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Granted Patent B2
US 11,967,670 · App. 17/177,848 · Granted Apr 23, 2024

Display device

Inventors: An Na Ryu (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sung Hoon Kim (Seoul, KR); Sang Ho Park (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L33/62H01L27/156H01L33/38
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Patent No.
US 11,967,670
App. No.
17/177,848
Granted
Apr 23, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to each other in a first direction, first voltage wires disposed in the first pixel and the second pixel in a second direction, a second wire disposed along a boundary between the first pixel and the second pixel in the second direction, first electrodes disposed between the first voltage wires and the second wire in the first pixel an the second pixel, a second electrode disposed between and spaced apart from the first electrodes in the first pixel and the second pixel, and light-emitting elements disposed at each of the first pixel and the second pixel and disposed on the first electrodes and the second electrode, wherein the first voltage wires, the first electrodes, and the light-emitting elements are symmetric with respect to the second wire.

Claims (63)

1. A display device comprising:

a first pixel and a second pixel disposed adjacent to each other in a first direction;

first voltage wires disposed in the first pixel and the second pixel, the first voltage wires extending in a second direction crossing the first direction;

a second wire disposed along a boundary between the first pixel and the second pixel in the second direction;

first electrodes disposed between the first voltage wires and the second wire in the first pixel and the second pixel;

a second electrode disposed between and spaced apart from the first electrodes in the first pixel and the second pixel; and

light-emitting elements disposed at each of the first pixel and the second pixel and disposed on the first electrodes and the second electrode not to be interposed between the first electrodes and the second electrode in a thickness direction,

wherein the first voltage wires, the first electrodes, and the light-emitting elements are symmetric with respect to the second wire.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first pixel and the second pixel include first transistors overlapping the light-emitting elements in a thickness direction, and

the first transistors are symmetric with respect to the second wire.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the light-emitting elements differs from a distance between the first voltage wires.

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

data lines disposed in the first pixel and the second pixel and extending in the second direction,

wherein the first voltage wires are disposed between the data lines and the second wire.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the first pixel and the second pixel include second transistors electrically connected to the data lines.

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

a first wire extending in the first direction across the first pixel and the second pixel

wherein the second wire extending in the second direction to intersect the first wire.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

at least part of the second wire protrudes toward the first electrode of the first pixel and the first electrode of the second pixel, and overlaps a portion of the second electrode, and

the first wire and the second wire are disposed in different layers and electrically connected via a contact hole formed in an overlapping portion of the first wire and the second wire.

8. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the first pixel and the second pixel include third transistors disposed between the first wire and the first transistors.

9. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

the first wire includes:

a wire stem portion; and

a wire extension portion protruding in the second direction beyond the wire stem portion, and

the wire extension portion overlaps the third transistors in a thickness direction.

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

a shielding member spaced apart from the first wire and overlapping the third transistors in a thickness direction,

wherein the shielding member and the first wire are disposed on a same layer.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the first electrodes are electrically connected to the shielding member.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first electrodes and the second electrode extend in the second direction, and

lengths of the first electrodes and the second electrode in the second direction are greater than a length of the light-emitting elements in the second direction.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein a number of light-emitting elements disposed on the first and second electrodes of the first pixel is greater than a number of light-emitting elements disposed on the first and second electrodes of the second pixel.

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

first pad electrodes disposed on the first electrodes; and

a second pad electrode disposed on the second electrode,

wherein the light-emitting elements are in contact with the first pad electrodes and the second pad electrode.

15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting elements are electrically connected to the second wire.

16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrodes and the second electrode being formed from a same layer and including a same material.

17. A display device comprising:

first voltage wires spaced apart from one another in a first direction and extending in a second direction;

a second voltage wire disposed between the first voltage wires to extend in the second direction;

first electrodes disposed between the second voltage wire and the first voltage wires;

a wire extension portion spaced apart from the first electrodes, the wire extension portion being at least a portion of the second voltage wire protruding toward the first electrodes; and

light-emitting elements disposed on the first electrodes and disposed on the wire extension portion, the light emitting elements being electrically connected to the second voltage wire,

wherein a distance between the light-emitting elements differs from a distance between the first voltage wires.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the second voltage wire includes:

a first wire extending in the first direction; and

a second wire extending in the second direction to intersect the first wire, and

the wire extension portion is formed in the second wire.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein a length of the wire extension portion in the second direction is same as a length of the first electrodes in the second direction.

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

first pad electrodes disposed on the first electrodes; and

a second pad electrode disposed on the wire extension portion,

wherein the light-emitting elements directly contact the first pad electrodes and the second pad electrode.

21. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the first wire and the second wire are disposed in different layers and electrically connected via a contact hole formed in an overlapping portion of the first wire and the second wire.

22. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the first wire and the second wire are disposed on a same layer.

23. The display device of claim 17 , wherein

the second voltage wire and the wire extension portion being integrally formed and being of a same layer, and

each of the light emitting elements includes first and second ends electrically connected to the first electrodes and the wire extension portion respectively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2021
From: RYU, AN NA; KIM, SUNG HOON; PARK, SANG HO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0020356 · Feb 19, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210257525A1 · Aug 19, 2021