With Detail Of Terminals To External Circuit Patents (Class 349/152)
  • Patent number: 8384871
    Abstract: In a liquid crystal display (LCD) apparatus and a method for manufacturing the LCD apparatus, the LCD apparatus includes first and second substrates, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the first and second substrates. The first substrate includes a transparent insulating substrate, a conductive layer formed over an entire surface of the transparent insulating substrate, and a transparent conductive electrode formed on the conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 26, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Seung-Hwan Shim, Gung-Rae Jo, Sung-Hoon Yang, Kap-Soo Yoon, Ki-Hun Jeong, Jae-Ho Choi
  • Patent number: 8379163
    Abstract: A display device includes: a first substrate which constitutes a display panel; and a flexible printed circuit board which is connected to the first substrate. The flexible printed circuit board is electrically and mechanically connected with terminals formed on the first substrate. The flexible printed circuit board includes a board portion, a wiring layer which is mounted on the board portion, and a cover portion which covers the wiring layer. The wiring layer includes a connecting portion which is electrically and mechanically connected to a terminal portion formed on the first substrate. The cover portion is removed at the connecting portion, and the cover portion in the vicinity of the connecting portion overlaps with the first substrate. The cover portion in the vicinity of the connecting portion is fixed to the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Pansonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 8379177
    Abstract: An array substrate for a fringe field switching mode liquid crystal display device includes a substrate including a display region and a non-display; a gate line on the substrate and in the display region; a common pad on the substrate and in the non-display region; a gate insulating layer on the gate line and the common pad; a data line on the gate insulating layer and crossing the gate line to define a pixel region in the display region; a thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines; a first passivation layer on the data line and the thin film transistor; a common electrode on the first passivation layer and covering an entire surface of the display region; a second passivation layer on the common electrode; and a pixel electrode on the second passivation layer and having a plate shape in each pixel region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 13, 2010
    Date of Patent: February 19, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Bo-Young Jung, In-Duk Song, Sung-Il Park, Dae-Lim Park
  • Patent number: 8373838
    Abstract: A display apparatus includes a substrate, a daisy chain, a driving circuit, and a conductive portion. The substrate has an electrode line. The daisy chain includes a first conducting wire separated from the electrode line. The first conducting wire has a first terminal and a second terminal. The conductive portion is disposed on the substrate. The first terminal is electrically connected to the electrode line and the second terminal is separated from the driving circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2007
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Hannstar Display Corporation
    Inventor: Pao-Yun Tang
  • Patent number: 8373813
    Abstract: An array substrate includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area surrounding the display area, data lines disposed in the display area and including a portion thereof extending from the display area into the peripheral area at a first side of a periphery of the display area, and a repair line disposed in the peripheral area and crossing the portion of the data lines extending into the peripheral area. The array substrate also includes a static electricity diode part electrically connected to the repair line and a first data line of the data lines.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 7, 2009
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Jae-Hyun Park, Jong-Hwan Lee, Kyung-Wook Kim
  • Patent number: 8373836
    Abstract: A gate driver-on-array structure integrated into a display includes a substrate and a gate driver structure formed thereon. The gate driver structure is disposed in a peripheral region of the substrate. The gate driver structure includes a first layer metal pattern, a second layer metal pattern, and an insulating layer disposed therebetween. The first layer metal pattern includes connection nodes. The insulating layer has through holes exposing the connection nodes. The second layer metal pattern fills into the through holes and in contact with the connection nodes of the first layer metal pattern so as to implement necessary electrical connection of the gate driver structure.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 24, 2008
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Tung-Chang Tsai, Ming-Chang Shih
  • Patent number: 8373837
    Abstract: A line-on glass type liquid crystal display panel that is adapted to prevent signal interference and electromagnetic interference between line-on glass type signal lines. The liquid crystal display panel of the invention includes a picture display part with a matrix of liquid crystal cells, multiple line-on glass type signal lines located in an outer area of the picture display part for applying drive signals to drive the liquid crystal cells, and a dummy line formed between the line-on glass type signal lines with at least a layer of insulating film therebetween.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2003
