IP Library Granted Patent US 10,431,604
Granted Patent B2
US 10,431,604 · App. 15/949,938 · Granted Oct 1, 2019

Display device

Inventors: Seung-Hwan Cho (Yongin-si, KR); Jong Hyun Choi (Seoul, KR); Kyung-Hoon Kim (Uiwang-si, KR); Dong Hwan Shim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Seon Young Choi (Gunpo-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L27/124G09G3/3233H01L27/1218H01L27/1248H01L27/156H01L27/3272H01L27/3276G09G3/3241G09G3/3648G09G2300/0413G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0842G09G2300/0861G09G2310/0262G09G2320/0209G09G2320/0219H01L51/0097H01L2251/5338
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 10,431,604
App. No.
15/949,938
Granted
Oct 1, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate including a main display portion, edge portions disposed at edges of the main display portion and including rounded corners, first side portions bent from the edge portions, and second side portions bent from the main display portion; scan lines and data lines that are disposed on the substrate; transistors connected to the scan lines and the data lines; and a data voltage transmission line connected to data lines that are disposed in the first side portions and the edge portions.

Claims (98)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate including:

a main display portion;

an edge portion disposed at one of edges of the main display portion; and

a first side portion bent from the edge portion;

scan lines disposed on the substrate;

data lines disposed on the substrate;

transistors connected to the scan lines and the data lines; and

a data voltage transmission line connected to a data line disposed in the first side portion and disposed on both the edge portion and the main display portion,

wherein the data line and the data voltage transmission line are disposed in different layers from each other.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate further comprises a second side portion bent from the main display portion.

3. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a driving circuit portion connected to the second side portion,

wherein the data voltage transmission line is connected between the driving circuit portion and the data line.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the first side portion extends in a first direction, and

the second side portion extends in a second direction different from the first direction.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein

the data lines extend in the first direction,

the data voltage transmission line extends in the second direction in the first side portion, and

the data voltage transmission line extends along the edge portion.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the data voltage transmission line comprises a first portion and a second portion which is disposed on a different layer from the first portion.

7. The display device of claim 6 , further comprising:

an insulation layer disposed between the first portion and the second portion.

8. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an insulation layer disposed between the data line and the data voltage transmission line,

wherein a contact hole is defined in the insulation layer, and

wherein the data voltage transmission line is connected to the data line through the contact hole.

9. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

driving voltage lines disposed on the substrate; and

a driving voltage transmission line which connects the driving voltage lines to each other.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the driving voltage transmission line crosses the driving voltage lines and extends in parallel with the data voltage transmission line.

11. The display device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a dummy pattern which overlaps the data lines and is connected to the data lines.

12. A display device comprising:

a substrate including:

a main display portion;

an edge portion disposed at one of edges of the main display portion; and

a first side portion bent from the edge portion;

scan lines disposed on the substrate;

data lines disposed on the substrate;

transistors connected to the scan lines and the data lines; and

a data voltage transmission line connected to a data line disposed in the first side portion and disposed on both the edge portion and the main display portion,

wherein the edge portion includes a rounded corner, and

the data voltage transmission line extends along an rounded edge of the rounded corner at the edge portion.

13. A display device comprising:

a substrate including:

a main display portion;

an edge portion disposed at one of edges of the main display portion; and

a first side portion bent from the edge portion;

scan lines disposed on the substrate;

data lines disposed on the substrate;

transistors connected to the scan lines and the data lines;

a data voltage transmission line connected to a data line disposed in the first side portion and disposed on both the edge portion and the main display portion;

driving voltage lines disposed on the substrate; and

a driving voltage transmission lines connected to the driving voltage lines,

wherein the data voltage transmission line and the driving voltage transmission line are disposed in a same layer as each other.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the driving voltage transmission line extends in a direction parallel with the driving voltage lines.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the driving voltage transmission line overlaps the driving voltage lines.

16. The display device of claim 15 , further comprising:

an insulation layer disposed between the driving voltage transmission line and the driving voltage line,

wherein a contact hole is defined in the insulation layer, and

wherein the driving voltage transmission line is connected to the driving voltage line through the contact hole.

17. A display device comprising:

a substrate including:

a main display portion;

an edge portion disposed at one of edges of the main display portion; and

a first side portion bent from the edge portion;

scan lines disposed on the substrate;

data lines disposed on the substrate;

transistors connected to the scan lines and the data lines;

a data voltage transmission line connected to a data line disposed in the first side portion and disposed on both the edge portion and the main display portion;

a shield layer disposed between the transistor and the data voltage transmission line; and

a driving voltage line disposed between the substrate and the shield layer,

wherein the shield layer is connected to the driving voltage line.

18. The display device of claim 17 , further comprising:

a first insulation layer disposed between the driving voltage line and the shield layer,

wherein a first contact hole is defined in the first insulation layer,

wherein the shield layer is connected to the driving voltage line through the first contact hole.

19. The display device of claim 18 , further comprising:

a second insulation layer disposed between the shield layer and the data voltage transmission line,

wherein a second contact hole is defined in the first insulation layer and the second insulation layer, and

wherein the data voltage transmission line is connected to the data line through the second contact hole.

20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein

an opening is defined in the shield layer,

wherein the opening surrounds the second contact hole.

21. A display device comprising:

a substrate including:

a main display portion;

an edge portion disposed at one of edges of the main display portion; and

a first side portion bent from the edge portion;

scan lines disposed on the substrate;

data lines disposed on the substrate;

transistors connected to the scan lines and the data lines;

a data voltage transmission line connected to a data line disposed in the first side portion and disposed on both the edge portion and the main display portion;

driving voltage lines disposed on the substrate;

a driving voltage transmission line which connects the driving voltage lines to each other; and

a shield pattern disposed adjacent to the data voltage transmission line and connected to at least one of the driving voltage lines.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 10, 2018
From: CHO, SEUNG-HWAN; CHOI, JONG HYUN; KIM, KYUNG-HOON; SHIM, DONG HWAN; CHOI, SEON YOUNG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0058475 · May 11, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180331124A1 · Nov 15, 2018
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