Display apparatus
View Patent ↗A display apparatus including a display panel including a pixel electrode and a plurality of first signal lines transmitting a driving signal to the pixel electrode, a conductive member on the first signal lines, the conductive member having a resin, and a second signal line on the conductive member, the second signal line having an opening through which the resin travels to couple the second signal line with one of the first signal lines.
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a display panel comprising:
a first substrate including a plurality of first signal lines disposed spaced apart from each other, and
a second substrate which faces the first substrate to dispose the plurality of first signal lines therebetween,
wherein end portions of the plurality of first signal lines of the first substrate extend further than an edge of the second substrate to be elongated from the edge in a first direction, the end portions being arranged adjacent to each other in a second direction that is substantially perpendicular to the first direction; and
a first film overlapping the end portions which extend further than the edge of the second substrate in the first direction, the first film comprising:
a base, and
a plurality of second signal lines on the base of the first film,
wherein
one second signal line of the first film is branched into a plurality of second signal line portions spaced apart from each other and arranged adjacent to each other on the base of the first film in the second direction, and
the second signal line portions of the one second signal line which are arranged adjacent to each other in the second direction overlaps a same end portion among end portions of the plurality of first signal lines of the first substrate, and are electrically connected to the same end portion.
2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first signal lines comprise:
a gate signal line which receives a first driving signal, and
a data signal line which receives a second driving signal,
wherein the data signal line crosses the gate signal line.
3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the display panel further comprises a thin film transistor adjacent to a region where the gate signal line crosses the data signal line.
4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the display panel further comprises:
a plurality of third signal lines,
wherein the third signal lines comprise a driving voltage line, having a first area, to receive a driving voltage, and a timing signal line, having a second area that is less than the first area, to receive a timing signal.
5. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein
the first signal lines comprise:
a gate signal line which receives a first driving signal, and
a data signal line which receives a second driving signal,
wherein the data signal line crosses the gate signal line, and
the third signal lines comprise:
a plurality of driving voltage lines,
wherein the driving voltage lines include a gate turn-on signal line to apply a gate turn-on signal to the gate line and a gate turn-off signal line to apply a gate turn-off signal to the gate line.
6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second film which includes a resin including a conductive particle and is between the first signal lines and the second signal lines.
7. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein
the first film further includes a plurality of ejection openings respectively between adjacent second signal line portions of the one second signal line, and
a height of the resin disposed in an ejection opening is greater than a height of the resin disposed between the one first signal line and the second signal line portions.
8. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein each of the second signal line portions has substantially the same width.
9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein each of the ejection openings has substantially the same width.
10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
11. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
12. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein each of the ejection openings has substantially the same width.
13. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
14. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
15. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein each of the second signal line portions has substantially the same width.
16. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein
the first film further includes a plurality of ejection openings respectively between adjacent second signal line portions of the one second signal line, and
each of the ejection openings has substantially the same width.
17. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
18. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein
the first film further includes a plurality of ejection openings respectively between adjacent second signal line portions of the one second signal line, and
the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
19. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein
the first film further includes a plurality of ejection openings respectively between adjacent second signal line portions of the one second signal line, and
each of the ejection openings has substantially the same width.
20. The display apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
21. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein
the first film further includes a plurality of ejection openings respectively between adjacent second signal line portions of the one second signal line, and
the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
22. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein
the first film further includes a plurality of ejection openings respectively between adjacent second signal line portions of the one second signal line, and
a height of the resin disposed in an ejection opening is greater than a height of the resin disposed between the one first signal line and the second signal line portions.
23. The display apparatus of claim 22 , wherein each of the second signal line portions has substantially the same width.
24. The display apparatus of claim 23 , wherein a sum area of the second signal line portions is smaller than an area of the one first signal line.
25. The display apparatus of claim 24 , wherein the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
26. The display apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
27. The display apparatus of claim 22 , wherein each of the ejection openings has substantially the same width.
28. The display apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
29. The display apparatus of claim 22 , wherein the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
30. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the second signal line portions has substantially the same width.
31. The display apparatus of claim 30 , wherein
the first film further includes a plurality of ejection openings respectively between adjacent second signal line portions of the one second signal line, and
each of the ejection openings has substantially the same width.
32. The display apparatus of claim 31 , wherein the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
33. The display apparatus of claim 30 , wherein
the first film further includes a plurality of ejection openings respectively between adjacent second signal line portions of the one second signal line, and
the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
34. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the first film further includes a plurality of ejection openings respectively between adjacent second signal line portions of the one second signal line, and
each of the ejection openings has substantially the same width.
35. The display apparatus of claim 34 , wherein the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
36. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the first film further includes a plurality of ejection openings respectively between adjacent second signal line portions of the one second signal line, and
the ejection openings are substantially parallel with the second signal line portions.
37. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
the first film further includes an ejection opening between adjacent second signal line portions.
38. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second signal line comprises a same material as the second signal line portions.
39. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the second film resin including the conductive particle is spaced apart from the first film base.