    Date of Patent: February 12, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: In Duk Song
  • Patent number: 8368076
    Abstract: To improve the reliability of contact with an anisotropic conductive film in a semiconductor device such as a liquid crystal display panel, a terminal portion of a connecting wiring on an active matrix substrate is electrically connected to an FPC by an anisotropic conductive film. The connecting wiring is made of a lamination film of a metallic film and a transparent conductive film. In the connecting portion with the anisotropic conductive film, a side surface of the connecting wiring is covered with a protecting film made of an insulating material, thereby exposure to air of the metallic film can be avoided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 3, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 5, 2013
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Shunpei Yamazaki
  • Patent number: 8363197
    Abstract: The occurrence of the poor electric connection between the outer circuit and the liquid crystal display device can be reduced in the manufacturing method of the outer circuit and liquid display device of this invention. The liquid crystal display device has the pixel region 100P and the outer connection region 107. There are the gate metal layer 15 disposed on the gate insulating film 12, the interlayer insulating film 16 covering the gate metal layer 15, the first conductive layer 19 covering the gate metal layer 15 located on the interlayer insulating film 16, the passivation film 20 with the second opening 22 exposing the part of the first conductive layer 19 that covers the gate metal layer 15, and the second conductive layer 26 covering the first conductive layer 19 exposed from the second opening 22 in the outer connection region. The metal bump 50 of the outer circuit is connected on the second conductive layer 26 through thermal pressure treatment.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 25, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuda, Hideki Kawada
  • Patent number: 8363196
    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, and a covering layer is formed on the organic interlayer film in the peripheral portion and the insulating film includes at least one of a plurality of recesses and protuberances.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 14, 2006
    Date of Patent: January 29, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Tetsuya Kawamura, Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Nagatoshi Kurahashi, Tsuyoshi Uchida
  • Patent number: 8358399
    Abstract: An electrically-driven liquid crystal lens wherein electric connection between finely split electrodes and signal lines used to apply signals to the split electrodes can be accomplished using a minimal number of masks and signals can be applied to the finely split electrodes without line resistance, and a stereoscopic display device using the same are disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2008
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung Joo Lee, Hee Jin Im
  • Patent number: 8358394
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device includes first and second substrates, a liquid crystal layer disposed therebetween, pixel regions formed by gate signal lines and image signal lines formed over the first substrate, a first insulating layer formed over the gate signal lines, thin film transistors connected to the gate signal lines with in a second insulating layer formed thereover, pixel electrodes connected to the thin film transistors, a counter electrode formed of a first transparent conductive layer over the second insulating layer, and a second transparent conductive layer and an external connection terminal disposed outside of the pixel regions. The second transparent conductive layer is formed over the second insulating layer and is electrically connected to the counter electrode and the external connection terminal, and a part of each of the gate signal lines is disposed outside of the pixel regions and is covered by the second transparent conductive layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: January 22, 2013
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masuyuki Ohta, Kazuhiro Ogawa, Keiichiro Ashizawa, Kazuhiko Yanagawa, Masahiro Yanai, Nobutake Konishi, Nobuyuki Suzuki, Masahiro Ishii, Makoto Yoneya, Sukekazu Aratani
  • Patent number: 8355105
    Abstract: An array substrate for a liquid crystal panel includes a plurality of pixel electrodes corresponding to a plurality of pixels, and a common electrode provided common to the plurality of pixel electrodes. An alignment of liquid crystal is controlled by each electric field between each of the plurality of the pixel electrodes and the common electrode. The array substrate further includes a pixel selecting circuit, a line group for pixel selecting circuit, a potential applying circuit, a line group for potential applying circuit, and a common electrode line. The pixel selecting circuit sequentially selects pixels among the plurality of pixels. The line group for pixel selecting circuit is connected to input terminals of the pixel selecting circuit. The potential applying circuit applies a potential to the pixel electrode of a selected pixel. The line group for potential applying circuit is connected to input terminals of the potential applying circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2010
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Hiroshi Matsuda, Yasushi Miyajima
