Display device with a driving transistor including grooves
A display device includes a semiconductor layer positioned on a substrate and including a driving transistor and a plurality of transistors; a gate conductive layer positioned on the semiconductor layer; and a data conductive layer positioned on the gate conductive layer. The driving transistor has a linear shape in which a plurality of grooves are formed.
1 . A display device comprising:
a semiconductor layer positioned on a substrate, the semiconductor layer including:
a driving transistor; and
a plurality of transistors;
a gate conductive layer positioned on the semiconductor layer; and
a data conductive layer positioned on the gate conductive layer,
wherein a region of the semiconductor layer in which the driving transistor overlaps the gate conductive layer in a plan view forms a channel of the driving transistor,
wherein the driving transistor has a linear shape, and
wherein a plurality of grooves are formed in the channel of the driving transistor.
2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein
a ratio of a width of the channel of the driving transistor in a first direction to a length of the channel of the driving transistor in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction is in a range of about 1:3 to about 1:5.
3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the width of the channel of the driving transistor in the first direction is about 4 μm or less.
4 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the length of the channel of the driving transistor in the second direction is in a range of about 8 μm to about 12 μm.
5 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the width of the channel of the driving transistor in the first direction is in a range of about 2.5 μm to about 4 μm.
6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of grooves are alternately formed along edges of the driving transistor.
7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein a width of each of the plurality of grooves in a second direction is in a range of about 1 μm to about 2 μm.
8 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein a length of each of the plurality of grooves in a first direction is in a range of about 1 μm to about 2.5 μm.
9 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein in the linear shape in which the plurality of grooves are formed, a width of the driving transistor in a first direction is shorter than a length of each of the plurality of grooves in the first direction.
10 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein a length of each of the plurality of grooves in a first direction is longer than a half of a width of the driving transistor in the first direction.
11 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of grooves include a circular groove positioned in a center of the channel of the driving transistor.
12 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein a diameter of the circular groove is in a range of about 1 μm to about 3 μm.
13 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the plurality of grooves include a semicircular groove positioned at an edge of the driving transistor.
14 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein a diameter of the semicircular groove is in a range of about 2 μm to about 4 μm.
15 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the driving transistor comprises:
a region in which a current is concentrated; and
a region in which the current is not concentrated, and
the region in which the current is concentrated and the region in which the current is not concentrated alternate with each other.
16 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a light blocking layer positioned between the substrate and the semiconductor layer.
17 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of transistors include:
a first transistor;
a second transistor;
a third transistor;
fourth transistor;
a fifth transistor; and
a sixth transistor, and
wherein the driving transistor, the first transistor, the second transistor, the third transistor, the fourth transistor, the fifth transistor, and the sixth transistor are included in a pixel.
18 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein a length of the pixel in a second direction is about 35 μm or less.
19 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein a length of the pixel in a first direction is about 70 μm or less.
20 . The display device of claim 17 , further comprising:
a light-emitting element electrically connected to the sixth transistor.