Display device including a strip oxide semiconductor overlapping an opening
AssigneeJapan Display Inc.
InventorsHitoshi Tanaka, Kazuhide Mochizuki
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Abstract
According to one embodiment, a display device includes a gate line extending in a first direction, first and second source lines crossing the gate line and arranged in the first direction, a first light-shielding layer having first and second openings, and an oxide semiconductor layer crossing the gate line, and in the display device, the first opening and the second opening are arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction between the first source line and the second source line, the gate line is located between the first opening and the second opening, and the oxide semiconductor layer has a first overlapping portion overlapping the first opening.
Claims13
A display device comprising:
- an insulating substrate;
- a gate line extending in a first direction on the insulating substrate;
- a light-shielding layer overlapping the gate line, extending in the first direction, and electrically connected to the gate line;
- a first source line and a second source line crossing the gate line and the light-shielding layer on the insulating substrate, and arranged in the first direction;
- a switching element including a strip oxide semiconductor and electrically connected to the gate line and the second source line;
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- a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode arranged in a second direction crossing the first direction between the first source line and the second source line, wherein
- the strip oxide semiconductor includes a first end electrically connected to the second pixel electrode, a second end electrically connected to the second source line, and a first portion located between the first end and the second end,
- the gate line and the light-shielding layer are located between the first end and the second end in the second direction,
- the first portion of the strip oxide semiconductor crosses the gate line between the first source line and the second source line,
- the first portion of the strip oxide semiconductor crosses the light-shielding layer between the first source line and the second source line, and
- a part of the strip oxide semiconductor overlaps the first pixel electrode.
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