With Driving Circuit Having Input And Output Electrodes On Liquid Crystal Substrate Patents (Class 349/151)
  • Patent number: 9791753
    Abstract: The invention provides a circuit substrate structure and a method for manufacturing thereof. The circuit substrate structure includes a substrate, a pixel array layer, a display unit, a peripheral circuit layer, at least one integrated circuit chip, a flexible printed circuit board, at least one flattening material layer and a passivation layer. In the circuit substrate structure, the flattening material layer is positioned on the peripheral circuit layer, and possesses at least one opening corresponded to and around the integrated circuit chip. By positioning the flattening material layer, the circuit substrate structure possesses a flat surface, and prevents producing air bubbles, so as to enhance the reliability of the display device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: E Ink Holdings Inc.
    Inventors: Ming-Sheng Chiang, Chi-Ming Wu, Chen-Yuan Sung, Chen-Lung Lo, Ta-Nien Luan
  • Patent number: 9703150
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display device which can be miniaturized while preventing display defects such as flicker. The present invention relates to a liquid crystal display device including a wiring connected to an electrode to supply a common signal. The electrode includes a first electrode portion formed in a transparent conductive layer. The wiring is formed outside a display region and includes at least one of the first wiring portion and a second wiring portion and a third wiring portion facing the at least one of the first wiring portion and the second wiring portion. The first wiring portion, the second wiring portion, and the third wiring portion are respectively formed in a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer, and a third conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: July 11, 2017
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Masahiro Yoshida
  • Patent number: 9658650
    Abstract: A flexible display is disclosed. In one aspect, the flexible display includes a flexible substrate including a display area, a pad area, and a plurality of chamfer areas formed at opposing ends of the pad area. The flexible display also includes an insulating layer formed over the flexible substrate and a display unit formed over the flexible substrate in the display area. Each of the chamfer areas is adjacent to the display area in a first direction. The insulating layer formed in each of the chamfer areas includes a closed-engraved pattern having a stripe shape extending in a second direction that at least partially crosses the first direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 30, 2015
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2017
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Se Il Cho
  • Patent number: 9557617
    Abstract: Provided is a display device making it possible to reduce or prevent occurrence of an inter-bump short circuit and a short circuit between a terminal and a bump even when the number of conductive particles in an ACF is large. The display device includes a display panel and a driver IC connected to the display panel via the ACF. The driver IC includes an input side bump and an output side bump and has a flow acceleration member on the upstream side of the output side bump relative to a flow direction of the ACF conductive particles when heating and pressurizing the ACF.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 7, 2014
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2017
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Tomokazu Saitou
  • Patent number: 9530807
    Abstract: A thin film transistor (TFT) array substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device are provided. The manufacturing method comprises: forming a first passivation layer (8) on a substrate (1), and forming a board wiring PAD-region via hole (11) in the first passivation layer (8) above the board wiring PAD region (11) through a first patterning process; forming a second passivation layer (16) on the substrate (1) formed with the board wiring PAD-region via hole (11), and forming a pixel-region via hole (15) in the first passivation layer (8) and the second passivation layer (16) above the display electrode (7) through a second patterning process in such a way that the pixel-region via hole (15) has a top-size smaller than its bottom-size; and applying a transparent conductive layer on the substrate (1) formed with the pixel-region via hole (15) to form a second display electrode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 27, 2016
    Assignee: Beijing BOE Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tiansheng Li, Wenyu Zhang, Zhenyu Xie
  • Patent number: 9442336
    Abstract: This invention envisages having flexible wiring substrate terminals serving to connect with the wires for preventing dielectric breakdown caused by static electricity during the manufacturing process, and reducing the number of the flexible wiring substrate terminals. On a mother TFT substrate, signal lines extend over each liquid crystal cell in a manner flanking a scribe line between the adjacent liquid crystal cells. The signal lines of each liquid crystal cell are connected with connecting lines striding the scribe line. This reduces the number of static electricity countermeasure wires extending from the flexible wiring substrate terminals of each liquid crystal cell. Once completed, the individual liquid crystal cells are separated from one another, with no adverse effects caused by the connecting lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 5, 2014
    Date of Patent: September 13, 2016
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventors: Tomonori Nishino, Syou Yanagisawa, Kentaro Agata, Hiroyuki Abe, Takayuki Suzuki
  • Patent number: 9406575
    Abstract: A pixel array substrate including a substrate and pixel units arranged in an array on the substrate is provided. Each pixel unit includes a TFT having a source, a gate, and a drain, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the drain, a common electrode, an insulation layer, and a test electrode. The pixel electrode is located between the common electrode and the substrate. The common electrode has slits that expose the pixel electrode. The insulation layer is located between the common electrode and the pixel electrode and has a contact hole exposing the pixel electrode. The test electrode and the common electrode belong to the same film layer, and the test electrode is separated from the common electrode. The contact hole is filled with the test electrode, and the test electrode is electrically connected to the drain. A display panel including the pixel array substrate is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 27, 2014
    Date of Patent: August 2, 2016
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, LTD.
