IP Library Granted Patent US 11,580,916
Granted Patent B2
US 11,580,916 · App. 17/680,964 · Granted Feb 14, 2023

Display device

Inventors: Ji Seon Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jin Sung An (Seongnam-si, KR); Seok Je Seong (Seongnam-si, KR); Seong Jun Lee (Seoul, KR); Se Wan Son (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3291G09G2300/0426H01L27/3262
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Patent No.
US 11,580,916
App. No.
17/680,964
Granted
Feb 14, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a first active pattern, a first gate electrode, a second active pattern, a second gate electrode, a first connecting pattern, and a second connecting pattern. The first connecting pattern is disposed on the second active pattern and is electrically connected to the first gate electrode, and the second connecting pattern is disposed on the first connecting pattern and is electrically connected to the first connecting pattern and the second active pattern.

Claims (42)

1. A display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first active pattern disposed above the substrate;

a first gate electrode disposed above the first active pattern;

a second active pattern disposed above the first gate electrode;

a second gate electrode disposed above the second active pattern;

a first connecting pattern disposed above the second active pattern and electrically connected to the first gate electrode; and

a second connecting pattern disposed above the first connecting pattern and electrically connected to the first connecting pattern and the second active pattern.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first connecting pattern is disposed in a same layer as the second gate electrode.

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

a shielding pattern disposed above the first connecting pattern, wherein the shielding pattern receives a constant voltage; and

a data line disposed above the shielding pattern, wherein the data line overlaps the shielding pattern, and provides a data voltage.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the shielding pattern overlaps the first connecting pattern.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the shielding pattern is disposed between the data line and the first connecting pattern.

6. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the data line is disposed above the second connecting pattern.

7. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the constant voltage is a power voltage.

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

a power voltage line disposed above the shielding pattern, wherein the power voltage line provides the power voltage to the shielding pattern.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second connecting pattern partially overlaps the first connecting pattern.

10. The display device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a storage capacitor electrode disposed above the first gate electrode,

wherein a hole is defined through the storage capacitor electrode, and

the second connecting pattern does not overlap the hole.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein

the first connecting pattern contacts the first gate electrode through a first contact hole overlapping the first connecting pattern and the first gate electrode, and

the second connecting pattern does not overlap the first contact hole.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the second connecting pattern contacts the first connecting pattern through a second contact hole overlapping the first connecting pattern and the second connecting pattern.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the second connecting pattern contacts the second active pattern through a third contact hole overlapping the second connecting pattern and the second active pattern.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first contact hole, the second contact hole and the third contact hole are spaced apart from each other.

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

a first bottom gate electrode disposed under the second active pattern and electrically connected to the second gate electrode.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the first bottom gate electrode overlaps the second gate electrode.

17. The display device of claim 16 , further comprising:

a third gate electrode disposed above the second active pattern; and

a second bottom gate electrode disposed under the second active pattern, overlapping the third gate electrode, and electrically connected to the third gate electrode.

18. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first active pattern includes polycrystalline silicon, and

the second active pattern includes oxide semiconductor.

19. The display device of claim 18 , further comprising:

a light blocking pattern disposed above the second connecting pattern and overlapping the second active pattern.

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

a fourth gate electrode disposed between the first active pattern and the second active pattern.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0028624 · Mar 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 17193281 · Mar 5, 2021
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