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Granted Patent B2
US 12,262,603 · App. 17/537,512 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Sun Ho Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Ju Chan Park (Seoul, KR); Yoo Min Ko (Suwon-si, KR); Gun Hee Kim (Seoul, KR); Tae Hoon Yang (Yongin-si, KR); Sun Hee Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Ja Eun Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/131H10K59/1213
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Patent No.
US 12,262,603
App. No.
17/537,512
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate having a first display area and a second display area. A first pixel circuit portion is disposed on the substrate. A first emitting diode includes a first pixel electrode connected to the first pixel circuit portion. A second pixel circuit portion is disposed on a second display area of the substrate. An extension wire is connected to the second pixel circuit portion. A second emitting diode includes a second pixel electrode connected to the extension wire, and a driving circuit portion is connected to the first pixel circuit portion and the second pixel circuit portion, and overlaps the second emitting diode. The extension wire is disposed in a different layer from the second pixel electrode.

Claims (65)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate including a first display area and a second display area;

a first pixel circuit portion disposed on the substrate;

a first emitting diode including a first pixel electrode connected to the first pixel circuit portion;

a second pixel circuit portion disposed on the second display area of the substrate;

an extension wire connected to the second pixel circuit portion;

a second emitting diode including a second pixel electrode connected to the extension wire; and

a driving circuit portion including a transistor connected to the first pixel circuit portion and the second pixel circuit portion, the second emitting diode overlapping the transistor in a projected view of the display device,

wherein the extension wire is disposed in a different layer from the second pixel electrode.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first emitting diode overlaps, in the projected view, the first pixel circuit portion that is connected to the first emitting diode, and

the second emitting diode does not overlap, in the projected view, the second pixel circuit portion that is connected to the second emitting diode.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the substrate comprises:

a display area; and

a peripheral area surrounding the display area,

the display area includes the first display area and the second display area, and

the second display area is disposed between the first display area and the peripheral area.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein

a first part of the driving circuit portion is disposed in the second display area, and

a second part of the driving circuit portion is disposed in the peripheral area.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the second pixel circuit portion comprises:

a semiconductor disposed in the second display area of the substrate;

a gate electrode overlapping the semiconductor in the projected view;

a source electrode and a drain electrode connected to the semiconductor; and

a connection electrode connected to the drain electrode, and

the extension wire is connected with the connection electrode of the second pixel circuit portion.

6. The display device of claim 5 , further comprising:

an interlayer insulating layer disposed between the connection electrode and the extension wire;

a protective layer disposed on the extension wire and the connection electrode, the protective layer including an opening that overlaps, in the projected view, the extension wire and the connection electrode; and

a bridge electrode disposed in the opening, the bridge electrode connecting between the extension wire and the connection electrode.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

the bridge electrode is disposed in the same layer as the second pixel electrode.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein:

the bridge electrode is disposed in the same layer as the first pixel electrode, and

the extension wire is disposed in a different layer from the first pixel electrode.

9. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

the interlayer insulating layer has the same planar shape as the extension wire.

10. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

the interlayer insulating layer is formed by simultaneously patterning the extension wire and the interlayer insulating layer using the same mask.

11. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

the interlayer insulating layer is disposed in the second display area, and is not disposed in the first display area.

12. The display device of claim 6 , further comprising a plurality of second emitting diodes connected to the second pixel circuit portion.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the plurality of second emitting diodes comprises:

a plurality of second pixel electrodes disposed on the protective layer and connected to the extension wire;

a plurality of emission layers respectively disposed on the plurality of second pixel electrodes; and

a common electrode disposed on the plurality of emission layers.

14. The display device of claim 5 , further comprising:

an interlayer insulating layer disposed between the connection electrode and the extension wire; and

a protective layer disposed between the extension wire and the second pixel electrode,

wherein the interlayer insulating layer is disposed on the entire substrate.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein

the extension wire is directly connected with the connection electrode.

16. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the interlayer insulating layer is disposed on the first display area and the second display area of the substrate.

17. The display device of claim 14 , further comprising a plurality of second emitting diodes connected to the second pixel circuit portion.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein

the plurality of second emitting diodes comprises:

a plurality of second pixel electrodes disposed on the protective layer and connected to the extension wire;

a plurality of emission layers respectively disposed on the plurality of second pixel electrodes; and

a common electrode disposed on the plurality of emission layers.

19. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a shield electrode disposed between the second pixel circuit portion and the driving circuit portion.

20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein

the shield electrode is connected to a source of constant voltage.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2021
From: KIM, SUN HO; PARK, JU CHAN; KO, YOO MIN; KIM, GUN HEE; YANG, TAE HOON; LEE, SUN HEE; LEE, JA EUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058233/0746 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0037996 · Mar 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220310761A1 · Sep 29, 2022
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