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Granted Patent B2
US 12,520,672 · App. 18/210,545 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Hoonsang Ryu (Goyang-si, KR); YongHyeon Shin (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/123H10D86/441H10D86/60H10K59/1213
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Patent No.
US 12,520,672
App. No.
18/210,545
Granted
Jan 6, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device may include a substrate including a display area comprising subpixels, and a non-display area; a pad part at one side of the non-display area and including data pad electrodes and power voltage pad electrodes; a first line part in the display area and including data lines and power lines; a second line part including, in the non-display area, first connection lines connecting the data pad electrodes and the data lines, and second connection lines connecting the power voltage pad electrodes and the power lines; a third electrode that traverses the second line part and in parallel with one side of the substrate; a planarization layer having a first trench that exposes the third electrode; a second electrode connected to the third electrode through the first trench; and fourth electrodes connecting the third electrode and the power voltage pad electrodes.

Claims (41)

1 . A display device comprising:

a substrate comprising a display area including a plurality of subpixels, and a non-display area at a periphery of the display area;

a pad part at one side of the non-display area, the pad part comprising a plurality of data pad electrodes and a plurality of power voltage pad electrodes;

a first line part in the display area, the first line part comprising a plurality of data lines and a plurality of power lines;

a second line part comprising a plurality of first connection lines in the non-display area that connect the plurality of data pad electrodes and the plurality of data lines, and a plurality of second connection lines in the non-display area that connect the plurality of power voltage pad electrodes and the plurality of power lines;

a third electrode configured to traverse the second line part and be in parallel with one side of the substrate;

a planarization layer having a first trench that exposes the third electrode;

a second electrode connected to the third electrode through the first trench; and

a plurality of fourth electrodes connecting the third electrode and the plurality of power voltage pad electrodes.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of fourth electrodes each further comprises:

a body portion in the second line part;

a first protruding portion protruding from one side of the body portion in a direction of the pad part; and

a second protruding portion protruding in the direction of the pad part from another other side different from the one side of the body portion.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the pad part comprises a plurality of sub-pad parts spaced apart from one another,

wherein an interval between the plurality of sub-pad parts is greater than a distance between the plurality of data pad electrodes in the pad part, and

wherein the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion are included in different sub-pad parts from the plurality of sub-pad parts.

4 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the third electrode is connected to the body portion of each of the plurality of fourth electrodes.

5 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the plurality of data pad electrodes and the plurality of power voltage pad electrodes of the plurality of sub-pad parts are connected to a printed circuit film on the substrate.

6 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion each constitute an outermost periphery power voltage pad electrode of a sub-pad part.

7 . The display device of claim 3 , further comprising:

a metal pattern spaced apart from the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion and between the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein the metal pattern is in the pad part.

9 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein the metal pattern is connected to the body portion.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a subpixel from the plurality of subpixels comprises:

a driving element comprising a plurality of thin-film transistors and a storage capacitor, and

a light-emitting element comprising a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and the second electrode, and

wherein a thin-film transistor of the plurality of thin-film transistors comprises a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the second electrode at least extends over the display area in its entirety and to outside of the display area, and

wherein the second electrode is integrally formed in a region including the first trench.

12 . The display device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a sealing part filling the first trench on the second electrode,

wherein one side of the sealing part is on the planarization layer outside the first trench.

13 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of data pad electrodes and the plurality of power voltage pad electrodes are provided in a same layer and made of a same material as the source electrode or the drain electrode.

14 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein the planarization layer further comprises a second trench that exposes the plurality of data pad electrodes and the plurality of power voltage pad electrodes.

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

auxiliary electrodes respectively disposed in the first trench and the second trench.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the auxiliary electrode is provided in a same layer and made of a same material as the first electrode.

17 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein widths of the plurality of second connection lines are different from one another.

18 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein the widths of the plurality of second connection lines vary in a direction of a fourth electrode of the plurality of fourth electrodes.

19 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein the widths of the plurality of second connection lines increase in a direction of a fourth electrode of the plurality of fourth electrodes.

20 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein a width of the body portion decreases in a direction from the non-display area to the display area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 16, 2023
From: RYU, HOONSANG; SHIN, YONGHYEON
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0101359 · Aug 12, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240057397A1 · Feb 15, 2024
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