IP Library Granted Patent US 12,067,947
Granted Patent B2
US 12,067,947 · App. 18/195,411 · Granted Aug 20, 2024

Display apparatus

Inventors: Jeonghun Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Byeongguk Jeon (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3266G09G3/3275H10K50/844H10K59/131H10K77/10H10K59/122
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,067,947
App. No.
18/195,411
Granted
Aug 20, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes a substrate including a trench portion, a display area, and a non-display area. The non-display area includes a first non-display area. The display area includes a main area and first and second display areas protruding from the main area. The first non-display area and the trench portion are between the first and second display areas. The display apparatus further includes: first scan lines transmitting scan signals to pixels in the first display area; second scan lines transmitting scan signals to pixels in the second display area; connection scan lines in the first non-display area and connecting the first scan lines and the second scan lines; and driving voltage lines transmitting driving voltages to pixels in the main area. A plurality of first driving voltage lines among the driving voltage lines extend to the first non-display area, and overlap the plurality of connection scan lines.

Claims (28)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a substrate including a first display area, a first non-display area, and a second display area sequentially disposed along a first direction, wherein the substrate comprises a penetrating portion surrounded at least in part by the first non-display area;

a plurality of first lines extending in the first direction from the first display area to the first non-display area;

a plurality of second lines extending in the first direction from the first non-display area to the second display area;

a plurality of connection lines disposed in the first non-display area and each connecting a corresponding one of the plurality of first lines and a corresponding one of the plurality of second lines to each other; and

a plurality of driving voltage lines extending in a second direction crossing first direction,

wherein the plurality of driving voltage lines overlaps with the plurality of connection lines at the first non-display area.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of pixel circuits arranged in the first display area and the second display area;

wherein each of the plurality of pixel circuits comprises a thin-film transistor and a storage capacitor, and

wherein one of the plurality of driving voltage lines connects with the storage capacitor.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the storage capacitor includes a lower electrode and an upper electrode, the lower electrode is integrally provided with a gate electrode of the thin-film transistor.

4. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the thin-film transistor comprising a semiconductor layer; and a data line connected to the thin-film transistor, and

the plurality of driving voltage lines are provided on a same layer as the data line.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the plurality of driving voltage lines has a length different from that of other driving voltage lines.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein end portions of each of the plurality of driving voltage lines are spaced apart from each other in the first non-display area.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the numbers of the plurality of connection lines overlapping each of the plurality of driving voltage lines are the same.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a first power voltage line extending in the first direction and connecting with the plurality of driving voltage lines,

wherein the substrate further comprises a second non-display area surrounds the first display area, the second display area, and the first non-display area, and

wherein the first power voltage line is disposed in the second non-display area.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of connection lines, the plurality of first lines, and the plurality of second lines are provided on a same layer.

10. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of connection lines, the corresponding one of the plurality of first lines, and the corresponding one of the plurality of second lines are integrally provided.

11. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first insulating layer disposed between the substrate and the plurality of connection lines; and

an interlayer insulating layer disposed between the plurality of connection lines and the the plurality of driving voltage lines.

12. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of additional load layers provided in the first non-display area and overlapping the plurality of connection lines.

13. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of connection lines include curved portion.

14. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the penetrating portion penetrates a top surface of the substrate and a bottom surface of the substrate.

15. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of connection voltage lines crossing the plurality of driving voltage lines, wherein the plurality of connection voltage lines connects the plurality of driving voltage lines to each other.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0072505 · Jun 25, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17154359 · Jan 21, 2021
Continuation 16392050 · Apr 23, 2019
Related Publication 20230274704A1 · Aug 31, 2023
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