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Granted Patent B2
US 11,765,946 · App. 18/085,749 · Granted Sep 19, 2023

Display device

Inventors: Yoon-Jong Cho (Seongnam-si, KR); Seok Je Seong (Seongnam-si, KR); Seong Jun Lee (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/126G09G3/3233H10K59/1213G09G3/3208G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0852G09G2310/0254G09G2320/0238H01L27/1222H01L27/1225H01L27/1251H01L29/04H01L29/7869H01L29/78672H01L29/78675H10K50/865H10K59/12H10K59/1216H10K59/131
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Patent No.
US 11,765,946
App. No.
18/085,749
Granted
Sep 19, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a polycrystalline semiconductor including a channel and electrodes of a driving transistor; a gate electrode of the driving transistor on the channel of the driving transistor; a first storage electrode on the gate electrode of the driving transistor; a light blocking layer of a first transistor and a light blocking layer of a second transistor; an oxide semiconductor including a channel and electrodes of the first transistor, and a channel and electrodes of the second transistor; a gate electrode of the first transistor on the channel of the first transistor; and a gate electrode of the second transistor on the channel of the second transistor. The light blocking layer of the first transistor and the first storage electrode are on a same layer, and the light blocking layer of the second transistor and the gate electrode of the driving transistor are on a same layer.

Claims (38)

1. A display device comprising:

a light emitting diode electrically connected between a driving voltage line that transmits a driving voltage and a common voltage line that transmits a common voltage;

a driving transistor electrically connected between the driving voltage line and the light emitting diode;

a first transistor electrically connected between a first electrode of the driving transistor electrically connected to the driving voltage line and a data line that transmits a data voltage;

a second transistor electrically connected between a second electrode of the driving transistor electrically connected to the light emitting diode and a gate electrode of the driving transistor;

a third transistor electrically connected between the light emitting diode and an initialization voltage line that transmits an initialization voltage; and

a storage capacitor electrically connected between the driving voltage line and the gate electrode of the driving transistor, wherein

the driving transistor includes a polycrystalline semiconductor,

the third transistor includes oxide semiconductors,

the storage capacitor includes a first storage electrode and a second storage electrode,

the first storage electrode is the gate electrode of the driving transistor,

the second storage electrode is disposed on the first storage electrode, and

the third transistor includes a light blocking layer disposed on a same layer as the gate electrode of the driving transistor.

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

a fourth transistor and a fifth transistor electrically connected between the driving voltage line and the first electrode of the driving transistor;

a sixth transistor electrically connected between the second electrode of the driving transistor and the light emitting diode;

a seventh transistor electrically connected between a gate electrode of the fourth transistor and the second electrode of the driving transistor;

a first emission control signal line electrically connected to the gate electrode of the fourth transistor and a gate electrode of the third transistor, and receiving a first emission control signal;

a second emission control signal line electrically connected to a gate electrode of the sixth transistor and a gate electrode of the fifth transistor, and receiving a second emission control signal; and

a third emission control signal line electrically connected to a gate electrode of the seventh transistor, and receiving a third emission control signal.

3. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a storage capacitor electrically connected between the driving voltage line and the gate electrode of the driving transistor.

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

a scan line electrically connected to a gate electrode of the first transistor, and receiving a scan signal; and

an inverted scan line electrically connected to a gate electrode of the second transistor, and receiving an inverted scan signal, wherein

a voltage with opposite polarity to the voltage applied to the scan line at a same time is applied to the inverted scan line.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second transistor includes oxide semiconductors.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the second transistor includes a light blocking layer disposed on a same layer as the gate electrode of the driving transistor.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

the driving transistor is a p-type transistor, and

the second transistor and the third transistor are an n-type transistor.

8. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

the second transistor further includes a gate electrode, and a channel disposed between the light blocking layer of the second transistor and the gate electrode of the second transistor, and

the third transistor further includes a gate electrode, and a channel disposed between the light blocking layer of the third transistor and the gate electrode of the third transistor.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the gate electrode of the second transistor and the gate electrode of the third transistor are disposed on a same layer.

10. The display device of claim 8 , wherein

the light blocking layer of the second transistor overlaps the channel of the second transistor and the gate electrode of the second transistor, and

the light blocking layer of the third transistor overlaps the channel of the third transistor and the gate electrode of the third transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 21, 2022
From: CHO, YOON-JONG; SEONG, SEOK JE; LEE, SEONG JUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0023591 · Feb 26, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16997385 · Aug 19, 2020
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