ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 21 -- United States Patent no. 12,772,684, issued on Oct. 20, was assigned to Sharp Display Technology Corp. (Kameyama City, Japan).
"Display device" was invented by Tadayoshi Miyamoto (Kameyama City, Japan).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "In a frame region closer to a display region than a peripheral circuit is a protective element provided along each display wire. The protective element has the following: a first conductive layer composed of a first semiconductor film made of polysilicon; a third semiconductor layer composed of a second semiconductor film made of an oxide semiconductor, and formed on the first conductive layer with a fifth inorganic insulating film inter...