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Granted Patent B2
US 12,268,061 · App. 17/022,826 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Yujin Jeon (Yongin-si, KR); Wonse Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Sukyoung Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Donghyeon Jang (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/131H10K50/8426G09G3/3233G09G2300/0426
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Patent No.
US 12,268,061
App. No.
17/022,826
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; pixels arranged in the display area, each of the pixels including a pixel circuit and a light-emitting diode; a driving voltage supply line arranged in the non-display area, the driving voltage supply line supplying a driving voltage to the pixels; a common voltage supply line arranged in the non-display area and electrically connected to an opposite electrode of the light-emitting diode to supply a common voltage; and a seal portion surrounding the display area. The common voltage supply line, the driving voltage supply line, and the seal portion are arranged in a direction away from the display area in an order of the common voltage supply line, the driving voltage supply line, and the seal portion.

Claims (80)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate comprising a display area displaying an image and a non-display area adjacent to the display area;

a plurality of pixels arranged in the display area, each of the plurality of pixels comprising:

a pixel circuit; and

a light-emitting diode including:

a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel circuit;

an emission layer; and

an opposite electrode;

a driving voltage supply line arranged in the non-display area, the driving voltage supply line supplying a driving voltage to the plurality of pixels;

a common voltage supply line arranged in the non-display area and electrically connected to the opposite electrode to supply a common voltage; and

a seal portion surrounding the display area,

wherein in a cross-sectional view of an area adjacent to a terminal portion, the common voltage supply line, the driving voltage supply line, and the seal portion are arranged in a direction away from the display area in an order of the common voltage supply line, the driving voltage supply line, and the seal portion such that a distance between a side of the display area facing the terminal portion and the common voltage supply line is less than a distance between the side of the display area and the driving voltage supply line in a direction perpendicular to the side of the display area.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the common voltage supply line is electrically connected to the opposite electrode through a connection electrode, the connection electrode and the pixel electrode being arranged on a same layer.

3. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising:

an auxiliary common voltage supply line arranged between the common voltage supply line and the display area, and

a switching circuit comprising at least one thin film transistor arranged between the common voltage supply line and the auxiliary common voltage supply line, the at least one thin film transistor supplying a data signal to the plurality of pixels.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the common voltage supply line and the auxiliary common voltage supply line have a same stacked structure and are electrically connected to each other through the connection electrode.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein an area in which the common voltage supply line, the auxiliary common voltage supply line, the connection electrode, and the opposite electrode are electrically connected to one another, is arranged around an upper portion of the switching circuit.

6. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the connection electrode electrically connected to the opposite electrode is arranged on the common voltage supply line.

7. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the driving voltage supply line includes a conductive line electrically connected to the plurality of pixels through the common voltage supply line and through an area where the common voltage supply line and the opposite electrode are electrically connected to each other.

8. The display device of claim 2 , wherein:

a planarization layer including at least one layer covers the common voltage supply line,

the connection electrode is arranged on the planarization layer and is electrically connected to the common voltage supply line through a contact hole of the planarization layer, and

the opposite electrode is electrically connected to the connection electrode through an opening of a pixel-defining layer covering at least a portion of the pixel electrode.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the display area includes:

a thin film transistor having a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode;

a first planarization layer provided in the planarization layer covering the source electrode;

a conductive line on the first planarization layer; and

a second planarization layer provided in the planarization layer covering the conductive line, wherein

the common voltage supply line includes a first layer and a second layer,

the first layer and the source electrode are arranged on a same layer, and

the second layer and the conductive line are arranged on a same layer.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein:

the connection electrode includes a plurality of holes,

the pixel-defining layer covers an edge of the connection electrode in which the plurality of holes are arranged, and

the opening of the pixel-defining layer exposes a portion of the connection electrode electrically connected to the opposite electrode.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display area includes:

a thin film transistor having a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode;

a first planarization layer covering the source electrode;

a conductive line on the first planarization layer; and

a second planarization layer covering the conductive line, wherein

the driving voltage supply line comprises a first layer and a second layer,

the first layer and the source electrode are arranged on a same layer, and

the second layer and the conductive line are arranged on a same layer.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the driving voltage supply line is arranged adjacent to the seal portion.

13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein at least a portion of the seal portion overlaps the driving voltage supply line.

14. A display device comprising:

a substrate comprising a display area displaying an image and a non-display area adjacent to the display area;

a plurality of pixels arranged in the display area, each of the plurality of pixels comprising:

a pixel circuit; and

a light-emitting diode including:

a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel circuit;

an emission layer; and

an opposite electrode;

a pixel-defining layer arranged on the pixel electrode;

a driving voltage supply line arranged in the non-display area, the driving voltage supply line supplying a driving voltage to the plurality of pixels; and

a common voltage supply line arranged in the non-display area and electrically connected to the opposite electrode to supply a common voltage, wherein

the common voltage supply line is electrically connected to the opposite electrode through a connection electrode, the connection electrode and the pixel electrode being arranged on a same layer,

the connection electrode overlaps a transistor in a plan view,

the connection electrode includes a plurality of holes,

the pixel-defining layer covers an edge of the connection electrode in which the plurality of holes are arranged, and

the driving voltage supply line includes a first layer that is disposed in a plurality of openings formed by a plurality of separate portions.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein:

a planarization layer including at least one layer covers the common voltage supply line,

the connection electrode is arranged on the planarization layer and is electrically connected to the common voltage supply line through a contact hole of the planarization layer, and

the opposite electrode is electrically connected to the connection electrode through an opening of the pixel-defining layer covering at least a portion of the pixel electrode.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the opening of the pixel-defining layer exposes a portion of the connection electrode electrically connected to the opposite electrode.

17. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the display area comprises:

a thin film transistor having a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode;

a first planarization layer covering the source electrode;

a conductive line on the first planarization layer; and

a second planarization layer covering the conductive line, wherein

the driving voltage supply line further comprises a second layer disposed under the first layer and electrically connected to the first laver,

the second layer and the source electrode are arranged on a same layer, and

the first layer and the conductive line are arranged on a same layer.

18. The display device of claim 14 , further comprising:

an auxiliary common voltage supply line electrically connected to the common voltage supply line through the connection electrode, the auxiliary common voltage supply line being arranged between the common voltage supply line and the display area, and

a switching circuit including at least one thin film transistor arranged between the common voltage supply line and the auxiliary common voltage supply line, the at least one thin film transistor supplying a data signal to the plurality of pixels.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the auxiliary common voltage supply line, the switching circuit, the common voltage supply line, and the driving voltage supply line are arranged in a direction away from the display area in an order of the auxiliary common voltage supply line, the switching circuit, the common voltage supply line, and the driving voltage supply line.

20. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the common voltage supply line and the driving voltage supply line are arranged in a direction away from the display area in an order of the common voltage supply line and the driving voltage supply line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 16, 2020
From: JEON, YUJIN; LEE, WONSE; KIM, SUKYOUNG; JANG, DONGHYEON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053792/0995 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0037057 · Mar 26, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210305347A1 · Sep 30, 2021
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