    Inventors: Tzu-Chiang Liao, Chih-Wen Lai
  • Patent number: 9377644
    Abstract: A TFT 1 is formed on a glass substrate 11, and a flattening resin film 17 covering the TFT 1 is formed. Furthermore, a moisture-proof protective film 18 covering the entire surface of the flattening resin film 17 is formed. For the protective film 18, a SiO2 film, a SiN film, a SiON film, or a stacked film thereof is used. The edge surfaces of the flattening resin film 17 are disposed on the inner side of or under a seal 4, and are formed in a tapered shape. By this, the entry of moisture into the flattening resin film 17 is prevented, preventing display degradation. This effect becomes noticeable in a display device including an oxide semiconductor TFT.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Masao Moriguchi, Yohsuke Kanzaki, Yudai Takanishi, Takatsugu Kusumi
  • Patent number: 9366915
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel (100A) includes: a first substrate (2) and a second substrate (3), a liquid crystal layer (1) retained between the first substrate (2) and the second substrate (3), and plurality of pixels. The liquid crystal layer (1) has a first liquid crystal region (81) and a second liquid crystal region (82) provided outside the first liquid crystal region (81). The first liquid crystal region (81) is essentially composed of a nematic liquid crystal material alone, whereas the second liquid crystal region (82) has a plurality of liquid crystal subregions (11) containing a nematic liquid crystal material and polymer-containing walls (12) formed between adjacent ones of the plurality of liquid crystal subregions (11). The plurality of pixels include pixels accounting for the first liquid crystal region (81) and pixels accounting for the second liquid crystal region (82).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 25, 2012
    Date of Patent: June 14, 2016
    Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hisashi Watanabe, Akira Sakai, Yuichi Iyama, Akiko Miyazaki, Eiji Satoh, Yasushi Asaoka
  • Patent number: 9354457
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to protect exposed inspection pads with a conductive tape when the application of resin is ceased and to enhance the reliability of the inspection pads. A liquid crystal display device is provided with a transparent electrode formed on a superficial side of a CF board, a grounded electrode, an inspection pad and a switching device between the inspection pad and a signal line or a scanning line respectively formed in a terminal area a TFT board and a conductive tape that electrically connects the transparent electrode of the CF board, the grounded electrode and the inspection pad respectively of the TFT board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 31, 2016
    Assignee: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
    Inventors: Tomonori Nishino, Syou Yanagisawa, Kentaro Agata, Nobuyuki Ishige
  • Patent number: 9323080
    Abstract: The present invention provides a display panel, which includes active area and vacant area surrounding the active area, and dummy pattern area without display functionality being disposed along boundary between active area and vacant area. The present invention also provides a manufacturing method of display panel and a panel display device. The present invention disposes dummy pattern area along boundary active area to withstand loading effect and to ensure active area is not affected by loading effect and display patterns are normal and uniform.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 26, 2016
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Hua Zheng, Shyh-Feng Chen, Pei Lin, Mingwen Lin, Liangdong Wu, Pan Gao, Shangpan Chen, Long Pan
  • Patent number: 9196185
    Abstract: A testing apparatus for a display device according to an embodiment of the present invention includes: a substrate; a driving chip mounted on the substrate; and a pad disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to the driving chip, wherein the pad includes a bottom layer electrically connected to the driving chip, and a sheet layer disposed on the bottom layer and electrically connected to the bottom layer, and wherein a lateral surface of the bottom layer is not covered by the sheet layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 24, 2015
    Assignees: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., KODI-S CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Kyu Tae Kim, Joong Young Ryu, Chang Hyun Ryu
  • Patent number: 9178279
    Abstract: A wireless IC tag includes a wireless IC chip and two coil-shaped antennas. One end of each of the coil-shaped antennas is electrically connected to the wireless IC chip, and the other ends of the coil-shaped antennas are electrically connected to each other. The winding axes of the coil-shaped antennas are arranged at different positions, and the coil-shaped antennas have the same winding direction. A reader-writer includes an antenna connected to an information processing circuit. The antenna is electromagnetically coupled to the coil-shaped antennas for communication.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 19, 2011
    Date of Patent: November 3, 2015
    Assignee: Murata Manufacturing Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Nobuo Ikemoto
  • Patent number: 9153511
