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Granted Patent B2
US 11,444,145 · App. 17/066,019 · Granted Sep 13, 2022

Display device

Inventors: Hyung Chul Lim (Cheonan-si, KR); Won Ho Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Jeong Ho Lee (Asan-si, KR); Yang Hee Kim (Yongin-si, KR); SoYeon Park (Seoul, KR); Sung Woo Jung (Cheonan-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3276H01L27/323H01L27/3246
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Patent No.
US 11,444,145
App. No.
17/066,019
Granted
Sep 13, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a pixel structure, a lighting circuit part, a driving integrated circuit part, a first lighting wire, a second lighting wire, and a connection electrode. The substrate includes a display area and a pad area. The pixel structure is on the substrate in the display area to emit light. The lighting circuit part is on the substrate in the pad area, and is electrically coupled to the pixel structure. The first lighting wire is spaced apart from a first side of the driving integrated circuit part in a first direction, and is coupled to the lighting circuit part. The second lighting wire is spaced apart from a second side facing the first side of the driving integrated circuit part in a second direction opposite to the first direction. The connection electrode electrically couples the first lighting wire and the second lighting wire to each other.

Claims (41)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate comprising a display area and a pad area;

a pixel structure on the substrate in the display area to emit light;

a lighting circuit part on the substrate in the pad area and electrically coupled to the pixel structure;

a driving integrated circuit part surrounding at least a portion of the lighting circuit part;

a first lighting wire spaced apart from a first side of the driving integrated circuit part in a first direction and coupled to the lighting circuit part;

a second lighting wire spaced apart from a second side facing the first side of the driving integrated circuit part in a second direction opposite to the first direction; and

a connection electrode to electrically couple the first lighting wire and the second lighting wire to each other.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first lighting wire and the second lighting wire does not overlap the driving integrated circuit part.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the driving integrated circuit part has a rectangular shape having an opening when viewed in a plan view, and

the lighting circuit part is in the opening.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the driving integrated circuit part and the lighting circuit part are spaced apart from each other.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate further comprises:

a first circuit area in which the driving integrated circuit part having an opening is located;

a second circuit area in which the lighting circuit part located inside the opening of the driving integrated circuit part is located; and

a lighting wire area interposed between the first circuit area and the second circuit area, in which the first lighting wire is in the lighting wire area.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the connection electrode is located between the substrate and the driving integrated circuit part in the first circuit area.

7. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a sensing structure on the pixel structure.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the sensing structure comprises:

a sensing electrode;

a first insulating layer on the sensing electrode; and

a sensing connection electrode on the first insulating layer.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the sensing electrode and the connection electrode each comprise a same material.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the first insulating layer extends in a direction from the display area to the pad area to cover the sensing electrode in the display area, and covers the connection electrode in the pad area.

11. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the first insulating layer directly contacts a bottom surface of the driving integrated circuit part and a top surface of the connection electrode in the pad area.

12. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a semiconductor element in the display area between the substrate and the pixel structure.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the semiconductor element comprises:

an active layer on the substrate;

a gate electrode on the active layer; and

source and drain electrodes on the gate electrode.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first lighting wire and the second lighting wire are located on a same layer as the source and drain electrodes, and the first lighting wire and the second lighting wire each comprise a same material.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the connection electrode is located on a same layer as the gate electrode, and comprises a same material as the gate electrode.

16. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first planarization layer between the substrate and the pixel structure; and

a second planarization layer on the first planarization layer.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein the first planarization layer has a first opening formed in a portion of the pad area, and the second planarization layer has a second opening overlapping the first opening, and

wherein the driving integrated circuit part is inside the first and second openings.

18. The display device of claim 16 , wherein a first contact hole passes through the first planarization layer and the second planarization layer and exposes a portion of the first lighting wire, and a second contact hole passes through the first planarization layer and the second planarization layer and exposes a portion of the second lighting wire in the pad area, and

the connection electrode is coupled to the first lighting wire and the second lighting wire through the first contact hole and the second contact hole, respectively.

19. The display device of claim 16 , further comprising an insulating pattern surrounding at least a portion of the connection electrode.

20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein the insulating pattern comprises a same material as the second planarization layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 8, 2020
From: LIM, HYUNG CHUL; KIM, WON HO; LEE, JEONG HO; KIM, YANG HEE; PARK, SOYEON; JUNG, SUNG WOO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0018581 · Feb 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210257436A1 · Aug 19, 2021