# US 2021/0240023 A1 · Display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2021/0240023 A1 - Document ID: US20210240023A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/233,556 - Filed: 2021-04-19 - Published: 2021-08-05 - Earliest claimed: 2018-02-07 - Assignees: Japan Display Inc. - Applicants: Japan Display Inc. - Inventors: Hideki Shiina - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20210240023A1 ## CPC - G02F 1/1343: Electrodes {(reflective electrodes G02F1/133553)} - G02F 1/133345: {Insulating layers (G02F1/1335, G02F1/1337, G02F1/135, G02F1/136 take precedence)} - G02F 1/13338: {Input devices, e.g. touch panels} - G02F 1/133512: {Light shielding layers, e.g. black matrix (G02F1/136209 takes precedence)} - G02F 1/136286: {Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line} - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/04164: {Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads} - G06F 3/0443: {using a single layer of sensing electrodes} - G02F 1/134372: {for fringe field switching [FFS] where the common electrode is not patterned} - G02F 1/1345: Conductors connecting electrodes to cell terminals - 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 - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) ## Abstract According to one embodiment, a display device includes a first drain electrode, a first insulating film which is organic, a first metal electrode in contact with the first drain electrode in a first through-hole of the first insulating film, a second insulating film which is organic, a first transparent electrode in contact with the first metal electrode in a second through-hole of the second insulating film and formed of a transparent conductive material, a third insulating film which is inorganic, a pixel electrode in contact with the first transparent electrode in a third through-hole of the third insulating film and a metal wire located between the first insulating film and the second insulating film and formed of a material identical to that of the first metal electrode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a first glass substrate; an organic insulating film disposed on the first glass substrate; a first insulating film disposed on the organic insulating film; a second insulating film disposed on the first insulating film; an alignment film; a first metal layer disposed between the first glass substrate and the organic insulating film; a first transparent electrode layer disposed between the first insulating film and the second insulating film; a second transparent electrode layer disposed between the second insulating film and the alignment film; and a metal wire including a line portion and a pedestal portion; wherein the organic insulating film has a first hole and a second hole, the first hole and the second hole are arranged in a first direction at an interval, the first metal layer has a first drain electrode and a second drain electrode, the first drain electrode and the second drain electrode are arranged in the first direction at an interval, the first hole exposes a part of the first drain electrode, the second hole exposes a part of the second drain electrode, the second transparent electrode layer has a first pixel electrode and a second pixel electrode, the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are arranged in the first direction at an interval, the first pixel electrode is connected to the first drain electrode in the first hole, the second pixel electrode is connected to the second drain electrode in the second hole, the pedestal portion has a width greater than a width of the line portion, the first insulating film has a third hole in a position which overlaps the pedestal portion, the pedestal portion is in contact with the first transparent electrode layer in the third hole, and the third hole is located between the first hole and the second hole in the first direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, further comprising a scanning line disposed between the first glass substrate and the organic insulating film, wherein the scanning line extends in the first direction, and the first hole, the third hole and the second hole are arranged along the scanning line. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display device according to claim 2, further comprising a second glass substrate opposed to the first glass substrate, and a light-shielding layer disposed on the second glass substrate, wherein a first portion of the light-shielding layer extends parallel to the scanning line, and the scanning line, the first hole, the third hole and the second hole overlap the first portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display device according to claim 3, wherein the first transparent electrode layer has a plurality of sensor electrodes arranged in matrix, one of the sensor electrodes is a first sensor electrode, and a part of the first sensor electrode is in contact with the metal wire in the position which overlaps the pedestal portion. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display device according to claim 4, wherein the first pixel electrode overlaps the first sensor electrode outside of the first hole, and the second pixel electrode overlaps the first sensor electrode outside of the second hole. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device according to claim 5, further comprising a second metal layer disposed between the organic insulating film and the first insulating film; wherein the second metal layer has the metal wire, a first metal electrode and a second metal electrode, the first metal electrode is in contact with the first drain electrode via the first hole, the second metal electrode is in contact with the second drain electrode via the second hole, the first metal electrode is located between the first drain electrode and the first pixel electrode in the first hole, the second metal electrode is located between the second drain electrode and the second pixel electrode in the second hole, and the metal wire is located between the first metal electrode and the second metal electrode in the first direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display device according to claim 6, wherein the first transparent electrode layer further has a first transparent electrode and a second transparent electrode, the first transparent electrode is in contact with the first metal electrode in the first hole, the second transparent electrode is in contact with the second metal electrode in the second hole, the first transparent electrode is located between the first metal electrode and the first pixel electrode in the first hole, the second transparent electrode is located between the second metal electrode and the second pixel electrode in the second hole, and the metal wire is located between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode in the first direction.