Display device and manufacturing method therefor
A display device may include a substrate, pixels disposed on the substrate, each of the pixels including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a plurality of light emitting elements electrically connected between the first and the second electrodes, and a first oscillator disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to a first electrode of a first pixel of the pixels, the first oscillator including at least one transistor and at least one capacitor.
1. A display device comprising:
a substrate;
pixels disposed on the substrate, each of the pixels comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode; and
a plurality of light emitting elements electrically connected between the first and the second electrodes; and
a first oscillator disposed on the substrate and electrically connected to a first electrode of a first pixel of the pixels, the first oscillator converting a direct current (DC) voltage to an alternating current (AC) voltage, supplying the alternating current (AC) voltage to the first electrode of the first pixel of the pixels to align the plurality of light emitting elements between the first and second electrodes, and comprising:
at least one transistor; and
at least one capacitor.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the first electrode of the first pixel is separated from a first electrode of a second pixel of the pixels, and
the first oscillator is electrically disconnected from the second pixel.
3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the substrate includes:
a display area in which an image is displayed; and
a non-display area disposed adjacent to the display area,
the pixels are disposed in the display area, and
the first oscillator is disposed in the non-display area.
4. The display device of claim 3 , further comprising:
a second oscillator and a third oscillator disposed on the non-display area,
wherein the first oscillator, the second oscillator, and the third oscillator are disposed at regular intervals along a perimeter of the display area.
5. The display device of claim 4 , further comprising:
a first power line, a second power line, a third power line, and a fourth power line disposed on the substrate and separated from each other, wherein
each of the pixels is electrically connected between the first power line and the second power line,
the first oscillator is electrically connected to the third power line and the fourth power line, and
each of the third power line and the fourth power line floats when the display device is turned on to display the image.
6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein
the first power line, the second power line, the third power line, the fourth power line, and the first oscillator are included in a pixel circuit layer,
the first electrode and the second electrode are disposed on the pixel circuit layer at positions spaced apart from each other, and
the plurality of light emitting elements are disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.
7. The display device of claim 6 , further comprising:
an electrode pattern disposed on the pixel circuit layer, overlapping the at least one capacitor of the first oscillator, and electrically connected to the at least one capacitor,
wherein the electrode pattern is separated from the first electrode of the first pixel.
8. The display device of claim 3 , further comprising:
a second oscillator disposed in the display area.
9. The display device according to of claim 1 , wherein the first oscillator is disposed between the pixels.
10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of light emitting elements comprises a light emitting diode having a size in a range of a nanometer scale to a micrometer scale.
11. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first power line and a second power line disposed on the substrate, wherein
the first oscillator comprises at least one stage,
the at least one stage each comprises:
a first transistor comprising a first electrode electrically connected to the first power line, a second electrode electrically connected to a first node, and a gate electrode electrically connected to an input terminal;
a second transistor comprising a first electrode electrically connected to the first node, a second electrode electrically connected to the second power line, and a gate electrode electrically connected to the input terminal; and
a first resistor and a first capacitor electrically connected in series between the first node and the second power line, and
a second node to which the first resistor and the first capacitor are electrically connected is electrically connected, as an output terminal, to the input terminal.
12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein
the first oscillator comprises first, second, and third stages,
an output terminal of the first stage is electrically connected to an input terminal of the second stage,
an output terminal of the second stage is electrically connected to an input terminal of the third stage, and
an output terminal of the third stage is electrically connected to an input terminal of the first stage.
13. A display device comprising:
a substrate;
pixels disposed on the substrate, each of the pixels comprising:
a first electrode;
a second electrode; and
a plurality of light emitting elements electrically connected between the first and the second electrodes; and
an oscillator disposed on the substrate between the pixels and electrically disconnected from the pixels, the oscillator converting a direct current (DC) voltage to an alternating current (AC) voltage and comprising at least one transistor and at least one capacitor.
14. A method of manufacturing a display device, the method comprising:
preparing a substrate comprising:
a pixel circuit layer including an oscillator converting a direct current (DC) voltage to an alternating current (AC) voltage;
a first electrode electrically connected to the oscillator and formed on the pixel circuit layer; and
a second electrode formed on the pixel circuit layer;
supplying light emitting elements between the first electrode and the second electrode; and
aligning the light emitting elements between the first electrode and the second electrode by applying the alternating current (AC) voltage generated by the oscillator to at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode.
15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the oscillator supplies the alternating current (AC) voltage to the first electrode.
16. The method of claim 15 , wherein the aligning of the light emitting elements comprises applying a ground voltage to the second electrode while applying the direct current (DC) voltage to the oscillator.
17. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
dividing the first electrode by pixel areas; and
separating the first electrode from an output terminal of the oscillator.
18. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
forming a first contact electrode electrically connecting a first end of each of the light emitting elements to the first electrode, and a second contact electrode electrically connecting a second end of each of the light emitting elements to the second electrode.
19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:
removing the oscillator by cutting off the substrate between the first electrode and the oscillator.
20. The method of claim 15 , wherein the aligning of the light emitting elements comprises applying an alternating current (AC) voltage from an external alternating current power supply to the first electrode.