claim 2 , wherein the first insulating film is a gate insulating film formed between the plurality of gate signal lines and the plurality of drain signal lines in the display portion, and the gate insulating film is made by an inorganic film.

4. A display device according to claim 3 , further comprises a second insulating film formed between the gate insulating film and the organic interlayer film, and

wherein the second insulating film comprises a plurality of second openings formed in the second insulating film in the peripheral portion, and the organic interlayer film is filled in the plurality of second openings.

5. A display device according to claim 4 , wherein the display device is a liquid crystal display device.

6. A display device according to claim 2 , wherein the display device is an organic EL display device, and the organic interlayer is a bank film of the organic EL display device.

7. A display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first insulating film is a gate insulating film formed between the plurality of gate signal lines and the plurality of drain signal lines in the display portion, and the gate insulating film is made by an inorganic film.

8. A display device according to claim 7 , further comprising a second insulating film formed between the gate insulating film and the organic interlayer film;

wherein the second insulating film comprises a plurality of second openings formed in the second insulating film in the peripheral portion, and the organic interlayer film is filled in the plurality of second openings.

9. A display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a second insulating film formed between the first insulating film and the organic interlayer film;

wherein the second insulating film comprises a plurality of second openings formed in the second insulating film in the peripheral portion, and the organic interlayer film is filled in the plurality of second openings.

10. A display device according to claim 9 , wherein the plurality of first openings is one of a plurality of holes arranged in a random pattern and a plurality of grooves arranged in parallel, and the plurality of second openings is one of a plurality of holes arranged in a random pattern and a plurality of grooves arranged in parallel.

Assignments (7)
NUNC PRO TUNC ASSIGNMENT Recorded Nov 17, 2023
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY CORPORATION OF AMERICA
Reel/Frame 065615/0327 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 4, 2014
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 032159/0160 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 4, 2014
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 032159/0697 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027362/0466 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING ONE HUNDRED (100) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENT AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027362/0612 →
MERGER/CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027363/0315 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2003
From: KAWAMURA, TETSUYA; YANAGAWA, KAZUHIKO; KURAHASHI, NAGATOSHI; UCHIDA, TSUYOSHI
To: HITACHI, LTD.
Reel/Frame 014151/0289 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2002-077678 · Mar 20, 2002 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20030231149A1 · Dec 18, 2003