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US 12,611,875 B2Granted
Heating device driven by a thin-film transistor
AssigneeInnolux Corporation
InventorsYu-Tsung Liu, Cheng-Hsueh Hsieh, Wei-Lin Wan, Te-Yu Lee
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Abstract
A heating device is provided. The heating device includes a substrate, a thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate, a heater disposed on the substrate, and a bridging component. The thin-film transistor includes a gate, a semiconductor layer, a source, and a drain. The bridging component is electrically connected to the heater and either the source or the drain. A method for fabricating the heating device is also provided.
Claims10
A heating device, comprising:
- a substrate;
- a thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate, wherein the thin-film transistor comprises a gate, a semiconductor layer, a source and a drain;
- a third insulating layer disposed on the substrate;
- a heater disposed on the third insulating layer;
- a fourth insulating layer disposed on the heater;
- and
- a bridging component electrically connected to the heater and either the source or the drain, wherein the bridging component comprises molybdenum,
- wherein the thickness of the fourth insulating layer corresponding to the heater is greater than the thickness of the third insulating layer corresponding to the heater.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.