IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,430,849
Granted Patent B2
US 11,430,849 · App. 17/206,932 · Granted Aug 30, 2022

Organic light emitting diode display

Inventors: Jun Hyun Park (Suwon-si, KR); Kang Moon Jo (Hwaseong-si, KR); Dong Woo Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Sung Jae Moon (Seongnam-si, KR); An Su Lee (Seoul, KR); Woong-Sik Choi (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L27/3265H01L27/3248H01L27/3262H01L27/3276G09G3/3233G09G3/3266G09G3/3291G09G2310/021H01L27/124H01L27/1225H01L27/1255H01L29/7869
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Patent No.
US 11,430,849
App. No.
17/206,932
Granted
Aug 30, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

According to an exemplary embodiment, an organic light emitting diode display includes: a substrate; a semiconductor layer; a first gate insulating layer disposed on the oxide semiconductor layer; a first gate layer disposed on the first gate insulating layer; a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first gate layer; a first data layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer; a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first data layer; a driving voltage line and a driving low voltage line disposed on the second interlayer insulating layer and separated from each other; an upper insulating layer covering the driving voltage line and the driving low voltage line; and an anode disposed on the upper insulating layer and overlapping the driving voltage line or the driving low voltage line.

Claims (115)

1. An organic light emitting diode display comprising:

a substrate;

a semiconductor layer;

a first gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer;

a first gate layer disposed on the first gate insulating layer;

a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first gate layer;

a first data layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer;

a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first data layer;

a driving voltage line and a driving low voltage line disposed on the second interlayer insulating layer and separated from each other;

an upper insulating layer covering the driving voltage line and the driving low voltage line; and

an anode disposed on the upper insulating layer and overlapping the driving voltage line or the driving low voltage line,

wherein the driving voltage line has a parasitic capacitor opening so that the anode forms a parasitic capacitance with the first gate insulating layer or the first data layer.

2. An organic light emitting diode display comprising:

a substrate;

a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate;

a first gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer;

a first gate layer disposed on the first gate insulating layer;

a second gate insulating layer disposed on the first gate layer;

a second gate layer disposed on the second gate insulating layer;

a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the second gate layer;

a first data layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer and including a data line, an initialization voltage line, a driving voltage line, and a driving low voltage line;

an upper insulating layer covering the first data layer; and

an anode disposed on the upper insulating layer,

wherein the anode includes an additional capacitor extension part, and the additional capacitor extension part overlaps the driving low voltage line.

3. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2 , further comprising

an overlapping layer disposed between the substrate and the semiconductor layer, and

a overlapping layer overlaps a channel of a first transistor.

4. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2 , wherein the driving voltage line and the driving low voltage line are adjacently disposed, and a width of the driving low voltage line is wider than the width of the driving voltage line.

5. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 4 , wherein

the driving low voltage line also overlaps the driving voltage line.

6. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2 , further comprising:

a second interlayer insulating layer disposed between the first data layer and the upper insulating layer, the second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first data layer; and

a second driving low voltage line disposed between the first data layer and the upper insulating layer, the second driving low voltage line disposed on the second interlayer insulating layer, and

the driving low voltage line is electrically connected to the second driving low voltage line to transmit the driving low voltage through a dual structure.

7. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2 , further comprising

a cathode connection part disposed on a same layer as the anode and electrically connected to the driving low voltage line, and

the additional capacitor extension part of the anode is disposed and separated from the cathode connection part.

8. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 2 , further comprising a plurality of pixels wherein

the anode is disposed in each of the pixels, and at least one anode does not include the additional capacitor extension part.

9. An organic light emitting diode display comprising:

a substrate;

a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate;

a first gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer;

a first gate layer disposed on the first gate insulating layer;

a second gate insulating layer disposed on the first gate layer;

a second gate layer disposed on the second gate insulating layer;

an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the second gate layer;

a data layer disposed on the interlayer insulating layer and including a data line and a driving voltage line;

an upper insulating layer disposed on the data layer; and

an anode disposed on the upper insulating layer and completely covering a gate electrode of a first transistor included in the first gate layer,

wherein the anode overlaps the driving voltage line to form an additional capacitor.

10. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 9 , wherein

the driving voltage line extends in a longitudinal direction.

11. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 10 , wherein

one side of the anode extending in the longitudinal direction overlaps the driving voltage line.

12. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 9 , wherein

the semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor, a second semiconductor, and a third semiconductor,

wherein the first transistor is disposed on the first semiconductor, a second transistor is disposed on the second semiconductor, and a third transistor is disposed on the third semiconductor.

13. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 12 , wherein

at least one of the first semiconductor, the second semiconductor, and the third semiconductor includes an opening.

14. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 12 , wherein

the first semiconductor includes a channel region, a source region, and a drain region, and

the source region overlaps the anode and the driving voltage line.

15. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 14 , further comprising

an overlapping layer disposed between the substrate and the semiconductor layer.

16. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 15 , wherein

the overlapping layer includes a channel overlapping part overlapping the channel region of the first semiconductor and an extension part extending from the channel overlapping part, and

the extension part of the overlapping part overlaps the gate electrode of the first transistor.

17. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 15 , wherein

the second gate layer includes a storage electrode,

the gate electrode of the first transistor and the storage electrode overlap to form a storage capacitor, and

the storage capacitor completely overlaps the anode.

18. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 17 , wherein

the overlapping layer is connected to the storage electrode through an opening, and

the storage electrode is electrically connected to the anode through a connection part included in the data layer.

19. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 12 , wherein

the second semiconductor includes a channel region, a source region, and a drain region, and

the source region overlaps the data line to be electrically connected thereto.

20. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 9 , further comprising

a transverse driving voltage line included in the first gate layer and extending in a horizontal direction crossing the driving voltage line.

21. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 20 , comprising a plurality of pixels wherein

the transverse driving voltage line is electrically connected to at least one pixel among the pixels adjacent in a row direction.

22. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 10 , further comprising

an initialization voltage line included in the data layer and extending in the longitudinal direction.

23. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 22 , comprising a plurality of pixels and further comprising

an initialization voltage transmitting part disposed in a horizontal direction crossing the initialization voltage line, and

the initialization voltage transmitting part is electrically connected to at least one pixel among the pixels adjacent in a row direction.

24. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 10 , further comprising

a driving low voltage line included in the data layer and extending in the longitudinal direction.

25. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 9 , wherein

the semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor, a second semiconductor, and a third semiconductor, and

the first transistor is disposed on the first semiconductor, a second transistor is disposed on the second semiconductor, and a third transistor is disposed on the third semiconductor,

the anode overlaps the first semiconductor, the second semiconductor, and the third semiconductor.

26. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 25 , wherein

the first gate layer further includes a scan line and a previous scan line extending in a horizontal direction.

27. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 26 , wherein

the first gate layer includes a gate electrode of the third transistor, and

the gate electrode of the third transistor is electrically connected to the previous scan line through a connection part included in the second gate layer and a connection part included in the data layer.

28. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 9 , further comprising:

an organic emission layer disposed on the anode; and

a cathode disposed on the organic emission layer.

29. An organic light emitting diode display comprising:

a substrate;

a semiconductor layer;

a first gate insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor layer;

a first gate layer disposed on the first gate insulating layer;

a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first gate layer;

a first data layer disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer;

a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the first data layer;

a driving voltage line and a driving low voltage line disposed on the second interlayer insulating layer and separated from each other;

an upper insulating layer covering the driving voltage line and the driving low voltage line; and

an anode disposed on the upper insulating layer and overlapping the driving voltage line or the driving low voltage line;

a first capacitor having a first electrode receiving a driving voltage from the driving voltage line and a second electrode connected to the anode; and

a second capacitor having a first electrode connected to the anode and a second electrode receiving a driving low voltage from the driving low voltage line.

30. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 29 , wherein the first capacitor and the second capacitor have sufficient capacitance to maintain a voltage of the anode for one frame period of the organic light emitting diode display.

Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2018-0157411 · Dec 7, 2018 · national
KR 10-2018-0166477 · Dec 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 16698121 · Nov 27, 2019
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