Patent ID: 11957014
Assignee: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  G | IPC H

Claim 16:
17. A display device having: a display area in which there is provided a pixel circuit; and a frame area, the display device comprising:
a plurality of wires in the display area and the frame area;
a semiconductor line in the frame area, the semiconductor line being made of an oxide semiconductor and residing in a same layer as a channel of a transistor in the pixel circuit; and
an inorganic insulation film, wherein
the semiconductor line is in contact with the plurality of wires via a plurality of openings in the inorganic insulation film and has a narrowed portion, such that thicker and thinner regions exist along the same line, formed so as not to overlap the plurality of wires.