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Granted Patent B2
US 12,268,067 · App. 17/776,215 · Granted Apr 1, 2025

Display device and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Young Dae Kim (Seoul, KR); Jin Seock Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Sang Jin Park (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/131H10K71/00H10K59/1201H10K59/88
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Patent No.
US 12,268,067
App. No.
17/776,215
Granted
Apr 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area, a pixel disposed on the substrate in the display area, the pixel including a pixel circuit, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel circuit, an emission layer disposed on the pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode disposed on the emission layer, a power supply line disposed on the substrate in the peripheral area, the power supply line for supplying a power voltage to the pixel, an insulating layer covering the pixel circuit and the power supply line, the insulating layer including an opening exposing at least a portion of the power supply line, and a dummy pattern including a same material as the pixel electrode, the dummy pattern covering a sidewall of the power supply line exposed by the opening of the insulating layer.

Claims (25)

1. A display device, comprising:

a substrate having a display area and a peripheral area;

a pixel disposed on the substrate in the display area, the pixel comprising a pixel circuit, a pixel electrode electrically connected to the pixel circuit, an emission layer disposed on the pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode disposed on the emission layer;

a power supply line disposed on the substrate in the peripheral area supply a power voltage to the pixel;

an insulating layer covering the pixel circuit and the power supply line, the insulating layer having an opening exposing at least a portion of the power supply line; and

a dummy pattern comprising a same material as the pixel electrode, the dummy pattern covering a sidewall of the power supply line exposed by the opening of the insulating layer.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the power supply line comprises a first layer, a second layer disposed on the first layer, and a third layer disposed on the second layer, and

wherein the dummy pattern comprises a material inducing a galvanic reaction with the second layer of the power supply line in a presence of an electrolyte.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the dummy pattern comprises silver (Ag).

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second layer of the power supply line comprises aluminum (Al).

5. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the dummy pattern comprises a first layer, a second layer disposed on the first layer, and a third layer disposed on the second layer, and

wherein the second layer of the dummy pattern comprises a material inducing a galvanic reaction with the second layer of the power supply line in a presence of an electrolyte.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the second layer of the dummy pattern comprises silver (Ag).

7. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the dummy pattern covers a sidewall of the second layer of the power supply line.

8. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the first layer and the third layer of the power supply line respectively cover a lower surface and an upper surface of the second layer of the power supply line.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a sidewall of the insulating layer surrounds the dummy pattern.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the dummy pattern covers a portion of an upper surface of the power supply line exposed by the opening of the insulating layer.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the dummy pattern comprises an outer portion overlapping the sidewall of the power supply line exposed by the opening of the insulating layer.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the dummy pattern further comprises an inner portion overlapping an upper surface of the power supply line exposed by the opening of the insulating layer.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the inner portion of the dummy pattern comprises a plurality of lines connecting different portions of the outer portion of the dummy pattern.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the plurality of lines of the inner portion of the dummy pattern are substantially parallel to each other.

15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pixel circuit comprises an active layer, a gate electrode overlapping the active layer, and source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the active layer, and

wherein the power supply line comprises a same material as the source and drain electrodes.

16. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a driving voltage line connecting the pixel to the power supply line,

wherein the power supply line is configured to supply the power voltage to the driving voltage line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2022
From: KIM, YOUNG DAE; KIM, JIN SEOCK; PARK, SANG JIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059952/0413 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0144282 · Nov 12, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220399431A1 · Dec 15, 2022
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