Display device including sensor capacitor and light emitting device that contact same face of insulating layer
A display device may include a first transistor, a light emitting device, a sensor capacitor, and an insulating layer. The light emitting device may be electrically connected to the first transistor and may include a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a light-emitting member positioned between the pixel electrode and the common electrode. The sensor capacitor may include a first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode, and a dielectric layer. The dielectric layer may be positioned between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode, may directly contact both the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode, and may not emit light. The second capacitor electrode may be electrically connected to the common electrode. A face of the insulating layer may directly contact each of the pixel electrode and the first capacitor electrode.
1. A display device comprising:
a first transistor;
a second transistor;
a light emitting device electrically connected to an electrode of the first transistor and comprising a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a light emitting member positioned between the pixel electrode and the common electrode;
a sensor capacitor electrically connected to an electrode of the second transistor and comprising a first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode, and a dielectric layer positioned between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode, directly contacting both the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode, and not configured to emit light, wherein the second capacitor electrode is electrically connected to the common electrode, and wherein a material of the electrode of the second transistor is identical to a material of the electrode of the first transistor; and
an insulating layer, wherein a face of the insulating layer directly contacts each of the pixel electrode and the first capacitor electrode,
wherein the electrode of the second transistor is electrically connected to the first capacitor electrode, and wherein a minimum distance from the electrode of the second transistor to the second capacitor electrode is equal to a minimum distance from the electrode of the first transistor to the common electrode.
2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a pixel definition layer directly contacting the insulating layer, including an opening that exposes the pixel electrode, and including an opening that exposes the first capacitor electrode.
3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a material of the first capacitor electrode is identical to a material of the pixel electrode.
4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a minimum distance between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode is equal to a minimum distance between the pixel electrode and the common electrode.
5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the dielectric layer is equal to a thickness of the light emitting member.
6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer directly contacts the first transistor.
7. A display device comprising:
a first transistor;
a second transistor;
a light emitting device comprising a pixel electrode, a common electrode, and a light emitting member positioned between the pixel electrode and the common electrode;
a sensor capacitor comprising a first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode, and a dielectric layer positioned between the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode, directly contacting both the first capacitor electrode and the second capacitor electrode, and not configured to emit light, wherein the second capacitor electrode is electrically connected to the common electrode; and
an insulating layer, wherein a face of the insulating layer directly contacts each of the pixel electrode and the first capacitor electrode, wherein the insulating layer has a first contact hole and a second contact hole, wherein a portion of the pixel electrode extends through the first contact hole from the face of the insulating layer to the first transistor, wherein a portion of the first capacitor electrode extends through the second contact hole from the face of the insulating layer to the second transistor, wherein a first direction is perpendicular to the face of the insulating layer, and wherein a length of the portion of the pixel electrode in the first direction is equal to a length of the portion of the first capacitor electrode in the first direction.