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Granted Patent B2
US 11,626,552 · App. 17/240,669 · Granted Apr 11, 2023

Display device

Inventors: Kyung Bae Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Min Jae Jeong (Yongin-si, KR); Chong Chui Chai (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L33/62H01L27/156
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Patent No.
US 11,626,552
App. No.
17/240,669
Granted
Apr 11, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate including a plurality of pixels; an electrode part including a first electrode in each pixel of the plurality of pixels on the substrate and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode on a same plane; a plurality of light emitting devices spaced apart from each other between the first electrode and the second electrode; a power line part including a first power line between the substrate and the first electrode, the first power line to receive a first driving power source, and a second power line between the substrate and the second electrode, the second power line to receive a second driving power source; and a shielding electrode line between the power line part and the first electrode, the shielding electrode line to receive the first driving power source.

Claims (48)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a pixel disposed on the substrate;

an electrode part including a first electrode in the pixel on the substrate and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode on a same plane;

a plurality of light emitting devices spaced apart from each other between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a power line part including a first power line between the substrate and the first electrode, the first power line to receive a first driving power voltage from a first driving power source, and a second power line between the substrate and the second electrode, the second power line to receive a second driving power voltage from a second driving power source, wherein

in a planar view, the first power line does not overlap the second power line in the pixel.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first power line and the second power line extend in a same direction, and the first power line and the second power line are spaced apart from each other in same direction.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a shielding electrode line between the power line part and the electrode part.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the shielding electrode line is between the power line part and the first electrode.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the shielding electrode line prevents a vertical electric field effect caused by a driving circuit under the electrode part when the plurality of light emitting devices are aligned between the first electrode and the second electrode.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the shielding electrode line receives the first driving power voltage from the first driving power source.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the shielding electrode line is connected to the first power line through a contact hole.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the shielding electrode line does not overlap the second power line in the pixel.

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

the first electrode is connected to the first driving power source via the driving circuit, and

the second electrode is connected to the second driving power source.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a scan line between the substrate and the power line part, the scan line connecting the plurality of light emitting devices and the driving circuit, wherein the scan line is under the shielding electrode line.

11. The display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the driving circuit includes at least one transistor, wherein

the at least one transistor includes:

a semiconductor layer on the substrate, the semiconductor layer having a channel, a source electrode, and a drain electrode; and

a gate electrode on the semiconductor layer.

12. The display device as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the gate electrode includes:

a first gate electrode on a gate insulating layer that is interposed between the first gate electrode and the semiconductor layer; and

a second gate electrode between the first gate electrode and the power line part.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the shielding electrode line extends to cover a region between adjacent pixels.

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

the first electrode includes a first stem part extending in a first direction and a plurality of first branch parts extending from the first stem part in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and

the second electrode includes a second stem part extending in the first direction, and a plurality of second branch parts extending from the second stem part in the second direction, the plurality of second branch parts being alternately disposed with the plurality of first branch parts.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the shielding electrode line overlaps at least one of the first branch parts of the first electrode or the second branch parts of the second electrode.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein one of the plurality of first branch parts of the first electrode is at an outermost portion of each pixel, and

wherein the shielding electrode line overlaps the one of the plurality of first branch parts of the first electrode at the outermost portion of each pixel, and extends to cover a region between adjacent pixels.

17. The display device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the shielding electrode line includes:

a first electrode part extending in a first direction; and

a second electrode part extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

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

the first electrode is an anode electrode of the pixel, and

the second electrode is a cathode electrode of the pixel.

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

the first driving power voltage of the first driving power source corresponds to a voltage for supplying a current to one of the first electrode and the second electrode, and

the second driving power voltage of the second driving power source is applied to the other one of the first electrode and the second electrode.

20. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixels disposed on the substrate;

an electrode part including a first electrode in each pixel of the plurality of pixels on the substrate and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode on a same plane;

a plurality of light emitting devices spaced apart from each other between the first electrode and the second electrode;

a power line part including a first power line between the substrate and the first electrode, the first power line to receive a first driving power voltage from a first driving power source, and a second power line between the substrate and the second electrode, the second power line to receive a second driving power voltage from a second driving power source; and

a shielding electrode between the power line part and the electrode part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2021
From: KIM, KYUNG BAE; JEONG, MIN JAE; CHAI, CHONG CHUL
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056043/0367 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0166357 · Dec 20, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16548226 · Aug 22, 2019
Related Publication 20210249576A1 · Aug 12, 2021