    Abstract: A chip on film for a flexible display device is disclosed. In one aspect, the chip on film includes a base film, a semiconductor chip provided to the base film, and a wire part provided to the base film and electrically connected to the semiconductor chip. The wire part includes a first region and a second region connected to the first region, and a first interval between the wires disposed at an outermost of the first region is different from a second interval between the wires disposed at an outermost area of the second region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 26, 2013
    Date of Patent: October 6, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dae-Hyuk Im
  • Patent number: 9036124
    Abstract: Disclosed is a display device. The display device includes an upper substrate; a lower substrate having gate and data lines, with exposing a part of the lower surface of the upper substrate; a sealant for adhering the upper substrate to the lower substrate; a panel driver connected to the part of a lower surface of the upper substrate; a pad formed on the lower substrate, for applying a signal to the gate and data lines; and a connection part formed on the upper substrate, for connecting the pad and the panel driver. Accordingly, the thickness of the display device decreases, and a step height is not formed at a front surface of the display device, whereby the present invention can obtain an aesthetic design effect in that the front surface of the display device is shown as one structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 19, 2015
    Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: JaeHyung Jo, JongSin Park
  • Patent number: 9025117
    Abstract: The present invention provides a liquid crystal display panel, which comprises: a first conductive layer, a first insulating layer, a second conductive layer, a second insulating layer, and a third conductive layer; the first insulating layer being disposed on the first conductive layer and comprising at least two first via-holes corresponding respectively to at least two first subsidiary conductive regions so that at least two first subsidiary conductive regions being partially exposed through first via-holes; the second conductive layer being disposed on the first insulating layer; the second insulating layer being disposed on the second conductive layer; the second insulating layer being disposed on the second conductive layer and comprising at least two second via-holes corresponding respectively to at least two second subsidiary; a third conductive layer being connected with first subsidiary conductive regions and a second conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2012
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Ming-Hung Shih, Zhenghua Li, Je-Hao Hsu
  • Patent number: 9024857
    Abstract: Provided are a gate driving apparatus and a display device including the same. The gate driving apparatus includes a plurality of stages arranged sequentially, each stage is adapted to output a gate signal and including first output lines and a second output line, wherein the first output lines are electrically connected to a gate line corresponding to each of the stages and are adapted to transmit the gate signal to a plurality of pixels coupled to the gate line, the second output line is adapted to transmit the gate signal to a preceding stage of each of the stages, and the first output lines and the second output line share one contact pad.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Si-Hyun Ahn, Byoung-Sun Na, Kyong-Sik Choi, Hye-Rim Han, Seon-Kyoon Mok, So-Young Kim, Woo-Jung Shin
  • Patent number: 9025108
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a first substrate having a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, an organic film on the first substrate, a first trench in the organic film in the non-display area, the first trench surrounding the display area and including a first sidewall on an inner side of the display apparatus, which includes a sidewall of the organic film, and a second sidewall on an outer side of the display apparatus, which includes a sidewall of the organic film, and a first blocking film containing an inorganic material and covering a surface of the organic film in the non-display area and the sidewall of the organic film included in the first sidewall of the first trench.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 6, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 5, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung Ho Cho, Do Hoon Kim
  • Patent number: 9013385
    Abstract: The present disclosure discloses a driving circuit of a liquid crystal display (LCD) panel, an LCD panel, and an LCD device. The driving circuit of the LCD panel includes a compensation unit coupled with a scan line of the LCD panel and outputting N different driving voltages to different gate driver chips on a side of the panel. N is equal to a number of the gate driver chips arranged on the side of the LCD panel, as distance from the driving source of the driving voltages to the gate driver chip increases, absolute value of the driving voltage outputted by the compensation unit increases.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 5, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 21, 2015
    Inventors: Poshen Lin, Liangchan Liao, Nianmao Wang
  • Patent number: 9007556
