IP Library Granted Patent US 11,800,757
Granted Patent B2
US 11,800,757 · App. 17/134,451 · Granted Oct 24, 2023

Display panel and display device

Inventors: WonJu Kwon (Paju-si, KR); KeunYoung Son (Paju-si, KR); JaeHyun Jin (Paju-si, KR); ByungJun Lim (Paju-si, KR); TaeRyong Kim (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/131H10K59/122H10K59/124H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 11,800,757
App. No.
17/134,451
Granted
Oct 24, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel including an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area; a front cover disposed in an upper portion of the display panel; a back cover disposed in a lower portion of the display panel; a dam disposed to surround an outer periphery of the active area in the non-active area of the display panel; a pad area spaced apart from the dam in the non-active area and disposed in an edge of one side of the non-active area; at least one inspection line spaced apart from the dam in the non-active area and disposed to surround a portion of an outer periphery of the dam; and at least one align mark integral with the inspection line.

Claims (40)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel including an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area on a substrate;

a front cover disposed in an upper portion of the display panel;

a back cover disposed in a lower portion of the display panel;

a dam disposed to surround an outer periphery of the active area in the non-active area of the display panel;

a pad area spaced apart from the dam in the non-active area and disposed in an edge of one side of the non-active area;

at least one inspection line spaced apart from the dam in the non-active area and disposed to surround a portion of an outer periphery of the dam; and

at least one align mark integral with the inspection line and disposed in the non-active area located outside the active area in close proximity to an edge of the display panel,

wherein the at least one align mark has first, second and third portions and the second portion disposed between the first and third portions has a height lower than those of the first and third portions.

2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of pads disposed in the pad area and electrically connected to the at least one inspection line.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one inspection line comprises a first inspection line disposed to surround the portion of the outer periphery of the dam and a second inspection line spaced apart from the first inspection line and disposed to surround an outer periphery of the first inspection line.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the at least one align mark is integral with the second inspection line.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the non-active area comprises at least one crack prevention line disposed in an outer periphery of the second inspection line.

6. The display device of claim 3 , further comprising at least one thin film transistor disposed on the substrate of the active area.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the at least one thin film transistor comprises a gate electrode, an active layer, a source electrode, and a drain electrode disposed on the substrate, and the first inspection line and the second inspection line are disposed on a same layer as the gate electrode.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the at least align mark is disposed on a same layer as the gate electrode of the thin film transistor.

9. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the second inspection line comprises at least one groove.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the at least one groove of the second inspection line comprises a first portion extended in a first direction, a second portion extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction in from the first portion, and a third portion extended in a direction corresponding to a direction in which the first portion is extended in from the second portion.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the at least align mark is integral with at least one of the first to third portions of the second inspection line.

12. The display device of claim 9 , wherein a width of the align mark with respect to a direction in which a long short side of the display panel is extended corresponds to a depth of the groove, or is wider than the depth of the groove.

13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a maximum width of the at least one align mark with respect to a direction in which a short side of the display panel is extended is larger than a maximum width of a signal line disposed in the non-active area.

14. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one align mark comprises at least two portions having an angle of 90 degrees or higher.

15. A display panel comprising:

a substrate including an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area;

a dam disposed to surround an outer periphery of the active area in the non-active area of the substrate;

a pad area spaced apart from the dam in the non-active area and disposed in an edge of one side of the non-active area;

at least one inspection line spaced apart from the dam in the non-active area and disposed to surround a portion of an outer periphery of the dam; and

at least one align mark integral with the inspection line and disposed in the non-active area located outside the active area in close proximity to an edge of the display panel,

wherein the at least one align mark has first, second and third portions and the second portion disposed between the first and third portions has a height lower than those of the first and third portions.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the at least one groove of the second inspection line comprises a first portion extended in a first direction, a second portion extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction in from the first portion, and a third portion extended in a direction corresponding to a direction in which the first portion is extended in from the second portion.

17. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the at least align mark is integral with at least one of the first to third portions of the second inspection line.

18. The display device of claim 15 , wherein a width of the align mark with respect to a direction in which a long short side of the display panel is extended corresponds to a depth of the groove, or is wider than the depth of the groove.

19. A display panel comprising:

a substrate including an active area and a non-active area surrounding the active area;

a dam disposed to surround an outer periphery of the active area in the non-active area of the substrate;

a pad area spaced apart from the dam in the non-active area and disposed in an edge of one side of the non-active area;

a first inspection line disposed to surround the portion of the outer periphery of the dam and a second inspection line spaced apart from the first inspection line and disposed to surround an outer periphery of the first inspection line;

at least one align mark integral with the second inspection line and disposed in the non-active area located outside the active area in close proximity to an edge of the display panel,

wherein the second inspection line comprises at least one groove, and the align mark is disposed in the at least one groove of the second inspection line; and

at least one crack prevention line disposed in an outer periphery of the second inspection line and on the same layer as the first inspection line and the second inspection line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 27, 2020
From: KWON, WONJU; SON, KEUNYOUNG; JIN, JAEHYUN; LIM, BYUNGJUN; KIM, TAERYONG
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0177824 · Dec 30, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210202668A1 · Jul 1, 2021
Cited By (1)
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