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Granted Patent B2
US 10,991,865 · App. 16/548,226 · Granted Apr 27, 2021

Display device

Inventors: Kyung Bae Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Min Jae Jeong (Yongin-si, KR); Chong Chul Chai (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L33/62H01L27/156
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Patent No.
US 10,991,865
App. No.
16/548,226
Granted
Apr 27, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixels; an electrode part including a first electrode in each pixel of the plurality of pixels on the substrate and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode on a same plane; a plurality of light emitting devices spaced apart from each other between the first electrode and the second electrode; a power line part including a first power line between the substrate and the first electrode, the first power line to receive a first driving power source, and a second power line between the substrate and the second electrode, the second power line to receive a second driving power source; and a shielding electrode line between the power line part and the first electrode, the shielding electrode line to receive the first driving power source.

Claims (50)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate; a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate;

an electrode part including a first electrode in each pixel of the plurality of pixels on the substrate and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode on a same plane;

a plurality of light emitting devices spaced apart from each other between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a power line part including a first power line between the substrate and the first electrode, the first power line to receive a first driving power source, and a second power line between the substrate and the second electrode, the second power line to receive a second driving power source; and

a shielding electrode line between the power line part and the first electrode, the shielding electrode line to receive the first driving power source.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shielding electrode line is between the power line part and the first electrode to prevent a vertical electric field effect caused by a driving circuit under the electrode part when the plurality of light emitting devices are aligned between the first electrode and the second electrode.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein:

the first electrode is connected to the first driving power source via the driving circuit, and

the second electrode is connected to the second driving power source.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a scan line between the substrate and the power line part, the scan line connecting the plurality of light emitting devices and the driving circuit, wherein

the scan line is under the shielding electrode line.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the driving circuit includes at least one transistor, wherein

the at least one transistor includes:

a semiconductor layer on the substrate, the semiconductor layer having a channel, a source electrode, and a drain electrode; and

a gate electrode on the semiconductor layer.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the gate electrode includes:

a first gate electrode on a gate insulating layer that is interposed between the first gate electrode and the semiconductor layer; and

a second gate electrode between the first gate electrode and the power line part.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shielding electrode line is between the power line part and the electrode part.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shielding electrode line extends to cover a region between adjacent pixels.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein:

the first electrode includes a first stem part extending in a first direction and a plurality of first branch parts extending from the first stem part in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and

the second electrode includes a second stem part extending in the first direction, and a plurality of second branch parts extending from the second stem part in the second direction, the plurality of second branch parts being alternately disposed with the plurality of first branch parts.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the shielding electrode line overlaps at least one of the first branch parts of the first electrode or the second branch parts of the second electrode.

11. The display device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein one of the plurality of first branch parts of the first electrode is at an outermost portion of each pixel,

wherein the shielding electrode line overlaps the one of the plurality of first branch parts of the first electrode at the outermost portion of each pixel, and extends to cover a region between adjacent pixels.

12. The display device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the shielding electrode line is connected to the first power line through a contact hole.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shielding electrode line and the second power line do not overlap each other in each pixel.

14. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the first electrode is an anode electrode of each pixel, and

the second electrode is a cathode electrode of each pixel.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein:

the first driving power source corresponds to a voltage for supplying a current to one of the first electrode and the second electrode, and

the second driving power source is applied to another one of the first electrode and the second electrode.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the shielding electrode line includes:

a first electrode part extending in a first direction; and

a second electrode part extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

17. A display device comprising:

a substrate; a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate;

an electrode part including a first electrode in each pixel of the plurality of pixels on the substrate and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode on a same plane;

a plurality of light emitting devices spaced apart from each other between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a power line part including a first power line between the substrate and the first electrode, the first power line having a first driving power source applied thereto, and a second power line between the substrate and the second electrode, the second power line having a second driving power source applied thereto; and

a shielding electrode line between the power line part and the first electrode, the shielding electrode line having the first driving power source applied thereto, wherein:

the first electrode includes a first stem part extending in a first direction and a plurality of first branch parts extending from the first stem part in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and

the second electrode includes a second stem part extending in the first direction, and a plurality of second branch parts extending from the second stem part in the second direction, the plurality of second branch parts being alternately disposed with the plurality of first branch parts, and wherein

the shielding electrode line includes a third stem part extending in the first direction and a plurality of third branch parts extending from the third stem part in the second direction.

18. The display device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein at least some of the third branch parts overlap at least one of the first branch parts or the second branch parts.

19. The display device as claimed in claim 18 , wherein one of the plurality of first branch parts is at an outermost portion of each pixel, wherein

one of the third branch parts overlaps the one of the plurality of first branch parts at the outermost portion of each pixel, and extends to cover a region between adjacent pixels.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2019
From: KIM, KYUNG BAE; JEONG, MIN JAE; CHAI, CHONG CHUL
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050136/0197 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0166357 · Dec 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200203587A1 · Jun 25, 2020
Cited By (1)
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