  • Patent number: 8355106
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate having a pixel thin film transistor thereon and a second substrate opposing the first substrate. The first substrate further includes a first insulation substrate having a display region in which the pixel thin film transistor is formed and a non-display region that encloses the display region, gate lines formed in the display region and electrically connected to the pixel thin film transistor, a driving part, including a driving thin film transistor, located in the non-display region and driving the pixel thin film transistor, and a dummy semiconductor layer formed in a peripheral area of the driving part.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 11, 2007
    Date of Patent: January 15, 2013
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Kyung Jung, Yong-Koo Her
  • Patent number: 8351009
    Abstract: A display panel is connected to a wiring-mounted board on which a signal supply wiring that supplies wiring supplies signals for driving the display panel is mounted. The wiring-mounted board has (i) first and second wires extending toward the display panel, and (ii) first and second terminals that are connected to the first and second wires, respectively. The display panel has a first short-circuit wire that is connected to the first and second wires at a connecting part of the display panel and the wiring-mounted board, so as to short-circuit the first and second wires.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 22, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Yasuhiro Wakita, Seiji Muraoka, Hidetaka Mizumaki
  • Patent number: 8351010
    Abstract: Disclosed herein is a liquid crystal module having a liquid crystal display panel, and a backlight unit disposed on a back surface of the liquid crystal display panel. The liquid crystal display panel has a flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a liquid crystal display panel. The backlight unit has a light guiding plate, a light emitting diode for emitting a light, a flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a light emitting diode, and a case in which the light guiding plate and the flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a light emitting diode are accommodated. The flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a liquid crystal display panel extends along a side surface of the case. The flexible printed wiring circuit substrate for a light emitting diode has a derivation portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 18, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventors: Takashi Koyama, Hideo Takahashi
  • Patent number: 8350985
    Abstract: An electro-optic apparatus includes: an electro-optic panel; and a holding member configured to hold at least the electro-optic panel, in which the holding member includes a shoulder configured to support at least part of a peripheral edge of the electro-optic panel, and the shoulder does not support the electro-optic panel in at least an area of a part of a corner and a proximity thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Sony Corporation
    Inventor: Kazuya Hasegawa
  • Patent number: 8351208
    Abstract: An electro-optical device may include: an electro-optical panel, a holding member that includes a main body part arranged to surround the periphery of the electro-optical panel, and a holding part protruded from the main body part and holding the electro-optical panel, and a heat radiating member that is disposed opposing the electro-optical panel through an opening of the holding member from the opposite side of the light incident plane of the electro-optical panel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 11, 2011
    Date of Patent: January 8, 2013
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventors: Hidekazu Hirabayashi, Yoshitaka Hama
  • Patent number: 8345211
    Abstract: A display panel includes a plurality of display lines provided in each of blocks and extending in parallel with each other, a plurality of drive circuits provided outside a display region and connected to the display lines in the respective blocks, a plurality of first lines provided outside the display region and intersecting end portions closer to the drive circuits of the display lines in the respective blocks, the first lines being insulated from the display lines, and a second line provided outside the display region and intersecting end portions farther from the drive circuits of the display lines of all the blocks, the second line being insulated from the display lines. The second line is configured to intersect the first lines while being insulated from the first lines, and be supplied with a display signal from each of the drive circuits via an amplifier circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: January 1, 2013
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Tadatoshi Ozeki, Takaharu Yamada, Masahiro Yoshida, Kazuyori Mitsumoto
  • Patent number: 8339562
    Abstract: Using thin film transistors (TFTs), an active matrix circuit, a driver circuit for driving the active matrix circuit or the like are formed on one substrate. Circuits such as a central processing unit (CPU) and a memory, necessary to drive an electric device, are formed using single crystalline semiconductor integrated circuit chips. After the semiconductor integrated circuit chips are adhered to the substrate, the chips are connected with wirings formed on the substrate by a chip on glass (COG) method, a wire bonding method or the like, to manufacture the electric device having a liquid crystal display (LCD) on one substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 21, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 25, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Yasuhiko Takemura
