US Patent Issued to Sharp Display Technology on June 17 for "Active matrix substrate and liquid crystal display apparatus" (Japanese Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., June 19 -- United States Patent no. 12,332,529, issued on June 17, was assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corp. (Kameyama, Japan).

"Active matrix substrate and liquid crystal display apparatus" was invented by Kuniaki Okada (Kameyama, Japan) and Atsushi Hachiya (Kameyama, Japan).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An active matrix substrate includes, in order, a pixel TFT including an oxide semiconductor layer, a first interlayer insulating layer covering the oxide semiconductor layer and a gate electrode, a first organic insulating layer, and a pixel electrode. A first pixel contact hole is formed in the first interlayer insulating layer, and a second pixel contact hole is forme...