IP Library Granted Patent US 9,117,783
Granted Patent B2
US 9,117,783 · App. 14/199,411 · Granted Aug 25, 2015

Organic light emitting diode display including a gate insulating layer supporting a driving voltage line and a data line

Inventor: Min-Hyun Jin (Yongin, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3262H01L27/3265H01L27/3276
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Patent No.
US 9,117,783
App. No.
14/199,411
Granted
Aug 25, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display including: a substrate; a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and including a switching semiconductor layer and a driving semiconductor layer connected to the switching semiconductor layer; a first gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer; a switching gate electrode and a driving gate electrode disposed on the first gate insulating layer and respectively overlapping with the switching semiconductor layer and the driving semiconductor layer; a second gate insulating layer disposed on the switching gate electrode and the driving gate electrode; a driving voltage line configured to transmit a driving voltage and disposed on the second gate insulating layer; an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the driving voltage line and the second gate insulating layer; and a data line configured to transmit a data signal and disposed on the interlayer insulating layer.

Claims (45)

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:

a substrate;

a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and comprising a switching semiconductor layer and a driving semiconductor layer connected to the switching semiconductor layer;

a first gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer;

a switching gate electrode and a driving gate electrode disposed on the first gate insulating layer and respectively overlapping with the switching semiconductor layer and the driving semiconductor layer;

a second gate insulating layer disposed on the switching gate electrode and the driving gate electrode;

a driving voltage line configured to transmit a driving voltage and disposed on the second gate insulating layer;

an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the driving voltage line and the second gate insulating layer; and

a data line configured to transmit a data signal and disposed on the interlayer insulating layer.

2. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) display of claim 1 , further comprising:

a storage capacitor overlapping with the driving gate electrode, wherein the storage capacitor comprises a first storage capacitive plate as the driving gate electrode; and

a second storage capacitive plate overlapping with the first storage capacitive plate and disposed on the second gate insulating layer.

3. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) display of claim 2 , wherein the second storage capacitive plate comprises an enlarged portion of the driving voltage line.

4. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) display of claim 3 , wherein the driving semiconductor layer is bent.

5. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) display of claim 4 , further comprising:

a compensation thin film transistor configured to compensate a threshold voltage of the driving transistor and connected to the driving transistor; and

a connection member formed with the same layer as the data line and connecting the driving gate electrode and a compensation semiconductor layer of the compensation thin film transistor.

6. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) display of claim 5 , wherein the driving gate electrode is connected to the connection member through a contact hole disposed in a capacitive opening disposed in the second storage capacitive plate, the second gate insulating layer, and the interlayer insulating layer.

7. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) display of claim 6 , further comprising:

a protective layer disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and the data line; and

an organic light emitting diode (OLED) disposed on the protective layer.

8. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:

a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and comprising a switching semiconductor layer and a driving semiconductor layer connected to the switching semiconductor layer;

a gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer;

a driving voltage line configured to transmit a driving voltage;

a data line configured to transmit a data signal;

an interlayer insulating layer to space-apart the driving voltage line and the data line,

a switching gate electrode overlapping the switching semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer;

a driving gate electrode overlapping the driving semiconductor layer disposed on the gate insulating layer;

a compensation thin film transistor configured to compensate a threshold voltage of the driving transistor and connected to the driving transistor; and

a connection member connecting the driving gate electrode and the compensation semiconductor layer of the compensation thin film transistor,

wherein:

the gate insulating layer supports the driving voltage line, the data line, and the interlayer insulating layer; and

the driving semiconductor layer comprises the connection member.

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

a substrate to support the semiconductor layer.

10. The OLED display of claim 8 , wherein the interlayer insulating layer is disposed on the driving voltage line.

11. The OLED display of claim 8 , wherein the interlayer insulating layer is disposed on the data line.

12. The OLED display of claim 8 , wherein the driving voltage line comprises an enlarged portion to form a storage capacitive plate.

13. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) display of claim 8 , wherein the driving semiconductor layer is bent.

14. The OLED display of claim 8 , further comprising:

a second gate insulating layer disposed on the switching gate electrode and the driving gate electrode.

15. The OLED display of claim 8 , further comprising:

a protective layer disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and the data line; and

an organic light emitting diode (OLED) disposed on the protective layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 6, 2014
From: JIN, MIN-HYUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032369/0238 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0062058 · May 30, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140353629A1 · Dec 4, 2014