  • Patent number: 8334961
    Abstract: Electrooptical displays require conductors on both sides of the liquid crystal thin film. The two conductors face opposite sides of the display. The cost of electrically connecting to these displays can be decreased by having the conductors of the display all face the same side of the display. This invention includes a technique to allow both conductors to face the same side of the display.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Kent Displays Incorporated
    Inventors: Erica N. Montbach, Mark Lightfoot, Todd C. Ernst
  • Patent number: 8334962
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device comprises: a first substrate and a second substrate facing and spaced apart from each other, the first substrate and the second substrate including an active area, a signal input area and a pad area, the signal input area and the pad area being disposed at a periphery of the active area; a gate line and a data line on the first substrate in the active area, the gate line and the data line crossing each other; first connection lines and second connection lines in the signal input area, the first connection lines extending to the pad area and crossing the second connection lines; a gate connection pattern contacting the first connection lines and the second connection lines; a common electrode on the second substrate; a shortage-preventing pattern on the common electrode and corresponding to the gate connection pattern; a seal pattern surrounding the active area, the seal pattern including a conductive ball; and a liquid crystal layer between the first and second substrates in th
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Byung-Hoon Chang, Min-Jung Kim
  • Patent number: 8334960
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes a substrate, a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix on the substrate where each pixel includes a switching element, a plurality of gate lines that are connected to the switching elements and extend in a row direction, and a gate driver that is connected to the gate lines and is formed on the substrate as an integrated circuit. In the liquid crystal display, the gate driver includes a first region and a second region that is not aligned with the first region.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2007
    Date of Patent: December 18, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Ho Yang, Joo-Sun Yoon, Ki-Hun Jeong
  • Patent number: 8330925
    Abstract: A display panel includes a first substrate, a pixel array, a peripheral circuit, a first protection layer, a second protection layer, a display medium, and a second substrate. The first substrate array has a display area and a peripheral area, wherein the pixel array is disposed in the display area, the peripheral circuit is disposed in the peripheral area, and the pixel array and the peripheral circuit are electrically connected. The first protection layer is disposed on the display area and the peripheral area to cover the pixel array and the peripheral circuit. The second protection layer is at least disposed on the first protection layer within the peripheral area. Here, the second protection layer includes a color filter material layer, a black matrix material layer, a photo spacer material layer, or a combination thereof. The second substrate is disposed above the first substrate to expose the peripheral area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 17, 2009
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yi-Tsun Lin, Chun-Jen Chiu, Yen-Heng Huang
  • Patent number: 8330927
    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: August 20, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yong-Koo Her, Yong-Han Park
  • Patent number: 8330928
    Abstract: A pad of a liquid crystal display and a method for manufacturing the same are disclosed. The pad of the liquid crystal display includes an IC substrate and a lower substrate opposite each other, an IC pad metal formed on the IC substrate, a bump formed on the IC substrate to come into contact with the IC pad metal, a first transparent electrode electrically connected with the IC pad metal, an interlayer insulating layer formed between the IC pad metal and the first transparent electrode, a gate pad metal formed on the lower substrate, a second transparent electrode electrically connected with the gate pad metal, a gate insulating layer formed between the gate pad metal and the second transparent electrode, and a conductive ball to electrically connect the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode to each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kyoung Moon Lim, Yong Chan Park, So Haeng Cho
  • Patent number: 8330926
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display includes a terminal substrate, an opposed substrate, a seal member and a protective wall. The terminal substrate includes: a display area which displays an image, a terminal which inputs an external signal to a wiring in the display area, and a connection conductor which electrically connects the wiring in the display area and the terminal. The opposed substrate includes a conductive film on a surface thereof. The seal member surrounds the display area and through which the terminal substrate and opposed substrate are attached with each other while being opposed with each other. The protective wall surrounds a proximity portion of the connection conductor and the conductive film outside of an area surrounded by the seal member, together with the seal member to isolate and protect the proximity portion from an outside.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 11, 2012
