IP Library Granted Patent US 7,184,006
Granted Patent B2
US 7,184,006 · App. 11/135,387 · Granted Feb 27, 2007

Organic electro luminescent display panel and fabricating method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,184,006
App. No.
11/135,387
Granted
Feb 27, 2007
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided an organic EL display panel having a pixel circuit that increases the panel's aperture ratio by an improved structure of a unit pixel. The present invention discloses an organic EL display panel including at least one pixel circuit for driving each pixel, wherein the pixel circuit comprises at least one organic light emitting element, at least two thin film transistors and at least one capacitor per pixel. The thin film transistors respectively comprise a gate electrode and a semiconductor layer in which a channel region, a source region and a drain region are formed. The conductive layer contacted on the gate electrode of one of the thin film transistors is coupled to another thin film transistor and at least one capacitor.

Claims (34)

1. An organic electro luminescent (EL) display panel comprising at least one pixel circuit for driving each pixel, wherein the pixel circuit comprises:

at least one organic light emitting element per pixel;

at least two thin film transistors per pixel; and

at least one capacitor per pixel,

wherein the thin film transistors respectively comprise a gate electrode and a semiconductor layer in which a channel region, a source region and a drain region are formed; and

wherein a conductive layer contacted on the gate electrode of one of thin film transistors is coupled to another thin film transistor and at least one capacitor.

2. The organic EL display panel of claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor layer of the thin film transistors is formed as a common layer.

3. The organic EL display panel of claim 1 , further comprising:

a data line and a power line in parallel to each other; and

a scan line, an emission control line, and a boost control line in parallel to each other and intersecting the data line and the power line,

wherein a first region is defined by the data line, the power line, the scan line, and the emission control line;

wherein a second region is defined by the boost control line, the emission control line, the data line, and the power line, and

wherein the pixel circuit is formed in the first region and the second region.

4. The organic EL display panel of claim 3 ,

wherein the at least two thin film transistors are formed in the first region; and

wherein the at least one capacitor and the organic light emitting element are formed in the second region.

5. The organic EL display panel of claim 3 , wherein the pixel circuit includes:

a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor for transporting a data current from the data line in response to a selection signal from the scan line;

a third thin film transistor for supplying a driving current to the organic light emitting element;

a fourth thin film transistor for transporting the driving current from the third thin film transistor to the organic light emitting element;

a first capacitor to be charged to a first voltage corresponding to the data current from the first thin film transistor; and

a second capacitor coupled between the first capacitor and the boost control line for changing the first voltage of the first capacitor to a second voltage,

wherein the third thin film transistor is diode-coupled while the data current is transported from the first thin film transistor and the second thin film transistor.

6. The organic EL display panel of claim 5 ,

wherein the first thin film transistor is formed in a region where the data line and the scan line intersect,

wherein the second thin film transistor is formed in a region where the data line and the emission control line intersect,

wherein the third thin film transistor is formed in a region where the scan line and the power line intersect, and

wherein the fourth thin film transistor is formed across the emission control line.

7. The organic EL display panel of claim 6 , wherein a drain region of the first thin film transistor is coupled to the third thin film transistor and the capacitors by the conductive layer.

8. The organic EL display panel of claim 7 , wherein the conductive layer has a “L” like shape starting from the drain region of the first thin film transistor, passing over a gate electrode of the third thin film transistor, and traversing the emission control line.

9. The organic EL display panel of claim 8 , wherein the gate electrode of the third thin film transistor is coupled to the drain region of the first thin film transistor and the capacitors via the conductive layer through a contact hole exposing the gate electrode of the third thin film transistor.

10. The organic EL display panel of claim 9 , wherein the third thin film transistor is coupled to the second thin film transistor through the semiconductor layer, and

wherein the semiconductor layer extends across the emission control line to the second region to form a drain region of the fourth thin film transistor.

11. The organic EL display panel of claim 6 , wherein the conductive layer is formed on a same insulation film and is formed of a same material as the data line and the power line.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 29, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028868/0425 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022024/0026 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 24, 2005
From: KIM, KEUM-NAM
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016594/0686 →