    Abstract: The present invention provides a substrate for array process of panel display device, which includes a cell switch and a PVSA mode pad set. Cell switch includes a plurality of switches, with each connected to a pad in shorting bar pad set. PSVA mode pad set includes a scan pad and a data pad. Scan pad is connected through some switches of cell switch to scan lines, and data pad is connected through some switches of cell switch to data lines. In this manner, the present invention reduces the number of pads in PSVA mode pad set to simplify peripheral routes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 14, 2015
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Cheng-hung Chen
  • Patent number: 9001301
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display that includes: a first substrate and a second substrate each including a display area and a non-display area, the display and non-display areas positioned opposite to each other; a plurality of data driver ICs formed in the non-display area of the first substrate; a plurality of data voltage supply lines connected to the data driver ICs and extending to the display area of the first substrate; a sealant positioned between the first substrate and the second substrate to surround the display areas; and a step compensating member formed outside the sealant on the non-display area of one of the first substrate and the second substrate, in which at least some of the data voltage supply lines extend under the sealant, and the step compensating member is positioned generally inline with the at least some of the data voltage supply lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 29, 2011
    Date of Patent: April 7, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun Park, Jong Oh Kim, Da Hye Cho, Jin Suk Seo, Jong Bum Choi
  • Patent number: 8994906
    Abstract: A display may have a thin-film-transistor layer with a substrate layer. A layer of dielectric may be formed on the substrate layer and may have an upper surface and a lower surface. The thin-film-transistor layer may include an array of display pixels. Data lines and gate lines may provide signals to the display pixels. Gate driver circuitry in an inactive peripheral portion of the display may include a gate driver circuit for each gate line. The gate driver circuits may include thin-film transistors that are formed on the upper surface of the layer of dielectric. Signal lines such as a gate low line, a gate routing line coupled between the gate driver circuits, and a common electrode line may be formed from two or more layers of metal to reduce their widths or may be embedded within the dielectric layer between the upper and lower surfaces under the thin-film transistors.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shih-Chang Chang, Cheng-Ho Yu, Abbas Jamshidi Roudbari, Ting-Kuo Chang
  • Patent number: 8994907
    Abstract: In a display unit, measures against dropping of screws can be realized at low cost. The display unit includes: a wiring substrate in which wiring that is led out from a display panel is provided; a screw that fixes the wiring substrate to the display unit; and a substrate cover that covers the wiring substrate. The substrate cover has a screw covering region that covers a head of the screw, and part of the periphery of the screw covering region is separated from the other area of the substrate cover.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 10, 2011
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventor: Kazuya Shimojoh
  • Patent number: 8994086
    Abstract: The invention provides a semiconductor device which is non-volatile, easily manufactured, and can be additionally written. A semiconductor device of the invention includes a plurality of transistors, a conductive layer which functions as a source wiring or a drain wiring of the transistors, and a memory element which overlaps one of the plurality of transistors, and a conductive layer which functions as an antenna. The memory element includes a first conductive layer, an organic compound layer and a phase change layer, and a second conductive layer stacked in this order. The conductive layer which functions as an antenna and a conductive layer which functions as a source wiring or a drain wiring of the plurality of transistors are provided on the same layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 31, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Hiroko Abe, Yukie Nemoto, Ryoji Nomura, Mikio Yukawa
  • Patent number: 8988645
    Abstract: A display device includes a panel including pixels defined by data lines and gate lines, a housing chassis covering a sidewall and an edge of the panel, a printed circuit board under the panel, the printed circuit board including circuit elements configured to generate at least one of a data signal, a gate signal, and a control signal, a chip on film connecting the printed circuit board to the panel, the chip on film between the housing chassis and the sidewall of the panel, a driver integrated circuit mounted on the chip on film and configured to respond to the control signal and drive at least one of the data signal and the gate signal applied to the data lines and the gate lines, and a connection unit attaching the chip on film to the housing chassis and dissipating heat generated by the driver integrated circuit to the housing chassis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jichul Kim, Young-Deuk Kim, Eunseok Cho, Mi-Na Choi
  • Patent number: 8988623
