IP Library Granted Patent US 12,374,285
Granted Patent B2
US 12,374,285 · App. 18/312,257 · Granted Jul 29, 2025

Organic light emitting diode display device including transistors having top and bottom gate electrodes

Inventors: Young-In Hwang (Suwon-si, KR); Sung Ho Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Yong Ho Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Seong Min Wang (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3233G09G3/3258H10K59/1213H10K59/131H10K77/111G09G2300/0819G09G2320/0257H01L27/1222H01L27/124H01L29/78648H01L29/78675H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,374,285
App. No.
18/312,257
Granted
Jul 29, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display includes a driving transistor and a compensation transistor. The driving transistor includes a first gate electrode disposed on a substrate, a polycrystalline semiconductor layer disposed on the first gate electrode of the driving transistor and including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a channel, and a second gate electrode disposed on the polycrystalline semiconductor layer of the driving transistor. The compensation transistor includes a polycrystalline semiconductor layer including a first electrode, a second electrode, and a channel, and a gate electrode disposed on the polycrystalline semiconductor layer of the compensation transistor.

Claims (51)

1. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising:

a data line;

a driving voltage line;

an organic light emitting element;

a first transistor having a top gate electrode, a bottom gate electrode, a first electrode and a second electrode;

a second transistor having a top gate electrode, a first electrode and a second electrode; and

a third transistor having a top gate electrode, a first electrode and a second electrode,

wherein:

the first electrode of the second transistor is connected to the data line,

the second electrode of the second transistor is connected to the first electrode of the first transistor,

the second electrode of the first transistor is connected to the first electrode of the third transistor,

the bottom gate electrode of the first transistor is connected to the second electrode of the third transistor, and

the top gate electrode of the first transistor is directly connected to the driving voltage line.

2. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , wherein the top gate electrodes of the first transistor, the second transistor, and the third transistor are disposed over a semiconductor involved in the first transistor, a semiconductor involved in the second transistor, and a semiconductor involved in the third transistor, respectively, and

the bottom gate electrode of the first transistor is disposed under the semiconductor involved in the first transistor.

3. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2 , further comprising:

a bottom gate electrode of the second transistor,

wherein the bottom gate electrode of the second transistor is disposed under the semiconductor involved in the second transistor.

4. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 3 , wherein the bottom gate electrode of the second transistor is connected to the driving voltage line.

5. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2 , further comprising:

a bottom gate electrode of the third transistor,

wherein the bottom gate electrode of the third transistor is disposed under the semiconductor involved in the third transistor.

6. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 5 , wherein the bottom gate electrode of the third transistor is connected to the driving voltage line.

7. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 6 , further comprising:

an overlapping electrode disposed under the bottom gate electrode of the first transistor, and overlaps the bottom gate electrode of the first transistor.

8. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 7 , wherein the overlapping electrode and the bottom gate electrode of the third transistor are electrically connected to each other.

9. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2 , further comprising:

an overlapping electrode disposed under the bottom gate electrode of the first transistor, and overlaps the bottom gate electrode of the first transistor.

10. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 9 , wherein the overlapping electrode and the top gate electrode of the first transistor are electrically connected to each other.

11. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2 , the bottom gate electrode of the first transistor and the second electrode of the third transistor are electrically connected to each other by a connecting electrode disposed over the bottom gate electrode of the first transistor and the second electrode of the third transistor.

12. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2 , further comprising:

an initialization voltage line; and

a fourth transistor having a gate electrode, a first electrode and a second electrode,

wherein the first electrode of the fourth transistor is connected to the initialization voltage line, and

the second electrode of the fourth transistor is connected to the bottom gate electrode of the first transistor and the second electrode of the third transistor.

13. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 12 , wherein the gate electrode of the fourth transistor is disposed over a semiconductor involved in the fourth transistor.

14. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 12 , further comprising:

a fifth transistor having a gate electrode, a first electrode and a second electrode,

wherein the first electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to the driving voltage line, and

the second electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to the first electrode of the first transistor and the second electrode of the second transistor.

15. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 14 , wherein the gate electrode of the fifth transistor is disposed over a semiconductor involved in the fifth transistor.

16. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 14 , further comprising:

a sixth transistor having a gate electrode, a first electrode and a second electrode,

wherein the first electrode of the sixth transistor is connected to the second electrode of the first transistor and the first electrode of the third transistor, and

the second electrode of the fifth transistor is connected to an electrode of the organic light emitting element.

17. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 16 , wherein the gate electrode of the sixth transistor is disposed over a semiconductor involved in the sixth transistor.

18. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 16 , further comprising:

a seventh transistor having a gate electrode, a first electrode and a second electrode,

wherein the first electrode of the seventh transistor is connected to the second electrode of the sixth transistor and the electrode of the organic light emitting element, and

the second electrode of the seventh transistor is connected to the initialization voltage line.

19. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 18 , wherein the gate electrode of the seventh transistor is disposed over a semiconductor involved in the seventh transistor.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0074950 · Jun 28, 2018 · national
Continuity (5)
Continuation 17735204 · May 3, 2022
Continuation 17191782 · Mar 4, 2021
Continuation 17160488 · Jan 28, 2021
Continuation 16356142 · Mar 18, 2019
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