Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Fujitsu Display Technologies Corporation

Kunio Matsubara

Katsunori Misaki

Tsuyoshi Kamada

Yoshihisa Taguchi

Kiyoshi Ozaki

Katsushige Asada

Shogo Hayashi

Shinya Katoh

Yohji Taniguchi

The scanning antenna includes a TFT substrate, a slot substrate including a slot electrode, a liquid crystal layer provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate, and a reflective conductive plate. Each of the plurality of antenna units includes a TFT, a patch electrode electrically connected to the drain of the TFT, a slot formed in the slot electrode corresponding to the patch electrode, and a first region in which the patch electrode and the slot electrode overlap each other when viewed from the normal direction of the first dielectric substrate. A distance in the normal direction of the first dielectric substrate between the patch electrode and the slot electrode of the plurality of second antenna units is smaller than a distance in the normal direction of the first dielectric substrate between the patch electrode and the slot electrode of the plurality of first antenna units.

Scanned antenna and TFT substrate

A scanning antenna provided with an array of a plurality of antenna units includes a transmission and/or reception region including the plurality of antenna units, and a non-transmission and/or reception region other than the transmission and/or reception region. The scanning antenna includes a TFT substrate including a first dielectric substrate, a slot substrate including a second dielectric substrate and a slot electrode supported by a first main surface of the second dielectric substrate, a liquid crystal layer provided between the TFT substrate and the slot substrate, and a reflective conductive plate disposed facing a second main surface of the second dielectric substrate opposite to the first main surface with a dielectric layer interposed between the reflective conductive plate and the second main surface. Each of the plurality of antenna units includes a TFT supported by the first dielectric substrate, a patch electrode electrically connected to a drain of the TFT, and a slot formed in the slot electrode corresponding to the patch electrode. The slot substrate further includes a first insulating layer provided between the second dielectric substrate and the slot electrode. The slot electrode has a tensile stress and the first insulating layer has compressive stress. When viewed from a normal direction of the second dielectric substrate, a portion of the slot substrate that does not include the slot electrode includes at least one first region exposing the second dielectric substrate from the first insulating layer and/or at least one second region having a thickness of the first insulating layer that is less than a thickness of a portion of the first insulating layer overlapping the slot electrode. When viewed from the normal direction of the second dielectric substrate, the at least one first region or the at least one second region includes at least a portion of an end of the second dielectric substrate.

Scanned antenna and method for manufacturing same

Provided is a technique to prevent decreases in the detection accuracy caused by leakage current of photoelectric conversion elements that is caused by permeation of moisture. An active matrix substrateincludes a plurality of pixels, each of which includes: a photoelectric conversion elementthat includes a pair of electrodesand a semiconductor layerinterposed between the electrodes; an inorganic filmthat covers a part of a surface of one electrodeof the pair of electrodes, and a side surface of the photoelectric conversion element; a protection filmthat has corrosion resistance against moisture, and covers a part of the inorganic filmthat overlaps with the side surface of the photoelectric conversion element; and an organic filmthat covers the inorganic filmand the protection film

Active matrix substrate and x-ray imaging panel including same

A scanning antenna includes a TFT substrate, a slot substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The TFT substrate includes a transfer terminal section including a patch connection section formed of the same low-resistance metal film as that of a patch electrode, a first protection metal layer formed on the patch connection section, and a first insulating layer including an opening partially exposing an upper face of the first protection metal layer. The slot substrate includes a terminal section including a slot connection section formed of the same low-resistance metal film as that of the slot electrode, a second protection metal layer formed on the slot connection section, and a second insulating layer including an opening partially exposing an upper face of the second protection metal layer. The first and second protection metal layers are each formed of at least one layer selected from the group consisting of a Ti layer, a MoNb layer, a MoNbNi layer, a MoNbN layer, and a MoNbNiN layer, and have a thickness of 18 nm or greater.

