Display device compensating for deterioration of a pixel using an external compensation technology
Provided are a display device. The display device comprises: a display unit defined by a display area and a non-display area located outside the display area, and including pixels arranged in the display area, first sensing wirings electrically connected to the pixels, and auxiliary voltage wirings electrically separated from the pixels; and a sensing unit electrically connected to the first sensing wirings, wherein the first sensing wirings and the auxiliary voltage wirings extend in a first direction and are sequentially arranged along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction at first intervals, the first sensing wirings are spaced apart from each other along the second direction at second intervals greater than the first intervals and are electrically separated from each other, and the auxiliary voltage wirings are electrically connected to each other.
1. A display device, comprising:
a plurality of scan lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a plurality of data lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction;
a plurality of pixel groups, each of the plurality of pixel groups including a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel and a fourth pixel;
a plurality of sensing lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction; and
a plurality of auxiliary voltage lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction,
wherein one of a first sensing line among the plurality of sensing lines and a first auxiliary voltage line among the plurality of auxiliary voltage lines is disposed between the second pixel and the third pixel of a first pixel group among the plurality of pixel groups,
wherein one of the first sensing line and the first auxiliary voltage line is not disposed between the first pixel and the second pixel or between the third pixel and the fourth pixel,
wherein the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel of the first pixel group are sequentially arranged in the first direction,
wherein the third pixel, the fourth pixel, the first pixel and the second pixel of a second pixel group are sequentially arranged in the first direction, the second pixel group being disposed adjacent to the first pixel group in the second direction, and
wherein the first auxiliary voltage line is disposed between the second pixel and the third pixel of the first pixel group and between the fourth pixel and the first pixel of the second pixel group.
2. The display device of claim 1 ,
wherein the first sensing line is disposed between the fourth pixel of the first pixel group and the first pixel of a third pixel group among the plurality of pixel groups, and
wherein the third pixel group is disposed adjacent to the first pixel group in the first direction.
3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein one of a second sensing line among the plurality of sensing lines and a second auxiliary voltage line among the plurality of auxiliary voltage lines is disposed between the fourth pixel of a third pixel group among the plurality of pixel groups and the first pixel of a fourth pixel group disposed adjacent to the third pixel group in the first direction among the plurality of pixel groups.
4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the second auxiliary voltage line is disposed between the fourth pixel of the third pixel group and the first pixel of the fourth pixel group, and
wherein a third auxiliary voltage line among the plurality of auxiliary voltage lines is disposed between the second pixel and the third pixel of the fourth pixel group.
5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first pixel is configured to emit light of a first color,
wherein the second pixel and the fourth pixel are configured to emit light of a second color, and
wherein the third pixel is configured to emit light of a third color.
6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel are arranged in an order of the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel in the first direction in a first row.
7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel are arranged in an order of the third pixel, the fourth pixel, the first pixel and the second pixel in the first direction in a second row adjacent to the first row.
8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensing lines and the plurality of auxiliary voltage lines are disposed on a same layer.
9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of sensing lines includes a body and a protrusion which protrudes from the body.
10. The display device of claim 9 , further comprising:
a protruding pattern which overlaps the plurality of auxiliary voltage lines.
11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the protruding pattern is disposed on a different layer from the plurality of sensing lines and the plurality of auxiliary voltage lines.
12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sensing lines are disposed on a different layer from the plurality of auxiliary voltage lines.
13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of sensing lines includes a first body and a first protrusion which protrudes from the first body, and
wherein each of the plurality of auxiliary voltage lines includes a second body and a second protrusion which protrudes from the second body.
14. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a power supply unit which supplies an auxiliary voltage to the plurality of auxiliary voltage lines; and
a sensing unit which supplies a sensing voltage to the plurality of sensing lines and measures a sensing current from each of plurality of sensing lines.
15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first sensing line is disposed between the first pixel group and a third pixel group disposed adjacent to the first pixel group in the first direction,
wherein the third pixel group includes the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel, and
wherein the first sensing line is not disposed between adjacent two pixels among the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel of each of the first pixel group and the third pixel group.
16. A display device, comprising:
a plurality of scan lines extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction;
a plurality of data lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction;
a plurality of pixel groups, each of the plurality of pixel groups including a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel and a fourth pixel;
a plurality of sensing lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction; and
a plurality of auxiliary voltage lines extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction,
wherein one of a first sensing line among the plurality of sensing lines and a first auxiliary voltage line among the plurality of auxiliary voltage lines is disposed between the first pixel and the second pixel of a first pixel group among the plurality of pixel groups,
wherein a number of the plurality of sensing lines is different from a number of the plurality of auxiliary voltage lines,
wherein the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel and the fourth pixel of the first pixel group are sequentially arranged in the first direction,
wherein the third pixel, the fourth pixel, the first pixel and the second pixel of a second pixel group are sequentially arranged in the first direction, the second pixel group being disposed adjacent to the first pixel group in the second direction, and
wherein the first auxiliary voltage line is disposed between the first pixel and the second pixel of the first pixel group and between the third pixel and the fourth pixel of the second pixel group.
17. The display device of claim 16 ,
wherein the first sensing line is disposed between the third pixel and the fourth pixel of the first pixel group.
18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the first pixel is configured to emit light of a first color,
wherein the second pixel and the fourth pixel are configured to emit light of a second color, and
wherein the third pixel is configured to emit light of a third color.