IP Library Granted Patent US 11,869,425
Granted Patent B2
US 11,869,425 · App. 17/434,271 · Granted Jan 9, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Won Sik Oh (Yongin-si, KR); Hyun Min Cho (Yongin-si, KR); Sin Chul Kang (Yongin-si, KR); Dae Hyun Kim (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Patent No.
US 11,869,425
App. No.
17/434,271
Granted
Jan 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device may include a first power line; a second power line; a data line that transmits a data signal; a scan line that transmits a scan signal; and pixels electrically connected to the first power line, the second power line, the data line, and the scan line. Each of the pixels may include light emitting elements electrically connected between the first power line and the second power line; and a first transistor that provides driving current to the light emitting elements in response to the data signal.

Claims (57)

1. A display device comprising:

a first power line that transmits first power signal;

a second power line that transmits a second power signal;

one data line that transmits a data signal;

one scan line that transmits a scan signal; and

at least two pixels electrically connected to the first power line, the second power line, the one data line, and the one scan line, wherein

each of the at least two pixels comprises:

light emitting elements electrically connected between the first power line and the second power line; and

a first transistor that provides driving current to the light emitting elements in response to the data signal.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the light emitting elements comprises a rod-shaped light emitting diode having a size in a range of a nanometer scale to a micrometer scale.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least two pixels are disposed in a pixel area defined by the one data line, an adjacent data line adjacent to the one data line, the one scan line, and an adjacent scan line adjacent to the one scan line.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the at least two pixels comprises a second transistor connected between the one data line and the first transistor, and transmits the data signal to the first transistor in response to the scan signal.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein each of the at least two pixels comprises a capacitor connected between a gate electrode of the first transistor and the first power line.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a common circuit connected between the one data line and the at least two pixels,

wherein the common circuit comprises a second transistor that transmits the data signal to the first transistor of each of the at least two pixels in response to the scan signal.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , further comprising a third power line that transmits a third power signal,

wherein the common circuit comprises:

a capacitor connected between a gate electrode of the first transistor of each of the at least two pixels and the first power line; and

a third transistor connected to the third power line and an electrode of the capacitor.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein each of the at least two pixels comprises a fourth transistor connected between anode electrodes of the light emitting elements and the third power line.

9. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein each of the at least two pixels comprises a capacitor connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor and an electrode of the first transistor.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , further comprising a third power line that transmits a third power signal,

wherein each of the at least two pixels comprises:

a third transistor connected to the third power line and an electrode of the capacitor; and

a fourth transistor connected between anode electrodes of the light emitting elements and the third power line.

11. The display device according to claim 9 , further comprising a sensing line,

wherein each of the at least two pixels comprises a fifth transistor connected between anode electrodes of the light emitting elements and the sensing line.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least some of the light emitting elements included in each of the at least two pixels are connected in series between the first power line and the second power line.

13. A display device comprising:

a first power line that transmits first power signal;

a second power line that transmits a second power signal;

one data line that transmits a data signal;

one scan line that transmits a scan signal; and

a pixel electrically connected to the first power line, the second power line, the one data line, and the one scan line, wherein

the pixel comprises:

at least two light source units electrically connected between the first power line and the second power line, each of the at least two light source units comprising at least two light emitting elements; and

at least two pixel circuits that independently provide, to each of the at least two light source units, driving current corresponding to the data signal provided in response to the scan signal.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein each of the at least two pixel circuits comprises a first transistor that provides driving current to the at least two light emitting elements in response to the data signal.

15. The display device according to claim 14 , wherein

the pixel further comprises a common circuit connected to the one data line, the one scan line, and the at least two pixel circuits, and

the common circuit comprises a second transistor that transmits the data signal to the first transistor of each of the at least two pixel circuits in response to the scan signal.

16. A display device comprising:

a substrate including an emission area;

a first electrode disposed on the emission area of the substrate;

second electrodes disposed on the emission area of the substrate, facing the first electrode, and spaced apart from each other and electrically disconnected from each other;

first light emitting elements disposed between a first sub-electrode of the second electrodes and the first electrode;

second light emitting elements disposed between a second sub-electrode of the second electrodes and the first electrode; and

a bank disposed on the substrate along a perimeter of the emission area,

wherein the bank is not disposed between the second electrodes in the emission area.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein

the first electrode extends in a first direction, and

the second electrodes extend in the first direction and are spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

18. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein

the first electrode extends in a first direction, and

the second electrodes extend in the first direction and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

19. The display device according to claim 16 , further comprising a third electrode disposed between the first sub-electrode and the first electrode, and spaced apart from the first sub-electrode and the first electrode,

wherein the first light emitting elements each are disposed between two adjacent electrodes among the first sub-electrode, the first electrode, and the third electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2021
From: OH, WON SIK; CHO, HYUN MIN; KANG, SIN CHUL; KIM, DAE HYUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057334/0769 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0024263 · Feb 28, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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