Display device
A display device comprises an initialization voltage line on a substrate, a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the initialization voltage line, a low potential voltage line disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer, and having a stepped portion and overlapping the initialization voltage line, an auxiliary pattern disposed on the low potential voltage line and forming a flat portion with the stepped portion of the low potential voltage line, a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the auxiliary pattern, a planarization layer disposed on the second interlayer insulating layer, a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the planarization layer and spaced apart from each other, a light emitting element having ends aligned on the first electrode and the second electrode, a first contact electrode electrically contacting an end of the light emitting element, and a second contact electrode electrically contacting another end of the light emitting element.
1. A display device comprising:
an initialization voltage line disposed in a direction on a substrate;
a first interlayer insulating layer disposed on the initialization voltage line;
a low potential voltage line disposed on the first interlayer insulating layer, the low potential voltage line including a stepped portion and overlapping the initialization voltage line;
an auxiliary pattern disposed on the low potential voltage line and forming a flat portion with the stepped portion of the low potential voltage line;
a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the auxiliary pattern;
a planarization layer disposed on the second interlayer insulating layer;
a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed on the planarization layer and spaced apart from each other;
a light emitting element having ends aligned on the first electrode and the second electrode;
a first contact electrode electrically contacting an end of the light emitting element; and
a second contact electrode electrically contacting another end of the light emitting element,
wherein a distance from a top surface of the planarization layer to a top surface of the auxiliary pattern is equal to a distance from the top surface of the planarization layer to a top surface of the low potential voltage line.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a top surface of the auxiliary pattern and a top surface of the low potential voltage line are aligned and coincide with each other.
3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the auxiliary pattern overlaps the low potential voltage line, and
at least one side of the auxiliary pattern is aligned and coincides with a side of the low potential voltage line.
4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein
the auxiliary pattern contacts the top surface of the low potential voltage line, and
the auxiliary pattern does not contact the first interlayer insulating layer.
5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein
the auxiliary pattern overlaps the low potential voltage line, and
at least a part of the auxiliary pattern does not overlap the low potential voltage line.
6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein
the auxiliary pattern contacts the top surface of the low potential voltage line, and
the auxiliary pattern contacts the first interlayer insulating layer.
7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the auxiliary pattern overlaps the low potential voltage line, and
the auxiliary pattern has at least one side spaced apart inward from a side of the low potential voltage line.
8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the auxiliary pattern includes a metal, and
the metal is at least one of titanium and copper.
9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the auxiliary pattern overlaps the low potential voltage line, and
the auxiliary pattern does not overlap the initialization voltage line.
10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second electrode overlaps the auxiliary pattern and the low potential voltage line.
11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein
the second electrode contacts the auxiliary pattern and the low potential voltage line through a second electrode contact hole, and
the second electrode contact hole exposes the second interlayer insulating layer and the planarization layer.
12. A display device comprising:
a substrate including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel disposed adjacent to each other;
a low potential voltage line and a data line that are disposed on a side of each of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel on the substrate;
an initialization voltage line disposed between the low potential voltage line of the first sub-pixel and the data line of the first sub-pixel, the initialization voltage line at least partially overlapping the low potential voltage line;
an auxiliary pattern overlapping the low potential voltage line of the first sub-pixel without overlapping the low potential voltage line of the second sub-pixel and the low potential voltage line of the third sub-pixel;
a first interlayer insulating layer disposed between the initialization voltage line and the low potential voltage line, wherein
a top surface of the auxiliary pattern is aligned and coincides with a top surface of the low potential voltage line of the first sub-pixel, and
the first interlayer insulating layer includes a step formed by the initialization voltage line.
13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein
the low potential voltage line of the first sub-pixel includes a stepped portion formed by the step of the first interlayer insulating layer, and
the auxiliary pattern forms a flat portion with the stepped portion of the low potential voltage line.
14. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the auxiliary pattern does not overlap the initialization voltage line and the data line of the first sub-pixel.
15. The display device of claim 12 , further comprising:
a second interlayer insulating layer disposed on the low potential voltage line;
a planarization layer disposed on the second interlayer insulating layer;
a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed on the planarization layer and spaced apart from each other;
a light emitting element having ends aligned on the first electrode and the second electrode;
a first contact electrode electrically contacting an end of the light emitting element; and
a second contact electrode electrically contacting another end of the light emitting element.
16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein
a distance from a top surface of the planarization layer to a top surface of the auxiliary pattern is equal to a distance from the top surface of the planarization layer to a top surface of the low potential voltage line.
17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein
the second electrode contacts the auxiliary pattern and the low potential voltage line through a second electrode contact hole, and
the second electrode contact hole exposes the second interlayer insulating layer and the planarization layer.
18. The display device of claim 12 , wherein at least one side of the auxiliary pattern is aligned and coincides with a side of the low potential voltage line.