IP Library Granted Patent US 11,031,436
Granted Patent B2
US 11,031,436 · App. 15/609,480 · Granted Jun 8, 2021

Display device

Inventors: Sun Ja Kwon (Yongin-si, KR); Won Kyu Kwak (Yongin-si, KR); Hwan Soo Jang (Yongin-si, KR); Seung Yeon Cho (Yongin-si, KR); Hyun Ae Park (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3211G09G3/3291H01L27/3262G09G2300/0426G09G2320/0223
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Patent No.
US 11,031,436
App. No.
15/609,480
Granted
Jun 8, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a pixel area, and a plurality of data lines. The substrate includes display and non-display areas. The pixel area is in the display area and includes a first pixel column and a second pixel column. The pixels in the first and second columns emit light of different colors. The data lines are respectively coupled to the first pixel column and the second pixel column. In the non-display area, a data line is coupled to one of the first or second pixel columns corresponding to a color on which influence of a resistance is greater than on another color. The data lines has a line or contact structure with a resistance less than a resistance of a line or contact structure of a remaining data line coupled to a remaining pixel column.

Claims (96)

1. A display device, comprising:

a substrate including a display area and a non-display area;

a pixel area in the display area, the pixel area divided into a plurality of first pixel columns including first pixels and second pixels, and a plurality of second pixel columns including third pixels, the third pixels being of a same third color only, and the first and second pixels being of first and/or second colors that are different from the third color;

first data lines respectively coupled to the first pixel columns; and

second data lines respectively coupled to the second pixel columns,

wherein a swing width of a data voltage sent by a data drive unit corresponding to the first and/or second colors is greater than a swing width of a data voltage sent by the data drive unit corresponding to the third color, and

wherein each of the first data lines has a first line structure or first contact structure having a first resistance that is less than a second resistance of a second line structure or second contact structure of each of the second data lines, such that an overall resistance between the data drive unit and each of the first pixel columns is less than an overall resistance between the data drive unit and each of the second pixel columns.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, the non-display area, a resistance of each of the first data lines is less than a resistance of each of the second data lines.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein, in the non-display area, a length of each of the first data lines is less than a length of each of the second data lines.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

each of the first pixel columns includes the first pixels and the second pixels in the display area arranged in a column direction, the first pixels to emit light of the first color and the second pixels to emit light of the second color, the second pixels being arranged alternately with the first pixels; and

each of the second pixel columns includes the third pixels to emit light of the third color.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 4 , further comprising first to third insulating layers successively stacked on the substrate,

wherein a first data line is on the third insulating layer in the display area and is at least partially on the second insulating layer in the non-display area, and

a second data line is on the third insulating layer in the display area and is at least partially on the first insulating layer in the non-display area.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein:

the first color is red;

the second color is blue; and

the third color is green.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the non-display area includes a fan-out area adjacent to the display area.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein:

the first data line is on the second insulating layer in the fan-out area; and

the second data line is on the first insulating layer in the fan-out area.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the non-display area includes a bent area adjacent to the fan-out area.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the first data line includes a first pixel-unit data line in the display area, a first fan-out line in the fan-out area, and a first link line in the bent area.

11. The display device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first pixel-unit data line and the first link line are on the third insulating layer, and the first fan-out line is on the second insulating layer.

12. The display device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein:

the third insulating layer includes first and second contact holes that expose portions of the first fan-out lines;

the first pixel-unit data line is coupled to the first fan-out line through the first contact hole; and

the first fan-out line is coupled to the first link line through the second contact hole.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the second data line includes a second pixel-unit data line in the display area, a second fan-out line in the fan-out area, and a second link line in the bent area.

14. The display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein:

the second and third insulating layers include third and fourth contact holes that expose portions of the second fan-out line;

the second pixel-unit data line is coupled to the second fan-out line through the third contact hole; and

the second fan-out line is coupled to the second link line through the fourth contact hole.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising a bent-part insulating layer in the bent area of the substrate.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein:

the first to third insulating layers have an opening that exposes a portion of the substrate; and

the bent-part insulating layer is in the opening.

17. The display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein:

at least a portion of the first data line is on the bent-part insulating layer in the bent area; and

at least a portion of the second data line is on the bent-part insulating layer in the bent area.

18. The display device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein:

the first pixel-unit data line is on the third insulating layer;

the first fan-out line is on the second insulating layer; and

the first link line is on the bent-part insulating layer.

