IP Library Granted Patent US 8,629,965
Granted Patent B2
US 8,629,965 · App. 12/816,544 · Granted Jan 14, 2014

Display device

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Patent No.
US 8,629,965
App. No.
12/816,544
Granted
Jan 14, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

First terminals and second terminals, which are terminals of adjacent terminal wires, are staggered in the direction in which wires run, and transparent conductive films provided to the first terminals and second terminals extend so as to overlap the terminal wires outside the regions in which contact holes are created and are formed so as to have a width narrower than the width of the terminal wires in the regions where contact holes are created.

Claims (19)

1. A display device, comprising:

a substrate including a display region so that signal lines formed within the display region are connected to respective terminals in a terminal group formed outside of the display region via terminal wires; and

an IC driver having bumps respectively facing and being connected to said the terminals via an isotropic conductive film;

wherein the terminal wires include a first terminal wire, a second terminal wire, a third terminal wire, and a fourth terminal wire, the terminals include a first terminal connected to the first terminal wire, a second terminal connected to the second terminal wire, a third terminal connected to the third terminal wire, and a fourth terminal connected to the fourth terminal wire;

wherein the first terminal, the second terminal, the third terminal, and the fourth terminal respectively have a wide portion and a narrow portion which is narrower than the wide portion, the narrow portion of the first terminal and the narrow portion of the third terminal are adjacent to each other in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the terminal wires run, the narrow portion of the second terminal and the narrow portion of the fourth terminal are adjacent to each other in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the terminal wires run, the wide portion of the first terminal and the wide portion of the third terminal are staggered with respect to each other in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the terminal wires run, the wide portion of the second terminal and the wide portion of the fourth terminal are staggered with respect to each other in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the terminal wires run;

wherein the first terminal, the second terminal, the third terminal, and the fourth terminal are formed of a transparent conductive film; and

wherein the bumps of the IC driver include a first bump connected to the first terminal via the isotropic conductive film, a second bump connected to the second terminal via the isotropic conductive film, a third bump connected to the third terminal via the isotropic conductive film, and a fourth bump connected to the fourth terminal via the isotropic conductive film;

wherein the wide portion of the first terminal is connected to the first wire via a first contact hole, the wide portion of the second terminal is connected to the second wire via a second contact hole, the wide portion of the third terminal is connected to the third wire via a third contact hole, the wide portion of the fourth terminal is connected to the fourth wire via a fourth contact hole, the narrow portion of the first terminal is connected to the first bump, the narrow portion of the second terminal is connected to the second bump, the narrow portion of the third terminal is connected to the third bump, the narrow portion of the fourth terminal is connected to the fourth bump; and

wherein each of the narrow portion of the first terminal and the first bump does not overlap the first contact hole, each of the narrow portion of the second terminal and the second bump does not overlap the second contact hole, each of the narrow portion of the third terminal and the third bump does not overlap the third contact hole, each of the narrow portion of the fourth terminal and the fourth bump does not overlap the fourth contact hole, the wide portion of the first terminal does not overlap the first bump, the wide portion of the second terminal does not overlap the second bump, the wide portion of the third terminal does not overlap the third bump and the wide portion of the fourth terminal does not overlap the fourth bump.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal wires are formed in the same layer.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal wires are formed of a gate metal.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the terminal wires are formed of an SD metal.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first terminal wire, the second terminal wire, the third terminal wire, and the fourth terminal wire include a first portion and a second portion which is narrower than the first portion;

wherein the wide portion of the first terminal is connected to the first portion of the first terminal wire via the first contact hole, the narrow portion of the first terminal overlaps the second portion of the first terminal wire, the wide portion of the second terminal is connected to the first portion of the second terminal wire via the second contact hole, the narrow portion of the second terminal overlaps the second portion of the second terminal wire, the wide portion of the third terminal is connected to the first portion of the third terminal wire via the third contact hole, the narrow portion of the third terminal overlaps the second portion of the third terminal wire, the wide portion of the fourth terminal is connected to the first portion of the fourth terminal wire via the fourth contact hole, and the narrow portion of the fourth terminal overlaps the second portion of the fourth terminal wire;

wherein the narrow portion of the first terminal is adjacent to the narrow portion and the wide portion of the third terminal in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the terminal wires run, the narrow portion of the third terminal is adjacent to the narrow portion and the wide portion of the fourth terminal in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the terminal wires run;

wherein the wide portion of the first terminal is not adjacent to the narrow portion and the wide portion of the third terminal in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the terminal wires run, the wide portion of the second terminal is not adjacent to the narrow portion and the wide portion of the fourth terminal in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the terminal wires run;

wherein the wide portion of the first terminal and the wide portion of the third terminal are staggered with respect to each other in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the terminal wires run, the wide portion of the second terminal and the wide portion of the fourth terminal are staggered with respect to each other in the direction perpendicular to the direction in which the terminal wires run; and

wherein the first terminal is longer than the third terminal in the direction in which the terminal wires run, and the second terminal is shorter than the fourth terminal in the direction in which the terminal wires run.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent conductive film is formed of ITO.

Assignments (7)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 10, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC
To: MAGNOLIA PURPLE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 071890/0202 →
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 Dec 19, 2013
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
Reel/Frame 031848/0848 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 19, 2013
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST, INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 031865/0414 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE IN PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027092/0684 →
MERGER Recorded Oct 20, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027093/0937 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2010
From: YANAGISAWA, SYOU
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 024543/0640 →