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Granted Patent B2
US 11,018,210 · App. 17/019,152 · Granted May 25, 2021

Display device

Inventors: Jonghyun Choi (Yongin-si, KR); Kinyeng Kang (Yongin-si, KR); Sunkwang Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Joosun Yoon (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3246G09G3/20G09G3/3225H01L21/28H01L51/5237G04C17/0091G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0439G09G2300/0465G09G2320/0209G09G2320/0223H01L51/5253
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Patent No.
US 11,018,210
App. No.
17/019,152
Granted
May 25, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate including a first surface, and a second surface opposite the first surface, and defining a through portion passing therethrough, a pixel array including a plurality of pixels surrounding the through portion at the first surface, a plurality of scan lines extending along a first direction for providing scan signals to the pixels, and a plurality of data lines extending along a second direction crossing the first direction for providing data signals to the pixels, the plurality of data lines including first and second data lines adjacent the through portion at different layers, and having at least a portion thereof curved along a perimeter of the through portion.

Claims (48)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate having a front surface and a rear surface, the substrate having a through hole passing from the front surface to the rear surface;

a plurality of pixels on the front surface of the substrate, the plurality of pixels being arranged in a display area around the through hole;

a plurality of scan lines extending along a first direction in the display area and providing scan signals to the plurality of pixels;

a plurality of data lines extending along a second direction crossing the first direction in the display area and providing data signals to the plurality of pixels, the plurality of data lines comprising a first data line and a second data line each including a curved section that is curved along a perimeter of the through hole;

an insulation layer interposed between the curved section of the first data line and the curved section of the second data line;

a dam in a non-display area between the display area and the through hole; and

an encapsulation layer on the plurality of pixels and including at least one inorganic layer and an organic layer,

wherein the curved sections of the first and second data lines are between the display area and the dam in the non-display area.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one inorganic layer of the encapsulation layer comprises a first inorganic layer and a second inorganic layer, and

the organic layer of the encapsulation layer is between the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer.

3. The device of claim 2 , wherein edges of the first and second inorganic layers are closer to the through hole than to an edge of the organic layer.

4. The device of claim 3 , wherein the first and second inorganic layers are in direct contact with each other around the through hole.

5. The device of claim 2 , wherein edges of the first and second inorganic layers correspond to an edge of the substrate which defines the through hole.

6. The device of claim 2 , wherein the curved sections of the first and second data lines are covered by the first inorganic layer, the organic layer, and the second inorganic layer of the encapsulation layer.

7. The device of claim 1 , wherein at least one selected from the first and the second data lines comprises:

a first portion in the display area; and

a second portion in the non-display area and comprising the curved section along the perimeter of the through hole,

wherein the first portion and the second portion are connected to each other via a contact hole in the insulation layer.

8. The device of claim 7 , wherein the contact hole in the insulation layer is located in the non-display area.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the curved sections of the first and second data lines do not overlap each other.

10. The device of claim 1 , wherein:

each of the plurality of pixels comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and

the intermediate layer overlaps at least one selected from the first and second data lines in the non-display area.

11. The device of claim 10 , wherein the intermediate layer comprises at least one selected from an organic emission layer, a hole transport layer, a hole injection layer, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer.

12. A display device comprising:

a substrate having a front surface and a rear surface, the substrate having a through hole passing from the front surface to the rear surface;

a plurality of pixels on the front surface of the substrate, the plurality of pixels being arranged in a display area around the through hole;

a plurality of scan lines extending along a first direction in the display area and providing scan signals to the plurality of pixels;

a plurality of data lines extending along a second direction crossing the first direction in the display area and providing data signals to the plurality of pixels, the plurality of data lines comprising a first data line and a second data line each including a curved section that is curved along a perimeter of the through hole in a non-display area;

an insulation layer interposed between the curved section of the first data line and the curved section the second data line;

a dam in the non-display area between the display area and the through hole; and

an encapsulation layer on the plurality of pixels and including at least one inorganic layer and an organic layer, wherein the curved sections of the first and second data lines are covered by the at least one inorganic layer and the organic layer.

13. The device of claim 12 , wherein the curved sections of the first and second data lines are between the display area and the dam in the non-display area.

14. The device of claim 12 , wherein an edge of the at least one inorganic layer is closer to the through hole than to an edge of the organic layer.

15. The device of claim 14 , wherein:

the at least one inorganic layer of the encapsulation layer comprises a first inorganic layer and a second inorganic layer with the organic layer therebetween, and

the first and second inorganic layers are in direct contact with each other around the through hole.

16. The device of claim 15 , wherein the edges of the first and second inorganic layers correspond to an edge of the substrate which defines the through hole.

17. The device of claim 12 , wherein at least one selected from the first and the second data lines comprises:

a first portion in the display area; and

a second portion in the non-display area and comprising the curved section along the perimeter of the through hole,

wherein the first portion and the second portion are connected to each other via a contact hole in the insulation layer.

18. The device of claim 17 , wherein the contact hole in the insulation layer is located in a region of the non-display area between the display area and the dam.

19. The device of claim 12 , wherein the curved sections of the first and second data lines do not overlap each other.

20. The device of claim 12 , wherein:

each of the plurality of pixels comprises a first electrode, a second electrode, and an intermediate layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, and

the intermediate layer overlaps at least one selected from the first and second data lines in the non-display area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 30, 2020
From: CHOI, JONGHYUN; KANG, KINYENG; KIM, SUNKWANG; YOON, JOOSUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054780/0253 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0172663 · Dec 4, 2015 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16389658 · Apr 19, 2019
Continuation 15217802 · Jul 22, 2016
Related Publication 20200411616A1 · Dec 31, 2020
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