Sharp Kabushiki Kaisha Corporation

Unified Innovative Technology, LLC

Satoshi Horiuchi

Takaharu Yamada

Masahiro Yoshida

Isao Ogasawara

Ryohki Itoh

Yuhko Hisada

Shinya Tanaka

Tetsuo Kikuchi

Yoshihiro Asai

Seijirou Gyouten

Masakatsu Tominaga

Akihisa Iwamoto

Takayuki Mizunaga

Yoshihito Hara

Junichi Morinaga

Hideki Morii

Toshiaki Fujihara

Kazuyori Mitsumoto

Kuniko Maeno

Hironobu Sawada

Takuya Watanabe

Atsuhito Murai

Yoshiharu Kataoka

Masaki Maeda

Sachio Tsujino

Shingo Kamitani

Yasuhiro Mimura

Hitoshi Matsumoto

Katsushige Asada

Kazuya Nakaminami

Nobuyoshi Ueda

Seiya Kawamorita

Tetsuya Fujikawa

Hajime Imai

Yasuaki Iwase

Akira Tagawa

Tomoo Furukawa

Katsuhiro Okada

Junya Shimada

Hiroyuki Iida

Takehiko Kawamura

Kazunori Tanimoto

Chikao Yamasaki

Katsuhiro Mikumo

Tatsuji Saitoh

Kei Ikuta

Yi-Cheng Tsai

Takashi Terauchi

Shinya Ohira

Ryoki Ito

Takahura Yamada

Shinji Matsubara

A circuit substrate includes a substrate portion having a variable-external-shape portion; a circuit portion, having a configuration in which circuit blocks adjacent to each other in a first direction; a plurality of trunk wiring lines bent along the circuit blocks displaced with respect to each other in a second direction; and a plurality of branch wiring lines, wherein the plurality of trunk wiring lines include a first trunk wiring line and a second trunk wiring line, and among the plurality of branch wiring lines, a plurality of branch wiring lines connected to a plurality of unit circuits constituting a center-side circuit block include at least a first branch wiring line connected to the first trunk wiring line and a second branch wiring line connected to the second trunk wiring line and disposed farther than the first branch wiring line from a end-side circuit block in the first direction.

Circuit substrate and display device

The present invention reduces a circuit scale of a driving circuit while maintaining a characteristic of the driving circuit. In a driving circuit of the present invention, a transistor (TRc) including a gate electrode, a semiconductor film (HF), and first and second conductive electrodes (S, D) is provided on an upper side of the substrate. The driving circuit further includes a first conductive film () provided in a layer lower than the gate electrode, a second conductive film () that serves as the gate electrode, and a first capacitor (C) defined between the first conductive film () and the second conductive film ().

Driving circuit, TFT substrate, and display device

A display device includes a conventional first auxiliary trunk line formed to be narrow, and a second auxiliary trunk line additionally provided and disposed at the closest position to the periphery of a substrate. Thus, a shift register can be distanced from the periphery of the substrate without increasing a frame area as a whole.

Display device including trunk lines

A unit circuit of a shift register includes an output transistor whose control terminal is connected to a first node, first and second set transistors, first and second reset transistors, a control signal generating circuit that generates a control signal that changes to an on level when a first clock signal changes to an on level while the potential of the first node is at an off level, and that outputs the generated control signal to the unit circuits at a preceding stage and a next stage, a transistor that applies an off-level potential to the first node based on a control signal output from the unit circuit at the preceding stage, and a transistor that applies an off-level potential to the first node based on a control signal output from the unit circuit at the next stage.

Shift register and display device provided with the same

A plurality of circuit portions include a central side circuit portion connected to at least a central side-wiring line lead-out portion among a plurality of wiring line lead-out portions, and an end side circuit portion that is connected to at least an end side-wiring line lead-out portion among the plurality of wiring line lead-out portions, is also located on an end side in a first direction being an extending direction of a central side-outer shape portion having a linear shape with respect to the central side circuit portion, and is configured such that a dimension in a second direction being a direction in which the plurality of circuit portions and a central side region are aligned is smaller than that of the central side circuit portion.

Circuit substrate and display panel

An active-matrix substrate according to an embodiment of the present invention includes a plurality of first TFTs that are arranged within a display area, an inorganic insulating layer that covers the plurality of first TFTs, an organic insulating layer that is provided on the inorganic insulating layer, a plurality of second TFTs that are arranged within a non-display area, and a source and gate metal connection portion that is positioned within the non-display area, a first conductive layer that is formed from an identical conductive film with a gate wiring line and a second conductive layer that is formed from an identical conductive film with a source wiring line being connected to each other at the source and gate metal connection portion. Each of the plurality of first TFTs is an oxide semiconductor TFT. At least one second TFT among the plurality of second TFTs is covered with the organic insulating layer. The source and gate metal connection portion is not covered with the organic insulating layer.

Active-matrix substrate and display device

Provided is a display device in which connection defects in terminal parts can be suppressed, and a method for producing the same. An active matrix substrateof a display device includes gate lines, data lines arranged so as to intersect with the gate lines, pixel electrodes, counter electrodes forming capacitors between the same and the pixel electrodes, and signal lines that are connected with the counter electrodes and supply a driving signal for touch detection. Further, the active matrix substrateincludes a display driving circuit that supplies a control signal to at least either the gate lines or the data lines, and a touch detection driving circuit that supplies a driving signal for touch detection. Still further, the active matrix substrateincludes a plurality of terminal parts Ta to which the display driving circuit and the touch detection driving circuit are connected, and the terminal parts Ta have a common layer structure.

