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Granted Patent B2
US 9,893,136 · App. 15/055,258 · Granted Feb 13, 2018

Organic light emitting display device

Inventors: Min Woo Byun (Yongin-si, KR); Kyoung Jin Park (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3265G09G3/32H01L27/3276
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Patent No.
US 9,893,136
App. No.
15/055,258
Granted
Feb 13, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate on which is included pixel columns extending in a column direction and adjacent to each other in a row direction, data lines extending in the column direction and adjacent to each other and between the pixel columns in the row direction, a power source line extending in the column direction, a scan line extending in the row direction, a switching transistor connected to the scan line and one of the data lines, a driving transistor connected to the switching transistor, an OLED connected to the driving transistor, and a storage capacitor including a first storage capacitor plate and a second storage capacitor plate overlapping the first storage capacitor plate in a thickness direction, connected to the power source line, and having a portion extending in the column direction between and not overlapping the data lines in the thickness direction.

Claims (41)

1. An organic light emitting display device comprising:

a substrate, on which the organic light emitting display device further comprises:

pixel columns extending in a column direction and adjacent to each other in a row direction;

data lines extending in the column direction and adjacent to each other and between the pixel columns in the row direction;

a power source line extending in the column direction;

a scan line extending in the row direction;

a switching transistor connected to the scan line and one of the data lines;

a driving transistor connected to the switching transistor;

an organic light emitting diode (OLED) connected to the driving transistor; and

a storage capacitor connected between the driving transistor and the power source line, and comprising a first storage capacitor plate and a second storage capacitor plate overlapping the first storage capacitor plate in a thickness direction, connected to the power source line, and having a portion extending in the column direction between and not overlapping the data lines in the thickness direction.

2. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , further comprising, on the substrate in the thickness direction, a first gate insulating layer between a semiconductor layer of the driving transistor and the first storage capacitor plate, and a second gate insulating layer between first storage capacitor plate and the second storage capacitor plate.

3. The organic light emitting display device of claim 2 , wherein the first storage capacitor plate overlaps the semiconductor layer of the driving transistor in the thickness direction.

4. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the second storage capacitor plate is connected to the power source line through a contact hole.

5. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , further comprising, on the substrate in the thickness direction, an interlayer insulating layer between the second storage capacitor plate and the data lines.

6. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the data lines constitute a same layer.

7. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , further comprising, on the substrate in the thickness direction, a data insulating layer between the interlayer insulating layer and one of the data lines, wherein another one of the data lines is between the interlayer insulating layer and the data insulating layer.

8. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the power source line constitutes a same layer as the data lines on the interlayer insulating layer.

9. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the scan line comprises a protrusion extending in the column direction between and not overlapping the data lines in the thickness direction.

10. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the scan line constitutes a same layer as the second storage capacitor plate.

11. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , further comprising, on the substrate: a previous scan line extending in the row direction; and an initializing transistor that is between the driving transistor and an initializing voltage line extending in the row direction, and that is connected to the previous scan line, wherein the previous scan line comprises a protrusion extending in the column direction between and not overlapping the data lines in the thickness direction.

12. An organic light emitting display device comprising:

a substrate, on which the organic light emitting display device further comprises:

pixel columns extending in a column direction and adjacent to each other in a row direction;

data lines extending in the column direction and adjacent to each other and between the pixel columns in the row direction;

a power source line extending in the column direction;

a scan line extending in the row direction;

a switching transistor connected to the scan line and one of the data lines;

a driving transistor connected to the switching transistor;

an organic light emitting diode (OLED) connected to the driving transistor; and

a storage capacitor comprising a first storage capacitor plate and a second storage capacitor plate overlapping the first storage capacitor plate in a thickness direction, connected to the power source line, having a portion extending in the column direction between and not overlapping the data lines in the thickness direction, and having openings exposing the data lines in the thickness direction.

13. An organic light emitting display device comprising:

a substrate, on which the organic light emitting display device further comprises:

pixel columns extending in a column direction and adjacent to each other in a row direction;

data lines extending in the column direction and adjacent to each other and between the pixel columns in the row direction;

a power source line extending in the column direction;

a scan line extending in the row direction;

a switching transistor connected to the scan line and one of the data lines;

a driving transistor connected to the switching transistor;

an organic light emitting diode (OLED) connected to the driving transistor;

a storage capacitor comprising a first storage capacitor plate and a second storage capacitor plate overlapping the first storage capacitor plate in a thickness direction, connected to the power source line, and having a portion extending in the column direction between and not overlapping the data lines in the thickness direction; and

an emission control line extending in the row direction and an emission control transistor between the driving transistor and the OLED and connected to the emission control line, wherein the emission control line comprises a protrusion extending in the column direction between and not overlapping the data lines in the thickness direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 29, 2016
From: BYUN, MIN WOO; PARK, KYOUNG JIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038422/0443 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0104560 · Jul 23, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170025487A1 · Jan 26, 2017