    Assignee: Mitsubishi Electric Corporation
    Inventor: Yuki Soma
  • Patent number: 8324744
    Abstract: A tape carrier package (TCP) includes a film, a plurality of output leads and a plurality of input leads on the film, the plurality of output leads and the plurality of input leads being disposed on different sides, first and second TCP alignment marks arranged on opposing sides of the plurality of output leads, and a third TCP alignment mark at a central portion of the plurality of output leads.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Min-Hwa Kim, Jin-Cheol Hong
  • Patent number: 8325309
    Abstract: An electronic device is disclosed. In some embodiments, the electronic device includes a liquid-crystal display (LCD) and a plurality of driver integrated circuits (ICs) coupled to the LCD. The driver ICs may be disposed near non-central locations along a side of the LCD, and in some embodiments, one of the driver ICs may be a master driver IC and the other driver IC or driver ICs may be slave driver ICs.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 23, 2008
    Date of Patent: December 4, 2012
    Assignee: Apple Inc.
    Inventors: Shawn R. Gettemy, Carlin J. Vieri, Yongman Lee, Wei H. Yao
  • Patent number: 8319932
    Abstract: A wiring board of the present invention (1) is arranged so that: pads (30) arranged in a plurality of rows include: first-row pads (30a) connected to first metal wires (10a) among metal wires (10); and second-row pads (30b) connected to second metal wires (10b) among the metal wires (10), the first metal wires (10a) being longer than the second metal wires (10b); each of the first metal wires (10a) is formed so as to be separated from a corresponding one of the second-row pads (30b) by at least an insulating layer, and so as to have a widthwise center in a lower region below the corresponding second-row pad (30b); and each of the first metal wires (10a) has widthwise edges provided, in a plan view, beyond widthwise edges of a corresponding one of the second-row pads (30b) in a region in which the first metal wire (10a) overlaps with the corresponding second-row pad (30b).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 17, 2008
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takashi Matsui, Motoji Shiota
  • Patent number: 8319718
    Abstract: Disclosed is a gate printed circuit board, a connector-free liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assembly, a driving-signal timing module included in the liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assembly, and a method of driving the liquid crystal display (LCD) panel assembly. According to the present invention, since a separate connector and a gate printed circuit board of a conventional LCD panel is not required for applying a gate-driving signal generated from an external information processing device, a thickness and the number of parts of the LCD device is reduced. Further, when the gate-driving signal is transmitted through the TFT substrate, the voltage Voff for maintaining a thin-film transistor (TFT) in a turned-off state is modified so that users may not recognize the imbalance in brightness.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 6, 2007
    Date of Patent: November 27, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Sin-Gu Kang
  • Patent number: 8314916
    Abstract: A display device which can prevent a contact defect of a driver IC and a manufacturing method thereof are disclosed. According to the method, a plurality of pattern lines and a plurality of contact electrodes on a substrate are formed. Each pattern line and each contact electrode are connected each other. Anisotropic conductive films, in which a plurality of conductive balls are included, on the substrate are arranged. A plurality of driving circuits on the substrate and allowing bumps of the driving circuits to be opposite the anisotropic conductive films are arranged. Pressure and heat are applied to the driving circuits such that the bumps of the driving circuits allow the conductive balls to be electrically connected to the contact electrodes. A plurality of contact layers connected with the conductive balls are formed by irradiating laser light on contact regions to melt the pattern lines and the contact electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 1, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Jong Soon Kim
  • Patent number: 8314766
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display panel includes a display area, a wiring area, and an external circuit area, wherein the wiring area is between the display area and the external circuit area. The liquid crystal display panel includes many pixel structures, external pads and wiring sets. Each wiring set includes a plurality of upper-layer main wires disposed on one plane and lower-layer main wires disposed on another plane, wherein the two planes are parallel. In addition, each upper-layer main wire corresponds to one lower-layer main wire and the shadow which the upper-layer main wire vertically projects on the surface overlaps a part of the corresponding lower-layer main wire. The light leakage around the display area can be eliminated by proper arrangement of main wiring sets, and therefore the display quality is improved.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 16, 2009
