Display device
AssigneeJapan Display Inc.
InventorAkira Yokogawa
Life of this patent
Estimating the term…
Abstract
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first line extending in a first direction, an insulating layer covering the first line, a second line disposed on the insulating layer and extending in a second direction, and a drive circuit including an output line extending in the first direction and connected to the first line through a contact portion. The contact portion includes a first portion to which the first line is connected at a first position, and a second portion to which the output line is connected at a second position which is apart from the first position in the second direction, the second portion facing the first portion with the insulating layer interposed therebetween while being electrically connected to the first portion.
Claims16
A display device comprising:
- a gate line extending in a first direction in an active area;
- a first contact portion extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction in a stripe shape and located outside of the active area;
- an insulating layer covering the gate line and the first contact portion;
- a gate drive circuit disposed outside of the active area;
- an output line of the gate drive circuit arranged on the insulating layer;
- and
- a second contact portion extending in the second direction in a stripe shape and arranged on the insulating layer, wherein
- the insulating layer has a bottom surface and a upper surface,
- the gate line and the first contact portion are in contact with the bottom surface,
- the output line and the second contact portion are in contact with the upper surface,
- the gate line is drawn outside of the active area and connected to the first contact portion in a first position,
- the output line is drawn from the gate drive circuit to the active area and connected to the second contact portion in a second position,
- the first position is apart from the second position in a plane view,
- the first contact portion faces the second contact portion in a direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction with the insulating layer interposed therebetween,
- the first contact portion is in contact with the second contact portion via a plurality of contact holes formed in the insulating layer,
- the plurality of contact holes are aligned along the second direction,
- the first contact portion overlaps with the second contact portion and the plurality of contact holes, and
- the second contact portion overlaps with the first contact portion at least in a region from the first position to the second position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.