    Abstract: When a pixel portion and a driver circuit are formed over one substrate and a counter electrode is formed over an entire surface of a counter substrate, the driver circuit may be adversely affected by an optimized voltage of the counter electrode. A semiconductor device according to the present invention has a structure in which: a liquid crystal layer is provided between a pair of substrates; one of the substrates is provided with a pixel electrode and a driver circuit; the other of the substrates is a counter substrate which is provided with two counter electrode layers in different potentials; and one of the counter electrode layers overlaps with the pixel electrode with the liquid crystal layer therebetween and the other of the counter electrode layers overlaps with the driver circuit with the liquid crystal layer therebetween. An oxide semiconductor layer is used for the driver circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2010
    Date of Patent: March 24, 2015
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jun Koyama, Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8975756
    Abstract: An electric terminal device is provided with glass substrate 11, glass-substrate-side electric terminals 15 formed on glass substrate 11, tape carrier packages 16a and 16b which are larger in thermal expansion rate than glass substrate 11, and tape-side electric terminals 21 provided to correspond to glass-substrate-side electric terminals 15. Tape-side electric terminals 21 include alignment terminals 25 to align with terminals at the outer most edges of glass-substrate-side electric terminals 15, and connecting terminals 26 electrically and mechanically connected to glass-substrate-side electric terminals 15 due to thermal expansion of tape carrier packages 16a and 16b by thermo-compression bonding on a condition that alignment terminals 25 of tape-side electric terminals 21 are aligned with the terminals of glass-substrate-side electric terminals 15.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 13, 2007
    Date of Patent: March 10, 2015
    Assignee: Japan Display Central Inc.
    Inventor: Iwane Ichiyama
  • Patent number: 8964140
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes: a first substrate and a second substrate disposed opposite the first substrate; a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first and second substrates and including liquid crystal molecules; a gate line which transmits a gate signal; first and second data lines which respectively transmit first and second data voltages, the first and second data voltages having opposite polarities; a first switching element connected to the gate line and the first data line; a second switching element connected to the gate line and the second data line; a first subpixel electrode connected to the first switching element; and a second subpixel electrode connected to the second switching element. The first and second subpixel electrodes overlap portions of the first and second data lines. The first and second subpixel electrodes include first and second branches, respectively, which are alternately arranged between the first and second data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 18, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Sung-Woon Kim, Hee-Seop Kim, Hyang-Yul Kim, Joo-Nyung Jang, Chong-Chul Chai, Mee-Hye Jung, Hwa-Sung Woo, Cheol Shin, Dong-Chul Shin
  • Patent number: 8958045
    Abstract: An LCD device provides enhanced display quality. An insulating layer is formed on a first substrate. The insulating layer covers the contact portion of a switching device in which the switching device is electrically connected to a transparent electrode and has an opening for exposing a portion of the transparent electrode. A reflection electrode is electrically connected to the transparent electrode through the opening. The insulation layer covers a first portion of a driving circuit formed on the first substrate. A sealant is interposed between the first and second substrate to engage the first and second substrate and to cover a second portion of the driving circuit. Therefore, the driver circuit may operate normally, and the distortion of the signal outputted from the driver circuit may be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8958046
    Abstract: A display substrate includes a base substrate, a gate line portion, a data line portion, and a pixel portion. The base substrate includes a display area divided into first to fourth divided display areas, and first to fourth peripheral areas. The gate line portion includes a plurality of first gate lines, and a plurality of second gate lines. The data line portion includes a plurality of first data lines, and a plurality of second data lines. The pixel portion is disposed in the display area to be electrically connected to the first and second gate lines and the first and second data lines, respectively.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung-Ju Shin, Chong-Chul Chai
  • Patent number: 8953135
