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Granted Patent B2
US 10,985,234 · App. 16/984,045 · Granted Apr 20, 2021

Organic light emitting diode display

Inventors: Se-Ho Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Jin-Woo Park (Yongin-si, KR); Won-Se Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3276H01L27/3248H01L27/3258H01L27/3262H01L27/3265H01L27/3297G09G3/3225G09G2300/0809H01L27/124H01L27/1255
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Patent No.
US 10,985,234
App. No.
16/984,045
Granted
Apr 20, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate, a scan line on the substrate for transferring a scan signal, a data line crossing the scan line and for transferring a data signal, a driving voltage line crossing the scan line and for transferring a driving voltage, a switching thin film transistor coupled to the scan line and the data line, a driving thin film transistor coupled to a switching drain electrode of the switching thin film transistor, and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) coupled to a driving drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor, wherein a driving semiconductor layer of the driving thin film transistor is bent and in a plane substantially parallel to the substrate.

Claims (50)

1. An organic light emitting diode display comprising:

a substrate;

a scanning line on the substrate;

a data line crossing the scanning line;

a first thin film transistor coupled to the scanning line and the data line;

a first voltage line crossing the scanning line;

an organic light emitting diode;

a second thin film transistor;

a third thin film transistor;

a fourth thin film transistor;

a second voltage line crossing the data line and the first voltage line;

a fifth thin film transistor electrically coupled to the fourth thin film transistor, the organic light emitting diode, and the second voltage line; and

a storage capacitor electrically coupled to a gate electrode of the third thin film transistor,

wherein the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, and the fourth thin film transistor are successively electrically coupled to each other from the first voltage line to the organic light emitting diode, and

wherein the third thin film transistor is electrically coupled to the first thin film transistor.

2. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , wherein the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, and the fourth thin film transistor are electrically coupled by a semiconductor layer.

3. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2 , wherein the fifth thin film transistor is electrically coupled by the semiconductor layer.

4. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 3 , further comprising a sixth thin film transistor electrically coupled to the gate electrode of the third thin film transistor.

5. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 4 , further comprising a pixel electrode electrically coupled to the organic light emitting diode.

6. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 5 , wherein the pixel electrode overlaps the storage capacitor.

7. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , wherein the storage capacitor comprises a first metal layer comprising the gate electrode of the third thin film transistor, an insulating layer over the first metal layer, and a second metal layer over the first metal layer.

8. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 7 , wherein the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, and the fourth thin film transistor are electrically coupled by a semiconductor layer.

9. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 8 , wherein the fifth thin film transistor is electrically coupled by the semiconductor layer.

10. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 9 , further comprising a sixth thin film transistor electrically coupled to the gate electrode of the third thin film transistor.

11. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 10 , further comprising a pixel electrode electrically coupled to the organic light emitting diode.

12. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 11 , wherein the pixel electrode overlaps the storage capacitor.

13. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , further comprising:

a third voltage line crossing the data line and the first voltage line;

a sixth thin film transistor electrically coupled to the gate electrode of the third thin film transistor; and

a seventh thin film transistor electrically coupled to the sixth thin film transistor and the third voltage line,

wherein the third voltage line is electrically connected to the second voltage line through the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, the fourth thin film transistor, the fifth thin film transistor, the sixth thin film transistor, and the seventh thin film transistor.

14. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 13 , wherein the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, and the fourth thin film transistor are electrically coupled by a semiconductor layer.

15. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 14 , wherein the fifth thin film transistor is electrically coupled by the semiconductor layer.

16. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 15 , further comprising a pixel electrode electrically coupled to the organic light emitting diode.

17. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 16 , wherein the pixel electrode overlaps the storage capacitor.

18. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 13 , wherein the storage capacitor comprises a first metal layer comprising the gate electrode of the third thin film transistor, an insulating layer over the first metal layer, and a second metal layer over the first metal layer.

19. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 18 , wherein the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, and the fourth thin film transistor are electrically coupled by a semiconductor layer.

20. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 19 , wherein the fifth thin film transistor is electrically coupled by the semiconductor layer.

21. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 20 , further comprising a pixel electrode electrically coupled to the organic light emitting diode.

22. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 21 , wherein the pixel electrode overlaps the storage capacitor.

23. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , further comprising a semiconductor layer curved under a gate electrode of the second thin film transistor.

24. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 23 , wherein the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, and the fourth thin film transistor are electrically coupled by the semiconductor layer.

25. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 24 , wherein the fifth thin film transistor is electrically coupled by the semiconductor layer.

26. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 25 , further comprising a sixth thin film transistor electrically coupled to the gate electrode of the third thin film transistor.

27. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 23 , wherein the storage capacitor comprises a first metal layer comprising the gate electrode of the third thin film transistor, an insulating layer over the first metal layer, and a second metal layer over the first metal layer.

28. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 27 , wherein the second thin film transistor, the third thin film transistor, and the fourth thin film transistor are electrically coupled by the semiconductor layer.

29. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 28 , wherein the fifth thin film transistor is electrically coupled by the semiconductor layer.

30. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 29 , further comprising a sixth thin film transistor electrically coupled to the gate electrode of the third thin film transistor.

31. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 30 , further comprising a pixel electrode electrically coupled to the organic light emitting diode.

32. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 31 , wherein the pixel electrode overlaps the storage capacitor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2020
From: KIM, SE-HO; PARK, JIN-WOO; LEE, WON-SE
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053608/0308 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0084976 · Aug 2, 2012 · national
Continuity (7)
Continuation 16659372 · Oct 21, 2019
Continuation 16261450 · Jan 29, 2019
Continuation 15900715 · Feb 20, 2018
Continuation 15603309 · May 23, 2017
Continuation 15238449 · Aug 16, 2016
Continuation 13952508 · Jul 26, 2013
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