# US 10,312,374 B2 · Circuit board and display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,312,374 B2 - Document ID: US10312374B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 14/431,027 - Filed: 2013-09-24 - Published: 2015-08-27 - Granted: 2019-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2012-10-01 - Assignees: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Applicants: Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha - Inventors: Ryohki Itoh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10312374B2 ## CPC - H10D 30/6755: {Oxide semiconductors, e.g. zinc oxide, copper aluminium oxide or cadmium stannate} - G02F 1/136213: {Storage capacitors associated with the pixel electrode} - G02F 1/136259: {Repairing; Defects} - H10D 86/441: {Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines} - H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices - H10K 59/1216: {the pixel elements being capacitors} - G02F 1/136218: {Shield electrodes} - G02F 1/136286: {Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line} - H10D 86/423: {comprising semiconductor materials not belonging to the Group IV, e.g. InGaZnO} - H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract The present invention provides a circuit substrate exhibiting an excellent transmittance and being capable of suitably repair broken conductive lines; and a display device. In the circuit substrate of the present invention, the first conductive lines are arranged in spaces between electrode rows, with two of the first conductive lines per space between the rows, the second conductive lines are arranged in spaces between electrode columns, with one of the second conductive lines in every other space between the columns, the storage capacitor lines including linear portions that extend in the direction in which the second conductive lines extend, in spaces between the electrode columns where the second conductive lines are not arranged, the pattern film including, in a plan view of main surface of the substrate, first linear portions extending in the direction in which the second conductive lines extend, in the spaces between the electrode rows, the first linear portions each including two end portions each overlapping an end portion of a linear portion of one of the storage capacity lines. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A circuit substrate, comprising: a plurality of pixel electrodes in a matrix; a plurality of first conductive lines; a plurality of second conductive lines crossing the plurality of first conductive lines; a plurality of storage capacitor lines extending in a first direction in which the plurality of first conductive lines extend; a plurality of thin-film transistors each including a drain electrode; and a pattern film, wherein the plurality of pixel electrodes are electrically connected to respective ones of the drain electrodes of the plurality of thin-film transistors, the plurality of first conductive lines are in spaces between neighboring pixel rows, with two of the plurality of first conductive lines per space between the neighboring pixel rows, the plurality of second conductive lines are in spaces between neighboring pixel columns, with one of the plurality of second conductive lines in every other space between the neighboring pixel columns, the plurality of storage capacitor lines each include a linear portions that extends in a second direction in which the plurality of second conductive lines extend, in spaces between the neighboring pixel columns where the plurality of second conductive lines are not located, the pattern film includes, in a plan view of the substrate, first linear portions extending in the second direction, in the spaces between the neighboring pixel rows, the first linear portions each including one end portion overlapping an end portion of the linear portion of one of the plurality of storage capacitor lines and another end portion overlapping the end portion of the linear portion of another of the plurality of storage capacitor lines. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The circuit substrate according to claim 1, further comprising an insulating film, wherein two ends of each of the first linear portions of the pattern film each overlap the end portion of the linear portion of one of the plurality of storage capacitor lines with the insulating film in between. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The circuit substrate according to claim 1, wherein the pattern film further comprises second linear portions extending in the first direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The circuit substrate according to claim 3, further comprising a conductive material, wherein the conductive material has a linear shape extending in the first direction, and the conductive material includes ends each overlapping one of the second linear portions of the pattern film. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The circuit substrate according to claim 4, wherein the conductive material is separate from the pattern film by an insulating film. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The circuit substrate according to claim 4, wherein one of the ends of the conductive material is electrically connected to the one of the second linear portions of the pattern film through a contact hole, and the other of the ends of the conductive material is separate from the pattern film by an insulating film. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The circuit substrate according to claim 4, wherein each of the ends of the conductive material is electrically connected to the one of the second linear portions of the pattern film through a contact hole. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The circuit substrate according to claim 4, wherein the plurality of pixel electrodes are transparent, and the conductive material is made of a same material as the plurality of pixel electrodes. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The circuit substrate according to claim 1, wherein the pattern film is in a different layer from the plurality of second conductive lines, and the pattern film crosses the plurality of second conductive lines in the plan view of the substrate. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The circuit substrate according to claim 1, wherein one of: (i) a set of the plurality of first conductive lines and (ii) a set of the plurality of second conductive lines is a set of gate lines, and a remaining one of: (i) the set of the plurality of first conductive lines and (ii) the set of the plurality of second conductive lines is a set of source lines. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The circuit substrate according to claim 1, wherein the pattern film includes a material selected from the group consisting of Al, Cr, Ta, Ti, W, Mo, and Cu. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The circuit substrate according to claim 1, wherein the plurality of thin-film transistors each include an oxide semiconductor. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The circuit substrate according to claim 1, wherein a first of the two of the plurality of first conductive lines in the spaces between the neighboring pixel rows is electrically connected to a gate electrode of one of the plurality of thin-film transistors of a pixel in an odd-numbered one of the neighboring pixel columns, and a second of the two of the plurality of first conductive lines in the spaces between the neighboring pixel rows is electrically connected to a gate electrode of one of the plurality of thin-film transistors of a pixel in an even-numbered one of the neighboring pixel columns. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The circuit substrate according to claim 1, wherein one of the two of the plurality of first conductive lines in one of the spaces between the neighboring pixel rows, is electrically connected to a gate electrode of one of the plurality of thin-film transistors of a pixel in an odd-numbered one of the neighboring pixel columns; and the other of the two of the plurality of first conductive lines in the one of the spaces between the neighboring pixel rows, is electrically connected to a gate electrode of one of the plurality of thin-film transistors of a pixel in an even-numbered one of the neighboring pixel columns. ### Claim 15 A display device, comprising: a circuit substrate comprising: a plurality of pixel electrodes in a matrix; a plurality of first conductive lines; a plurality of second conductive lines crossing the plurality of first conductive lines; a plurality of storage capacitor lines extending in a first direction in which the plurality of first conductive lines extend; a plurality of thin-film transistors each including a drain electrode; and a pattern film, wherein the plurality of pixel electrodes are electrically connected to respective ones of the drain electrodes of the plurality of thin-film transistors, the plurality of first conductive lines are in spaces between neighboring pixel rows, with two of the plurality of first conductive lines per space between the neighboring pixel rows, the plurality of second conductive lines are in spaces between neighboring pixel columns, with one of the plurality of second conductive lines in every other space between the neighboring pixel columns, the plurality of storage capacitor lines each include a linear portions that extends in a second direction in which the plurality of second conductive lines extend, in spaces between the neighboring pixel columns where the plurality of second conductive lines are not located, the pattern film includes, in a plan view of the substrate, first linear portions extending in the second direction, in the spaces between the neighboring pixel rows, the first linear portions each including one end portion overlapping an end portion of the linear portion of one of the plurality of storage capacitor lines and another end portion overlapping an the end portion of the linear portion of another of the plurality of storage capacitor lines; a counter substrate; and a display medium sandwiched between the circuit substrate and the counter substrate.