ELECTROSTATIC DISCHARGE ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ACTIVE MATRIX DISPLAY

• Main Authors: GUO MING, HO CHRISTOPHER YING WAI, WU KEN
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 13.03.2014
• Subjects: CONVERSION OR DISTRIBUTION OF ELECTRIC POWER; DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS, THE OPTICAL OPERATION OF WHICH ISMODIFIED BY CHANGING THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIUM OF THEDEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF THE INTENSITY,COLOUR, PHASE, POLARISATION OR DIRECTION OF LIGHT, e.g.SWITCHING, GATING, MODULATING OR DEMODULATING; ELECTRICITY; EMERGENCY PROTECTIVE CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERATION; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICS; PHYSICS; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS; TECHNIQUES OR PROCEDURES FOR THE OPERATION THEREOF

An electrostatic discharge structure for a light transmissive panel and method of fabricating same. A light transmissive conductive area extends across a light transmissive panel, where the light transmissive conductive area is separate from a static discharge potential. At least one conductive area spark gap point, conductively coupled to an outside perimeter of the light transmissive conductive area. At least one discharge spark gap point is conductively coupled to a static discharge potential, where each discharge spark gap point is located in proximity to a respective conductive area spark gap point so as to support electrostatic breakdown at less than a determined voltage between the each discharge spark gap point and the respective conductive area spark gap point.