    Date of Patent: November 20, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Chun-Huan Chang
  • Patent number: 8305509
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device with improved productivity and a manufacturing method of the same. A liquid crystal display device according to the invention comprises in a region in which a scan line and a data line intersect with each other a first substrate comprising a first thin film transistor using either an amorphous semiconductor or an organic semiconductor for a channel portion, a second substrate, a liquid crystal layer interposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, and a third substrate comprising a second thin film transistor using a crystalline semiconductor for a channel portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 20, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 6, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yasuyuki Arai, Yasuko Watanabe
  • Patent number: 8300201
    Abstract: A pixel TFT formed in a pixel region is formed on a first substrate by a channel etch type reverse stagger type TFT, and patterning of a source region and a drain region, and patterning of a pixel electrode are performed by the same photomask. A driver circuit formed by using TFTs having a crystalline semiconductor layer, and an input-output terminal dependent on the driver circuit, are taken as one unit. A plurality of units are formed on a third substrate, and afterward the third substrate is partitioned into individual units, and the obtained stick drivers are mounted on the first substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shunpei Yamazaki, Jun Koyama, Yasuyuki Arai, Hideaki Kuwabara
  • Patent number: 8300035
    Abstract: A display device includes a display panel, a printed circuit board, a plurality of semiconductor devices which are film-like substrates with an IC chip, and a monolithic anisotropic conductive film disposed on the printed circuit board. Each of the semiconductor devices has a first side portion and a second side portion opposite to the first side portion. The first side portion is connected to the printed circuit board via the monolithic anisotropic conductive film, and the second side portion is connected to the display panel. Further the first side portion of each of the semiconductor devices is respectively connected at separated portions of the monolithic anisotropic conductive film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 10, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Kazuhiro Ogawa, Kazuhiko Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 8300200
    Abstract: A fan-out circuit including a plurality of fan-out wires is provided, where the fan-out wires are not electrically connected to each other. Each of the fan-out wires includes a first detouring portion, an extending portion, and a second detouring portion. The first detouring portion has a chip bonding terminal and a first connecting terminal. A pitch of any two adjacent chip bonding terminals is P1. The second detouring portion has a second connecting terminal and a signal-line connecting terminal. The second connecting terminal is connected with the first connecting terminal through the extending portion. A pitch of any two adjacent signal-line connecting terminals is P2, and P2>P1. Among the fan-out wires, a part of the first detouring portions has a ladder shaped pattern.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Geng-Cyuan Jheng
  • Patent number: 8300195
    Abstract: A balance board includes; a substrate, a first wire disposed on the substrate, a second wire disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first wire, a plurality of first balance coils connected to the first wire and which uniformly distribute a first power supply voltage, a plurality of second balance coils connected to the second wire and which uniformly distribute a second power supply voltage, and a conductive pattern disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from the first and second wires, wherein the first and second wires are disposed substantially in parallel with each other, the second wire being divided into a plurality of parts with respect to an area where the first wire and the second wire cross over one another and the plurality of parts of the second wire are connected by a plurality of jumper connectors overlapping the first wire.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Eui-Dong Hwang, Yun-Gun Lee, Dal-Jung Kwon, Myoung-Soo Kim, Byung-Kyou Min
  • Patent number: 8299631
    Abstract: Provided is a semiconductor element in which decrease in reliability of wiring is suppressed. A driver IC (10) has a plurality of output bumps (12) arranged in the direction (direction A) along the long sides (11a and 11b). The output bumps include a plurality of source bumps (12a) arranged near the center section of the long side, and a plurality of gate bumps (12b) arranged towards the end portions of the long side. The source bumps are arranged close to the long side (11a), and the gate bumps are arranged closer to the long side (11b) than the source bumps.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 11, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 30, 2012
    Assignee: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha
    Inventors: Takeshi Horiguchi, Takashi Matsui, Motoji Shiota
  • Patent number: 8294855
