IP Library Granted Patent US 10,170,534
Granted Patent B1
US 10,170,534 · App. 15/883,610 · Granted Jan 1, 2019

Display device

Inventors: Dongwook Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Wonkyu Kwak (Yongin-si, KR); Sunja Kwon (Yongin-si, KR); Seho Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Hansung Bae (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L27/3279H01L27/3223H01L27/3258H01L27/3262G09G3/3216G09G3/3283G09G2300/0408G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0842G09G2330/021H01L27/1244H01L51/5237H01L2251/5392
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Patent No.
US 10,170,534
App. No.
15/883,610
Granted
Jan 1, 2019
Kind
B1
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate; a plurality of display elements in a display area of the substrate, where each of the plurality of display elements includes a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode; a drive circuit on an outer side of the display area and including a thin film transistor; a first insulating layer on the drive circuit; a first power supply line layer on the first insulating layer and overlapping the drive circuit; a second insulating layer on the first power supply line layer; and a connection electrode layer on the second insulating layer, where the connection electrode layer electrically connects the first power supply line layer to the opposite electrode.

Claims (38)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of display elements in a display area of the substrate, wherein each of the plurality of display elements includes a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode, and an intermediate layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode;

a drive circuit on an outer side of the display area and including a thin film transistor;

a first insulating layer on the drive circuit;

a first power supply line layer on the first insulating layer and overlapping the drive circuit;

a second insulating layer on the first power supply line layer; and

a connection electrode layer on the second insulating layer, wherein the connection electrode layer electrically connects the first power supply line layer to the opposite electrode.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of first holes is defined in the first power supply line layer.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

a contact hole is defined in the second insulating layer, and

a center of the contact hole is offset from a center of each of the plurality of first holes.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the connection electrode layer contacts the first power supply line layer through the contact hole.

5. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a plurality of second holes is defined in the connection electrode layer.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein at least one of the plurality of second holes overlap at least one of the plurality of first holes.

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

a plurality of protrusions covering the plurality of second holes, respectively,

wherein the plurality of protrusions includes an insulating material.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the plurality of protrusions is spaced apart from one another.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a first valley hole is defined in the first insulating layer.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the first insulating layer comprises an organic insulating material.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein a portion of the first power supply line layer contacts, through the first valley hole, an insulating layer under the first insulating layer.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the insulating layer comprises an inorganic material.

13. The display device of claim 10 , wherein

a second valley hole corresponding to the first valley hole is defined in the second insulating layer, and

the connection electrode layer contacts the first power supply line layer through the second valley hole.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the second insulating layer comprises an organic insulating material.

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

a second power supply line layer on the outer side of the display area and connected to the first power supply line layer.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the first power supply line layer and the second power supply line layer partially surround the display area.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein a contact area between the first power supply line layer and the second power supply line layer extends to partially surround the display area.

18. The display device of claim 15 , wherein

the first power supply line layer partially surrounds the display area, and

the second power supply line layer contacts the first power supply line layer on the outer side of the display area.

19. The display device of claim 15 , wherein

the second power supply line layer is under the first insulating layer, and

the first power supply line layer contacts the second power supply line layer through an opening or a contact hole, which is defined in the first insulating layer.

20. The display device of claim 15 , wherein a side surface of the second power supply line layer is covered by an inorganic insulating layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2018
From: KIM, DONGWOOK; KWAK, WONKYU; KWON, SUNJA; KIM, SEHO; BAE, HANSUNG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0118845 · Sep 15, 2017 · national
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