Display device and method for producing same

A gate driving circuit includes circuits each provided in such a manner as to, as a scanning signal, select a single clock pulse of a clock signal and output the clock pulse. The circuits each include: a transistor for outputting a scanning signal; a transistor for controlling an electric potential of a gate of the transistor so that the electric potential of the gate is at a low level; a transistor for, while the transistor is not outputting the scanning signal, controlling an electric potential of a gate of the transistor so that the electric potential of the gate is at a high level; and a transistor for, while the transistor is not in operation during a period during which an operation of the selection circuit is paused, controlling the electric potential of the gate of the transistor so that the electric potential becomes high.

Display driving device and display device having electric potential controlling circuitry

Provided is a touch-panel-equipped display device that can improve the touch sensing accuracy, without decreases in the display quality, and a method for producing the same. A touch-panel-equipped display device includes an active matrix substrateThe active matrix substrateincludes a plurality of pixel electrodesa plurality of counter electrodesforming capacitors between the same and the pixel electrodesa plurality of touch detection linesa first insulating layerand a second insulating layerThe touch detection linesare connected with any of the counter electrodesand supply a driving signal for touch detection to the counter electrodesconnected therewith. Between each pixel electrodeand the corresponding one of the counter electrodesthe second insulating layeris arranged. Further, on each touch detection linethe first insulating layeris arranged, the second insulating layeris arranged on the first insulating layerand each counter electrodeis arranged on the second insulating layer

Touch-panel-equipped display device and method for producing touch-panel-equipped display device

A display device has a display panel including gate lines, a driving circuit, and an auxiliary circuit corresponding to each gate lines. To the driving circuit and the auxiliary circuit, one driving signal of M-phase driving signals (M&#x2265;4) having selection potential and non-selection potential, is supplied. The driving circuit outputs the driving signal to a corresponding gate line. A selection period for the gate line includes a pre-charging period and a main charging period, and the main charging period overlaps with the pre-charging period for the adjacent gate line. The auxiliary circuit is driven during the main charging period for the corresponding gate line and during the main charging period for the next gate line. The auxiliary circuit outputs the selection potential during the main charging period for the corresponding gate line, and outputs the non-selection potential during the main charging period for the next gate line.

Display device

Provided is a technique of suppressing display defects such as flicker, without limiting the arrangement of data lines, in a liquid crystal display device having a display area in a non-rectangular shape. A liquid crystal display device includes an active matrix substrate 10, a counter substrate, and a liquid crystal layer. The active matrix substrate 10 includes a plurality of gate lines 11, and a plurality of data lines 12. In each of pixels defined by the gate lines 11 and the data lines 12, a pixel electrode 14 is arranged, and in a display area R, common electrodes 15 are provided. Outside the display area R, capacitance-generating parts C that generate capacitances between some gate lines 11 among the plurality of gate lines 11 and the common electrode are provided. The some gate lines 11 have lengths smaller than the gate lines having the maximum length, and intersect with some data lines 12 among the plurality of data lines 12. The capacitance-generating parts C are provided in such a manner that at least one capacitance-generating part C is provided with respect to one of the some gate lines 11.

Liquid crystal display device

To a unit circuit, provided are a transistor to which a first clock signal is supplied, a transistor for applying an off-level voltage to a first node, a transistor for applying the off-level voltage to a second node, a transistor for applying an on-level voltage to the second node based on a clock signal being ahead of the first clock signal in a forward direction scanning, a transistor for applying the on-level voltage to the second node based on a clock signal being ahead of the first clock signal in a backward direction scanning, and a circuit for controlling a voltage of the first node based on output signals of the unit circuits in a front-side stage and a back-side stage. The unit circuit is configured so that a voltage of the second node is changed to an ON level and an OFF level while a voltage of the first node is in the OFF level and the voltage of the second node is in the ON level when the first clock signal is changed to the ON level while the voltage of the first node is in the OFF level.

Scanning line drive circuit and display device including the same

In the present liquid crystal display device, a conventional first auxiliary capacitance trunk lineis formed to be narrow, and a second auxiliary capacitance trunk lineis additionally provided and disposed at the closest position to the periphery of a substrate. Thus, a shift register can be distanced from the periphery of the substrate without increasing a frame area as a whole, so that the shift register is not overlaid with a seal material. Moreover, the extent of an area overlaid with a seal material within a wiring area for providing signals to the shift register can be reduced.

Liquid crystal display device including trunk lines

An embodiment of the present invention provides a TFT array substrate, in which TFT elements and pixel electrodes being correspondingly connected with the TFT elements are arrayed in matrix on an insulating substrate, the TFT array substrate including: gate bus lines made from a first metal material; source bus lines made from a second metal material; pixel electrodes made from a third metal material; a clock wiring made from the first metal material; a branch wiring made from the second metal material; and a connection conductor made from the third metal material, the connection conductor connecting the clock wiring and the branch wiring at a connection part in a periphery area, the connection part having a branch-wiring via hole, which exposes the branch wiring which is covered with the connection conductor, and overlaps the clock wiring at least partly in a plane view.

TFT array substrate, and liquid crystal display panel

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Satoshi Horiuchi