IP Library Granted Patent US 12,302,707
Granted Patent B2
US 12,302,707 · App. 18/498,686 · Granted May 13, 2025

Display apparatus

Inventors: Chulkyu Kang (Yongin-si, KR); Sangmoo Choi (Yongin-si, KR); Wonkyu Kwak (Yongin-si, KR); Jinwoo Park (Yongin-si, KR); Dongsun Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/1213G09G3/3233H10K59/1216H10K59/123H10K59/124H10K59/131H10K77/111G09G2300/0426G09G2320/0242G09G2330/021H10D30/6731H10D30/6745H10D30/6755H10D86/423H10D86/441H10D86/471H10D86/481H10D86/60H10K2102/311
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Patent No.
US 12,302,707
App. No.
18/498,686
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area; a first thin film transistor arranged on the display area of the substrate and having a first semiconductor layer including a silicon semiconductor and a first gate electrode insulated from the first semiconductor layer by a first gate insulating layer; a second thin film transistor arranged on the display area of the substrate and having a second semiconductor layer including an oxide semiconductor and a second gate electrode insulated from the second semiconductor layer; and a storage capacitor at least partially overlapping the first thin film transistor and having a lower electrode and an upper electrode, wherein the second semiconductor layer and one of the lower electrode and the upper electrode are arranged on a same layer.

Claims (47)

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a substrate including a first area, a second area, and a bending area between the first area and the second area, the bending area bent; and

a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, and a storage capacitor in the first area, wherein

the first thin film transistor has a silicon semiconductor layer and a first gate electrode insulated from the silicon semiconductor layer by a first insulating layer,

the second thin film transistor has an oxide semiconductor layer on the first insulating layer and a second gate electrode insulated from the oxide semiconductor layer,

the storage capacitor has a lower electrode and a upper electrode,

the first gate electrode overlaps the silicon semiconductor layer and the upper electrode, and

the oxide semiconductor layer and the upper electrode are arranged on a same layer and upper electrode includes an oxide semiconductor material.

2. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lower electrode and the first gate electrode is provided as one body.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a first scan line including the second gate electrode,

wherein the first scan line is overlapped with the oxide semiconductor layer.

4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an initialization voltage line,

wherein the first scan line is disposed between the initialization voltage line and the storage capacitor in a plan view.

5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a second insulating layer between the first insulating layer and the oxide semiconductor layer,

wherein the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer are disposed in the first area and the second area.

6. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer have openings corresponding to the bending area.

7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising an organic material layer filling the openings.

8. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a connection wire disposed on the organic material layer.

9. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , wherein parts of the inner wire and the outer wire are arranged on a same layer, and wherein the inner wire, the outer wire, and the first gate electrode include a same material.

10. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a connection wire extending from the first area to the second area;

an inner wire disposed in the first area; and

an outer wire disposed in the second area,

wherein the connection wire is electrically connecting the inner wire with the outer wire.

11. A display apparatus, comprising:

a substrate including a first area, a second area, and a bending area between the first area and the second area, the bending area bent; and

a first thin film transistor, a second thin film transistor, and a storage capacitor in the first area, wherein

the first thin film transistor has a silicon semiconductor layer and a first gate electrode insulated from the silicon semiconductor layer by a first insulating layer,

the second thin film transistor has a oxide semiconductor layer on a second insulating layer, the second insulating layer is between oxide semiconductor layer and the first insulating layer,

the storage capacitor comprises a lower electrode, an upper electrode, and a portion of the second insulating layer, and

the first insulting layer and the second insulating layer are arranged on the first area and the second area, and not arranged on the bending area.

12. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:

an inner wire disposed in the first area; and

an outer wire disposed in the second area,

wherein the inner wire and the outer wire is not arranged on the bending area.

13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , wherein parts of the inner wire and the outer wire are arranged on a same layer.

14. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the inner wire and the outer wire are disposed on a same layer as the first gate electrode.

15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the inner wire and the outer wire are disposed on a same layer as the second gate electrode.

16. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a connection wire electrically connecting the inner wire with the outer wire,

wherein the connection wire is overlapped with an edge of the first insulting layer and an edge of the second insulating layer.

17. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising an organic material layer disposed in the bending area,

wherein the connection wire disposed on the organic material layer.

18. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the oxide semiconductor layer and upper electrode are directly arranged on the second insulating layer and upper electrode includes an oxide semiconductor material.

19. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the lower electrode is electrically connected to the first gate electrode of the first thin film transistor.

20. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 11 , further comprising:

a planarization layer covering the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode; and

an organic light-emitting device arranged on the planarization layer, the organic light-emitting device including a pixel electrode, an intermediate layer comprising an organic emission layer, and an opposite electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 31, 2023
From: KANG, CHULKYU; CHOI, SANGMOO; KWAK, WONKYU; PARK, JINWOO; LEE, DONGSUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065407/0500 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0029280 · Mar 13, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16988896 · Aug 10, 2020
Continuation 16352262 · Mar 13, 2019
Related Publication 20240065032A1 · Feb 22, 2024
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