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US 12,225,773 · App. 18/146,980 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Organic light emitting diode display device having a storage electrode including a cutout portion and a protrusion portion

Inventor: Chang Soo Pyon (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/1216H01L27/1222H01L27/1225H01L27/124H10K59/1213H10K59/131
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Patent No.
US 12,225,773
App. No.
18/146,980
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display device includes: a substrate; a scan line configured to transfer a scan signal; a data line and a driving voltage line configured to transfer a data voltage and a driving voltage, respectively; a switching transistor including a switching drain electrode configured to output the data voltage; a driving transistor including a driving gate electrode connected with the switching drain electrode; a storage capacitor including a first storage electrode connected with the driving gate electrode and a second storage electrode connected with the driving voltage line; and an organic light emitting diode connected with a driving drain electrode of the driving transistor. The storage capacitor includes: a connector in which an edge of the second storage electrode is offset from an edge of the first storage electrode in a direction toward the center of the second storage electrode, and a storage compensator facing the connector.

Claims (79)

1. An organic light emitting diode display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a scan line on the substrate and configured to transfer a scan signal;

a data line and a driving voltage line crossing the scan line and configured to transfer a data voltage and a driving voltage, respectively;

a switching transistor connected with the scan line and the data line and comprising a switching drain electrode configured to output the data voltage;

a driving transistor comprising a driving gate electrode, the driving transistor being configured to receive the data voltage from the switching drain electrode;

a storage capacitor comprising a first storage electrode connected with the driving gate electrode and a second storage electrode connected with the driving voltage line; and

an organic light emitting diode electrically connected with a driving drain electrode of the driving transistor,

wherein the first storage electrode comprises a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge,

wherein the second storage electrode comprises a main portion, a first cutout portion, a second cutout portion, a first protruding portion, a second protruding portion, a third protruding portion, and a fourth protruding portion,

wherein the first edge and the third edge of the first storage electrode face each other,

wherein the second edge and the fourth edge of the first storage electrode face each other,

wherein the first edge of the first storage electrode corresponds to the first protruding portion, the second protruding portion, and the first cutout portion of the second storage electrode,

wherein the third edge of the first storage electrode corresponds to the third protruding portion, the fourth protruding portion, and the second cutout portion of the second storage electrode,

wherein the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion of the second storage electrode are located at sides of the first cutout portion,

wherein the third protruding portion and the fourth protruding portion of the second storage electrode are located at sides of the second cutout portion, and

wherein the second storage electrode overlaps the driving gate electrode in a plan view.

2. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a semiconductor on the substrate and comprising a switching channel of the switching transistor and a driving channel of the driving transistor that are apart from each other,

wherein the driving channel overlaps with the driving gate electrode.

3. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 2 ,

wherein the first storage electrode corresponds to the driving gate electrode, and

wherein the second storage electrode is at a same layer as the data line and the driving voltage line.

4. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 2 , wherein the driving channel has at least one curved portion.

5. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a compensation transistor comprising a compensation gate electrode, which is a part of the scan line, and a compensation source electrode and a compensation drain electrode in the semiconductor; and

a first data connector at a same layer as the data line and connecting the first storage electrode and the compensation drain electrode.

6. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 5 , wherein the first data connector is connected with the first storage electrode at a portion exposed by the first cutout portion of the second storage electrode near the first edge of the first storage electrode.

7. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the driving voltage line comprises a first driving voltage line parallel with the data line and a second driving voltage line crossing the data line,

wherein the first driving voltage line is at a same layer as the data line, and

wherein the second driving voltage line is at a same layer as the scan line.

8. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein the first protruding portion and the fourth protruding portion of the second storage electrode are extended in a protruding direction of the first protruding portion and the fourth protruding portion.

