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Granted Patent B2
US 11,227,545 · App. 16/589,718 · Granted Jan 18, 2022

Display apparatus including a double-gate transistor

Inventors: Junhyun Park (Yongin-si, KR); Dongwoo Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Sungjae Moon (Yongin-si, KR); Kangmoon Jo (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3233G09G3/2085G09G3/3266G09G3/3275G09G3/3655G09G3/3677G09G3/3688
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Patent No.
US 11,227,545
App. No.
16/589,718
Granted
Jan 18, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes a first transistor including a semiconductor layer, a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode respectively electrically connected to a source area and a drain area of the semiconductor layer, and a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode corresponding to a channel area of the semiconductor layer and facing each other, and a capacitor including a first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode above the first capacitor electrode, and a third capacitor electrode below the first capacitor electrode.

Claims (48)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a first transistor comprising a semiconductor layer, a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode respectively electrically connected to a source area and a drain area of the semiconductor layer, and a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode corresponding to a channel area of the semiconductor layer and facing each other; and

a capacitor comprising a first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode above the first capacitor electrode, and a third capacitor electrode below the first capacitor electrode,

wherein the first gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor, and

the one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the third capacitor electrode, and

wherein the first gate electrode of the first transistor extends from the third capacitor electrode of the capacitor.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second capacitor electrode and the third capacitor electrode of the capacitor are electrically connected to each other.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , further comprising a pixel electrode,

wherein the one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor and the second capacitor electrode of the capacitor are electrically connected to the pixel electrode.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising a connection electrode electrically connected to the one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor and to the second capacitor electrode of the capacitor,

wherein the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the connection electrode.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second gate electrode of the first transistor extends from the first capacitor electrode of the capacitor.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor extends from the second capacitor electrode of the capacitor.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a second transistor connected between the second gate electrode of the first transistor and a data line.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a third transistor connected between the one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor and a sensing line.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a light-emitting device connected to the first transistor,

wherein the light-emitting device comprises:

a pixel electrode connected to the one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor;

an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode; and

an emissive layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising a power line electrically connected to the opposite electrode and disposed adjacent to the first transistor.

11. The display apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising:

a first power line electrically connected to the first transistor and the capacitor;

a second power line electrically connected to the light-emitting device; and

wherein the first power line comprises a 1-1 power line extending in a first direction and a 1-2 power line extending in a second direction different from the first direction and electrically connected to the 1-1 power line, and

wherein the second power line comprises a 2-1 power line extending in the first direction and a 2-2 power line extending in the second direction and electrically connected to the 2-1 power line.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein one of the 1-2 power line of the first power line and the 2-2 power line of the second power line is disposed in each of a plurality of rows,

wherein the 1-2 power line and the 2-2 power line are alternately disposed in the first direction.

13. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the capacitor comprises a first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode above the first capacitor electrode, and a third capacitor electrode below the first capacitor electrode, and

the one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the third capacitor electrode.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the 1-2 power line of the first power line and the 2-2 power line of the second power line are disposed in each of a plurality of rows.

15. The display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the second capacitor electrode and the third capacitor electrode of the capacitor are electrically connected to each other.

16. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the light-emitting device comprises:

a pixel electrode connected to the one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor;

an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode; and

an emissive layer between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode,

wherein the second power line is electrically connected to the opposite electrode.

17. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor and the second capacitor electrode of the capacitor are electrically connected to the pixel electrode.

18. The display apparatus of claim 16 , further comprising a connection electrode electrically connected to the one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor and to the second capacitor electrode of the capacitor,

wherein the pixel electrode is electrically connected to the connection electrode.

19. A display apparatus comprising,

a first transistor comprising a semiconductor layer, a first electrode and a second electrode, the first electrode and the second electrode respectively electrically connected to a source area and a drain area of the semiconductor layer, and a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode corresponding to a channel area of the semiconductor layer and facing each other, and

a capacitor comprising a first capacitor electrode, a second capacitor electrode above the first capacitor electrode, and a third capacitor electrode below the first capacitor electrode,

wherein the first gate electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor, and

the one of the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor is electrically connected to the third capacitor, and

wherein the first gate electrode of the first transistor and the third capacitor electrode of the capacitor are disposed in a same layer, and

the second gate electrode of the first transistor and the first capacitor electrode of the capacitor are disposed in a same layer, and

the first electrode and the second electrode of the first transistor and the second capacitor electrode of the capacitor are disposed in a same layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 1, 2019
From: PARK, JUNHYUN; KIM, DONGWOO; MOON, SUNGJAE; JO, KANGMOON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050587/0007 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0119747 · Oct 8, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
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