# US 2026/0090176 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 2026/0090176 A1 - Document ID: US20260090176A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 19/307,436 - Filed: 2025-08-22 - Published: 2026-03-26 - Earliest claimed: 2024-09-26 - Assignees: Sharp Display Technology Corporation - Applicants: Sharp Display Technology Corporation - Inventors: Junichi MORINAGA - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20260090176A1 ## CPC - G09G 3/3614: {Control of polarity reversal in general} - H10H 29/857: {Interconnections (of active-matrix LED displays H10H29/49)} - G09G 3/32: semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] - G09G 3/3648: {using an active matrix (G09G3/367 - G09G3/3696 take precedence)} - G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections - H10H 29/49: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals (connection of the pixel electrodes to the driving transistors H10H29/39) - 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) - H10H: INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS ## Abstract A display device includes a scan line, a signal line, a control line, pixel electrodes, a first switching component, and a second switching component. The first switching component includes a first electrode connected to one of the scan line and the control line, a second electrode connected to the signal line, a third electrode, and a first semiconductor section. The second switching component includes a fourth electrode connected to another one of the scan line and the control line, a fifth electrode connected to the third electrode, a sixth electrode, and a second semiconductor section. The pixel electrodes include a first pixel electrode that includes a first body portion and a first connection line portion that is connected to the first body portion and the sixth electrode. The first connection line portion crosses the control line or the signal line. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a scan line extending along a first direction; a signal line extending along a second direction that crosses the first direction, the signal line crossing the scan line; a control line extending along the second direction and disposed to be spaced from the signal line and crossing the scan signal; pixel electrodes arranged in a matrix in the first direction and the second direction; a first switching component; and a second switching component, wherein the first switching component includes a first electrode connected to one of the scan line and the control line, a second electrode connected to the signal line, a third electrode, and a first semiconductor section connected to the second electrode and the third electrode and overlapping the first electrode, the second switching component includes a fourth electrode connected to another one of the scan line and the control line, a fifth electrode connected to the third electrode, a sixth electrode connected to one of the pixel electrodes, and a second semiconductor section connected to the fifth electrode and the sixth electrode and overlapping the fourth electrode, the pixel electrodes include a first pixel electrode, the first pixel electrode includes a first body portion and a first connection line portion that is connected to the first body portion and the sixth electrode, and the first connection line portion crosses the control line or the signal line. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the control line or the signal line is disposed between the first body portion and the second switching component that is connected to the first connection line portion. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode is connected to the scan line, and the fourth electrode is connected to the control line. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display device according to claim 3, wherein the second switching component is disposed closer to the control line than the signal line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The display device according to claim 3, wherein the first switching component is disposed closer to the signal line than the control line. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The display device according to claim 3, wherein the control line includes control lines that are arranged at intervals in the first direction, the control lines include a first control line and a second control line, the signal line includes signal lines that are arranged at intervals in the first direction, the signal lines include a first signal line, the second switching component includes second switching components that are arranged at intervals in the first direction, one of the second switching components that includes the fourth electrode connected to the first control line is defined as a first control switching component, another one of the second switching components that includes the fourth electrode connected to the second control line is defined as a second control switching component, and the first switching component includes first switching components that are arranged at intervals in the first direction, one of the first switching components that includes the second electrode connected to the first signal line and the third electrode connected to the fifth electrode of the first control switching component is defined as a first signal switching component, and another one of the first switching components that includes the second electrode connected to the first signal line and the third electrode connected to the fifth electrode of the second control switching component is defined as a second signal switching component. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display device according to claim 6, further comprising a first signal supply section connected to the control lines and configured to supply signals to the control lines and configured to supply high-level potential to the first control line and the second control line at different timings. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The display device according to claim 6, wherein the control lines include a third control line and a fourth control line, the signal lines include a second signal line, other one of the second switching components that includes the fourth electrode connected to the third control line is defined as a third control switching component, other one of the second switching components that includes the fourth electrode connected to the fourth control line is defined as a fourth control switching component, other one of the first switching components that includes the second electrode connected to the second signal line and the third electrode connected to the fifth electrode of the third control switching component is defined as a third signal switching component, and other one of the first switching components that includes the second electrode connected to the second signal line and the third electrode connected to the fifth electrode of the fourth control switching component is defined as a fourth signal switching component. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display device according to claim 8, further comprising: a first short circuit line extending along the first direction and connected to the first signal line and the second signal line to cause a short circuit between the first signal line and the second signal line; a first extending line connected to one of the first signal line, the second signal line, and the first short circuit line; and a second supply section connected to the first extending line and configured to supply signals to the first extending line. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display device according to claim 9, further comprising a first signal supply section connected to the control lines and configured to supply signals to the control lines, wherein the first signal supply section is configured to supply high-level potential to the first control line, the second control line, the third control line, and the fourth control line at different timings, the second signal supply section is configured to supply a signal to the first signal switching component in synchronization with a timing when high-level potential is supplied to the first control line, supply a signal to the second signal switching component in synchronization with a timing when high-level potential is supplied to the second control line, supply a signal to the third signal switching component in synchronization with a timing when high-level potential is supplied to the third control line, and supply a signal to the fourth signal switching component in synchronization with a timing when high-level potential is supplied to the fourth control line. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The display device according to claim 8 wherein, the first signal line is between the first control line and the second control line in the first direction, the second signal line is between the third control line and the fourth control line in the first direction, the signal lines include a third signal line that is between the second control line and the third control line in the first direction, other one of the first switching components that includes the second electrode connected to the third signal line is defined as a fifth signal switching component, other one of the first switching components that includes the second electrode connected to the third signal line and sandwiches the third signal line with the fifth signal switching component is defined as a sixth signal switching component, other one of the second switching components that includes the fifth electrode connected to the third electrode of the fifth signal switching component is defined as a fifth control switching component, other one of the second switching components that includes the fifth electrode connected to the third electrode of the sixth signal switching component is defined as a sixth control switching component, the fourth electrode of the fifth control switching component is connected to the second control line, and the fourth electrode of the sixth control switching component is connected to the third control line. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein the signal lines include a fourth signal line that sandwiches the fourth control line with the second signal line, other one of the first switching components that includes the second electrode connected to the fourth signal line is defined as a seventh signal switching component, other one of the second switching components that includes the fifth electrode connected to the third electrode of the seventh signal switching component is defined as a seventh control switching component, and the fourth electrode of the seventh control switching component is connected to the fourth control line. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein the first pixel electrode includes first pixel electrodes and the pixel electrodes further include second pixel electrodes, each of the second pixel electrodes includes a second body portion and a second connection line portion that is connected to the second body portion and the sixth electrode and does not cross the control line and the signal line, one of the first pixel electrodes includes the first body portion that is on an opposite side from the first signal line with respect to the first control line in the first direction and the first connection line portion that is connected to the sixth electrode of the first control switching component and crosses the first control line, other one of the first pixel electrodes includes the first body portion that is between the third signal line and the third control line in the first direction and the first connection line portion that is connected to the sixth electrode of the third control switching component and crosses the third control line, other one of the first pixel electrodes includes the first body portion that is between the third control line and the second signal line in the first direction and the first connection line portion that is connected to the sixth electrode of the sixth control switching component and crosses the third control line, one of the second pixel electrodes includes the second body portion that is between the first signal line and the second control line in the first direction and the second connection line portion that is connected to the sixth electrode of the second control switching component, other one of the second pixel electrodes includes the second body portion that is between the second signal line and the fourth control line in the first direction and the second connection line portion that is connected to the sixth electrode of the fourth control switching component, and other one of the second pixel electrodes includes the second body portion that is between the second control line and the third signal line in the first direction and the second connection line portion that is connected to the sixth electrode of the fifth control switching component. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display device according to claim 13, wherein the first body portion and the second body portion have a same area, and the first connection line portion and the second connection line portion have a same area. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The display device according to claim 13, wherein the first connection line portion has a first length extending from the first body portion to the sixth electrode and the second connection line portion has a second length extending from the second body portion to the sixth electrode, and the first length is same as the second length. ### Claim 16 (depends on 11) The display device according to claim 11, wherein the first pixel electrode includes first pixel electrodes, one of the first pixel electrodes includes the first body portion that is between the first signal line and the second control line in the first direction and the first connection line portion that is connected to the sixth electrode of the first control switching component and crosses the first signal line, other one of the first pixel electrodes includes the first body portion that is between the second control line and the third signal line in the first direction and the first connection line portion that is connected to the sixth electrode of the second control switching component and crosses the second control line, other one of the first pixel electrodes includes the first body portion that is between the third signal line and the third control line in the first direction and the first connection line portion that is connected to the sixth electrode of the fifth control switching component and crosses the third signal line, other one of the first pixel electrodes includes the first body portion that is between the third control line and the second signal line in the first direction and the first connection line portion that is connected to the sixth electrode of the sixth control switching component and crosses the third control line, other one of the first pixel electrodes includes the first body portion that is between the second signal line and the fourth control line in the first direction and the first connection line portion that is connected to the sixth electrode of the third control switching component and crosses the second signal line, and other one of the first pixel electrodes includes the first body portion that is on an opposite side from the second signal line with respect to the fourth control line in the first direction and the first connection line portion that is connected to the sixth electrode of the fourth control switching component and crosses the fourth control line. ### Claim 17 (depends on 13) The display device according to claim 13, further comprising a second signal supply section connected to the signal lines and configured to supply signals to the signal lines, wherein signals supplied by the second signal supply section to the first signal line and the second signal line and signals supplied by the second signal supply section to the third signal line have opposite polarities. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The display device according to claim 17, further comprising a first signal supply section connected to the control lines and configured to supply signals to the control lines, wherein the second signal supply section is configured to supply signals having a same polarity to the first signal line, the second signal line, and the third signal line in synchronization with supply of high-level potential to the first control line, the second control line, the third control line, and the fourth control line from the first signal supply section. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The display device according to claim 1, wherein the first electrode is connected to the control line, and the fourth electrode is connected to the scan line.