IP Library Granted Patent US 12672398
Granted Patent B2
US 12672398 · App. 17/978,748 · Granted Jun 30, 2026

Display device with a source-drain electrode pattern including a ring-shaped bypass portion bypassing a central portion of the emission area

Inventors: SeungWan Cho (Paju-si, KR); ChangSeung Woo (Paju-si, KR); DongMin Jang (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
H10H20/831H10H20/857H10H29/142
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Patent No.
US 12672398
App. No.
17/978,748
Granted
Jun 30, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a first source-drain electrode pattern which includes a first bypass portion having a ring shape and bypassing a central portion of an emission area, thereby reducing a rainbow mura phenomenon from occurring by light reflected from a pixel electrode.

Claims (42)

1 . A display device comprising:

an emission area;

a pixel electrode including at least a portion that is in the emission area; and

a first source-drain electrode pattern comprising a first bypass portion which has a ring shape that bypasses a central portion of the emission area, an inner edge of the ring shape of the first bypass portion overlapping with a bank defining the emission area.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a light-emitting element including the pixel electrode,

wherein the light-emitting element is a top emission type.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first bypass portion is non-overlapping with the pixel electrode.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first bypass portion overlaps a peripheral portion of the pixel electrode, but not a central portion of the pixel electrode in the central portion of the emission area.

5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the first bypass portion overlaps a peripheral portion of the emission area that overlaps the peripheral portion of the pixel electrode.

6 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein a portion of the pixel electrode between ends of the pixel electrode has a concave shape.

7 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first bypass portion is non-overlapping with a peripheral portion of the emission area that overlaps a peripheral portion of the pixel electrode.

8 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the pixel electrode comprises an inclined portion that surrounds the emission area.

9 . The display device of claim 8 , further comprising:

a planarization layer between the first source-drain electrode pattern and the pixel electrode, the planarization layer including a convex portion that surrounds the emission area and overlaps the first bypass portion and the inclined portion of the pixel electrode.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein a thickness of the first bypass portion is greater than a thickness of the convex portion.

11 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second source-drain electrode pattern.

12 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first source-drain electrode pattern is on a different layer from the second source-drain electrode pattern such that the first source-drain electrode pattern is closer to the pixel electrode than the second source-drain electrode pattern.

13 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein a portion of the second source-drain electrode pattern overlaps the central portion of the emission area.

14 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first bypass portion has a thickness that is greater than a thickness of the second source-drain electrode pattern.

15 . A display device comprising:

a substrate including an emission area;

a pixel electrode in the emission area;

a first source-drain electrode pattern that is electrically connected to the pixel electrode, the first source-drain electrode pattern including a portion that surrounds a portion of the pixel electrode that is between ends of the pixel electrode such that the first source-drain electrode pattern is non-overlapping with the portion of the pixel electrode, wherein the portion of the first source-drain electrode pattern surrounding the portion of the pixel electrode between the ends of the pixel electrode overlaps with a bank defining the emission area,

wherein the first source-drain electrode pattern is located closer to the substrate than the pixel electrode, and

wherein a distance between outmost edges of the first source-drain electrode pattern opposing each other is greater than a distance between outmost edges of the pixel electrode opposing each other in a plan view of the display device.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the portion of the pixel electrode is a central portion of the pixel electrode and the portion of the first source-drain electrode pattern comprises a ring shape that surrounds the central portion of the pixel electrode.

17 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the pixel electrode is included in a light-emitting element that is configured to emit light in the emission area.

18 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the first source-drain electrode pattern is non-overlapping with the ends of the pixel electrode and the portion of the pixel electrode that is between the ends of the pixel electrode.

19 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the first source-drain electrode pattern overlaps the ends of the pixel electrode but is non-overlapping with the portion of the pixel electrode that is between the ends of the pixel electrode.

20 . The display device of claim 19 , wherein the portion of the pixel electrode between the ends of the pixel electrode is concave.

21 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the pixel electrode comprises an inclined portion that surrounds the emission area and the display device further comprising:

a planarization layer between the first source-drain electrode pattern and the pixel electrode, the planarization layer including a convex portion that surrounds the emission area and overlaps the first bypass portion and the inclined portion of the pixel electrode.

22 . The display device of claim 15 , further comprising:

a second source-drain electrode pattern that is on a different layer than the first source-drain electrode pattern, the second source-drain electrode pattern overlapping with the portion of the pixel electrode that is between ends of the pixel electrode.

23 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the pixel electrode is included in a light-emitting element that is configured to emit light in the emission area.

24 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the first source-drain electrode pattern is non-overlapping with the ends of the pixel electrode and the portion of the pixel electrode that is between the ends of the pixel electrode.

25 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the first source-drain electrode pattern overlaps the ends of the pixel electrode but is non-overlapping with the portion of the pixel electrode that is between the ends of the pixel electrode.

26 . The display device of claim 15 , further comprising:

a second source-drain electrode pattern that is closer to the substrate than the first source-drain electrode pattern, the second source-drain electrode pattern electrically connected to the pixel electrode via the first source-drain electrode pattern and is overlapping with the portion of the pixel electrode that is between ends of the pixel electrode.

27 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the portion of the first source-drain electrode pattern surrounding the portion of the pixel electrode between the ends of the pixel electrode overlaps with a bank defining the emission area.