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Display device, manufacturing method thereof and display panel
Assignee: Hitachi Ltd
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Filing: 1992-12-08
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Granted: 1993-09-21
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Expires: 2012-12-08
Abstract
Abstract A display device such as a liquid crystal display device is provided which comprises a single substrate, a plurality of thin film semiconductor elements provided on the substrate, a plurality of display elements whose pixel display is controlled by the semiconductor elements, and electrodes for driving the display elements. The substrate includes a display zone having the thin film semiconductor elements arranged in the display elements as well as a non-display zone. The non-display zone has a display scan drive circuit area and a display signal drive circuit area. The thin film semiconductor elements are formed in the both zones. A distance between the display signal drive circuit area and the semiconductor elements of the display zone on the substrate is physically arranged so as be larger than a distance between the display scan drive circuit area and the semiconductor elements of the display zone. In the display device, the multiplicity of semiconductor elements are formed on a glass substrate having one side of several or more inches so that minimum processing dimensions of the semiconductor elements in the display zone are smaller than those in the non-display zone.
Inventors
- 👤 Yasuhiro Mochizuki
- 👤 Takashi Aoyama
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-29 05:41
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02F; G02F1/00; G02F1/01; G02F1/13; G02F1/133; G02F1/1333; G02F1/1345; G02F1/13454
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 33
Claim 1
Independent Claim
93 words
A display device comprising: at least one substrate; a plurality of semiconductor elements formed on said substrate; and a display member controlled by said plurality of semiconductor elements; wherein said substrate is divided into a display zone and a non-display zone other than said display area, said plurality of semiconductor elements are formed in said display zone and said non-display zone, and minimum processing dimensions of the semiconductor elements formed in the display zone are differently set to be smaller than minimum processing dimensions of the semiconductor elements formed in the non-display zone.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
93 words
A display device comprising: at least one substrate; a plurality of semiconductor elements formed on said substrate; and a display member controlled by said plurality of semiconductor elements; wherein said substrate is divided into a display zone and a non-display zone other than said display area, said plurality of semiconductor elements are formed in said display zone and said non-display zone, and minimum processing dimensions of the semiconductor elements formed in the display zone are differently set to be smaller than minimum processing dimensions of the semiconductor elements formed in the non-display zone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
18 words
A display device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said semiconductor element is a thin film transistor.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
24 words
A display device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said semiconductor element is a thin film transistor of a polycrystalline silicon active layer.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A display device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said semiconductor elements formed in said display zone are thin film transistors of an amorphous silicon active layer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
28 words
A display device as set forth in claim 1, wherein said semiconductor elements formed in said non-display zone are thin film transistors of a polycrystalline silicon active layer.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
92 words
A display device comprising: at least one substrate, said substrate being divided into a display zone and a non-display zone other than said display area; a plurality of semiconductor elements formed on said substrate, said plurality of semiconductor elements being formed in said display zone and said non-display zone; a display member controlled by said plurality of semiconductor elements; and differentiation means for setting a breakdown voltage of the semiconductor elements formed in the non-display zone to be larger than a breakdown voltage of the semiconductor elements formed in the display zone.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
92 words
A display device comprising: at least one substrate, said substrate being divided into a display zone and a non-display zone other than said display area; a plurality of semiconductor elements formed on said substrate, said plurality of semiconductor elements being formed in said display zone and said non-display zone; a display member controlled by said plurality of semiconductor elements; and differentiation means for setting a breakdown voltage of the semiconductor elements formed in the non-display zone to be larger than a breakdown voltage of the semiconductor elements formed in the display zone.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
91 words
A display device comprising: at least one substrate, said substrate being divided into a display zone and a non-display zone other than said display area; a plurality of semiconductor elements formed on said substrate, said plurality of semiconductor elements being formed in said display zone and said non-display zone; a display member controlled by said plurality of semiconductor elements; and means for setting a leakage current of the semiconductor elements formed in the display zone to be smaller than a leakage current of the semiconductor elements formed in the non-display zone.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
91 words
A display device comprising: at least one substrate, said substrate being divided into a display zone and a non-display zone other than said display area; a plurality of semiconductor elements formed on said substrate, said plurality of semiconductor elements being formed in said display zone and said non-display zone; a display member controlled by said plurality of semiconductor elements; and means for setting a leakage current of the semiconductor elements formed in the display zone to be smaller than a leakage current of the semiconductor elements formed in the non-display zone.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
81 words
A display panel comprising: at least one substrate; and a plurality of semiconductor elements formed in said substrate; wherein said substrate is divided into a display zone and a non-display zone other than said display zone, said plurality of semiconductor elements are formed in said display zone and said non-display zone, minimum processing dimensions of the semiconductor elements formed in the display zone are set to be smaller than minimum processing dimensions of the semiconductor elements formed in the non-display zone.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
81 words
A display panel comprising: at least one substrate; and a plurality of semiconductor elements formed in said substrate; wherein said substrate is divided into a display zone and a non-display zone other than said display zone, said plurality of semiconductor elements are formed in said display zone and said non-display zone, minimum processing dimensions of the semiconductor elements formed in the display zone are set to be smaller than minimum processing dimensions of the semiconductor elements formed in the non-display zone.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
119 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising: liquid crystal sealed between transparent substrates; transparent electrodes for driving said liquid crystal forming a pixel area; thin film elements formed within said pixel area for respective pixels to apply voltages to said transparent electrodes; and a peripheral circuit made up of thin film transistors for driving the thin film elements of the pixels formed on the same substrate; wherein said peripheral circuit includes a data drive circuit area for giving a display instruction and a scan drive circuit area, and a distance between said data drive circuit area and pixel area is set to be larger than a distance between said scan drive circuit area and said pixel area on the substrate.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
