Display device
A display device includes: a light emitting element on a substrate; a first transistor to control a driving current to flow through the light emitting element; a second transistor to supply a data voltage to a source electrode of the first transistor; a third transistor electrically connecting a gate electrode of the first transistor and a drain electrode of the first transistor to each other; a fourth transistor to supply a driving voltage to the gate electrode of the first transistor; and a fifth transistor to supply the driving voltage to the drain electrode of the first transistor.
1 . A display device comprising:
a light emitting element on a substrate;
a first transistor configured to control a driving current to flow through the light emitting element;
a second transistor configured to supply a data voltage to a source electrode of the first transistor;
a third transistor electrically connecting a gate electrode of the first transistor and a drain electrode of the first transistor to each other;
a fourth transistor configured to supply a driving voltage to the gate electrode of the first transistor; and
a fifth transistor configured to supply the driving voltage to the drain electrode of the first transistor,
wherein the driving voltage supplied by the fourth transistor and the driving voltage supplied by the fifth transistor are from a same driving voltage line, and
wherein, in a plan view, the fourth transistor and the fifth transistor overlap with the same driving voltage line.
2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first transistor comprises a bias electrode electrically connected to a first electrode of the light emitting element.
3 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a sixth transistor electrically connecting the source electrode of the first transistor and a first electrode of the light emitting element to each other;
a seventh transistor configured to discharge the first electrode of the light emitting element to an initialization voltage; and
a first capacitor between the gate electrode of the first transistor and the first electrode of the light emitting element.
4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the second and third transistors are configured to be turned on based on a first gate signal,
the seventh transistor is configured to be turned on based on a second gate signal,
the fourth transistor is configured to be turned on based on a third gate signal, and
the fifth and sixth transistors are configured to be turned on based on an emission signal.
5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the third gate signal has a high level during a first period, the first gate signal has a high level during a second period after the first period, the second gate signal has a high level during a third period comprising the first period and the second period, and the emission signal has a high level during a fourth period after the third period.
6 . A display device comprising:
a light emitting element on a substrate;
a first transistor configured to control a driving current to flow through the light emitting element;
a second transistor configured to supply a data voltage to a source electrode of the first transistor;
a third transistor electrically connecting a gate electrode of the first transistor and a drain electrode of the first transistor to each other;
a fourth transistor connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor to supply a driving voltage to the gate electrode of the first transistor;
a fifth transistor configured to supply the driving voltage to the drain electrode of the first transistor;
a sixth transistor electrically connecting the source electrode of the first transistor and a first electrode of the light emitting element to each other;
a seventh transistor configured to discharge the first electrode of the light emitting element to an initialization voltage; and
an eighth transistor configured to supply the driving voltage to the fourth transistor,
wherein the driving voltage supplied by the fifth transistor and the driving voltage supplied by the eight transistor are from a same driving voltage line, and
wherein the seventh transistor and the eighth transistor are configured to be concurrently turned on or concurrently turned off with each other according to a same gate signal.
7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the first transistor comprises a bias electrode electrically connected to the first electrode of the light emitting element.
8 . The display device of claim 6 , further comprising a first capacitor between the gate electrode of the first transistor and the first electrode of the light emitting element.
9 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the second and third transistors are configured to be turned on based on a first gate signal,
the seventh and eighth transistors are configured to be turned on based on a second gate signal,
the fourth transistor is configured to be turned on based on a third gate signal, and
the fifth and sixth transistors are configured to be turned on based on an emission signal.
10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the third gate signal has a high level during a first period, the first gate signal has a high level during a second period after the first period, the second gate signal has a high level during a third period comprising the first period and the second period, and the emission signal has a high level during a fourth period after the third period.
11 . A display device comprising:
a light emitting element on a substrate;
a first transistor configured to control a driving current to flow through the light emitting element;
a second transistor configured to supply a data voltage to a source electrode of the first transistor;
a third transistor electrically connecting a gate electrode of the first transistor and a drain electrode of the first transistor to each other;
a fourth transistor connected to the gate electrode of the first transistor;
a fifth transistor configured to supply a driving voltage to the drain electrode of the first transistor;
a sixth transistor electrically connecting the source electrode of the first transistor and a first electrode of the light emitting element to each other;
a seventh transistor configured to discharge the first electrode of the light emitting element to an initialization voltage;
an eighth transistor configured to supply the driving voltage to the fourth transistor;
a metal layer on the substrate, and comprising a bias electrode of the first transistor;
an active layer on the metal layer, and comprising a semiconductor region of the first transistor;
a first gate layer on the active layer, and comprising the gate electrode of the first transistor;
a second gate layer on the first gate layer;
a first source metal layer on the second gate layer; and
a second source metal layer on the first source metal layer, and comprising a data line extending in a first direction.
12 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first source metal layer comprises a first connection electrode electrically connecting the data line and a drain electrode of the second transistor to each other.
13 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first source metal layer comprises a second connection electrode electrically connecting the gate electrode of the first transistor and a drain electrode of the third transistor to each other.
14 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the metal layer comprises an initialization voltage line configured to supply the initialization voltage, and
the initialization voltage line comprises:
a first portion extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and electrically connected to the seventh transistor; and
a second portion extending in the first direction, and connected to the first portion.
15 . The display device of claim 14 , wherein the first source metal layer comprises a third connection electrode electrically connecting the first portion of the initialization voltage line and a source electrode of the seventh transistor to each other.
16 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first gate layer comprises a first capacitor electrode comprising the gate electrode of the first transistor, and
the second gate layer comprises a second capacitor electrode overlapping with the first capacitor electrode.
17 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein the first source metal layer comprises a first anode connection electrode connected to the second capacitor electrode, and
the second source metal layer comprises a second anode connection electrode electrically connecting the first anode connection electrode and the first electrode of the light emitting element to each other.
18 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the second source metal layer comprises a driving voltage line configured to supply the driving voltage, and
the first source metal layer comprises a fourth connection electrode electrically connecting a drain electrode of the fifth transistor and the driving voltage line to each other.
19 . The display device of claim 11 , further comprising a plurality of pixels, at least one of the pixels comprising the first through eighth transistors and the light emitting element,
wherein, in first and second pixels that are adjacent to each other in the first direction from among the pixels, the drain electrode of the fifth transistor of the first pixel is integral with a drain electrode of the eighth transistor of the second pixel.
20 . The display device of claim 19 , wherein, in third and fourth pixels that are adjacent to each other in a second direction crossing the first direction from among the pixels, the source electrode of the seventh transistor of the third pixel is integral with the source electrode of the seventh transistor of the fourth pixel.