Electronic device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12313945-B2
Application number	US-202318169243-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 15, 2023
Priority date	Mar 17, 2022
Publication date	May 27, 2025
Grant date	May 27, 2025

Abstract

An electronic device including a panel is provided. The panel includes a first substrate, a second substrate opposite to the first substrate, a medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, a sealant disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounding the medium layer, a plurality of first electrodes disposed between the first substrate and the medium layer, and a plurality of connecting lines disposed between the second substrate and the first electrodes. The sealant includes a plurality of conductive particles. The first electrodes are electrically connected to the connection lines through the conductive particles. There is a first space S 1 between two adjacent connecting lines of the connecting lines. One of the conductive particles has a width of W. The first space S 1 and the width W conform to the following formula: 3≤S 1 /W≤20.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device, comprising:
a panel, comprising;
a first substrate;
a second substrate opposite the first substrate;
a medium layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate;
a sealant disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and surrounding the medium layer;
a plurality of first electrodes disposed between the first substrate and the medium layer;
a plurality of first conductive lines disposed between the first substrate and the plurality of first electrodes; and
a plurality of connecting lines disposed between the second substrate and the plurality of first electrodes,
wherein the sealant comprises a plurality of conductive particles, the plurality of first electrodes are electrically connected to the plurality of connecting lines via the plurality of conductive particles, a first space S 1 is between two adjacent connecting lines among the plurality of connecting lines, one of the conductive particles has a width W, and the first space S 1 and width W conform to the following formula:
3≤ S 1/ W≤ 20,

wherein each of the first conductive lines comprises an opening that overlaps the sealant.

2. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a second space S 2 is between two adjacent first electrodes among the plurality of first electrodes, and the second space S 2 and the width W conform to the following formula:
3≤ S 2/ W≤ 20.

3. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealant comprises the plurality of conductive particles in a volume percentage of A %, and the volume percentage, the first space S 1 , and the width W conform to the following formula:
A× 4× W≤S 1.

4. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a second space S 2 is between two adjacent first electrodes among the plurality of first electrodes, the sealant comprises the plurality of conductive particles in a volume percentage of A %, and the volume percentage, the second space S 2 , and the width W conform to the following formula:
A× 4× W≤S 2.

5. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the plurality of first conductive lines are electrically connected to the first electrodes, and resistance of the first conductive lines is less than or equal to resistance of the first electrodes.

6. The electronic device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein a first interval P 1 is between two adjacent first conductive lines among the plurality of first conductive lines, and a line width WA of one of the first conductive line and the first interval P 1 conform to the following formula:
WA /( WA+P 1)≤30% WA/WA+P 1≤30%.

7. The electronic device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the opening is disposed in a second portion of each of the first conductive lines, and a line width of a portion of the second portion which corresponds to the opening is less than 20 μm.

8. The electronic device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein each of the first conductive lines comprises a first portion that is connected to the second portion and that overlaps the sealant, and a line width of the first portion is less than 40 μm.

9. The electronic device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a first interval P 1 is between two adjacent first conductive lines among the first conductive lines, and the line width WA of the first portion and the first interval P 1 conform to the following formula:
WA /( WA+P 1)≤30%.

Assignees

• Innolux Corp

Inventors

• Yang Tsung-Yu
• Chen Ming-Huang
• Li Shu-Fen
• Chien Chuan-Chi
• Yao I-An
• Lai Jui-Chu

Classifications

• G02F1/13394

  spacers regularly patterned on the cell subtrate, e.g. walls, pillars (G02F1/133377 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02F1/134336

  Matrix · CPC title

• G02F1/13398

  Spacer materials; Spacer properties · CPC title

• G02F1/13718

  based on a change of the texture state of a cholesteric liquid crystal · CPC title

• G02F1/13478

  based on selective reflection · CPC title