    Abstract: A display apparatus comprises a first thin film transistor (TFT) and a second TFT which are disposed in a display area. A first signal transmission line is disposed in a peripheral area surrounding the display area and is electrically connected to the first TFT. A second signal transmission line adjacent to the first signal transmission line is electrically connected to the second TFT. In a first portion of the peripheral area, the first signal transmission line is parallel to the second signal transmission line and is spaced by a first gap from the second signal transmission line. In a second portion of the peripheral area, the first signal transmission line is parallel to the second signal transmission line and is spaced by a second gap from and the second signal transmission line. The second gap is greater than the first gap. Other features are also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 10, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Kyu Lee, Chul-Ho Kim, Kyung-Min Park, Kyung-Hoon Kim, Jin-Suk Park
  • Patent number: 8947627
    Abstract: An electronic device may have a display. The display may have an active region in which display pixels are used to display images. The display may have one or more openings and may be mounted in a housing associated with the electronic device. An electronic component may be mounted in alignment with the openings in the display. The electronic component may include a camera, a light sensor, a light-based proximity sensor, status indicator lights, a light-based touch sensor array, a secondary display that has display pixels that may be viewed through the openings, antenna structures, a speaker, a microphone, or other acoustic, electromagnetic, or light-based component. One or more openings in the display may form a window through which a user of the device may view an external object. Display pixels in the window region may be used in forming a heads-up display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 14, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Benjamin M. Rappoport, Jeremy C. Franklin, Fletcher R. Rothkopf, Scott A. Myers, Richard P. Howarth, Julian Hoenig, Christopher Stringer, John P. Ternus, Stephen Brian Lynch
  • Publication number: 20150009464
    Abstract: A display device includes a transparent substrate having a display region with a plurality of scanning signal lines and video signal lines intersecting thereon, a first terminal formed outside the display region connecting to a first terminal wiring and a second terminal wiring connected to a semiconductor chip, and an inverted staggered thin film transistor. The first terminal includes a first portion, a second portion on the first portion, a third portion having an exposed planar terminal plate on the second portion, a plurality of first vias between the first portion and the second portion, and a plurality of second vias between the second portion and the third portion. The first portion is connected to the first and second terminal wirings, and each of the plurality of first vias is not overlapped with each of the plurality of second vias in plan view.
    Type: Application
    Filed: September 23, 2014
    Publication date: January 8, 2015
    Inventors: Takahiro Ochiai, Mitsuru Goto
  • Patent number: 8921864
    Abstract: The present invention provides a TFT-LCD array substrate having a gate-line metal layer, a data-line metal layer crossing the gate-line metal layer and a plurality of layers covering a periphery of the gate-line metal layer and the data-line metal layer; the gate-line metal layer has first gate lines and second gate lines parallel and alternately arranged, the date-line metal layer has first data lines and second data lines parallel and alternately arranged; the first gate line and the second gate line are electrically connected; the first data line and the second data line are electrically connected. The present invention further provides a manufacturing method of the TFT-LCD array substrate. Implementing the TFT-LCD array substrate and the manufacturing method can reduce the occurrence of line-broken in the active array of TFT-LCD, increase the aperture ratio of the product and enhance yield rate of the products.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 30, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Xiaolong Ma, Hungjui Chen, Tsunglung Chang
  • Patent number: 8917227
    Abstract: A display includes: a display panel; and a flexible circuit board connected to the display panel, and including power source lines for supplying driving current to the display panel, a signal line for transmitting a control signal to the display panel, and an integrated circuit element, in which the flexible circuit board includes a metal pattern connected to the power source lines, and the metal pattern is in contact with an outer surface of the integrated circuit element directly or via a thermal conductor.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 2, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Panasonic Corporation
    Inventor: Takashi Osako
  • Patent number: 8917372
    Abstract: A display device including: a first substrate with a pixel switch and drivers mounted thereon; a second substrate disposed in facing relation to the first substrate; a material layer held between the first substrate and the second substrate and having peripheral edges sealed by a seal member, the material layer having an electrooptical effect; and a semiconductor chip mounted as a COG component on the first substrate, the semiconductor chip having a control system configured to control the drivers; wherein the semiconductor chip having a thickness equal to the total thickness of the seal member and the second substrate or larger than the thickness of the seal member and smaller than the total thickness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 23, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display West Inc.
