Display device and method of fabricating the same

1. A display device, comprising:

a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines; and

a plurality of pixels connected with the scan lines and the data lines,

wherein at least one pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises:

a pixel circuit having at least one transistor;

an insulating layer covering the pixel circuit;

a first electrode disposed on the insulating layer and electrically connected to the pixel circuit, the first electrode comprising at least one first region having a first resistance and a plurality of second regions having a second resistance higher than the first resistance;

a second electrode disposed on the insulating layer and spaced apart from the first electrode, the second electrode comprising at least one third region having a third resistance and a plurality of fourth regions having a fourth resistance higher than the third resistance; and

a light-emitting element electrically connected to the first electrode at one of the first regions and the second electrode at one of the third regions.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second regions are arranged to be spaced apart from each other in a first direction, and

the plurality of fourth regions are arranged to be spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the first region comprises a first electrode center region extending in the first direction, and a plurality of first electrode outer regions protruding from the first electrode center region in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and

the third region comprises a second electrode center region extending in the first direction, and a plurality of second electrode outer regions protruding from the second electrode center region in the second direction.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of first electrode outer regions and the plurality of second regions are alternately arranged in the first direction, and

the plurality of second electrode outer regions and the plurality of fourth regions are alternately arranged in the first direction.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of first electrode outer regions comprise a first outer region and a second outer region, and

the first electrode center region is disposed between the first outer region and the second outer region.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting element is disposed above or below one of the second regions and one of the fourth regions.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the light-emitting element comprises a plurality of light-emitting elements having a first end connected to one of the first regions and a second end connected to one of the third regions such that vertically adjacent light-emitting elements are separated from each other in alternating fashion with the second and the fourth regions disposed above and below the light-emitting elements.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second region and the fourth region comprise one of amorphous regions and ionized regions.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the ionized regions contains oxygen ions,

an amount of the oxygen ion contained in the second region is greater than an amount of the oxygen ion contained in the first region, and

an amount of the oxygen ion contained in the fourth region is greater than an amount of the oxygen ion contained in the third region.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first region and the third region include indium tin oxide, and

the second region and the fourth region include indium tin oxide doped with an oxygen ion.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first region and the third region include aluminum, and the second region and the fourth region include aluminum oxide.