# US 10,872,908 B2 · Display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,872,908 B2 - Document ID: US10872908B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/702,157 - Filed: 2019-12-03 - Published: 2020-04-02 - Granted: 2020-12-22 - Earliest claimed: 2016-07-05 - Assignees: Innolux Corporation - Applicants: InnoLux Corporation - Inventors: Kuan-Feng Lee; Yuan-Lin Wu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10872908B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/3266: Details of drivers for scan electrodes - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/04164: {Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads} - G06F 3/044: by capacitive means - H10D 86/423: {comprising semiconductor materials not belonging to the Group IV, e.g. InGaZnO} - H10D 86/441: {Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines} - H10D 86/471: {having different architectures, e.g. having both top-gate and bottom-gate TFTs} - H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices - H10W 46/00: Marks applied to devices, e.g. for alignment or identification - G09G 2310/0297: Special arrangements with multiplexing or demultiplexing of display data in the drivers for data electrodes, in a pre-processing circuitry delivering display data to said drivers or in the matrix panel, e.g. multiplexing plural data signals to one D/A converter or demultiplexing the D/A converter output to multiple columns - H10W 46/301: {for alignment} - G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00) - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract A display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface. The display device also includes a first conductive layer disposed on the first surface and a second conductive layer disposed on the second surface. The display device further includes a first connective portion at least partially disposed in the substrate and penetrating from the first surface to the second surface, wherein the first conductive layer is electrically connected to the second conductive layer through the first connective portion. The display device further includes a processing unit electrically connected to the first conductive layer through the second conductive layer and the first connective portion. The first conductive layer is electrically connected to the second conductive layer through the first connective portion. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device, comprising: a substrate having a first surface and a second surface opposite to the first surface; a first conductive layer disposed on the first surface; a second conductive layer disposed on the second surface; a first connective portion at least partially disposed in the substrate, and penetrating from the first surface to the second surface, wherein the first conductive layer comprises a first part and a second part, and the first part is electrically connected to the second conductive layer through the first connective portion; a driver circuit disposed on the first surface, wherein the second part of the first conductive layer is a portion of the driver circuit; and a processing unit electrically connected to the first part through the second conductive layer and the first connective portion. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the substrate is a flexible substrate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing unit overlaps the second connective layer in a direction perpendicular to the first surface. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing unit does not overlap the first connective portion in a direction perpendicular to the first surface. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the substrate has a main portion and a bent portion adjacent to the main portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the processing unit is disposed on the main portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The display device as claimed in claim 5, wherein the processing unit does not overlap the bent portion in a direction perpendicular to the first surface. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The display device as claimed in claim 5, further comprising a support member disposed between the main portion and the bent portion, and the processing unit overlaps the support member in a direction parallel to the first surface. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display device as claimed in claim 8, wherein the supporting member has a first alignment mark, the bent portion of the substrate has a second alignment mark, and the second alignment mark corresponds to the first alignment mark. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the first alignment mark overlaps the second alignment mark in a direction perpendicular to the first surface. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing unit is an integrated circuit (IC), a microprocessor or a memory device. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first connective portion is adjacent to a side of the substrate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the processing unit is adjacent to a side of the substrate. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a printed circuit board assembly disposed on the second surface and electrically connected to the second conductive layer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display device as claimed in claim 14, wherein the processing unit is disposed on and electrically connected to the printed circuit board assembly. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the printed circuit board assembly is a flexible printed circuit board assembly. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The display device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a gate driver circuit disposed on the first surface and electrically connected to the first conductive layer. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The display device as claimed in claim 17, wherein the gate driver circuit comprises a display signal line disposed on the first surface, wherein the gate driver circuit is electrically connected to the first conductive layer through the display signal line. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein in a direction parallel to the first surface, a width of the first connective portion is less than a width of the first conductive layer or the second conductive layer. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The display device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: a demultiplexer disposed on the first surface and electrically connected to the first conductive layer.