9. An organic light emitting diode display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a scan line on the substrate and configured to transfer a scan signal;

a data line and a driving voltage line crossing the scan line and configured to transfer a data voltage and a driving voltage, respectively;

a switching transistor connected with the scan line and the data line and comprising a switching drain electrode configured to output the data voltage;

a driving transistor comprising a driving gate electrode, the driving transistor being configured to receive the data voltage from the switching drain electrode;

a storage capacitor comprising a first storage electrode connected with the driving gate electrode and a second storage electrode connected with the driving voltage line; and

an organic light emitting diode electrically connected with a driving drain electrode of the driving transistor,

wherein the first storage electrode comprises a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge,

wherein the second storage electrode comprises a main portion, a first cutout portion, a second cutout portion, a first protruding portion, a second protruding portion, a third protruding portion, and a fourth protruding portion,

wherein the first edge and the third edge of the first storage electrode face each other,

wherein the second edge and the fourth edge of the first storage electrode face each other,

wherein the first edge of the first storage electrode corresponds to the first protruding portion, the second protruding portion, and the first cutout portion of the second storage electrode,

wherein the third edge of the first storage electrode corresponds to the third protruding portion, the fourth protruding portion, and the second cutout portion of the second storage electrode,

wherein the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion of the second storage electrode are located at sides of the first cutout portion,

wherein the third protruding portion and the fourth protruding portion of the second storage electrode are located at sides of the second cutout portion,

wherein the main portion, the second protruding portion, and the third protruding portion of the second storage electrode are continuously connected at a first side of the second storage electrode,

wherein the main portion, the first protruding portion, and the fourth protruding portion of the second storage electrode are continuously connected at a second side of the second storage electrode,

wherein the first side and the second side of the second storage electrode face each other,

wherein the first side and the second side of the second storage electrode are apart from and located outside of the second edge and the fourth edge of the first storage electrode by a main margin width,

wherein the first cutout portion has a first inside edge and the second cutout portion has a second inside edge, and

wherein the second inside edge of the second cutout portion of the second storage electrode is apart from and located inside of the third edge of the first storage electrode by a compensation margin width.

10. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 9 , wherein the first cutout portion is not located at a same distance from the first side and the second side of the second storage electrode.

11. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 9 , wherein the second cutout portion is not located at a same distance from the first side and the second side of the second storage electrode.

12. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 9 , wherein the main margin width is a sum of a process margin of edges of the first storage electrode and a process margin of edges of the second storage electrode.

13. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 12 , wherein the compensation margin width has a range from a width smaller than 1% of the main margin width to a same width as the main margin width.

14. An organic light emitting diode display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a scan line on the substrate and configured to transfer a scan signal;

a data line and a driving voltage line crossing the scan line and configured to transfer a data voltage and a driving voltage, respectively:

a switching transistor connected with the scan line and the data line and comprising a switching drain electrode configured to output the data voltage:

a driving transistor comprising a driving gate electrode, the driving transistor being configured to receive the data voltage from the switching drain electrode:

a storage capacitor comprising a first storage electrode connected with the driving gate electrode and a second storage electrode connected with the driving voltage line; and

an organic light emitting diode electrically connected with a driving drain electrode of the driving transistor,

wherein the first storage electrode comprises a first edge, a second edge, a third edge, and a fourth edge,

wherein the second storage electrode comprises a main portion, a first cutout portion, a second cutout portion, a first protruding portion, a second protruding portion, a third protruding portion, and a fourth protruding portion,

wherein the first edge and the third edge of the first storage electrode face each other,

wherein the second edge and the fourth edge of the first storage electrode face each other,

wherein the first edge of the first storage electrode corresponds to the first protruding portion, the second protruding portion, and the first cutout portion of the second storage electrode,

wherein the third edge of the first storage electrode corresponds to the third protruding portion, the fourth protruding portion, and the second cutout portion of the second storage electrode,

wherein the first protruding portion and the second protruding portion of the second storage electrode are located at sides of the first cutout portion,

wherein the third protruding portion and the fourth protruding portion of the second storage electrode are located at sides of the second cutout portion, and

wherein the first protruding portion, the second protruding portion, the third protruding portion, and the fourth protruding portion of the second storage electrode have respective portions located outside of the first edge and the third edge of the first storage electrode.

15. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 14 ,

wherein the first edge of the first storage electrode and the first protruding portion, the second protruding portion, and the first cutout portion of the second storage electrode are located at an upper part, and

wherein the third edge of the first storage electrode and the third protruding portion, the fourth protruding portion, and the second cutout portion of the second storage electrode are located at a lower part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 7, 2024
From: PYON, CHANG SOO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068215/0785 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0146468 · Oct 27, 2014 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16453390 · Jun 26, 2019
Division 14857690 · Sep 17, 2015
Related Publication 20230137837A1 · May 4, 2023
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