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a transflective thin film transistor substrate and method of fabricating the same that is adaptive for simplifying its process. The liquid crystal display device includes: first and second substrates; a gate line on the first substrate; a gate insulating film on the first substrate; a data line crossing the gate line to define a pixel area; a thin film transistor connected to the gate line and the data line; an organic insulating film on the gate line, the data line and the thin film transistor, and having a transmission hole in the pixel area; a pixel electrode on the organic insulating film of the pixel area via the transmission hole and connected to the thin film transistor; and a reflective electrode on the pixel electrode having a same edge part as the pixel electrode or an edge part located at inner side from an edge part of the pixel electrode and exposing the pixel electrode of the transmission hole.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 13, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Joo Soo Lim, Woong Sik Kim
  • Patent number: 8294870
    Abstract: A substrate module suitable for being filled with a display medium to form a display panel is provided. The substrate module includes an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate, and a sealant. The active device array substrate has a groove. The opposite substrate is disposed opposite to the active device array substrate. The active device array substrate and the opposite substrate are assembled through the sealant, wherein the display medium is substantially filled in a region surrounded by the sealant to form the display panel and the groove is located between the sealant and a border of the active device array substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 11, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 23, 2012
    Assignee: Chunghwa Picture Tubes, Ltd.
    Inventors: Liang-Hao Kang, Yi-Cheng Tsai
  • Patent number: 8289493
    Abstract: A display panel having a first region, a second region and a third region is provided. The display panel includes an active device array substrate, an opposite substrate, a display medium between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate, and spacers arranged between the active device array substrate and the opposite substrate for maintaining a cell gap. The active device array substrate includes an active device array in the first region, a pad in the second region, a driving circuit in the third region, and a first alignment layer covering the first region, the second region and the third region. A thickness of the first alignment layer in the third region corresponding to the driving circuit is increased to be greater than those in the first region and the second region for buffering the pressure applied by the spacers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 6, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventor: Yi-Hau Shiau
  • Patent number: 8289492
    Abstract: An electro-optical device includes an electro-optical panel including a pair of first panel alignment marks having a first shape and a pair of second panel alignment marks having a second shape; a first circuit substrate provided with a first circuit substrate alignment mark which is represented by the first shape in plan view; and a second circuit substrate provided with a second circuit substrate alignment mark which is represented by the second shape in plan view.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 16, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 16, 2012
    Assignee: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Munehide Saimen
  • Patent number: 8284353
    Abstract: A display panel having a display region and a non-display region is provided. The display panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate and a display medium between the first substrate and the second substrate. The substrate has a pixel array, a plurality of lead lines, an organic layer and a conductive pattern thereon. The pixel array is disposed within the display region. The lead lines are disposed within the non-display region and electrically connected to the pixel array. The organic layer covers the pixel array and the lead lines. The conductive pattern is disposed on the organic layer in the lead lines. The second substrate has an electrode layer thereon, and the electrode layer is disposed within the display region and the non-display region. In particular, the electrode layer and the conductive pattern are electrically connected to a common voltage.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: Au Optronics Corporation
    Inventors: Yen-Heng Huang, Chung-Kai Chen, Chia-Hui Pai, Wei-Yuan Cheng, Wen-Hsien Tseng, Ting-Yi Cho, Chin-An Tseng
  • Patent number: 8284377
    Abstract: In a display device and a repairing method therefor, the display device includes a gate line and two gate-on-array circuits arranged at two sides thereof. Each of the gate-on-array circuits includes a stage coupled to the gate line. Each the stage includes a transistor and a repair circuit. The first source/drain electrode of the transistor is coupled to the gate line, and the second source/drain electrode of the transistor is coupled to receive a clock pulse signal. The repair circuit includes a first terminal coupled to the gate electrode of the transistor, a second terminal coupled to a predetermined potential, and at least one control terminal adapted to receive at least one repair signal to pull the potential on the gate electrode of the transistor to the predetermined potential. The transistor maintains at off-state when the at least one repair signal is supplied to the repair circuit.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 3, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 9, 2012
    Assignee: AU Optronics Corp.
