# US 10,319,746 B2 · Display device with a thin film transistor structure > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,319,746 B2 - Document ID: US10319746B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/343,263 - Filed: 2016-11-04 - Published: 2017-05-11 - Granted: 2019-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2015-11-05 - Assignees: Innolux Corporation - Applicants: InnoLux Corporation - Inventors: An-Chang Wang; Bo-Chin Tsuei; Hsia-Ching Chu; Ming-Chien Sun - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10319746B2 ## CPC - H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices - H10D 30/6729: {characterised by the electrodes} - H10D 86/411: {characterised by materials, geometry or structure of the substrates} - H10D 86/441: {Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines} - G02F 1/1368: in which the switching element is a three-electrode device {(G02F1/136277 takes precedence)} - 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 ## Abstract A display device is disclosed, which comprises: a substrate; a first metal conductive layer disposed on the substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the first metal conductive layer and having a top surface; and a second metal conductive layer disposed on the top surface and comprising a first part and a second part. Herein, a first extending direction is defined as a direction that the first part extends toward the second part, the first part has a maximum length in a first region that the first part overlaps the first metal conductive layer along the first extending direction, the first part has a maximum width in a second region that the first part overlaps the semiconductor layer along a second direction vertical to the first extending direction, and the maximum length is greater than the maximum width and less than or equal to twice of the maximum width. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device, comprising: a substrate; a first metal conductive layer disposed on the substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the first metal conductive layer and having a top surface; and a second metal conductive layer disposed on the top surface, wherein the second metal conductive layer comprises a first part and a second part, the first part extends toward the second part, the first part is separated from the second part, and a channel region is defined as a portion of the semiconductor layer corresponding to a gap between the first part and the second part; wherein the first part, the second part, the first metal conductive layer, and the channel region form a thin film transistor structure; wherein a first extending direction is defined as a direction that the first part extends toward the second part, a second direction is defined as a direction perpendicular to the first extending direction and perpendicular to a normal direction of the substrate, a first region is defined as a region that the first part overlaps the first metal conductive layer, a second region is defined as a region that the first part overlaps the semiconductor layer, the first part has a maximum length in the first region along the first extending direction, the first part has a maximum width in the second region along the second direction, and the maximum length is greater than the maximum width and less than or equal to twice of the maximum width. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the first metal conductive layer has a first edge in the first region, the semiconductor layer has a semiconductor layer edge in the second region; wherein the first extending direction is defined as a connection line of a first central point of the first edge and a second central point of the semiconductor layer edge. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the second metal conductive layer further comprises a data line, the display device further comprises a transparent conductive layer, the data line connects to the second part, the transparent conductive layer is disposed on the second metal conductive layer, and an overlapping region is between the second metal conductive layer and the transparent conductive layer. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein the overlapping region has a width more than 0 and less than 8 μm. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein the transparent conductive layer comprises plural strip electrodes and plural slits alternately arranged, the slits are substantially parallel to the data line, and the second metal conductive layer partially overlaps with at least one of the slits. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the first part of the second metal conductive layer partially overlaps with at least one of the slits. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the first part of the second metal conductive layer has a shielding region overlapping the at least one of the slits; wherein, in the shielding region, the slit has a slit edge, the first part has a second edge, and a distance between the slit edge and the second edge is more than or equal to 0 μm and less than 8 μm when observing the display device at a normal direction of the substrate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the first part has a first maximum breadth in a region not overlapping with the first metal conductive layer in the normal direction of the substrate, the first part has a second maximum breadth in a region overlapping with the first metal conductive layer in the normal direction of the substrate, and the first maximum breadth is greater than the second maximum breadth. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the maximum width is between 1 μm to 10 μm. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display device of claim 9, wherein the maximum width is between 2 μm to 6 μm. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein an area of the second region is between 0.78 μm2 to 200 μm2. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display device of claim 11, wherein the area of the second region is between 3.14 μm2 to 72 μm2. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a length of an edge of the first part in the second region is between 1.57 μm to 15.70 μm. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display device of claim 13, wherein the length of the edge of the first part in the second region is between 3.14 μm to 9.42 μm. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein A is an area of the second region, and a minimum value of A satisfies the following equation (1): A=(a/2)2×π=(π/4)×a2≈0.785a2 (1) wherein “a” is the maximum width of the first part in the second region measured along the second direction perpendicular to the first extending direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein A1 is an area of the first region, and a maximum value of A1 satisfies the following equation (3): A1=(2a)×a=2×a2 (3) wherein “a” is the maximum width of the first part in the second region measured along the second direction perpendicular to the first extending direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the display device is a liquid crystal display device, an organic light emitting diode display device, a light emitting diode display device or a quantum dot display device. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the substrate comprises glass, plastic or flexible material.