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US 12,238,988 · App. 17/526,348 · Granted Feb 25, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Juchan Park (Yongin-si, KR); Sunho Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Younggug Seol (Yongin-si, KR); Sunhee Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Joosun Yoon (Yongin-si, KR); Jonghyuk Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Jonghyun Choi (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/131G09G3/3258G09G3/3266G09G3/3291H01L27/124H01L27/1248H10K50/8445H10K59/124H10K77/111G09G2300/0426H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,238,988
App. No.
17/526,348
Granted
Feb 25, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area disposed outside of the display area. The display area includes a plurality of pixels. The display device further includes an inorganic insulating layer disposed in the display area. The inorganic insulating layer includes a groove disposed in a region between the plurality of pixels. The display device further includes an organic material layer filling the groove, a first connection wiring, and a second connection wiring. The first connection wiring is disposed on the organic material layer, overlaps the plurality of pixels, and extends in a second direction. The second connection wiring is insulated from the first connection wiring, and extends in a first direction that crosses the second direction.

Claims (45)

1. A display device, comprising:

a substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area disposed outside of the display area;

a plurality of display elements and a plurality of pixel-circuits on the display area, the plurality of pixel-circuits includes a first pixel-circuit and a second pixel-circuit disposed adjacent to each other in a first direction;

an inorganic insulating layer disposed in the display area, wherein the inorganic insulating layer comprises a groove disposed in a region between the first pixel-circuit and the second pixel-circuit; and

a first vertical connection wiring disposed over the inorganic insulating layer and extending in the first direction across the groove,

wherein a semiconductor layer of the first pixel-circuit is spaced apart from a semiconductor layer of the second pixel-circuit by the groove, and the semiconductor layer of the first pixel-circuit is connected to the semiconductor layer of the second pixel-circuit by the first vertical connection wiring,

wherein the groove surrounds at least some of the plurality of pixel-circuits.

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

a second vertical connection wiring disposed over the inorganic insulating layer and extending in the first direction across the groove,

wherein the second vertical connection wiring connects a capacitor of the first pixel-circuit and a capacitor of the second pixel-circuit.

3. A display device, comprising:

a substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area disposed outside of the display area;

a plurality of display elements and a plurality of pixel-circuits on the display area, the plurality of pixel-circuits includes a first pixel-circuit and a second pixel-circuit disposed adjacent to each other in a first direction;

an inorganic insulating layer disposed in the display area, wherein the inorganic insulating layer comprises a groove disposed in a region between the first pixel-circuit and the second pixel-circuit;

a first vertical connection wiring disposed over the inorganic insulating layer and extending in the first direction across the groove,

wherein a semiconductor layer of the first pixel-circuit is spaced apart from a semiconductor layer of the second pixel-circuit by the groove, and the semiconductor layer of the first pixel-circuit is connected to the semiconductor layer of the second pixel-circuit by the first vertical connection wiring; and

a second vertical connection wiring disposed over the inorganic insulating layer and extending in the first direction across the groove,

wherein the second vertical connection wiring connects a capacitor of the first pixel-circuit and a capacitor of the second pixel-circuit,

wherein the second vertical connection wiring is longer than the first vertical connection wiring.

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

an organic material layer filling the groove.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the organic material layer extends to an upper surface of the inorganic insulating layer.

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

an interlayer insulating layer disposed between the inorganic insulating layer and the first vertical connection wiring.

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

a horizontal connection wiring disposed on the inorganic insulating layer and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction,

wherein the horizontal connection wiring is insulated from the first vertical connection wiring by the interlayer insulating layer.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the horizontal connection wiring connects a line of the first pixel-circuit and a line of a third pixel-circuit adjacent to the first pixel circuit in the second direction.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of display elements comprises a pixel electrode, an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode, and an intermediate layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode,

wherein the intermediate layer comprises an organic emission layer.

10. A display device, comprising:

a substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area disposed outside of the display area;

a plurality of display elements and a plurality of pixel-circuits on the display area, the plurality of pixel-circuits includes a first pixel-circuit and a second pixel-circuit disposed adjacent to each other in a first direction;

an inorganic insulating layer disposed in the display area, wherein the inorganic insulating layer comprises a groove disposed in a region between the first pixel-circuit and the second pixel-circuit;

an organic material layer filling the groove;

a horizontal connection wiring disposed on the organic material layer and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; and

a first vertical connection wiring insulated from the horizontal connection wiring, and the first vertical connection wiring extends in the first direction across the groove,

wherein a semiconductor layer of the first pixel-circuit is spaced apart from a semiconductor layer of the second pixel-circuit by the groove, and the semiconductor layer of the first pixel-circuit is connected to the semiconductor layer of the second pixel-circuit by the first vertical connection wiring,

wherein the groove surrounds at least some of the plurality of pixel-circuits.

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

a second vertical connection wiring disposed over the inorganic insulating layer and extending in the first direction across the groove,

wherein the second vertical connection wiring connects a capacitor of the first pixel-circuit and a capacitor of the second pixel-circuit.

12. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the organic material layer extends to an upper surface of the inorganic insulating layer.

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

an interlayer insulating layer disposed between the horizontal connection wiring and the first vertical connection wiring.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0152503 · Nov 15, 2017 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16155391 · Oct 9, 2018
Related Publication 20220077274A1 · Mar 10, 2022
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