Organic light emitting display device with improved aperture ratio
Disclosed are an organic light emitting display device to improve an aperture ratio, and a method of manufacturing the same. The organic light emitting display device includes a plurality of contact holes overlapping an anode of an organic light emitting element in each sub-pixel region, wherein conductive films connected through at least one of the contact holes are transparent, thus allowing regions, where the contact holes are formed, to be used as light emitting regions, thereby improving an aperture ratio.
1. A display device, comprising:
a substrate;
a conductive line on the substrate, the conductive line including at least one of a reference line or a power line;
a jumping line on the substrate electrically connected to the conductive line wherein the jumping line is formed of transparent conductive material, and
a plurality of sub pixels on the substrate, each sub pixel comprising:
a light emitting element on the substrate; and
a first thin film transistor (TFT) on the substrate,
a sensing transistor electrically connected to the light emitting element on the substrate;
wherein the jumping line protrudes from the reference line towards a sub-pixel region parallel to a scan line to connect the reference line to the sensing transistor, or the jumping line protrudes from the power line toward the sub-pixel region parallel to a scan line to connect the power line to the first TFT.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first TFT includes an active layer and a first electrode electrically connected to the active layer, wherein the first electrode includes:
a first conductive layer formed of transparent conductive material, the first conductive layer including a first portion and a second portion, and
a second conductive layer contacting the first portion of the first conductive layer.
3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second portion of the first conductive layer is disposed below the light emitting element, and does not contact the second conductive layer.
4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of sub pixels further comprises an insulating layer on the first electrode, wherein the insulating layer contacts a top surface of the second conductive layer, and contacts a top surface of the second portion of the first conductive layer.
5. The display device of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the plurality of sub pixels further comprises an insulating layer on the substrate formed with an opening, and wherein the second portion of the first conductive layer is disposed in the opening.
6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the light emitting element includes an anode electrode, and the anode electrode contacts the second portion of the first conductive layer.
7. The display device of claim 5 , wherein at least one of the plurality of sub pixels further comprises a third conductive layer below the insulating layer, wherein the third conductive layer is formed of transparent conductive material, and wherein the second portion of the first conductive layer contacts a portion of the third conductive layer exposed through the opening.
8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the plurality of sub pixels further comprises a storage capacitor below the light emitting element, and wherein the third conductive layer is a lower storage electrode of the storage capacitor.
9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein at least one of the plurality of sub pixels further comprises a driving TFT for driving the light emitting element, and wherein the third conductive layer extends from at least a part of a gate electrode of the driving transistor.
10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of sub pixels further comprises a transparent storage capacitor below the light emitting element.
11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the transparent storage capacitor includes a lower storage electrode and an upper storage electrode, and wherein the lower storage electrode and the upper storage electrode are formed of transparent conductive material.
12. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second conductive layer is formed of opaque metal.
13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the conductive line extends in a first direction, and
wherein the jumping line extends in a second direction different from the first direction.
14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein a portion of the jumping line is disposed below the light emitting element.
15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the conductive line is a power line and the first TFT is a driving transistor for driving the light emitting element, and wherein the jumping line is electrically connected to the first TFT.
16. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first TFT includes a gate electrode, and the jumping line is formed in a same layer as a part of the gate electrode.
17. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the reference line is connected through the jumping line to the sensing transistor of each of the sub pixels disposed at left and right sides of each jumping line.
18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the reference line is connected through the jumping line to the sensing transistor of each of at least two sub pixels disposed at the left sides of each jumping line and is connected through the jumping line to the sensing transistor of each of at least two sub pixels disposed at the right sides of each jumping line.
19. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the power line is connected through the jumping line to the first TFT of each of the sub pixels disposed at the left and right sides of each jumping line.
20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein the power line is connected through the jumping line to the first TFT of each of at least two sub pixels disposed at the left sides of each jumping line and is connected through the jumping line to the first TFT of each of at least two sub pixels disposed at the right sides of each jumping line.