    Inventor: Masumitsu Ino
  • Patent number: 8902395
    Abstract: A microcontroller for controlling a liquid crystal display (LCD) is mountable in any one of multiple package types. The microcontroller includes a LCD controller to generate logical mapping signals indicative of voltages to be applied to segment terminals of a LCD glass. A driver circuit drives the segment terminals selectively. A remapping unit receives the logical mapping signals from the LCD controller and maps the logical mapping signals, for each of the package types, to physical segment terminal drivers in the driver circuit based on a distribution of I/O terminals that are bonded for each package type when that package type is used with the LCD glass.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 14, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignee: Atmel Corporation
    Inventors: Sebastien Jouin, Sylvan Garnier, Thierry Delalande
  • Patent number: 8902394
    Abstract: Provided is a display device, including: a display panel which includes a thin film transistor substrate (SUB1) on which a terminal portion including a plurality of terminals (TR) is provided; and a drive circuit connected to the terminal portion, in which: the drive circuit includes: a flexible board (FB); and a semiconductor chip mounted on the flexible board; the flexible board (FB) includes a plurality of wirings (La) for connecting the semiconductor chip and the plurality of terminals (TR), respectively; and the plurality of wirings (La) each include: a first wiring portion (La1) which overlaps a corresponding one of the plurality of terminals (TR); and a second wiring portion (La2) which is positioned between the first wiring portion (La1) and the semiconductor chip, the first wiring portion (La1) being narrower than the second wiring portion (La2).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 25, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 2, 2014
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Yuuichi Takenaka
  • Patent number: 8890857
    Abstract: A driving circuit for driving a display panel includes a dynamic ratioless shift register which is operated in a stable manner and can expand the degree of freedom of design. In the dynamic ratioless shift register which is provided with thin film transistors having semiconductor layers made of p-Si on a substrate surface, a node which becomes the floating state is connected to a fixed potential through a capacitance element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 3, 2014
    Date of Patent: November 18, 2014
    Assignees: Japan Display Inc., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Toshio Miyazawa, Iwao Takemoto, Atsushi Hasegawa, Masahiro Maki, Kazutaka Goto
  • Patent number: 8885134
    Abstract: A liquid crystal device includes a positive potential connection line as a first connection line layer to which a first potential lower than a common potential is applied, between a pixel area and a seal member in the plan view, and a peripheral electrode as a second connection line layer that is provided between the positive potential connection line and a liquid crystal layer, is provided to overlap with at least a part of the positive potential connection line in the plan view, and to which a second potential higher than the common potential is applied.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 19, 2012
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Hitoya Nagasawa
  • Patent number: 8885133
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a liquid crystal panel superimposed on the display panel for enabling naked-eye stereoscopic view by separating a left-eye image and a right-eye image displayed on the display panel, and a flexible wiring substrate attached to the liquid crystal panel. The liquid crystal panel has a substrate and a substrate opposed to each other. The substrate has a projection part that projects from the substrate. The flexible wiring substrate is attached to a surface of the projection part of the substrate at the substrate side. The substrate is formed to be thinner than the substrate and provided at a side of the display panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 15, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 11, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 8879041
    Abstract: According to one embodiment, a liquid crystal display device includes a first substrate including an insulative substrate, a first electrically conductive layer, a second electrically conductive layer, a third electrically conductive layer, a fourth electrically conductive layer. The first electrically conductive layer includes a gate line located on the insulative substrate, a common potential line and a first pad portion. The second electrically conductive layer includes a common electrode which is located on the insulative substrate and is put in contact with the common potential line, and a second pad portion stacked on the first pad portion. The fourth electrically conductive layer includes a pixel electrode in which a slit facing the common electrode is formed, and a third pad portion which is put in contact with the second pad portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: Japan Display Inc.
    Inventor: Shin Morita
  • Patent number: 8879039
    Abstract: An LCD device is disclosed. The LCD device includes a liquid crystal panel configured to include a bonding portion formed in its one edge, pluralities of gate and data lines arranged on it, and pixel regions defined by the gate and data lines. The bonding portion includes: first metal patterns formed away from each other and on a substrate of the liquid crystal panel; a gate insulation film and a protective layer sequentially formed to cover the first metal patterns; and a second metal pattern formed on the protective layer and electrically connected to the first metal patterns partially exposed by contact holes which are formed by partially etching the gate insulation film and protective layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 23, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 4, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Lee Young Kim, Cheol Woo Park, Jung Ho Park, Hye Jung Lee, Jong Seuk Kang, Kyung Ho Lee, Hoe Woo Koo
  • Patent number: 8873014
