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Granted Patent B2
US 11,678,520 · App. 17/542,887 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Display apparatus

Inventors: Junghun Yi (Yongin-si, KR); Seungkyu Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Wonkyu Kwak (Yongin-si, KR); Wonse Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/1213G09G3/3225H01L27/124H01L27/1222H01L27/1255H10K50/813H10K50/84H10K50/865H10K59/121H10K59/123H10K59/124H10K59/1216H10K59/131H10K59/353G09G3/2003G09G3/3233G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0452G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0842G09G2300/0861G09G2310/0251H10K59/126
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Patent No.
US 11,678,520
App. No.
17/542,887
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus is provided by the present invention, the display apparatus includes a first thin film transistor (TFT) disposed in a first pixel region and including a first semiconductor layer and a first gate electrode, where the semiconductor layer includes first source and drain regions; a second TFT disposed in a second pixel region adjacent the first pixel region and including a second semiconductor layer and a second gate electrode, where the second semiconductor layer includes a second source and drain regions; a first pixel electrode disposed in the first pixel region and including a first region where a first light-emitting layer is disposed and a second region extending from the first region and disposed on a first via hole; and a second pixel electrode disposed in the second pixel region and including a third region where a second light-emitting layer is disposed and a fourth region extending from the third region and disposed on a second via hole.

Claims (23)

1. A display device, comprising:

a first pixel circuit including a first driving transistor and a first transistor connected to the first driving transistor disposed along a first semiconductor layer;

a first pixel electrode connected to the first pixel circuit;

a second pixel circuit including a second driving transistor and a second transistor connected to the second driving transistor disposed along a second semiconductor layer;

a second pixel electrode connected to the second pixel circuit; and

a scan line extending in a first direction and connected to the first transistor and the second transistor;

wherein each of the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode includes a first region where a light-emitting layer is disposed and a second region surrounding the first region,

wherein the scan line includes a first protrusion extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and a second protrusion extending in the second direction in a plan view, and

wherein the first protrusion of the scan line is overlapped with the second region of the first pixel electrode and the second protrusion of the scan line is overlapped with the first region of the second pixel electrode.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein first protrusion and the second protrusion of the scan line are disposed at an opposite side of the first driving transistor and the second driving transistor based on the scan line in the first direction.

3. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a second data line connected to the second pixel circuit, and

wherein the second pixel electrode overlaps a part of the second data line.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein an area of the first pixel electrode and an area of the second pixel electrode are different from each other.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first pixel electrode overlaps a first via hole and the second pixel electrode overlaps a second via hole, and

wherein a distance between the scan line and the first via hole is shorter than a distance between the scan line and the second via hole.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a light emission area of the second pixel electrode is larger than a light emission area of the first pixel electrode.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first pixel electrode overlaps the first transistor and the second pixel electrode overlaps the second transistor.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first transistor and the second transistor includes a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode on a same layer, and

wherein the first pixel electrode overlaps a part of the first semiconductor layer between first semiconductor between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode of the first transistor, and the second pixel electrode overlaps a part of the second semiconductor layer between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode of the second transistor.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a part of the scan line in the first direction and the first protrusion of the scan line overlap the first semiconductor layer.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a part of the scan line in the first direction and the second protrusion of the scan line overlap the second semiconductor layer.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second pixel circuit further includes a third transistor disposed along the second semiconductor layer and connected to a first data line and the scan line, and

wherein the second pixel electrode partially overlaps at least one of a source region and a drain region of the third transistor along the second semiconductor layer.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0145375 · Nov 2, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17027917 · Sep 22, 2020
Continuation 16178846 · Nov 2, 2018
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