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Granted Patent B2
US 12,261,176 · App. 17/541,196 · Granted Mar 25, 2025

Display device having improved reliability of pad portion

Inventors: Kohei Ebisuno (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jin-Suk Lee (Gwangmyeong-si, KR); Jong Min Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Jun Young Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Yong Ho Yang (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L27/124G02F1/13458G02F1/136272G02F1/136286G02F1/13629H01L27/1259H10K59/131
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Patent No.
US 12,261,176
App. No.
17/541,196
Granted
Mar 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area; a transistor and a light emitting element, which are disposed on the display area; a pad portion disposed in the non-display area, where the pad portion includes a first metal pattern; and a printed circuit board or a data driver, which is connected with the pad portion. The transistor includes a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate and a source electrode or a drain electrode which is electrically connected with the semiconductor layer. The source electrode or the drain electrode includes a first layer including a first metal, a second layer including a second metal, and a third layer including the first metal, where the first metal pattern includes the first metal, and is connected with the printed circuit board or the data driver.

Claims (31)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate including a display area and a non-display area;

a transistor and a light emitting element which are disposed on the display area;

a pad portion disposed in the non-display area, wherein the pad portion includes a metal pattern; and

a printed circuit board or a data driver, which is connected with the pad portion,

wherein the transistor comprises:

a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate; and

a source electrode or a drain electrode which is electrically connected with the semiconductor layer,

wherein the source electrode or the drain electrode comprises:

a first layer including a first metal;

a second layer including a second metal; and

a third layer including the first metal,

wherein the metal pattern includes the first metal, and is connected with the printed circuit board or the data driver, and

wherein the metal pattern consists of:

a first sub-metal pattern including the first metal; and

a second sub-metal pattern including the second metal,

wherein a thickness of the second sub-metal pattern is thinner than a thickness of the second layer.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first metal includes titanium, and

the second metal includes aluminum.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the second sub-metal pattern is connected with the printed circuit board or the data driver.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein

a thickness of the second layer is in a range from about 5000 angstroms to about 8000 angstroms, and

a thickness of the second sub-metal pattern is about 1000 angstroms or less.

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

a connection electrode which electrically connects the drain electrode and the light emitting element to each other.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the connection electrode comprises:

a fourth layer including the first metal;

a fifth layer including the second metal; and

a sixth layer including the first metal.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 5, 2023
From: EBISUNO, KOHEI; LEE, JIN-SUK; LEE, JONG MIN; KIM, JUN YOUNG; YANG, YONG HO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0060109 · May 10, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220359573A1 · Nov 10, 2022
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