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a display device including a substrate, a display signal line disposed on the substrate, a contact assistant disposed on the pad region of the substrate as a draw-out terminal of the display signal line, a driver IC chip disposed on the substrate and connected to the display signal line through the contact assistant, and a testing thin film transistor disposed between the substrate and the driver IC chip. The testing thin film transistor and the display signal line are connected to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 26, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 28, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Koo Her, Yong-Han Park
  • Patent number: 8867009
    Abstract: An LCD device provides enhanced display quality. An insulating layer is formed on a first substrate. The insulating layer covers the contact portion of a switching device in which the switching device is electrically connected to a transparent electrode and has an opening for exposing a portion of the transparent electrode. A reflection electrode is electrically connected to the transparent electrode through the opening. The insulation layer covers a first portion of a driving circuit formed on the first substrate. A sealant is interposed between the first and second substrate to engage the first and second substrate and to cover a second portion of the driving circuit. Therefore, the driver circuit may operate normally, and the distortion of the signal outputted from the driver circuit may be prevented.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 22, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Ho Lee
  • Patent number: 8867010
    Abstract: A display panel has a plurality of gate terminals that are formed of a gate metal layer and a plurality of source terminals that are formed of a source metal layer, disposed alternately as seen in a plane. From each of the source terminals an intermediate region and a terminal region are provided with inorganic insulating film such that a source terminal lead formed of the source metal layer is covered therewith. The intermediate region is provided with organic insulating film such that the inorganic insulating film is covered therewith. The inorganic insulating film is smaller in thickness in the terminal region than in the intermediate region. The inorganic insulating film has an opening in the terminal region to expose at least a portion of a surface of the source terminal.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 21, 2014
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Isao Ogasawara, Tatsuji Saitoh, Junichi Mori, Katsuya Ogawa, Kazunori Tanimoto
  • Patent number: 8860028
    Abstract: Disclosed are a thin film transistor substrate and a method of fabricating the same in which the number of processes is reduced. The method includes forming a first conductive pattern including gate electrodes and gate lines on a substrate through a first mask process, depositing a gate insulating film and forming a second conductive pattern including a semiconductor pattern, source and drain electrodes and data lines through a second mask process, depositing first and second passivation films and forming pixel contact holes passing through the first and second passivation films and exposing the drain electrodes through a third mask process, and forming a third conductive pattern including a common electrode and a common line and forming a third passivation film formed in an undercut structure with the common electrode through a fourth mask process, simultaneously, and forming a fourth conductive pattern including pixel electrodes through a lift-off process.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 14, 2014
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hee-Young Kwack
  • Patent number: 8854560
    Abstract: An auto-stereoscopic display device is proposed. The auto-stereoscopic display device includes a display panel and a liquid crystal lens. The liquid crystal lens includes a first electrode layer and a second electrode layer. The first electrode layer includes a plurality of first electrode stripes arranged in parallel along pixel units and extending in a first or second direction. The second electrode layer includes a plurality of second electrode stripes extending slantingly relative to the plurality of first electrode stripes and being arranged in parallel. A liquid crystal lens and a driving method thereof are also proposed. Based on the present invention, a first lenticular lens unit is generated and arranged along the plurality of second electrode stripes for the 3D display mode, and a second lenticular lens unit is generated and arranged along the plurality of first electrode stripes for the 2D display mode.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd
    Inventors: Chih-Wen Chen, Chia-chiang Hsiao
  • Patent number: 8854592
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a lower panel and an upper panel facing each other. A liquid crystal layer is interposed between the lower panel and the upper panel. An attachment member attaches the lower panel and the upper panel and encloses the liquid crystal layer. A gate driver is integrated on the lower panel. The gate driver generates a gate signal and includes a plurality of stages. A plurality of control signal lines transmit a control signal to the gate driver. A passivation layer is disposed on the gate driver and the plurality of control signal lines. An alignment layer is disposed on the passivation layer and completely covers the gate driver and the plurality of control signal lines. The alignment layer includes a first region and a second region connected to the first region. The second region extends to an edge of the lower panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 21, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2014
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yun-Jung Cho, Seon-Kyoon Mok, Eun Cho, Byoung-Sun Na, Sung-Jae Moon
  • Patent number: RE45495
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes gate lines, data lines intersecting with the gate lines to define sub-pixels, and a transmission part including transmission lines connected with the data lines to transmit data signals, where at least one pair of the transmission lines are arranged to cross each other, some of the transmission lines cross each other so that a sequence of data signals applied to the data lines can be changed, any of the transmission lines is opened at a crossing point of the transmission lines and the opened portion is connected by a separate conductor, thereby insulating the transmission lines crossing each other from each other, and an additional process for connecting the opened portion is not needed, thereby simplifying a fabrication process for the liquid crystal display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2015
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Gyu Kim