Common bus design for a TFT-LCD display
First Claim
1. A display including a substrate assembly, the substrate assembly comprising:
- a transparent conducting common electrode;
a plurality of opaque display elements; and
a plurality of common bus lines made from a non-transparent conductor, the non-transparent conductor having a lower resistance than the transparent conducting common electrode, the common bus lines connected to the common electrode and positioned at a different layer in the substrate assembly than the opaque display elements such that the opaque display elements overlap substantially the entirety of the common bus lines; and
wherein the plurality of opaque display elements includes at least a plurality of data lines wherein the at least the plurality of date lines overlap substantially the entirety of the common bus lines.
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Abstract
Embodiments of the present invention provide for a FFS TFT LCD with a high refresh rate without limiting the aperture of individual pixels. More specifically, embodiments of the invention provide for the use of common bus lines to reduce the effective resistance of the common electrode and to therefore allow for higher refresh rates of the display. Furthermore, the common bus lines can be positioned in such a manner so that they do not further reduce the aperture of the display. More specifically, the common bus lines can be positioned above or below existing elements of the display that are already opaque. Thus, adding the common bus lines need not reduce the aperture. The above can be achieved by, for example, placing the common bus lines above or below existing non-transparent lines, such as gate lines or data lines.
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27 Claims
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1. A display including a substrate assembly, the substrate assembly comprising:
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a transparent conducting common electrode; a plurality of opaque display elements; and a plurality of common bus lines made from a non-transparent conductor, the non-transparent conductor having a lower resistance than the transparent conducting common electrode, the common bus lines connected to the common electrode and positioned at a different layer in the substrate assembly than the opaque display elements such that the opaque display elements overlap substantially the entirety of the common bus lines; and wherein the plurality of opaque display elements includes at least a plurality of data lines wherein the at least the plurality of date lines overlap substantially the entirety of the common bus lines. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. A display having a substrate assembly, the substrate assembly comprising:
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a transparent conducting common electrode; a plurality of opaque display elements; and a plurality of common bus lines made from a non-transparent conductor, the non-transparent conductor having a lower resistance than the transparent conducting common electrode, the common bus lines connected to the common electrode and positioned at a different layer in the substrate assembly than the opaque display elements such that, despite the existence of the common bus lines, an aperture of the display can be maintained at any reference aperture that would have been possible in the absence of the plurality of common bus lines such that the opaque display elements substantially overlap substantially the entirety of the common bus lines; and wherein the plurality of opaque display elements includes at least a plurality of data lines wherein the at least the plurality of date lines overlap substantially the entirety of the common bus lines. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15)
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16. A mobile telephone including a display having a substrate assembly, the substrate assembly comprising:
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a transparent conducting common electrode; a plurality of opaque display elements; and a plurality of common bus lines made from a non-transparent conductor, the non-transparent conductor having a lower resistance than the transparent conducting common electrode, the common bus lines connected to the common electrode and positioned at a different layer in the substrate assembly than the opaque display elements such that the opaque display elements overlap substantially the entirety of the common bus lines; and wherein the plurality of opaque display elements includes at least a plurality of data lines wherein the at least the plurality of date lines overlap substantially the entirety of the common bus lines.
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17. A portable audio device including a display having a substrate assembly, the substrate assembly comprising:
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a transparent conducting common electrode; a plurality of opaque display elements; and a plurality of common bus lines made from a non-transparent conductor, the non-transparent conductor having a lower resistance than the transparent conducting common electrode, the common bus lines connected to the common electrode and positioned at a different layer in the substrate assembly than the opaque display elements such that the opaque display elements substantially overlap the common bus lines; wherein the plurality of opaque display elements includes at least a plurality of data lines wherein the at least the plurality of date lines overlap substantially the entirety of the common bus lines.
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18. A method for producing a display including manufacturing a substrate assembly by:
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forming a transparent conducting common electrode on a substrate; forming a plurality of opaque display elements on the substrate; forming on the substrate a plurality of common bus lines made from a non-transparent conductor, the non-transparent conductor having a lower resistance than the transparent conducting common electrode, by positioning the common bus lines at a different layer in the substrate assembly than the opaque display elements such that the opaque display elements overlap substantially the entirety of the common bus lines, and connecting the common bus lines to the common electrode; and wherein the plurality of opaque display elements includes at least a plurality of data lines wherein the at least the plurality of data lines overlap substantially the entirety of the common bus lines. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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