# US 12,001,106 B2 · Array substrate and liquid crystal display panel > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,001,106 B2 - Document ID: US12001106B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/597,944 - Filed: 2022-01-11 - Published: 2024-02-01 - Granted: 2024-06-04 - Earliest claimed: 2022-01-07 - Assignees: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Wuhan China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Lifang Wang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12001106B2 ## CPC - G02F 1/136286: {Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line} - G02F 1/136222: {Colour filters incorporated in the active matrix substrate} - G02F 1/136227: {Through-hole connection of the pixel electrode to the active element through an insulation layer} - H10D 86/40: characterised by multiple TFTs - H10D 86/443: {adapted for preventing breakage, peeling or short circuiting} - H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices - 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 - H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES ## Abstract An array substrate and a liquid crystal display panel are provided. By arranging scan lines on a second metal layer in the array substrate, a width of a channel of a thin-film transistor is not related to a width of a scan line, so that the width of the scan line can be increased to reduce resistance of the scan line. In addition, the impedance of the second metal layer is relatively small, so that the impedance of the scan line can be reduced. Furthermore, a channel width of the thin-film transistor is relatively small, which improves charging efficiency of the array substrate and reduces the distortion difference of scan signals. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An array substrate, comprising: a substrate; an active layer disposed on a side of the substrate; a gate insulating layer disposed on a side of the active layer away from the substrate; a first metal layer disposed on the side of the active layer away from the substrate and formed into a gate electrode disposed; an interlayer dielectric layer disposed on a side of the first metal layer away from the gate insulating layer; and a second metal layer disposed on a side of the interlayer dielectric layer away from the first metal layer and comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a scan line; wherein the array substrate further comprises a data line comprising a first part included in the first metal layer and a second part included in the second metal layer, wherein at a junction of the scan line and the data line, the second part of the data line is connected to the first part of the data line through the interlayer dielectric layer, and the scan line is connected to the gate electrode through the interlayer dielectric layer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The array substrate of claim 1, wherein the active layer has an active pattern, a projection of the active pattern on the substrate is located on a side of a projection of the scan line on the substrate, and the projection of the active pattern on the substrate does not overlap the projection of the scan line on the substrate. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The array substrate of claim 2, wherein the active pattern comprises a channel region and a doped region, and the channel region of the active pattern is arranged in a horizontal direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The array substrate of claim 3, wherein the scan line comprises a notch located on a side close to the drain electrode, a width of part of the scan line with respect to where the drain electrode is connected to the active pattern is less than a width of part of the scan line with respect to where the source electrode is connected to the active pattern. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The array substrate of claim 3, wherein in the doped region, a distance between part of the active pattern on a side where the source electrode is connected to the active pattern and the scan line is greater than a distance between part of the active pattern on a side where the drain electrode is connected to the active pattern and the scan line. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) The array substrate of claim 2, wherein the active pattern comprises a channel region and a doped region, wherein a projection of the channel region of the active pattern on the substrate overlaps a projection of the gate electrode on the substrate, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode are connected to the active pattern through the interlayer dielectric layer and the gate insulating layer in the doped region. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The array substrate of claim 1, wherein the gate electrode comprises a first gate portion and a second gate portion, wherein a projection of the first gate portion on the substrate is located within a projection of the scan line on the substrate, a width of the first gate portion is less than a width of the scan line, and a projection of the second gate portion on the substrate overlaps a projection of the active pattern on the substrate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The array substrate of claim 7, wherein at least a via hole is defined in the interlayer dielectric layer in an area corresponding to the first gate portion, and the first gate portion is connected to the scan line through the via hole. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The array substrate of claim 8, wherein the at least a via hole comprises a first via hole and a second via hole, and the first gate portion is connected to the scan line through the first via hole and the second via hole. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The array substrate of claim 7, wherein the second gate portion comprises a first switch part and a second switch part, the first switch part and the second switch part are connected to the first gate portion, and the first switch part and the second switch part are insulated from each other. ### Claim 11 A liquid crystal display panel, comprising an array substrate, a color filter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the array substrate and the color filter substrate, wherein the array substrate comprises: a substrate; an active layer disposed on a side of the substrate; a gate insulating layer disposed on a side of the active layer away from the substrate; a first metal layer disposed on the side of the active layer away from the substrate and formed into a gate electrode; an interlayer dielectric layer disposed on a side of the first metal layer away from the gate insulating layer; and a second metal layer disposed on a side of the interlayer dielectric layer away from the first metal layer and comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a scan line; wherein the array substrate further comprises a data line comprising a first part included in the first metal layer and a second part included in the second metal layer, wherein at a junction of the scan line and the data line, the second part of the data line is connected to the first part of the data line through the interlayer dielectric layer, and the scan line is connected to the gate electrode through the interlayer dielectric layer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The liquid crystal display panel of claim 11, wherein the active layer has an active pattern, a projection of the active pattern on the substrate is located on a side of a projection of the scan line on the substrate, and the projection of the active pattern on the substrate does not overlap the projection of the scan line on the substrate. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The liquid crystal display panel of claim 12, wherein the active pattern comprises a channel region and a doped region, and the channel region of the active pattern is arranged in a horizontal direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The liquid crystal display panel of claim 13, wherein in the doped region, a distance between part of the active pattern on a side where the source electrode is connected to the active pattern and the scan line is greater than a distance between part of the active pattern on a side where the drain electrode is connected to the active pattern and the scan line. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The liquid crystal display panel of claim 12, wherein the active pattern comprises a channel region and a doped region, wherein a projection of the channel region of the active pattern on the substrate overlaps a projection of the gate electrode on the substrate, wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode are connected to the active pattern through the interlayer dielectric layer and the gate insulating layer in the doped region. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The liquid crystal display panel of claim 11, wherein the gate electrode comprises a first gate portion and a second gate portion, wherein a projection of the first gate portion on the substrate is located within a projection of the scan line on the substrate, a width of the first gate portion is less than a width of the scan line, and a projection of the second gate portion on the substrate overlaps a projection of the active pattern on the substrate. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The liquid crystal display panel of claim 16, wherein at least a via hole is defined in the interlayer dielectric layer in an area corresponding to the first gate portion, and the first gate portion is connected to the scan line through the via hole. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The liquid crystal display panel of claim 17, wherein the at least a via hole comprises a first via hole and a second via hole, and the first gate portion is connected to the scan line through the first via hole and the second via hole. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The liquid crystal display panel of claim 16, wherein the second gate portion comprises a first switch part and a second switch part, the first switch part and the second switch part are connected to the first gate portion, and the first switch part and the second switch part are insulated from each other. ### Claim 20 (depends on 11) The liquid crystal display panel of claim 11, wherein the first part of the data line comprises a first terminal, a first connection line, and a second terminal, and the second part of the data line comprises a second connection line, a third terminal, and a fourth terminal, wherein both ends of the first connection line are connected to the first terminal and the second terminal, the third terminal is connected to the second connection line, the first terminal and the third terminal are connected through a via hole of the interlayer dielectric layer, the fourth terminal is connected with the second connection line, and the second terminal and the fourth terminal are connected through the via hole of the interlayer dielectric layer, wherein a projection area of the third terminal on the substrate is larger than or equal to a projected area of the first terminal on the substrate, and a projection area of the fourth terminal on the substrate is larger than or equal to a projection area of the second terminal on the substrate.