    Inventors: Je-Hao Hsu, Wen-Pin Chen, Chiu-Mei Yu, Lee-Hsun Chang
  • Publication number: 20120249944
    Abstract: In at least one embodiment of the disclosure, an electrooptic device substrate includes a plurality of electrooptic devices. A first electrooptic device includes a first wiring which electrically connects a first terminal and a first circuit. A second wiring electrically connects a second terminal and a second circuit. A first static electricity protection circuit is electrically connected to the first wiring. A second static electricity protection circuit is electrically connected to the second wiring. A short-circuit wiring is electrically connected to the first terminal and the second terminal. The short-circuit wiring is arranged so as to extend from the first electrooptic device and over a second electrooptic device from the plurality of electrooptic devices which is adjacent to the first electrooptic device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 21, 2012
    Publication date: October 4, 2012
    Applicant: Seiko Epson Corporation
    Inventor: Masahito Yoshii
  • Patent number: 8279390
    Abstract: In a display device forming a board for mounting a connector which allows inputting of video data thereon and a board for mounting a display control circuit to be connected to the connector thereon on a surface of a display module opposite to an observation side, the board for mounting the connector thereon and the board for mounting the display control circuit thereon are physically separated from each other and, further, an area of the board for mounting the display control circuit thereon is set smaller than an area of the board for mounting the connector thereon.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 9, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yoshihiro Imajo, Kazuhiko Yanagawa
  • Patent number: 8279391
    Abstract: A liquid crystal display device which can be manufactured at a low cost is provided. The liquid crystal display device includes a TFT substrate, a CF substrate of a size smaller than a size of the TFT substrate, and a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the TFT substrate and the CF substrate. A ground pad is formed on a portion of the TFT substrate where the CF substrate does not overlap with the TFT substrate. A transparent conductive film is formed on an upper surface of the CF substrate. The transparent conductive film of the CF substrate and the ground pad formed on the TFT substrate are electrically connected with each other via a thermocompression bonding conductive tape. A double-sided adhesive tape is arranged between the thermocompression bonding conductive tape and an upper surface of the CF substrate and between the thermocompression bonding conductive tape and the TFT substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignees: Hitachi Displays, Ltd., Panasonic Liquid Crystal Display Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Eiji Oohira
  • Patent number: 8279392
    Abstract: The invention relates to a liquid crystal display panel formed by enclosing a liquid crystal between a pair of substrates, a liquid crystal display device having the same, and a method of manufacturing the same. The liquid crystal display panel can be easily connected to a circuit board. The liquid crystal display panel includes a scan electrode substrate having a plurality of scan electrodes formed like strips extending in parallel, a data electrode substrate having a plurality of data electrodes formed like strips extending in parallel, and a plurality of connection terminals formed at one edge of the scan electrode substrate to provide electrical connection with the data electrodes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 25, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2012
    Assignee: Fujitsu Limited
    Inventor: Shigeo Matsunuma
  • Patent number: RE43684
    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: January 20, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 25, 2012
    Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Dong-Gyu Kim