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US 11,765,938 · App. 16/453,390 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Organic light emitting diode display device for reducing defects due to an overlay change

Inventor: Chang Soo Pyon (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/1216H01L27/124H01L27/1222H01L27/1225H10K59/1213H10K59/131
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Patent No.
US 11,765,938
App. No.
16/453,390
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display device includes: a substrate; a scan line configured to transfer a scan signal; a data line and a driving voltage line configured to transfer a data voltage and a driving voltage, respectively; a switching transistor including a switching drain electrode configured to output the data voltage; a driving transistor including a driving gate electrode connected with the switching drain electrode; a storage capacitor including a first storage electrode connected with the driving gate electrode and a second storage electrode connected with the driving voltage line; and an organic light emitting diode connected with a driving drain electrode of the driving transistor. The storage capacitor includes: a connector in which an edge of the second storage electrode is offset from an edge of the first storage electrode in a direction toward the center of the second storage electrode, and a storage compensator facing the connector.

Claims (49)

1. An organic light emitting diode display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a scan line on the substrate and configured to transfer a scan signal;

a data line and a driving voltage line crossing the scan line and configured to transfer a data voltage and a driving voltage, respectively;

a switching transistor connected with the scan line and the data line and comprising a switching drain electrode configured to output the data voltage;

a driving transistor comprising a driving gate electrode;

a storage capacitor comprising a first storage electrode connected with the driving gate electrode and a second storage electrode connected with the driving voltage line; and

an organic light emitting diode electrically connected with a driving drain electrode of the driving transistor,

wherein:

the first storage electrode is disposed between the substrate and the second storage electrode and includes first, second, third, and fourth sides, and a first corner cut portion disposed between the first side and the second side of the first storage electrode;

the first and the third sides of the first storage electrode are substantially parallel to each other and the second and the fourth sides of the first storage electrode are substantially parallel to each other;

the second storage electrode includes first, second, third, and fourth sides, a second corner cut portion disposed between the first side and the second side of the second storage electrode, and a third corner cut portion disposed between the third side and the fourth side of the second storage electrode;

the first and the third sides of the second storage electrode are substantially parallel to each other and the second and the fourth sides of the second storage electrode are substantially parallel to each other;

the second corner cut portion is apart from the first corner cut portion of the first storage electrode in a direction toward a center of the second storage electrode by a compensation margin width;

the third corner cut portion is apart from the third side and the fourth side of the first storage electrode in a direction toward the center of the second storage electrode;

the first, second, third, and fourth sides of the second storage electrode are respectively apart from the first, second, third, and fourth sides of the first storage electrode by a main margin width in a direction away from the center of the second storage electrode;

the storage capacitor comprises a connector, a storage compensator, and a main portion;

the connector comprises a corner portion comprising the third side and the fourth side of the first storage electrode and the third corner cut portion of the second storage electrode;

the storage compensator comprises the first corner cut portion and the second corner cut portion;

the main portion is where the first storage electrode and the second storage electrode overlap each other in a plan view; and

the first, second, third, and fourth sides of the first storage electrode, except the corner portion of the first storage electrode of the connector and the compensation margin width of the storage compensator, are covered by the second storage electrode in a plan view.

2. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , further comprising a semiconductor on the substrate and comprising a switching semiconductor of the switching transistor and a driving semiconductor of the driving transistor, which are apart from each other,

wherein a part of the driving semiconductor overlaps with the driving gate electrode.

3. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 2 , wherein the first storage electrode corresponds to the driving gate electrode, and the second storage electrode is on a same layer as the data line and the driving voltage line.

4. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 2 , wherein the driving semiconductor has at least one curved portion.

5. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a compensation transistor comprising a compensation gate electrode which is a part of the scan line, and a compensation source electrode and a compensation drain electrode in the semiconductor; and

a first data connector on a same layer as the data line and connecting the first storage electrode and the compensation drain electrode.

6. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 5 , wherein the first data connector is connected with a third corner of the first storage electrode.

7. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein the driving transistor further comprises a driving source electrode, and the driving source electrode is connected with the switching drain electrode.

8. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein the second storage electrode is concave at the third corner cut portion.

9. An organic light emitting diode display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a scan line on the substrate and configured to transfer a scan signal;

a data line and a driving voltage line crossing the scan line and configured to transfer a data voltage and a driving voltage, respectively;

a switching transistor connected with the scan line and the data line and comprising a switching drain electrode configured to output the data voltage;

a driving transistor comprising a driving gate electrode;

a storage capacitor comprising a first storage electrode connected with the driving gate electrode and a second storage electrode connected with the driving voltage line; and

an organic light emitting diode electrically connected with a driving drain electrode of the driving transistor,

wherein:

the first storage electrode is disposed between the substrate and the second storage electrode and includes first, second, third, and fourth sides, and a first corner cut portion disposed between the first side and the second side of the first storage electrode;

the first and the third sides of the first storage electrode are substantially parallel to each other and the second and the fourth sides of the first storage electrode are substantially parallel to each other;

the second storage electrode includes first, second, third, and fourth sides, a second corner cut portion disposed between the first side and the second side of the second storage electrode, and a third corner cut portion disposed between the third side and the fourth side of the second storage electrode;

the first and the third sides of the second storage electrode are substantially parallel to each other and the second and the fourth sides of the second storage electrode are substantially parallel to each other;

the second corner cut portion is apart from the first corner cut portion of the first storage electrode in a direction toward a center of the second storage electrode by a compensation margin width;

the third corner cut portion is apart from the third side and the fourth side of the first storage electrode in a direction toward the center of the second storage electrode;

the first, second, third, and fourth sides of the second storage electrode are respectively apart from the first, second, third, and fourth sides of the first storage electrode by a main margin width in a direction away from the center of the second storage electrode; and

the first, second, third, and fourth sides of the first storage electrode, except a corner portion, comprising the third side and the fourth side of the first storage electrode, and except the compensation margin width, are covered by the second storage electrode in a plan view.

10. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 9 , wherein the driving transistor further comprises a driving source electrode, and the driving source electrode is connected with the switching drain electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2019
From: PYON, CHANG SOO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050384/0710 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0146468 · Oct 27, 2014 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 14857690 · Sep 17, 2015
Related Publication 20190319083A1 · Oct 17, 2019