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Granted Patent B2
US 11,322,065 · App. 16/852,356 · Granted May 3, 2022

Display device preventing a common voltage drop and minimizing a bezel

Inventors: Tae Hoon Kim (Cheonan-si, KR); Won Kyu Kwak (Seongnam-si, KR); Han-Sung Bae (Seongnam-si, KR)
G09G3/20G09G2310/0275G09G2330/028
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Patent No.
US 11,322,065
App. No.
16/852,356
Granted
May 3, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; an external common voltage line disposed in the non-display area; a plurality of pixels and a common voltage line disposed in the display area; and a driving voltage line connected to each of the plurality of pixels, wherein a subset of the plurality of pixels overlaps the common voltage line in the display area in a plan view, and the external common voltage line and the common voltage line are connected to each other.

Claims (73)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate including a display area and a non-display area;

an external common voltage line disposed in the non-display area;

a plurality of pixels and a common voltage line disposed in the display area;

a driving voltage line connected to each of the plurality of pixels; and

an external initialization voltage line and an external driving voltage line disposed in the non-display area,

wherein a subset of the plurality of pixels overlaps the common voltage line in the display area in a plan view,

the external common voltage line and the common voltage line are connected to each other,

each of the external initialization voltage line, the external driving voltage line, and the external common voltage line includes a plurality of portions that are separated from each other, and

each of the plurality of portions is connected to each other through a connecting member.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the driving voltage line is indirectly connected to the subset of the plurality of pixels via a driving voltage connection line.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the external common voltage line is disposed to surround four edges of the display area.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the common voltage line further includes a transverse common voltage line and a longitudinal common voltage line.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the external common voltage line is divided via the display area.

6. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein each of the external initialization voltage line, the external driving voltage line, and the external common voltage line has a multi-layered structure.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the connecting member is disposed on a same layer as a gate line, a data line, or a pixel electrode in the display area.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein

the connecting member includes a first connecting member disposed on a same layer as the gate line and a second connecting member disposed on a same layer as the pixel electrode, and

the first connecting member and the second connecting member overlap each other in the plan view.

9. A display device comprising:

a substrate including a display area and a non-display area;

an external common voltage line disposed in the non-display area;

a plurality of pixels and a common voltage line disposed in the display area;

a driving voltage line connected to each of the plurality of pixels; and

a driving voltage connection line disposed in the display area and crossing the driving voltage line,

wherein a subset of the plurality of pixels overlaps the common voltage line in the display area in a plan view,

the external common voltage line and the common voltage line are connected to each other,

a width of the driving voltage connection line decreases where the common voltage line and the driving voltage connection line overlap.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein

the driving voltage connection line, the driving voltage line, and the common voltage line are disposed on different layers from each other, and

the driving voltage connection line is disposed to be closer to the substrate than the driving voltage line and the common voltage line.

11. The display device of claim 9 , further comprising

a common electrode in contact with the external common voltage line in the non-display area.

12. A display device comprising:

a substrate including a display area and a non-display area;

an external common voltage line disposed in the non-display area;

a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area;

a driving voltage line connected to each of the plurality of pixels;

a plurality of common voltage lines disposed in the display area; and

an external initialization voltage line and an external driving voltage line disposed in the non-display area,

wherein the external common voltage line and the plurality of common voltage lines are connected to each other, and

each of the external initialization voltage line, the external driving voltage line, and the external common voltage line includes a plurality of portions that are separated from each other, and

each of the plurality of portions is connected to each other through a connecting member.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the external common voltage line is disposed to surround four edges of the display area.

14. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the plurality of common voltage lines and the driving voltage line are disposed on a same layer.

15. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

each of the plurality of common voltage lines further includes a transverse common voltage line and a longitudinal common voltage line.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein

the plurality of common voltage lines are disposed farther from the substrate than the driving voltage line, and

an insulating layer is disposed between the plurality of common voltage lines and the driving voltage line.

17. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the external common voltage line is divided via the display area.

18. The display device of claim 12 ,

wherein each of the external initialization voltage line, the external driving voltage line, and the external common voltage line has a multi-layered structure.

19. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the connecting member is disposed on a same layer as a gate line, a data line, or a pixel electrode in the display area.

20. A display device comprising:

a substrate including a display area and a non-display area;

an external common voltage line disposed in the non-display area;

a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area;

a driving voltage line connected to each of the plurality of pixels;

a plurality of common voltage lines disposed in the display area; and

a driving voltage connection line disposed in the display area and crossing the driving voltage line,

wherein the external common voltage line and the plurality of common voltage lines are connected to each other, and

a width of the driving voltage connection line decreases where the common voltage line and the driving voltage connection line overlap.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 19, 2020
From: KIM, TAE HOON; KWAK, WON KYU; BAE, HAN-SUNG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052436/0100 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0045420 · Apr 18, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200335025A1 · Oct 22, 2020
Cited By (1)
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