Scanning antenna

This semiconductor device (A) includes a TFT (A) with an oxide semiconductor layer, a storage capacitor line (), and a first transparent electrode () electrically connected to the storage capacitor line (). The first transparent electrode () includes a portion which overlaps with a first connecting layer () when viewed along a normal to a substrate (). The portion that overlaps with the first connecting layer () has a point symmetric shape of which a point of symmetry is located inside a contact hole (CH) when viewed along a normal to the substrate (). The first transparent electrode () is not in direct contact with the first connecting layer (). A portion of the first transparent electrode () is in direct contact with a second connecting layer (). The first connecting layer () is in direct contact with the second connecting layer (). And the first transparent electrode () is electrically connected to the storage capacitor line () via the first and second connecting layers ().

Semiconductor device, method for manufacturing semiconductor device, and display device

Provided is a touch panel configured to minimize electrode disconnection caused by swelling of the insulating layer during the production process. The touch panel is equipped with: an insulating substrate; first island-shaped electrodes () disposed along a first direction; second island-shaped electrodes () disposed along a second direction intersecting the first direction; a connecting member () for connecting together the first island-shaped electrodes (); an insulating film () formed covering a portion of the connecting member (); and a relay electrode () for connecting together the second island-shaped electrodes () over the insulating film (). The relay electrode (), in a section thereof that overlaps the connecting member () in a plan view, is narrower in width, in a direction perpendicular to the second direction, than the width of the insulating film (). A pair of edges () and () of the insulating film () is covered by the first island-shaped electrode (), the second island-shaped electrode (), or the relay electrode ().

Touch panel, and touch panel display device

The invention relates to a substrate for a liquid crystal display device, a liquid crystal display device provided with the same, and a manufacturing method of the same, and provides a substrate for a liquid crystal display device in which a manufacture process can be cut down and manufacturing cost is reduced, a liquid crystal display device provided with the same, and a manufacturing method of the same. The substrate for the liquid crystal display device includes a pixel electrode formed in each of pixel regions, a plurality of gate bus lines which are formed on a base substrate in parallel with each other and in each of which a plurality of formation materials are laminated and at least a lower layer part is formed of a same formation material as the pixel electrode, a plurality of drain bus lines intersecting with the plurality of gate bus lines through an insulating film and formed to be in parallel with each other, and a thin film transistor formed in each of the pixel regions and including a gate electrode connected to the gate bus line, a drain electrode connected to the drain bus line, and a source electrode connected to the pixel electrode.

Substrate for liquid crystal display device, liquid crystal display device provided with the same, and manufacturing method of the same

It is an object of the invention to provide a display and a method for repairing defects of the same in which defects such as inter-layer short-circuits and short-circuits in a single that have occurred at steps for manufacturing the display can be easily repaired to provide a good product with a probability higher than that in the related art. Laser irradiation is carried out as a first cycle of laser irradiation by forming a slit Sin a region where a drain bus linecompletely covers a gate bus lineto form a cut portion longer than the width of the gate bus lineadjacent to an inter-layer short-circuitsuch that it splits an intersecting portion of the drain bus lineinto two parts as shown in FIG.Next, as shown in FIG.slits Sand Sare respectively used for second and third cycles of laser irradiation to cut the drain bus lineat both ends of the cut portion (indicated by S), thereby isolating the inter-layer short-circuitof the drain bus line

Display and method for repairing defects thereof

It is an object of the invention to provide a display and a method for repairing defects of the same in which defects such as inter-layer short-circuits and short-circuits in a single that have occurred at steps for manufacturing the display can be easily repaired to provide a good product with a probability higher than that in the related art. Laser irradiation is carried out as a first cycle of laser irradiation by forming a slit Sin a region where a drain bus linecompletely covers a gate bus lineto form a cut portion longer than the width of the gate bus lineadjacent to an inter-layer short-circuitsuch that it splits an intersecting portion of the drain bus lineinto two parts as shown in FIG.. Next, as shown in FIG., slits Sand Sare respectively used for second and third cycles of laser irradiation to cut the drain bus lineat both ends of the cut portion (indicated by S), thereby isolating the inter-layer short-circuitof the drain bus line

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Yonago, Japan

Kunio Matsubara