IP Library Granted Patent US 12,198,630
Granted Patent B2
US 12,198,630 · App. 18/424,074 · Granted Jan 14, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Hee Rim Song (Yongin-si, KR); Hee Jean Park (Yongin-si, KR); Cheol Gon Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3233G06V40/1318H10K59/126H10K59/131H10K59/60G09G2360/14
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Patent No.
US 12,198,630
App. No.
18/424,074
Granted
Jan 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display includes a light emitting element that emits light, a driving transistor that controls a driving current flowing through the light emitting element, a light sensing element spaced apart from the light emitting element and generating a photocurrent according to external light, a first sensing transistor that controls a sensing current flowing to a readout line according to a voltage of a gate electrode of the first sensing transistor, which is electrically connected to an electrode of the light sensing element, and a shielding electrode disposed around a side of the gate electrode of the first sensing transistor in plan view.

Claims (36)

1. A display device comprising:

a data line extending in a first direction;

an emission control line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; and

a pixel driver and a sensing driver adjacent to each other, wherein

the pixel driver includes:

a driving transistor that controls a driving current; and

a first transistor comprising one electrode connected to the data line, the sensing driver includes:

a first sensing transistor that controls a sensing current flowing to a readout line according to a voltage of a gate electrode of the first sensing transistor;

a second sensing transistor between the gate electrode of the first sensing transistor and a reset voltage line; and

a third sensing transistor between a first electrode of the first sensing transistor and the readout line, and

the reset voltage line between the gate electrode of the first sensing transistor and the data line in the second direction extends in the first direction.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pixel driver further includes a second transistor between a first electrode of the driving transistor and a first initialization voltage line to which a first initialization voltage is supplied.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the first initialization voltage line is connected to a second electrode of the first sensing transistor.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a gate electrode of the first transistor and a gate electrode of the third sensing transistor are connected to a first scan write line.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein a gate electrode of the second transistor is connected to a second scan write line.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein an active layer of the second sensing transistor includes an oxide semiconductor.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein an active layer of the first sensing transistor and an active layer of the third sensing transistor include a polysilicon.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the gate electrode of the first sensing transistor is connected to a first sensing connection electrode through a first sensing contact hole.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein a first electrode of the second sensing transistor is connected to the first sensing connection electrode through a second sensing contact hole.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the reset voltage line adjacent to the gate electrode of the first sensing transistor, the first sensing connection electrode, and the first electrode of the second sensing transistor extends in the first direction.

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

a shielding electrode around at least a side of the gate electrode of the first sensing transistor in plan view.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the shielding electrode has a same material with the gate electrode of the first sensing transistor.

13. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the shielding electrode includes a first shielding portion and a second shielding portion extending in the first direction.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the gate electrode of the first sensing transistor is between the first shielding portion and the second shielding portion in the second direction.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first shielding portion overlaps the reset voltage line.

16. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first shielding portion is disposed between the gate electrode of the first sensing transistor and the data line in the second direction.

17. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the shielding electrode further comprising:

a third shielding portion connected to the first shielding portion;

a fourth shielding portion connected to the second shielding portion; and

a fifth shielding portion between the third shielding portion and the fourth shielding portion.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein

the fifth shielding portion extends in the second direction, and

the fifth shielding portion is space away from the gate electrode of the first sensing transistor in the first direction.

19. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the pixel driver further includes a third transistor between a gate electrode of the driving transistor and a second initialization voltage line to which a second initialization voltage is supplied.

20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein the second initialization voltage line is connected to a second electrode of the first sensing transistor.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2024
From: SONG, HEE RIM; PARK, HEE JEAN; LEE, CHEOL GON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 066274/0350 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0053380 · Apr 29, 2022 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 18107681 · Feb 9, 2023
Related Publication 20240242670A1 · Jul 18, 2024
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