Display apparatus having grooves and bridges at the boundaries between adjacent pixels
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a first pixel area and a second pixel area adjacent to each other, a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate, where a first groove or a first opening corresponding to a boundary between the first pixel area and the second pixel area and a second groove or a second opening corresponding to the boundary between the first pixel area and the second pixel area are defined in the first insulating layer, and the second groove or the second opening is spaced apart from the first groove or the first opening, and a first conductive layer disposed over the first insulating layer, where the first conductive layer includes a first conductive pattern disposed in the first pixel area, a second conductive pattern disposed in the second pixel area, and a bridge connecting the first conductive pattern to the second conductive pattern.
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate including a first pixel area and a second pixel area adjacent to each other;
a first insulating layer disposed on the substrate, wherein a first groove or a first opening corresponding to a boundary between the first pixel area and the second pixel area and a second groove or a second opening corresponding to the boundary between the first pixel area and the second pixel area are defined in the first insulating layer, and the second groove or the second opening is apart from the first groove or the first opening; and
a first conductive layer disposed over the first insulating layer, wherein the first conductive layer includes a first conductive pattern disposed in the first pixel area, a second conductive pattern disposed in the second pixel area, and a bridge connecting the first conductive pattern to the second conductive pattern.
2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first conductive pattern, the second conductive pattern, and the bridge are integrally formed with each other as a single unitary unit.
3. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bridge passes between the first groove or the first opening and the second groove or the second opening.
4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein
in a view in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, an end of the first groove or the first opening in a direction therefrom to the second groove or the second opening overlaps one edge of the bridge in a direction therefrom to the first groove or the first opening, and
an end of the second groove or the second opening in a direction therefrom to the first groove or the first opening overlaps another edge of the bridge in a direction therefrom to the second groove or the second opening.
5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bridge includes a first prong connecting the first conductive pattern to the second conductive pattern and a second prong connecting the first conductive pattern to the second conductive pattern.
6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a plurality of through holes are defined through the bridge.
7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second insulating layer covering the first conductive layer,
wherein a first additional opening exposing the first groove or the first opening, a second additional opening exposing the second groove or the second opening, and a connection opening connecting the first additional opening to the second additional opening are defined in the second insulating layer, and
the first additional opening, the connection opening, and the second additional opening are connected with each other.
8. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein
the first conductive layer further includes a first line disposed in the first pixel area and a second line disposed in the second pixel area, and
the display apparatus further comprises:
a third insulating layer disposed over the second insulating layer and filling the first groove or the first opening, the second groove or the second opening, the first additional opening, the second additional opening, and the connection opening; and
a second conductive layer disposed over the third insulating layer, wherein the second conductive layer includes a connection conductive pattern electrically connecting the first line to the second line by contacting the first line and the second line through contact holes defined in the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer.
9. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate including a first pixel area and a second pixel area adjacent to each other;
a first insulating layer disposed over the substrate, wherein a first groove or a first opening corresponding to a boundary between the first pixel area and the second pixel area and a second groove or a second opening corresponding to the boundary between the first pixel area and the second pixel area are defined in the first insulating layer, and the second groove or a second opening is apart from the first groove or the first opening; and
a first semiconductor layer disposed over the first insulating layer, wherein the first semiconductor layer includes a first semiconductor layer disposed in the first pixel area, a second semiconductor layer disposed in the second pixel area, and a bridge connecting the first semiconductor layer to the second semiconductor layer.
10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the bridge are integrally formed with each other as a single unitary unit.
11. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the bridge passes between the first groove or the first opening and the second groove or the second opening.
12. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein
in a view in a direction perpendicular to the substrate, an end of the first groove or the first opening in a direction therefrom to the second groove or the second opening overlaps one edge of the bridge in a direction therefrom to the first groove or the first opening, and
an end of the second groove or the second opening in a direction therefrom to the first groove or the first opening overlaps another edge of the bridge in a direction therefrom to the second groove or the second opening.
13. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the bridge includes a first prong connecting the first semiconductor layer to the second semiconductor layer and a second prong connecting the first semiconductor layer to the second semiconductor layer.
14. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein a plurality of through holes are defined in the bridge.
15. The display apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising:
a second insulating layer covering the first semiconductor layer; and
a first conductive layer disposed over the second insulating layer, wherein the first conductive layer includes a shield layer overlapping the bridge in a view in a direction perpendicular to the substrate.
16. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein a width of the shield layer in a direction perpendicular to an imaginary straight line connecting a center of the first pixel area to a center of the second pixel area is greater than a width of the bridge in the direction perpendicular to the imaginary straight line.
17. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the first conductive layer further includes a driving gate electrode disposed in each of the first pixel area and the second pixel area.
18. The display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein a first additional opening exposing the first groove or the first opening and a second additional opening exposing the second groove or the second opening are defined in the second insulating layer.
19. The display apparatus of claim 18 , wherein
in the view in the direction perpendicular to the substrate, an end of the first groove or the first opening in a direction therefrom to the second groove or the second opening overlaps one edge of the shield layer in a direction therefrom to the first groove or the first opening, and
an end of the second groove or the second opening in a direction therefrom to the first groove or the first opening overlaps another edge of the shield layer in a direction therefrom to the second groove or the second opening.
20. The display apparatus of claim 18 , further comprising a third insulating layer covering the first conductive layer,
wherein a third additional opening exposing the first additional opening, a fourth additional opening exposing the second additional opening, and a connection opening connecting the third additional opening to the fourth additional opening are defined in the third insulating layer, and
the third additional opening, the connection opening, and the fourth additional opening are connected with each other.