Claims
- 1. An active matrix liquid crystal display panel, comprising:
- a lower substrate having a display portion and a separate periphery portion;
- a plurality of pixel electrodes formed in said display portion on said lower substrate organized in a matrix including columns and rows;
- a plurality of first lines formed on said lower substrate traversing said display portion and extending to said periphery portion, said first lines being connected respectively to said pixel electrodes of each column by first diodes;
- an upper substrate;
- a plurality of second lines formed on a lower surface of said upper substrate, said second lines being provided respectively over each row of said pixel electrodes;
- liquid crystal inserted between said display portion of said lower substrate and said lower surface of said upper substrate;
- a wiring formed on the periphery portion of said lower substrate separately from said pixel electrodes and said first lines, said wiring being being formed to cross said first lines; and
- a plurality of second diodes connected between said wiring and said first lines.
- 2. An active matrix liquid crystal display panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first lines are data lines and said second lines are address lines.
- 3. An active matrix liquid crystal display panel as claimed in claim 2, wherein said first diodes and said second diodes are metal-insulator-metal diodes formed by interposing an insulator between metal layers.
- 4. An active matrix liquid crystal display panel as claimed in claim 3, wherein said insulator of said metal-insulator-metal diodes is silicon nitride.
- 5. An active matrix liquid crystal display panel as claimed in claim 4, wherein said silicon nitride for said first diode is the same position as for said second diode.
- 6. An active matrix liquid crystal display panel, comprising:
- a lower substrate having a display portion and a separate periphery portion;
- a matrix of pixel electrodes formed in said display portion of said lower substrate and organized in rows and columns;
- data lines formed on said lower substrate along columns of said pixel electrodes to traverse said display portion and to extend to said periphery portion, said data lines being connected respectively to said pixel electrodes of each column through first metal-insulator-metal diodes, respectively;
- an upper substrate;
- address lines formed on a lower surface of said upper substrate, said address lines being provided respectively over each row of said pixel electrodes;
- liquid crystal inserted between said lower surface of said upper substrate and said display portion of said lower substrate;
- a wiring formed on said lower substrate separately from said pixel electrodes and said data lines, said wiring being formed to cross said data lines at said periphery portion; and
- second metal-insulator-metal diodes formed on said lower substrate, each one of said second metal-insulator-metal diodes being connected between said wiring and each one of said data lines, respectively.
- 7. An active matrix liquid crystal display panel as claimed in claim 6, wherein said first and second metal-insulator-metal diodes are composed of two metal electrodes and a silicon nitride film interposed between said two metal electrodes, said silicon nitride film of said first and second metal-insulator-metal diodes being insulators having the same composition.
- 8. An active matrix liquid crystal display panel, comprising:
- a lower substrate having a display portion and a separate periphery portion;
- a matrix of pixel electrodes formed in said display portion of said lower substrate and organized in rows and columns;
- data lines formed on said lower substrate to traverse said display portion and to extend to said periphery portion, said data lines being connected to said pixel electrodes of each column by first metal-insulator-metal diodes, respectively;
- an upper substrate;
- address lines formed on a lower surface of said upper substrate, said address lines being provided respectively over each row of said pixel electrodes;
- liquid crystal inserted between said lower surface of said upper substrate and said display portion of said lower substrate; and
- second metal-insulator-metal diodes formed on said lower substrate, said data lines being connected to each other through said second metal-insulator-metal diodes.
- 9. An active matrix liquid crystal display panel as claimed in claim 8, wherein said first and second metal-insulator-metal diodes are diodes formed by interposing silicon nitride films between metal electrodes, and said silicon nitride films of said first and second metal-insulator-metal diodes having same compositions.
Priority Claims (1)
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Parent Case Info
This is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/661,225 filed on Feb. 27, 1991, which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/438,766, filed Nov. 17, 1989 both now abandoned.
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