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US 11,538,893 B2Granted
Display device
AssigneeSharp Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNoriko Watanabe, Takeshi Yaneda
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Abstract
A display device includes a first display region, a second display region, a curved portion provided between the first display region and the second display region, a plurality of first control lines provided in the first display region and extending in a first direction in which the first display region and the second display region are arranged side by side, and a plurality of second control lines provided in the second display region and extending in the first direction. The first control lines and the second control lines are electrically connected via curved portion wiring lines formed in the curved portion.
Claims19
A display device comprising:
- a first display region and a second display region each including a plurality of optical elements, each of the plurality of optical elements including:
- a first electrode provided for each of a plurality of pixels;
- a second electrode provided in common to the plurality of pixels;
- a function layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode;
- a curved portion provided between the first display region and the second display region;
- a frame region surrounding the first display region, the second display region, and the curved portion;
- a terminal portion provided with a terminal of a wiring line;
- a bending portion provided between the frame region and the terminal portion;
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- a plurality of pixel circuits corresponding to the plurality of optical elements,
- wherein a plurality of first control circuits are formed in the frame region along a side opposite to a side facing the second display region in the first display region,
- a plurality of second control circuits are formed in the frame region along a side opposite to a side facing the first display region in the second display region,
- a direction in which the first display region and the second display region are arranged side by side is defined as a first direction, and a direction perpendicular to the first direction is defined as a second direction,
- in the first display region, a plurality of first control lines extending in the first direction and a plurality of first data signal lines intersecting the plurality of first control lines are provided,
- in the second display region, a plurality of second control lines extending in the first direction and a plurality of second data signal lines intersecting the plurality of second control lines are provided,
- at least one of the plurality of first control circuits outputs a control signal to each of the plurality of first control lines,
- at least one of the plurality of second control circuits outputs a control signal to each of the plurality of second control lines, and
- at least one of the plurality of first control lines and at least one of the plurality of second control lines are electrically connected to each other via a curved portion wiring line formed in the curved portion,
- wherein a first opening is formed in at least one inorganic film forming a thin film transistor (TFT) layer in the curved portion,
- a first filling film is formed to fill the first opening,
- the curved portion wiring line is formed on the first filling film,
- a flattening film forming the TFT layer is provided with a first trench and a second trench to surround the first display region and the second display region, and
- in the first trench and the second trench, the second electrode is in contact with an intermediate conductive film formed of the same material in the same layer as the first electrode.
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A display device comprising:
- a first display region and a second display region each including a plurality of optical elements, each of the plurality of optical elements including:
- a first electrode provided for each of a plurality of pixels;
- a second electrode provided in common to the plurality of pixels;
- a function layer sandwiched between the first electrode and the second electrode;
- a curved portion provided between the first display region and the second display region;
- a frame region surrounding the first display region, the second display region, and the curved portion;
- a terminal portion provided with a terminal of a wiring line;
- a bending portion provided between the frame region and the terminal portion;
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- a plurality of pixel circuits corresponding to the plurality of optical elements,
- wherein a plurality of first control circuits are formed in the frame region along a side opposite to a side facing the second display region in the first display region,
- a plurality of second control circuits are formed in the frame region along a side opposite to a side facing the first display region in the second display region,
- a direction in which the first display region and the second display region are arranged side by side is defined as a first direction, and a direction perpendicular to the first direction is defined as a second direction,
- in the first display region, a plurality of first control lines extending in the first direction and a plurality of first data signal lines intersecting the plurality of first control lines are provided,
- in the second display region, a plurality of second control lines extending in the first direction and a plurality of second data signal lines intersecting the plurality of second control lines are provided,
- at least one of the plurality of first control circuits outputs a control signal to each of the plurality of first control lines,
- at least one of the plurality of second control circuits outputs a control signal to each of the plurality of second control lines,
- at least one of the plurality of first control lines and at least one of the plurality of second control lines are electrically connected to each other via a curved portion wiring line formed in the curved portion,
- wherein a first opening is formed in at least one inorganic film forming a thin film transistor (TFT) layer in the curved portion,
- a first filling film is formed to fill the first opening,
- the curved portion wiring line is formed on the first filling film,
- the terminal portion is formed at an end portion of the display device in the second direction,
- the bending portion is provided between the first display region and the terminal portion,
- a second opening is formed in the at least one inorganic film forming the TFT layer in the bending portion,
- a second filling film is formed to fill the second opening, and
- a signal input to the terminal portion is input to the pixel circuit via a bending portion wiring line that is formed on the second filling film and that is formed of the same material in the same layer as the curved portion wiring line.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.