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`54) LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
`HAVING A PARTICULAR CONDUCTIVE
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`communications America, l,l,(.., Defendants, filed Jan. 2, 2009;
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`CMI Action No. 3:09-CV-0001; pp. 1-19.
`(Continued)
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`Primary Examiner 7 Mike Qi
`(74) Attorney, Agent, or Firm 7 Eric J. Robinson; Robinson
`Intellectual Property Law Oifice, RC.
`(57)
`ABSTRACT
`Techniques are provided for unifying steps ofsealing material
`so that the yield and the reliability of a liquid-crystal display
`device become high. A starting film of scanning lines is pat-
`terned so that prismatic dummy wirings 301 for the first layer
`which are not electrically connected are formed in regions R1
`and R2, and wirings 302 extending from the pixel section are
`formed in a region R3, and wirings 303 having connection
`end portions 30311 are formed in a region R4. After an inter-
`layer insulation film is formed, the starting film of the signal
`lines is patterned so that the dummy wirings 304 for the
`second layer are formed to embed the gaps between the wir—
`ings 301 to 303, and also the wirings 305 and the wirings 303
`which extend from the pixel portion are connected to each
`other. This permits unification ofthe cross-sectional structure
`01‘ the sealing material formation region.
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`50 Claims, 12 Drawing Sheets
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`SEL ’s Responsive Proposed Findings ofFact in Support ofIts Oppo-
`sition to Defendants’ Motion for Summary Judgment Regarding US.
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`Samsung‘s Reply in Support of its Corrected Motion for Summary
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`00001.
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`dated Feb. 22. 2010, 812 pages, Civil Action No. 3:09-CV—00001.
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`Its Opposition to Defendants‘ Motion for Summary Judgment
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`redacted and submitted herewith, Civil Action No. 3 :09-CV—00001.
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`submitted herewith. Civil Action No. 3:09-CV—0000 1.
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`Judgment dated Feb. 22, 2010. 439 pages. Civil Action No. 3:09-CV—
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`S EL’s Motion for Leave to Supplement the Expert Report of Dr. Aris
`Silzars dated Mar. 19. 2010, 4 pages, Civil Action No. 3:09-CV-
`00001.
`Memorandum in Support of SEL's Motion for Leave to Supplement
`the Expert Report of Dr. Aris Silaars dated Mar. 19. 2010. 8 pages,
`Civil Action No. 3:09-CV—00001.
`Samsung’ s Opposition to SET/s Motion for Leave to Supplement the
`Expert Report of Dr. Aris Silzars dated Mar. 27, 2010,22 pages. Civil
`Action No. 3:09-CV—00001.
`Corrected Declaration of Brian M Berliner in Support of Samsung’s
`Brief in Opposition to SEL7s Motion for Leave to Supplement the
`Expert Report of Dr. Aris Silzars with Exhibi s dated Mar. 29, 2010,
`89 pages, Civil Action No. 3:09-CV—00001.
`Reply Brief in Support of SEL’s Motion for Leave to Supplement the
`Expert Report of Dr. Aris Silzars dated Mar‘. 3 , 2010, 22 pages. Civil
`Action No. 3'09-CV-00001.
`Declaration of Jeffrey A. Koppy in Support 0 SEL's Reply Brief in
`Support of Sel‘s Motion for Leave to Supplement the Expert Report
`ofDr. Aris Silaars with Exhibits dated Mar. 31. 2010, 98 pages, Civil
`Action No. 3 09-CV-00001.
`SET/s Motion for Leave to File a Correcte Supplemental Expert
`Report of Dr. Aris Silzars dated Apr. 7. 2010, 7 pages. Civil Action
`No. 3:09-CV—00001.
`Declaration of Jeffrey A. Koppy in Suppor of SEL’s Motion for
`Leave to File a Corrected Supplemental Expert Report of Dr. Aris
`Silzars with Exhibits dated Apr. 7. 2010, 93 pages, Civil Action No.
`3 :09-CV—0000 1.
`Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd’s Fifth Supp emental Responses to
`SEL7s Interrogatory No, 3 with Exhibits dated Apr 13, 2010, 45
`pages. Civil Action No. 3:09-CV-00001
`Samsung’ s Opposition to SEL’s Motion forLeave to File a Corrected
`Supplemental Expert Report of Dr. Aris Silzars dated Apr. 14. 2010.
`20 pages, Civil Action No. 3:09-CV—00001.
`Second declaration of Brian M. Berliner in Support of Samsung’s
`Brief in Opposition to SEL’s Motion for Leave to File a Corrected
`Supplemental Expert Report of Dr. Aris Silzars dated Apr. 14, 2010,
`6 pages. Civil Action No. 3:09-CV—00001.
`Reply Briefin Support of SEL’s Motion for Leave to File a Corrected
`Supplemental Expert Report of Dr. Aris Silzars dated Apr. 26, 2010,
`15 pages, Civil Action No. 3:09-CV—00001.
`Declaration ofJeffrey A. Koppy in Support ofReply Briefin Support
`of SEL’s Motion for Leave to File a Corrected Supplemental Expert
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`No. 3:09-CV-00001.
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`Expert Witness Report ofProfessor Paul A. Kohl datedApr. 30, 2010.
`18 pages, Civil Action No. 3:09-CV—00001.
