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Granted Patent B2
US 9,626,901 · App. 14/501,872 · Granted Apr 18, 2017

Display device

Inventors: Soyoung Lee (Seoul, KR); Youngjik Jo (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3225G02F1/13452G02F1/136204G02F1/136259G02F1/136286H01L27/0296H01L27/3276
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Patent No.
US 9,626,901
App. No.
14/501,872
Granted
Apr 18, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

Discloses is a display device that may include a display panel; sub-pixels in a display area of the display panel; upper and lower data lines separated in a central portion of the display area; and an electrostatic discharge circuit formed in the central portion of the display area, the electrostatic discharge circuit electrically connected to the upper and lower data lines.

Claims (18)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel;

sub-pixels in a display area of the display panel;

upper and lower data lines separated in a central portion of the display area; and

an electrostatic discharge circuit formed in the central portion of the display area, the electrostatic discharge circuit electrically connected to the upper and lower data lines,

wherein the sub-pixels comprise an upper sub-pixel group above the central portion of the display area and connected to the upper data lines and a lower sub-pixel group below the central portion of the display area and connected to the lower data lines.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the upper sub-pixel group and the lower sub-pixel group are arranged in a mirror-like fashion in the central portion of the display area.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel is a liquid crystal display panel, and the sub-pixels of the upper and lower sub-pixel groups are arranged such that a light-emitting opening area faces the central portion of the display area.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein thin film transistors of the sub-pixels included in the upper and lower sub-pixel groups are arranged side by side along one side.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein thin film transistors of the sub-pixels included in the upper sub-pixel group are arranged side by side along one side, and thin film transistors of the sub-pixels included in the lower sub-pixel group are arranged side by side along the other side.

6. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the electrostatic discharge circuit comprises:

an upper electrostatic discharge circuit connected between ends of the upper data lines and a common voltage line; and

a lower electrostatic discharge circuit connected between ends of the lower data lines and the common voltage line.

7. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the electrostatic discharge circuit is blocked by a black matrix that is used to reduce or prevent light leakage from the liquid crystal display panel.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel is an organic light emitting display panel, and the sub-pixels of the upper and lower sub-pixel groups are arranged such that a light-emitting opening area faces the central portion of the display area.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the electrostatic discharge circuit comprises:

an upper electrostatic discharge circuit connected between ends of the upper data lines and a common voltage line; and

a lower electrostatic discharge circuit connected between ends of the lower data lines and the common voltage line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2014
From: LEE, SOYOUNG; JO, YOUNGJIK
To: LG DISPLAY CO, LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0117374 · Oct 1, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150092128A1 · Apr 2, 2015