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Granted Patent B2
US 11,581,382 · App. 17/088,049 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Display device and capacitor plates including different size holes

Inventors: Junhyun Park (Yongin-si, KR); Minjae Jeong (Yongin-si, KR); Junki Jeong (Yongin-si, KR); Jaehyung Cho (Yongin-si, KR); Seonyoung Choi (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L27/3265H01L27/3276G09G3/3233G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0819G09G2320/0233G09G2320/0252
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Patent No.
US 11,581,382
App. No.
17/088,049
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a scan line extending in a direction, a data line and a driving voltage line extending in another direction, a transistor electrically connected to the driving voltage line and including a first gate electrode and a first semiconductor layer, a second transistor electrically connected to the scan and data lines and including a second gate electrode and a second semiconductor layer, a first capacitor electrically connected to the first transistor and including first and second capacitor plates, and a second capacitor including a third capacitor plate electrically connected to the first transistor and a fourth capacitor plate electrically connected to the second transistor. The second capacitor plate includes a first hole overlapping the first capacitor plate, the fourth capacitor plate includes a second hole overlapping the third capacitor plate, and a size of the second hole is different from that of the first hole.

Claims (58)

1. A display device comprising:

a scan line extending in a first direction;

a data line and a driving voltage line each extending in a second direction;

a first transistor electrically connected to the driving voltage line and including a first gate electrode and a first semiconductor layer;

a second transistor electrically connected to the data line and the scan line and including a second gate electrode and a second semiconductor layer;

a first capacitor electrically connected to the first transistor and including a first capacitor plate and a second capacitor plate; and

a second capacitor including:

a third capacitor plate electrically connected to the first transistor; and

a fourth capacitor plate electrically connected to the second transistor, wherein

the second capacitor plate includes a first hole overlapping the first capacitor plate,

the fourth capacitor plate includes a second hole overlapping the third capacitor plate, and

a size of the second hole of the fourth capacitor plate is different from a size of the first hole of the second capacitor plate.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the size of the second hole of the fourth capacitor plate is greater than the size of the first hole of the second capacitor plate.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the third capacitor plate includes an isolated pattern.

4. The display device of claim 3 , further comprising a first connection line electrically connecting the third capacitor plate and the first transistor,

wherein the first connection line is electrically connected to the third capacitor plate through the second hole of the fourth capacitor plate.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the third capacitor plate is electrically connected to one of a source region and a drain region of the first semiconductor layer of the first transistor, and

the fourth capacitor plate is electrically connected to one of a source region and a drain region of the second semiconductor layer of the second transistor.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the fourth capacitor plate includes an isolated pattern.

7. The display device of claim 6 , further comprising a second connection line electrically connecting the fourth capacitor plate and the second transistor.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first capacitor plate includes an isolated pattern.

9. The display device of claim 8 , further comprising:

a third transistor electrically connected to the first transistor; and

a third connection line electrically connecting the first capacitor and the third transistor.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the third connection line is electrically connected to the first capacitor plate through the first hole of the second capacitor plate.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first capacitor plate includes the first gate electrode of the first transistor.

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

a fourth transistor electrically connected to the second capacitor and the second transistor; and

a reference voltage line extending in the second direction and electrically connected to the fourth transistor.

13. A display device comprising:

a scan line extending in a first direction;

a data line and a driving voltage line each extending in a second direction;

a first transistor electrically connected to the driving voltage line and including a first gate electrode and a first semiconductor layer;

a first capacitor electrically connected to the first transistor and including a first capacitor plate and a second capacitor plate;

a second transistor electrically connected to the data line and the scan line and including a second gate electrode and a second semiconductor layer; and

a second capacitor electrically connected to the first transistor and the second transistor and including a third capacitor plate and a fourth capacitor plate, wherein

the first capacitor and the second capacitor are spaced apart from each other,

the second capacitor plate includes a first hole overlapping the first capacitor plate,

the fourth capacitor plate includes a second hole overlapping the third capacitor plate, and

a size of the second hole of the fourth capacitor plate is different from a size of the first hole of the second capacitor plate.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the size of the second hole of the fourth capacitor plate is greater than the size of the first hole of the second capacitor plate.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein

the third capacitor plate is electrically connected to one of a source region and a drain region of the first semiconductor layer of the first transistor, and

the fourth capacitor plate is electrically connected to one of a source region and a drain region of the second semiconductor layer of the second transistor.

16. The display device of claim 15 , further comprising a first connection line electrically connecting the second capacitor and the first transistor,

wherein the first connection line is electrically connected to the third capacitor plate through the second hole of the fourth capacitor plate.

17. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the third capacitor plate includes an isolated pattern.

18. The display device of claim 16 , further comprising a second connection line electrically connecting the fourth capacitor plate of the second capacitor and the second transistor.

19. The display device of claim 13 , further comprising:

a third transistor electrically connected to the first transistor; and

a third connection line electrically connecting the first capacitor and the third transistor,

wherein the third connection line is electrically connected to the first capacitor plate through the first hole of the second capacitor plate.

20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein the first capacitor plate includes an isolated pattern.

21. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first capacitor plate includes the first gate electrode of the first transistor.

22. The display device of claim 13 , further comprising:

a fourth transistor electrically connected to the second capacitor and the second transistor; and

a reference voltage line extending in the second direction and electrically connected to the fourth transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 3, 2020
From: PARK, JUNHYUN; JEONG, MINJAE; JEONG, JUNKI; CHO, JAEHYUNG; CHOI, SEONYOUNG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0046263 · Apr 16, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210327988A1 · Oct 21, 2021
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