119 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising: liquid crystal sealed between transparent substrates; transparent electrodes for driving said liquid crystal forming a pixel area; thin film elements formed within said pixel area for respective pixels to apply voltages to said transparent electrodes; and a peripheral circuit made up of thin film transistors for driving the thin film elements of the pixels formed on the same substrate; wherein said peripheral circuit includes a data drive circuit area for giving a display instruction and a scan drive circuit area, and a distance between said data drive circuit area and pixel area is set to be larger than a distance between said scan drive circuit area and said pixel area on the substrate.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
34 words
A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 9, wherein at least one of said scan drive circuit area and said data drive circuit area is formed by a laser annealing process.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
20 words
A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 9, wherein a glass substrate is used as said substrate.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
40 words
A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 9, wherein the transistors of said pixel area are made of amorphous silicon while the transistors of said data drive and scan drive circuit area are made of polycrystalline silicon.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
36 words
A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 9, wherein energy of a laser beam to be irradiated to said data drive circuit area is larger than that to said scan drive circuit area.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
34 words
A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 9, wherein crystallizability of an active layer of said data drive circuit area is more improved than that of said scan drive circuit area.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
63 words
A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 9, wherein ones of the pixel-driving thin film transistors of said pixels within said pixel area and adjacent to said peripheral circuit are positioned within the pixels as contacted with at least one of sides of the pixels located relatively away from said scan drive circuit area and said data drive circuit area.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
107 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising: liquid crystal sealed between transparent substrates; transparent electrodes for driving said liquid crystal forming a pixel area; thin film elements formed within said pixel area for respective pixels to apply voltages to said transparent electrodes; and a peripheral circuit for driving said thin film elements of the pixels which includes a signal drive circuit are for giving a display instruction and a scan drive circuit area; wherein at least said signal drive circuit area is formed on the same substrate, and a distance between said signal drive circuit area and said pixel area is set to be 900 μm or more.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
107 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising: liquid crystal sealed between transparent substrates; transparent electrodes for driving said liquid crystal forming a pixel area; thin film elements formed within said pixel area for respective pixels to apply voltages to said transparent electrodes; and a peripheral circuit for driving said thin film elements of the pixels which includes a signal drive circuit are for giving a display instruction and a scan drive circuit area; wherein at least said signal drive circuit area is formed on the same substrate, and a distance between said signal drive circuit area and said pixel area is set to be 900 μm or more.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
31 words
A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 16, wherein a distance between said scan drive circuit and said pixel area is set to be 600 μm or more.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
43 words
A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 16, wherein the transistors of said pixel area are made of amorphous silicon while the transistors of said signal drive circuit area and said scan drive circuit area are made of polycrystalline silicon.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
36 words
A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 16, wherein energy of a laser beam to be irradiated to said signal drive circuit area is larger than that to said scan drive circuit area.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
34 words
A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 16, wherein crystallizability of an active layer of said signal drive circuit area is more improved than that of said scan drive circuit area.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
63 words
A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 16, wherein ones of the pixel-driving thin film transistors of said pixels within said pixel area and adjacent to said peripheral circuit are positioned within the pixels as contacted with at least one of sides of the pixels located relatively away from said scan drive circuit area and said signal drive circuit area.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
107 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising: liquid crystal sealed between transparent substrates; transparent electrodes for driving said liquid crystal forming a pixel area; thin film elements formed within said pixel area for respective pixels to apply voltages to said transparent electrodes; and a peripheral circuit for driving said thin film elements of the pixels which includes a signal drive circuit area for giving a display instruction and a scan drive circuit area; wherein at least said scan drive circuit area is formed on the same substrate, and a distance between said scan drive circuit area and said pixel area is set to be 600 μm or more.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
107 words
A liquid crystal display device comprising: liquid crystal sealed between transparent substrates; transparent electrodes for driving said liquid crystal forming a pixel area; thin film elements formed within said pixel area for respective pixels to apply voltages to said transparent electrodes; and a peripheral circuit for driving said thin film elements of the pixels which includes a signal drive circuit area for giving a display instruction and a scan drive circuit area; wherein at least said scan drive circuit area is formed on the same substrate, and a distance between said scan drive circuit area and said pixel area is set to be 600 μm or more.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
26 words
A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 22, wherein at least said signal drive circuit area is formed by a laser annealing process.
Claim 31
Dependent Claim
20 words
A liquid crystal display device as set forth in claim 23, wherein a glass substrate is used as said substrate.
Claim 32
Dependent Claim
92 words
A display device comprising: at least one substrate, said substrate being divided into a display zone and a non-display zone other than said display zone; a plurality of semiconductor elements formed on said substrate, said plurality of semiconductor elements being formed in said display zone and said non-display zone; a display member controlled by said plurality of semiconductor elements; and differentiation means for setting a carrier mobility of said semiconductor elements formed in said non-display zone to be larger than a carrier mobility of said semiconductor elements formed in the display zone.
Claim 33
Dependent Claim
92 words
A display device comprising: at least one substrate, said substrate being divided into a display zone and a non-display zone other than said display zone; a plurality of semiconductor elements formed on said substrate, said plurality of semiconductor elements being formed in said display zone and said non-display zone; a display member controlled by said plurality of semiconductor elements; and differentiation means for setting a carrier mobility of said semiconductor elements formed in said non-display zone to be larger than a carrier mobility of said semiconductor elements formed in the display zone.
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