# US 12,008,183 B2 · Electronic device

> Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt

- Number: US 12,008,183 B2
- Document ID: US12008183B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/164,637
- Filed: 2023-02-06
- Published: 2023-06-15
- Granted: 2024-06-11
- Earliest claimed: 2017-03-21
- Assignees: Innolux Corporation
- Applicants: Innolux Corporation
- Inventors: Chung-Wen Yen; Hsia-Ching Chu; Kuan-Feng Lee; Yu-Sheng Tsai
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12008183B2

## CPC

- G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display}
- G09G 3/20: for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix {no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters}
- G02F 2201/121: common or background
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- 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)
- 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

The disclosure provides a display panel including a substrate, an active layer, a first electrode layer, a common electrode layer, a cathode layer, and a spacer. The active layer is located on the substrate. The first electrode layer is located on the active layer, and the first electrode layer includes a first gate and a second gate. The common electrode layer is located on the first electrode layer. The common electrode layer has a first region, a second region, and a first necking region. The first necking region connects the first region and the second region. The first region and the first gate are correspondingly disposed, and the second region and the second gate are correspondingly disposed. The cathode layer is located on the common electrode layer. The spacer is located between the common electrode layer and the cathode layer. The spacer and the first necking region are correspondingly disposed.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
a substrate;
an active layer located on the substrate, wherein the active layer has a first portion, a second portion, and a first curved portion connecting the first portion of the active layer and the second portion of the active layer, an extending direction of the first portion of the active layer is different from an extending direction of the second portion of the active layer;
a first electrode layer located on the active layer and having a first gate overlapped with the first curved portion,
wherein the extending direction of the first portion of the active layer is neither parallel to nor perpendicular to the extending direction of the second portion of the active layer; and
a second electrode layer located on the active layer and having a first portion, a second portion and a first necking portion connecting the first portion of the second electrode layer and the second portion of the second electrode layer,
wherein the first portion of the second electrode layer has a first edge and a second edge, the first necking portion of the second electrode layer has a third edge and a fourth edge, and extending directions of the first edge, the second edge, the third edge and the fourth edge are parallel to each other, wherein in a first direction which is perpendicular to the extending direction of the first edge, the third edge is located between an extension line of the first edge and the fourth edge, the fourth edge is located between the third edge and an extension line of the second edge, a distance between the extension line of the first edge and the third edge in the first direction is greater than zero, and a distance between the extension line of the second edge and the fourth edge in the first direction is greater than zero.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode layer has a second gate, the first portion of the second electrode layer is overlapped with the first gate, and the second portion of the second electrode layer is overlapped with the second gate.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first portion of the second electrode layer has a first maximum width in a direction, the second portion of the second electrode layer has a second maximum width in the direction, the first necking portion of the second electrode layer has a third maximum width in the direction, and the third maximum is smaller than the first maximum width and is smaller than the second maximum width.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the first portion of the second electrode layer has a first maximum width in a direction, the first necking portion of the second electrode layer has a third maximum width in the direction, and the third maximum width is smaller than or equal to a half of the first maximum width.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second electrode layer further has a second necking portion and a third portion, and the second necking portion of the second electrode layer connects the first portion of the second electrode layer and the third portion of the second electrode layer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein at least a portion of an edge of the first necking portion of the second electrode layer is curved.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising an anode layer overlapped with the first necking of the second electrode layer.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, further comprising a first signal line overlapped with the first portion of the second electrode layer.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The electronic device according to claim 8, further comprising a second signal line overlapped with the first portion of the second electrode layer, wherein a width of the first signal line is different from a width of the second signal line.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the second electrode layer is located on a connection component, the first portion of the second electrode layer has a contact hole and the connection component is electrically connected to the first gate through the contact hole.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The electronic device according to claim 1, wherein the active layer further has a second curved portion and a third portion, wherein the second curved portion of the active layer connects the second portion of the active layer and the third portion of the active layer, and an extending direction of the third portion of the active layer is different from the extending direction of the first portion of the active layer.

### Claim 12 (depends on 11)

The electronic device according to claim 11, wherein the active layer further has a third curved portion and a fourth portion, wherein the third curved portion of the active layer connects the third portion of the active layer and the fourth portion of the active layer, and an extending direction of the fourth portion of the active layer and the extending direction of the first portion of the active layer are same.
