# US 12,001,093 B2 · Electronic device

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- Number: US 12,001,093 B2
- Document ID: US12001093B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/299,861
- Filed: 2023-04-13
- Published: 2023-11-23
- Granted: 2024-06-04
- Earliest claimed: 2022-05-19
- Assignees: Innolux Corporation
- Applicants: InnoLux Corporation
- Inventors: Tsung-Che Lu; Chieh-Hsiang Hsu; Chang-Heng Tsai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12001093B2

## CPC

- G02F 1/133528: {Polarisers}
- G02F 1/1333: Constructional arrangements; {Manufacturing methods}(G02F1/135, G02F1/136 take precedence)
- G02F 1/133311: {Environmental protection, e.g. against dust or humidity}
- G02F 1/1368: in which the switching element is a three-electrode device {(G02F1/136277 takes precedence)}
- G02F 2202/22: Antistatic materials or arrangements
- G02F 2202/28: Adhesive materials or arrangements
- 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

An electronic device is provided. The electronic device includes a first substrate, a polarizer, and a conductive adhesive. The polarizer is disposed on the first substrate and has a conductive layer. The conductive adhesive is disposed on the first substrate and electrically connected to the conductive layer. From a top view, the conductive adhesive is adjacent to an edge of the polarizer and has an extending direction. An angle between the extending direction and an absorption-axis direction of the polarizer is between 80° and 100°.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device, comprising:
a first substrate;
a polarizer disposed on the first substrate and having a conductive layer; and
a conductive adhesive disposed on the first substrate and electrically connected to the conductive layer, wherein from a top view, the conductive adhesive is adjacent to an edge of the polarizer and has an extending direction, and an angle between the extending direction and an absorption-axis direction of the polarizer is between 80° and 100°, wherein the conductive adhesive and the polarizer have a contact region, and a length of a portion of the contact region along the extending direction is greater than 10% of a width of the polarizer along the extending direction from the top view.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the conductive adhesive is in contact with the edge of the polarizer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein the portion of the contact region is a region where the conductive adhesive is in contact with the conductive layer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a width of the contact region in a normal direction of the first substrate is greater than a thickness of the conductive layer in the normal direction of the first substrate.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 4, wherein the width of the contact region in the normal direction of the first substrate is between 1 μm and 250 μm.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a topmost surface of the conductive adhesive is lower than an upper surface of the polarizer.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a second substrate disposed between the polarizer and the first substrate, wherein the conductive adhesive has a thickness from an upper surface of the second substrate to a topmost surface of the conductive adhesive, and the thickness is smaller than a thickness of the polarizer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the thickness of the conductive adhesive is between 1 μm and 250 μm.

### Claim 9 (depends on 7)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a conductive pad disposed on a portion of the first substrate that does not overlap with the second substrate.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 9, wherein the conductive adhesive is formed on the conductive pad and extend from the conductive pad to the first substrate and the second substrate.

### Claim 11 (depends on 7)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, further comprising a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between the first substrate and the second substrate.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein projection planes of the liquid crystal layer and the second substrate on the first substrate overlap each other.

### Claim 13 (depends on 11)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 11, further comprising an additional polarizer disposed on the side of the first substrate not disposed with the liquid crystal layer.

### Claim 14 (depends on 7)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein the second substrate comprises a base substrate and an alignment layer disposed on a side of the base substrate not disposed with the polarizer.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the first substrate comprises:
a base substrate;
a thin film transistor layer disposed on the base substrate and used as a driving circuit;
an electrode layer disposed on the base substrate and electrically connected to the thin film transistor layer; and
an alignment layer disposed on the thin film transistor layer and the electrode layer.

### Claim 16 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polarizer further comprises a polarizing film, and the conductive adhesive is at least in contact with the conductive layer of the polarizer.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the conductive adhesive is in contact with both the conductive layer and the polarizing film of the polarizer.

### Claim 18 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a resistance of the conductive layer is between 108Ω/□ and 1010Ω/□.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a thickness of the conductive layer is between 1 μm and 30 μm.

### Claim 20 (depends on 1)

The electronic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein a thickness of the polarizer is between 50 μm and 250 μm.