19. The display device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein:

the second pixel-unit data line is on the third insulating layer;

the second fan-out line is on the first insulating layer; and

the second link line is on the bent-part insulating layer.

20. The display device as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising a fourth insulating layer on the third insulating layer,

wherein the second data line includes a bridge pattern in the fan-out area.

21. The display device as claimed in claim 20 , wherein:

the second pixel-unit data line is on the third insulating layer;

the second fan-out line is on the first insulating layer;

the bridge pattern is on the third insulating layer; and

the second link line is on the fourth insulating layer.

22. The display device as claimed in claim 21 , wherein:

the second and third insulating layers have third and fourth contact holes that expose portions of the second fan-out line;

the fourth insulating layer has a fifth contact hole that exposes a portion of the bridge pattern;

the second pixel-unit data line is coupled to the second fan-out line through the third contact hole;

the second fan-out line is coupled to the bridge pattern through the fourth contact hole; and

the bridge pattern is coupled to the second link line through the fifth contact hole.

23. The display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein each of the first pixels, the second pixels, and the third pixels includes a transistor which includes:

an active layer on the substrate;

a gate electrode on the first insulating layer;

an upper capacitor electrode on the second insulating layer; and

a source electrode and a drain electrode on the third insulating layer.

24. The display device as claimed in claim 23 , wherein a portion of the first data line or the second data line in the non-display area is on a same layer as the source electrode and the drain electrode are provided and includes a same material as is in the source electrode and the drain electrode.

25. The display device as claimed in claim 23 , wherein a portion of the second data line in the non-display area is on a same layer as the gate electrode and includes a same material as is in the gate electrode.

26. The display device as claimed in claim 23 , wherein a portion of the first data line in the non-display area is on a same layer as the upper capacitor electrode and includes a same material as in the upper capacitor electrode.

27. The display device as claimed in claim 23 , further comprising:

a fourth insulating layer on the third insulating layer; and

connection patterns on the fourth insulating layer and coupled to the drain electrode, wherein a portion of the second data line in the non-display area is on a same layer as the connection patterns and includes a same material as is in the connection patterns.

28. The display device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein areas of at least two pixels among the first pixels, the second pixels, and the third pixels differ from each other.

29. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the first pixel columns and the second pixel columns are alternately arranged in a row direction.

30. The display device as claimed in claim 29 , wherein:

the first data lines and the second data lines are alternately arranged in the row direction.

31. A display device, comprising:

a substrate including a display area and a non-display area;

a pixel area in the display area, the pixel area including a first pixel column including a plurality of pixels and a second pixel column including a plurality of pixels, the second pixel column including pixels of a same color only, and the first pixel column including pixels of colors which are different from a color of the pixels included in the second pixel column; and

a plurality of data lines respectively coupled to the first pixel column and the second pixel column,

wherein:

a first data line is coupled to the first pixel column corresponding to a color for which a swing width of a data voltage sent by a data drive unit is greater than for another color, and, in the non-display area, has a line structure or contact structure with a resistance that is less than a resistance of a line structure or contact structure of a second data line coupled to the second pixel column, such that a respective overall resistance between the data drive unit and each of the first and second pixel columns depends on each color in the respective pixel columns;

a resistance of the first data line is less than a resistance of the second data line; and

a width of the first data line is greater than a width of the second data line.

32. A display device, comprising:

a substrate including a display area and a non-display area;

a pixel area in the display area, the pixel area including a first pixel column including a plurality of pixels and a second pixel column including a plurality of pixels, the second pixel column including pixels of a same color only, and the first pixel column including pixels of colors which are different from a color of the pixels included in the second pixel column; and

a plurality of data lines respectively coupled to the first pixel column and the second pixel column,

wherein:

a first data line is coupled to the first pixel column corresponding to a color for which a swing width of a data voltage sent by a data drive unit is greater than for another color, and, in the non-display area, has a line structure or contact structure with a resistance that is less than a resistance of a line structure or contact structure of a second data line coupled to the second pixel column, such that a respective overall resistance between the data drive unit and each of the first and second pixel columns depends on each color in the respective pixel columns;

a resistance of the first data line is less than a resistance of the second data line;

portions of each of the data lines are coupled to each other through at least one contact hole; and

the portions of the first data line are coupled to each other through a smaller number of contact holes than are the portions of the second data line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2017
From: KWON, SUN JA; KWAK, WON KYU; JANG, HWAN SOO; CHO, SEUNG YEON; PARK, HYUN AE
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0119503 · Sep 19, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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