IP Library Granted Patent US 12,369,469
Granted Patent B2
US 12,369,469 · App. 18/480,598 · Granted Jul 22, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Seung Hwan Cho (Yongin-si, KR); Won Suk Choi (Seoul, KR); Jung Tae Park (Incheon, KR); Ki Ho Bang (Hwaseong-si, KR); Seong Jun Lee (Seoul, KR); Sang Hyun Jun (Suwon-si, KR); Jong Hyun Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/131H10K59/121H10K59/88
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Patent No.
US 12,369,469
App. No.
18/480,598
Granted
Jul 22, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes an active region including pixels receiving data signals through data lines, and a non-active region on a side of the active region in a first direction and including a pad portion. The display device includes non-active fan-out wirings in the non-active region and connected to the pad portion, signal wirings extending in the first direction across the active region and connected to the pixels, and connection wirings passing through the active region and connecting some of the non-active fan-out wirings and some of the signal wirings. Each of the connection wirings includes first and second extension portions made of a first conductive layer, and a third extension portion made of a second conductive layer different from the first conductive layer. The first and second extension portions extend in the first direction, and the third extension portion extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

Claims (49)

1. A display device, comprising:

a plurality of non-active fan-out wirings disposed in a non-active region of the display device and connected to a pad portion of the display device, and

an active region comprising a plurality of pixels,

wherein the non-active region is disposed on a side of the active region in a first direction and comprises the pad portion;

wherein the display device further comprises:

a plurality of signal wirings extending in the first direction across the active region and connected to the pixels; and

a plurality of connection wirings passing through at least a portion of the active region and connecting some of the non-active fan-out wirings and some of the signal wirings, respectively,

wherein each of the connection wirings comprises a first extension portion and a second extension portion disposed in a first layer, and a third extension portion disposed in a second layer different from the first layer, and

wherein the first extension portion and the second extension portion extend in the first direction, and the third extension portion extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the signal wirings are disposed in the first layer, and

wherein the second layer is disposed under the first layer.

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

a plurality of first wiring extending in the first direction and spaced apart from the first extension portion or the second extension portion of the connection wirings;

a plurality of second wiring extending in the second direction and spaced apart from the third extension portion of the connection wirings;

a plurality of first contact hole disposed at a portion where the third extension portion intersects with the first extension portion or the second extension portion;

a plurality of second contact hole disposed at a portion where the second wiring intersects with the first extension portion or the second extension portion; and

a plurality of third contact hole disposed at a portion where the first wiring intersects with the third extension portion.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein a depth of the first contact hole is different with a depth of the second contact hole and a depth of the third contact hole.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first wiring is disposed in the first layer, and

wherein the second wiring is disposed in the second layer.

6. The display device of claim 5 , further comprising:

a first dummy wiring is disposed along the first direction in which the first extension portion and the second extension portion of each of the connection wirings extends; and

a second dummy wiring disposed along the second direction in which the third extension portion of each of the connection wirings extends.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the first extension portion and the second extension portion of the connection wirings are electrically connected to the third extension portion of the connection wirings.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the first dummy is not electrically connected to the third extension portion of the connection wirings.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the second dummy is not electrically connected to the first extension portion and the second extension portion of the connection wirings.

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

a third dummy wiring disposed in the active region, extending in the second direction, and intersecting the signal wirings and a plurality of first dummy wirings,

wherein the third dummy wiring does not intersect the first extension portion and the second extension portion.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein a length of the second dummy wiring in the second direction is smaller than a length of the third dummy wiring in the second direction.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the active region is divided into an inner active region and an outer active region,

the non-active fan-out wirings are disposed in the non-active region adjacent to the inner active region in the first direction, and are not disposed adjacent to the outer active region in the first direction, and

the first extension portion of each of the connection wirings is disposed in the inner active region and the second extension portion of each of the connection wirings is disposed in the outer active region.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the third extension portion is disposed in the inner active region and the outer active region, and

a first end of the third extension portion contacts the first extension portion in the inner active region, and a second end of the third extension portion contacts the second extension portion in the outer active region.

14. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the signal wirings comprise a first signal wiring disposed in the inner active region and a second signal wiring disposed in the outer active region, and the non-active fan-out wirings comprise a first non-active fan-out wiring connected to the first signal wiring and a second non-active fan-out wiring connected to one of the connection wirings.

15. The display device of claim 14 , further comprising:

a contact electrode disposed in the non-active region adjacent to the outer active region in the first direction, and connected to each of the second signal wiring and the second extension portion of one of the connection wirings.

16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first extension portion and the second extension portion are made of a first conductive layer, and

wherein the third extension portion is made of a second conductive layer different from the first conductive layer.

17. An electronic device, comprising:

a display device;

wherein the display device comprises a plurality of non-active fan-out wirings disposed in a non-active region of the display device and connected to a pad portion of the display device, and an active region comprising a plurality of pixels,

wherein the non-active region is disposed on a side of the active region in a first direction and comprises the pad portion;

wherein the display device further comprises:

a plurality of signal wirings extending in the first direction across the active region and connected to the pixels; and

a plurality of connection wirings passing through at least a portion of the active region and connecting some of the non-active fan-out wirings and some of the signal wirings, respectively,

wherein each of the connection wirings comprises a first extension portion and a second extension portion disposed in a first layer, and a third extension portion disposed in a second layer different from the first layer, and

wherein the first extension portion and the second extension portion extend in the first direction, and the third extension portion extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0019528 · Feb 18, 2020 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18049179 · Oct 24, 2022
Continuation 17146639 · Jan 12, 2021
Related Publication 20240032364A1 · Jan 25, 2024
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