Active matrix display device
US5708485A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 18, 1996 |
| Grant date | Jan 13, 1998 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 18, 2016 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG02F1/136209
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
To give an electric shield function and an electric contact function to a light shielding film formed on a drive substrate. An active matrix display device includes a drive substrate 1 having pixels 4, an opposed substrate 2 having an opposed electrode 5, and a liquid crystal 3 held in a space defined between the drive substrate 1 and the opposed substrate 2. An upper layer portion of the drive substrate 1 includes pixel electrodes 6 formed individually for the pixels 4. A lower layer portion of the drive substrate 1 includes thin-film transistors 7 for individually driving the pixel electrodes 6, scanning lines 8, and signal lines 9. A light shielding film having conductivity is interposed between the upper layer portion and the lower layer portion, and is divided into mask shielding films 16M and pad shielding films 16P. Each mask shielding film 16M is continuously patterned along each row of the pixels 4 to partially shield at least the corresponding thin-film transistor 7. Each mask shielding film 16M is insulated from both the upper layer portion and the lower layer portion, and is maintained at a fixed potential. The pad shielding films 16P are discretely patterned for the in…
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