Devices with a single metal layer
US10475876B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 25, 2017 |
| Grant date | Nov 12, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 25, 2037 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10H20/857
- WIPO fieldSemiconductors
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A single metal layer device, such as a display or sensor, comprises a substrate and a patterned metal layer. The patterned metal layer forms a two-dimensional array of spatially separated column line segments that each extend only partially across the display substrate in a column direction and forms a one-dimensional array of row lines extending across the display substrate in a row direction different from the column direction. The row lines and column line segments are electrically separate in the patterned metal layer. Spatially separated electrical jumpers are disposed on the display substrate and electrically connect pairs of column line segments adjacent in the column direction. Each electrical jumper has an independent jumper substrate independent of and separate from the display substrate. In certain embodiments, spatially separated light-emitting pixel circuits are disposed on a display substrate and are electrically connected to at least one row line and one column line.
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