Display device and display system

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12536971-B2
Application number	US-202418804773-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 14, 2024
Priority date	Aug 18, 2023
Publication date	Jan 27, 2026
Grant date	Jan 27, 2026

Abstract

According to an aspect, a display device includes: a display region provided with pixels, scan lines extending in a first direction, and signal lines extending in a second direction; a peripheral region located between ends of the substrate and the display region; a first scan line drive circuit disposed in the peripheral region; a second scan line drive circuit disposed in the peripheral region opposite the first scan line drive circuit; a third scan line drive circuit disposed in the peripheral region opposite the first scan line drive circuit; a signal line coupling circuit disposed in the peripheral region; and a driver IC disposed in the peripheral region. The second and third scan line drive circuits are adjacent to each other. More than one of the scan lines coupled to the second scan line drive circuit passes through the third scan line drive circuit and extends to the display region.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display device comprising:
a substrate; a display region that has a shape of a polygon with five or more sides, is provided to the substrate, and is provided with a plurality of pixels, a plurality of scan lines extending in a first direction, and a plurality of signal lines extending in a second direction; a peripheral region that is provided to the substrate and located between ends of the substrate and the display region; a first scan line drive circuit that is disposed in the peripheral region and coupled to the first scan lines including second scan lines and third scan lines; a second scan line drive circuit that is disposed in the peripheral region opposite the first scan line drive circuit with the display region therebetween, and coupled to the second scan lines that are some of the first scan lines; a third scan line drive circuit that is disposed in the peripheral region opposite the first scan line drive circuit across the display region, and coupled to the third scan lines that are the first scan lines other than the second scan lines; a signal line coupling circuit that is disposed in the peripheral region and coupled to the signal lines; and a driver integrated circuit (IC) that is disposed in the peripheral region and configured to control the first scan line drive circuit, the second scan line drive circuit, the third scan line drive circuit, and the signal line coupling circuit, wherein the second scan line drive circuit and the third scan line drive circuit are adjacent to each other, one or more of the second scan lines passes through the third scan line drive circuit and extends to the display region, a switching element of the pixel includes:
a semiconductor layer;
a first gate electrode disposed in a lower layer with respect to the semiconductor layer; and
a second gate electrode disposed in an upper layer with respect to the semiconductor layer, and
the one or more of the second scan lines passing through the third scan line drive circuit is in the same layer as the first gate electrode.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first direction is non-parallel and non-orthogonal to a direction orthogonal to the second direction.

3 . The display device according to claim 2 , wherein
the pixels include first pixels to display a first color, second pixels to display a second color different from the first color, and third pixels to display a third color different from the first color and the second color, the first direction is a direction along an arrangement direction of first reference positions in the first pixels coupled to one of the first scan lines, and the second direction is a direction along an arrangement direction of second reference positions in the first pixels coupled to one of the signal lines.

4 . The display device according to claim 2 , wherein
the pixels include first pixels to display a first color, second pixels to display a second color different from the first color, and third pixels to display a third color different from the first color and the second color, the first pixels are continuously arranged in the second direction, the second pixels are continuously arranged in the second direction, the third pixels are continuously arranged in the second direction, and one of the first pixels and another of the first pixels arranged next to the one of the first pixels in the first direction are arranged so as to be offset from each other by half a length of the first pixel in the second direction.

5 . The display device according to claim 2 , wherein
the pixels include first pixels to display a first color, second pixels to display a second color different from the first color, and third pixels to display a third color different from the first color and the second color, each first pixel is disposed between one of the second pixels and one of the third pixels in the first direction and is disposed between one of the second pixels and one of the third pixels in the second direction, each second pixel is disposed between one of the first pixels and one of the third pixels in the first direction and is disposed between one of the first pixels and one of the third pixels in the second direction, each third pixel is disposed between one of the second pixels and one of the first pixels in the first direction and is disposed between one of the second pixels and one of the first pixels in the second direction, the first pixels are arranged in a third direction that intersects both the first direction and the second direction, the second pixels are arranged in the third direction, and the third pixels are arranged in the third direction.

6 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the third scan lines are in the same layer as the second gate electrode.

7 . A display system comprising:
a lens; the display device according to claim 1 ; and a control device that outputs an image to the display device.

8 . A display device comprising:
a substrate; a display region that has a shape of a polygon with five or more sides, is provided to the substrate, and is provided with a plurality of pixels, a plurality of first scan lines extending in a first direction, and a plurality of signal lines extending in a second direction; a peripheral region that is provided to the substrate and located between ends of the substrate and the display region; a first scan line drive circuit that is disposed in the peripheral region and coupled to the first scan lines including second scan lines and third scan lines; a second scan line drive circuit that is disposed in the peripheral region opposite the first scan line drive circuit with the display region therebetween, and coupled to the second scan lines that are some of the first scan lines; a third scan line drive circuit that is disposed in the peripheral region opposite the first scan line drive circuit across the display region, and coupled to the third scan lines that are the first scan lines other than the second scan lines; a signal line coupling circuit that is disposed in the peripheral region and coupled to the signal lines; and a driver integrated circuit (IC) that is disposed in the peripheral region and configured to control the first scan line drive circuit, the second scan line drive circuit, the third scan line drive circuit, and the signal line coupling circuit, wherein the second scan line drive circuit and the third scan line drive circuit are adjacent to each other, one or more of the second scan lines passes through the third scan line drive circuit and extends to the display region, a switching element of the pixel includes:
a semiconductor layer;
a first gate electrode disposed in a lower layer with respect to the semiconductor layer; and
a second gate electrode disposed in an upper layer with respect to the semiconductor layer,
the signal line coupling circuit is coupled to a first coupling wiring line and a second coupling wiring line, the first coupling wiring line consists of only a first wiring layer formed in the same layer as the signal line and is a part of the signal line, the second coupling wiring line consists of at least a second wiring layer formed in the same layer as the second gate electrode and the first wiring layer, and is a part of the signal line, and the second coupling wiring line has a smaller width than a width of the first coupling wiring line.

9 . The display device according to claim 8 , wherein the first direction is non-parallel and non-orthogonal to a direction orthogonal to the second direction.

10 . The display device according to claim 9 , wherein
the pix

Assignees

• Magnolia White Corp

Inventors

• Tanaka Hitoshi
• Koide Gen

Classifications

• G09G2310/0283

  Arrangement of drivers for different directions of scanning · CPC title

• G09G2310/0281

  Arrangement of scan or data electrode driver circuits at the periphery of a panel not inherent to a split matrix structure · CPC title

• G09G2310/0264

  Details of driving circuits · CPC title

• G09G2310/0202

  Addressing of scan or signal lines · CPC title

• G09G2310/02

  Addressing, scanning or driving the display screen or processing steps related thereto · CPC title