IP Library Granted Patent US 12,217,708
Granted Patent B2
US 12,217,708 · App. 18/541,885 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Ji Seon Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jin Sung An (Seongnam-si, KR); Seok Je Seong (Seongnam-si, KR); Seong Jun Lee (Seoul, KR); Se Wan Son (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3291G09G2300/0426H10K59/1213
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Patent No.
US 12,217,708
App. No.
18/541,885
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a first active pattern, a first gate electrode, a second active pattern, a second gate electrode, a first connecting pattern, and a second connecting pattern. The first connecting pattern is disposed on the second active pattern and is electrically connected to the first gate electrode, and the second connecting pattern is disposed on the first connecting pattern and is electrically connected to the first connecting pattern and the second active pattern.

Claims (45)

1. A display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first transistor disposed above the substrate and including:

a first active pattern covered by a first gate insulating layer; and

a first gate electrode covered by a first interlayer insulating layer disposed between the first gate insulating layer and the first interlayer insulating layer, wherein the first transistor generates a driving current;

a second transistor disposed above the first gate electrode and including:

a second active pattern covered by a second gate insulating layer; and

a second gate electrode covered by a second interlayer insulating layer disposed between the second gate insulating layer and the second interlayer insulating layer, wherein a first end of the second active pattern is electrically connected to a first end of the first active pattern, and a second end of the second active pattern is electrically connected to the first gate electrode of the first transistor;

a first connecting pattern disposed above the second active pattern and connected to the first gate electrode; and

a second connecting pattern disposed above the first connecting pattern and connected to the first connecting pattern and the second end of the second active pattern.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second transistor diode-connects the first transistor and the second transistor is a compensation transistor that compensates for a threshold voltage of the first transistor.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the first connecting pattern is disposed in a same layer as the second gate electrode.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second connecting pattern partially overlaps the first connecting pattern.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein

the first connecting pattern contacts the first gate electrode through a first contact hole overlapping the first connecting pattern and the first gate electrode, and

the second connecting pattern does not overlap the first contact hole.

6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the second connecting pattern contacts the first connecting pattern through a second contact hole overlapping the first connecting pattern and the second connecting pattern.

7. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the second connecting pattern contacts the second active pattern through a third contact hole overlapping the second connecting pattern and the second active pattern.

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

a storage capacitor electrode disposed above the first gate electrode,

wherein a hole is defined through the storage capacitor electrode, and

the second connecting pattern does not overlap the hole.

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

a shielding pattern disposed above the first connecting pattern, wherein the shielding pattern receives a constant voltage; and

a data line disposed above the shielding pattern, wherein the data line overlaps the shielding pattern, and provides a data voltage.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the shielding pattern overlaps the first connecting pattern.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the shielding pattern is disposed between the data line and the first connecting pattern.

12. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the constant voltage is a power voltage.

13. The display device of claim 9 , further comprising:

a power voltage line disposed above the shielding pattern, wherein the power voltage line provides the power voltage to the shielding pattern.

14. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the data line is disposed above the second connecting pattern.

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

a first bottom gate electrode disposed under the second active pattern and electrically connected to the second gate electrode.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the first bottom gate electrode overlaps the second gate electrode.

17. The display device of claim 15 , further comprising:

a third gate electrode disposed above the second active pattern; and

a second bottom gate electrode disposed under the second active pattern, overlapping the third gate electrode, and electrically connected to the third gate electrode.

18. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first active pattern includes polycrystalline silicon, and

the second active pattern includes oxide semiconductor.

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

a light blocking pattern disposed above the second connecting pattern and overlapping the second active pattern.

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

a fourth gate electrode disposed between the first active pattern and the second active pattern,

wherein the fourth gate electrode constitutes a transistor with the second active pattern.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0028624 · Mar 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (4)
Continuation 18093515 · Jan 5, 2023
Continuation 17680964 · Feb 25, 2022
Continuation 17193281 · Mar 5, 2021
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