Display device having dummy and reflective regions
A display device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor on the substrate, an interlayer insulating layer on the thin film transistor, an electrode on the interlayer insulating layer, the electrode including an emission region, a contact region overlapping the thin film transistor, and a dummy region protruding from the emission region in a direction different from the contact region, and an emission layer on the electrode, the emission region of the electrode overlapping the emission layer.
1. A display device, comprising:
a substrate;
a first thin film transistor on the substrate;
a first electrode on the thin film transistor; and
a first emission layer on the first electrode,
wherein the first electrode includes:
a first emission region;
a first contact region protruding from the first emission region in a first direction in a plan view and overlapping a first contact hole through which the first electrode electrically connecting the first thin film transistor; and
a first dummy region protruding from the first emission region in a second direction opposite to the first direction with the first emission region between the first contact region and the first dummy region in a plan view, wherein
the first emission layer overlaps the first emission region of the first electrode.
2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first contact region and the first dummy region overlap with each other in the first direction.
3. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising
a second thin film transistor and a second electrode on the second thin film transistor;
and
a second emission layer on the second electrode, wherein
the second electrode includes a second emission region and a second contact region protruding from the second emission region and overlapping a second contact hole through which the second electrode electrically connecting the second thin film transistor, and
the second electrode has no dummy region protruding from the second emission region in the second direction.
4. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising an interlayer insulating layer between the first thin film transistor and the first electrode, wherein
the first contact hole and the second contact hole are formed through the interlayer insulating layer.
5. The display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the interlayer insulating layer further comprises a first groove overlapping the first dummy region.
6. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , further comprising a common electrode on the first emission layer and the second emission layer and overlapping the first emission layer and the second emission layer.
7. The display device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the first emission layer emits a green light.
8. The display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the second emission layer emits a same light as the first emission layer.
9. The display device as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising a third electrode, a third emission layer emitting a red light on the third electrode, a fourth electrode and a fourth emission layer on the fourth electrode.
10. The display device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the third electrode and
the fourth electrode are disposed in a line extending in the first direction or in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction.
11. The display device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the third electrode and
the first electrode are disposed in a line extending in a fourth direction different from the first direction and the third direction.
12. The display device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the fourth electrode and
the first electrode are disposed in a line extending in fifth direction different from the first direction, the third direction and the fourth direction.
13. The display device as claimed in claim 12 , wherein
the third electrode and the second electrode are disposed in a line extending in the fifth direction, and
the fourth electrode and the second electrode are disposed in a line extending in the fourth direction.
14. The display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein
the third electrode further comprises a third contact region and a third dummy region protruding from the third electrode respectively, and
the fourth electrode further comprises a fourth contact region and a fourth dummy region protruding from the fourth electrode respectively.
15. The display device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first emission region is between the third emission layer and the fourth emission layer.
16. The display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the first emission region is smaller than the third emission layer and the fourth emission layer.
17. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein
a length of the first contact region in the first direction is greater than a width of the first contact region in a third direction perpendicular the first direction, and
a length of the first dummy region in the first direction is greater than a width of the first dummy region in the third direction.
18. A display device, comprising:
a substrate;
a first thin film transistor on the substrate;
an interlayer insulating layer on the thin film transistor;
a first electrode on the interlayer insulating layer,
a second electrode on the interlayer insulating layer,
a first emission layer on the first electrode,
a second emission layer on the second electrode, and
a common electrode on the first emission layer and the second emission layer,
wherein the first electrode includes:
a first emission region;
a first contact region protruding from the first emission region in a first direction in a plan view and overlapping a first contact hole penetrating the interlayer insulating layer; and
a first dummy region protruding from the first emission region in a second direction opposite to the first direction with the first emission region between the first contact region and the first dummy region in a plan view,
wherein the second electrode includes:
a second emission region; and
a second contact region protruding from the second emission region in the first direction and overlapping a second contact hole penetrating the interlayer insulating layer, wherein
the second electrode has no dummy region protruding from the second emission region in neither the first direction nor the second direction.
19. The display device as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the first emission layer emits a green light.
20. The display device as claimed in claim 19 , wherein the second emission layer emits a light having the same color with the green light.