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US 10,622,429 · App. 15/966,260 · Granted Apr 14, 2020

Micro display device and display integrated circuit

Inventors: UnSang Yu (Paju-si, KR); Ho-Jin Kim (Seoul, KR); Gyungmin Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3262H01L27/1229H01L27/3248H01L27/3265
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Patent No.
US 10,622,429
App. No.
15/966,260
Granted
Apr 14, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A micro display device and a display integrated circuit are provided. Embodiments of the micro display device includes: a silicon substrate; a pixel array including a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a pixel array zone of the silicon substrate; and driver circuits positioned in a circuit zone disposed around the pixel array zone of the silicon substrate, in which all or some of transistors in the pixel array zone and transistors in the circuit zone have different current-voltage transmission characteristics, thereby having excellent driving performance and display performance.

Claims (47)

1. A micro display device, comprising:

a silicon substrate;

a pixel array including a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a pixel array zone of the silicon substrate; and

driver circuits disposed in a circuit zone of the silicon substrate,

wherein the circuit zone is positioned around the pixel array zone of the silicon substrate,

wherein all or some of transistors in the pixel array zone and transistors in the circuit zone have different current-voltage transmission characteristics,

wherein the current-voltage transmission characteristics of the transistors in the circuit zone are defined as a first current-voltage transmission graph showing a current change according to a voltage change,

wherein the current-voltage transmission characteristics of the transistors in the pixel array zone are defined as a second current-voltage transmission graph showing a current change according to a voltage change, and

wherein the slope in a current change section in the second current-voltage transmission graph is smaller than the slope in a current change section in the first current-voltage transmission graph.

2. The micro display device of claim 1 , wherein the transistors in the circuit zone are Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field-Effect Transistors (MOSFET) and the transistors in the pixel array zone are Thin Film Transistors (TFT).

3. The micro display device of claim 1 , wherein the transistors in the pixel array zone are one of an amorphous silicon TFT, a poly silicon TFT, an oxide TFT, and an organic TFT.

4. The micro display device of claim 1 , wherein the transistors in the circuit zone and the transistors in the pixel array zone are MOSFETs having different current-voltage transmission characteristics.

5. The micro display device of claim 1 , wherein a dummy zone exists between the circuit zone and the pixel array zone on the silicon substrate, and

a dummy pixel including a pixel electrode and a transistor having the same current-voltage transmission characteristic as the transistors in the pixel array zone exists in the dummy zone of the silicon substrate.

6. The micro display device of claim 1 , wherein the driver circuits include a source driver circuit, a gate driver circuit, a control driver circuit, and a power circuit.

7. The micro display device of claim 1 , wherein the sub-pixels each include:

an organic light emitting diode having a first electrode and a second electrode;

a driver transistor configured to drive the organic light emitting diode;

a first transistor electrically connected between a data line and a first node that is a gate node of the driver transistor; and

a capacitor electrically connected between the first node of the driver transistor and a second node that is a source node or a drain node of the driver transistor,

an encapsulation layer is disposed on the second electrode, and

the encapsulation layer extends from the pixel array zone to the circuit zone.

8. The micro display device of claim 7 , wherein the sub-pixels each further include a second transistor electrically connected between the second node of the driver transistor and a sense line.

9. The micro display device of claim 8 , wherein the first transistor and the second transistor in the pixel array zone are different in current-voltage transmission characteristic from the transistors in the circuit zone.

10. The micro display device of claim 8 , wherein one or more of the first transistor and the second transistor in the pixel array zone are the same in current-voltage transmission characteristic as the transistors in the circuit zone.

11. The micro display device of claim 7 , wherein the driver transistor in the pixel array zone is different in current-voltage transmission characteristic from the transistors in the circuit zone.

12. A micro display device, comprising:

a silicon substrate;

a pixel array including a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a pixel array zone of the silicon substrate; and

driver circuits disposed in a circuit zone of the silicon substrate,

wherein the circuit zone is positioned around the pixel array zone of the silicon substrate,

wherein all or some of transistors in the pixel array zone and transistors in the circuit zone have different current-voltage transmission characteristics, and

wherein channel characteristic values of the transistors in the circuit zone and channel characteristic values of the transistors in the pixel array zone are different from each other, and

the channel characteristic values include one or more of a channel length, a channel width, and a channel thickness.

13. The micro display device of claim 12 , wherein the channel length of the transistors in the circuit zone is smaller than the channel length of the transistors in the pixel array zone, and

the channel width or the channel thickness of the transistors in the circuit zone is larger than the channel width or the channel thickness of the transistors in the pixel array zone.

14. A display integrated circuit, comprising:

a silicon substrate;

a plurality of sub-pixels arranged in a pixel array zone of the silicon substrate; and

driver circuits disposed in a circuit zone of the silicon substrate,

wherein the circuit zone is positioned around the pixel array zone,

wherein transistors in the pixel array zone and transistors in the circuit zone have different current-voltage transmission characteristics, and

wherein the doping concentration of the transistors in the pixel array zone and the doping concentration of the transistors in the circuit zone are different from each other.

15. The display integrated circuit of claim 14 , wherein the doping concentration of the transistors in the circuit zone is higher than the doping concentration of the transistors in the pixel array zone.

16. The display integrated circuit of claim 14 , wherein the transistors in the pixel array zone and the transistors in the circuit zone are different kinds of transistors.

17. The display integrated circuit of claim 14 , wherein the transistors in the pixel array zone and the transistors in the circuit zone are the same kind of transistors.

18. The display integrated circuit of claim 17 , wherein channel characteristic values of the transistors in the pixel array zone and the channel characteristic values of the transistors in the circuit zone are different from each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2018
From: YU, UNSANG; KIM, HO-JIN; KIM, GYUNGMIN
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0056187 · May 2, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180323247A1 · Nov 8, 2018
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