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`Brief in Opposition to SEL’s Motion for Leave to Supplement the
`Expert Witness Report of Professor Paul A. Kohl with Exhibits dated
`Apr. 30. 2010, 21 pages, Civil Action No. 3 :09-CV—0000 1.
`Reply Briefin Support of SET ’ s Vlotion for Leave to Supplement the
`Expert Witness Report of Professor Paul A. Kohl dated May 5. 2010,
`17 pages, Civil Action No 3:09-CV—00001
`Declaration of Jeffrey A. Koppy in Support of SEL’s Reply of SEL’s
`Motion to Supplement the Expert Witness Report of Professor Paul
`A. Kohl with Exhibits dated May 5, 2010, 10 pages, Civil Action No.
`3:09-CV-00001
`Supplemental Responses to Defendants’ Interrogatory Nos. 3, 5-10.
`12, 16-17. 22-24, and 27 to Plaintiff Semiconductor Energy Labora-
`tory Co., Ltd. dated May 7, 2010, 25 pages, Civil Action No. 3:09-
`CV—00001.
`Response to Defendants/ Seventh Set oflnterrogatories (Nos. 29-40)
`to Plaintiff Semiconductor Energy Laboratory Co.. Ltd. dated May7.
`2010.23 pages. Civil Action No. 3:09-CV—00001.
`Response to Defendants’ First Set of Request for Admission dated
`May 7, 2010, 42 pages. Civil Action ho. 3'09-CV-00001.
`Sainsung Electronics Co., Ltd’s Responses to SEL’s First Set of
`Requests for Admissions dated May 7, 2010, 5 pages, Civil Action
`No.3:09-CV-00001.
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`Samsung Mobile Display Co.. Ltd’s Responses to SEL's First Set of
`Requests for Admi ssion dated May 7. 2010. 5 pages. Civil Action No.
`3 :09-CV—0000 1.
`Samsung Electronics America, Inc’ s Responses to SEL’s First Set of
`Requests for Admi ssion dated May 7. 2010. 5 pages. Civil Action No.
`3 :09-CV—0000 1.
`Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC‘s Responses to SEL 's
`First Set ofRequests for Admission dated May 7, 2010. 5 pages, Civil
`Action No. 3:09-CV—00001.
`S-LCD Corporation’s Responses to SEL‘s First Set of Requests for
`Admission dated May 7, 2010, 5 pages, Civil Action No. 3:09-CV—
`00001.
`Samsung Electronics Co.. Ltd‘s Third Supplemental Responses to
`SEL’s Second Set of Interrogatories dated May 7. 2010. 23 pages.
`Civil Action No. 3:09-CV—00001.
`Samsung Electronics Co.. Ltd. ’s Thirteenth Supplemental Response
`to SEL’s First Set of lnterrogatories dated May 7, 2010, 54 pages,
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`Action No. 3:09-CV—00001.
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`LIQUID-CRYSTAL DISPLAY DEVICE
`I-LAVING A PARTICULAR CONDUCTIVE
`LAYER
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`BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
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`1. Field of the Invention
`The present invention relates to a liquid-crystal display
`device of the active matrix system for reducing failure occur-
`ring when bonding substrates, and more particularly to a
`peripheral circuit integral type liquid-crystal display device,
`2. Description of the Related Art
`A conventional active matrix liquid-crystal display device
`is so designed as to control the optical characteristics such as
`a light transmission property of a liquid-crystal material
`which is held between a pair of pixel electrodes using the
`switching operation of a two-terminal element such as an
`MIN which is disposed in a pixel section in the form of a
`matrix or a three-terminal element such as a TFT, for display.
`In general, TFTs using amorphous silicon have been widely
`used for the switching element of the pixel electrodes.
`However, because the mobility ofthe electric field effect of
`amorphous silicon is low to the degree of 0.1 to 1 cm Vs, the
`TFT using amorphous silicon cannot be disposed in a periph-
`eral drive circuit that controls the TFT connected to the pixel
`electrode.
`For that reason. in the conventional active matrix liquid-
`crystal device, the peripheral drive circuit which is made up of
`a semiconductor integrated circuit is attached externally to a
`liquid—crystal panel
`through the tape automatic bonding
`TAB) technique or the chip on glass (COG) technique.
`FIG. 16 is a front view showing the outline of an active
`matrix liquid-crystal panel in accordance with a first conven-
`ional example, to which a peripheral drive circuit is attached
`extemally. As shown in FIG. 16, scanning lilies 2 and signal
`lines 3 are disposed on an element substrate 1 made of, for
`example. glass or quartz in a matrix, and in a pixel section 4.
`oixel electrodes and a switching pixel TFT for the pixel elec-
`rodes are connected to each of the cross portions of those
`wirings. The scanning lines 2 and the signal lines 3 extend up
`0 the outside of a sealing material region 5. respectively, and
`for that reason. the number ofwirings which are transverse to
`he sealing material is as much as the number of the scanning
`lines 2 and the signal lines 3 at the minimum. The ends of
`hose wirings form extension terminals 6 as they are, and the
`extension terminals 6 are connected with a peripheral drive
`circuit not shown. Furthermore. the element substrate 1 is
`joined to an opposite substrate not shown through the sealing
`material disposed in the sealing material region 5, and a
`liquid-crystal material is interposedbetween those substrates
`