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Granted Patent B2
US 12,439,780 · App. 18/493,520 · Granted Oct 7, 2025

Display apparatus

Inventors: Sungjae Moon (Yongin-si, KR); Dongwoo Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Junhyun Park (Yongin-si, KR); Ansu Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Kangmoon Jo (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/127G09G3/3266G09G3/3291H10K59/1216H10K59/131G09G2300/0426
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Patent No.
US 12,439,780
App. No.
18/493,520
Granted
Oct 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus having an opening ratio that provides a high resolution and improved luminous quality and including: a substrate; a first driving thin-film transistor (TFT) and a first storage capacitor, the first storage capacitor for emitting light of a first color and on the substrate; a data wiring unit including a first data line, a second data line, and a third data line, at a first side of the first storage capacitor, extending along a first direction and spaced apart from one another along a second direction, intersecting the first direction, by a predetermined distance; a driving voltage line at a second side of the first storage capacitor and extending along the first direction; and a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first driving TFT.

Claims (80)

1. A display apparatus, comprising:

a substrate;

a first capacitor arranged on the substrate;

a first data line arranged at a first side of the first capacitor in a plan view and extending along a first direction;

a second data line being spaced apart from the first data line along a second direction that intersects the first direction;

a third data line being spaced apart from each of the first and second data lines along the second direction;

a driving voltage line arranged at a second side of the first capacitor in a plan view, the driving voltage line electrically connected to the first capacitor and extending along the first direction;

a scan line extending in the second direction;

a first line extending in the first direction from the scan line; and

a first switching TFT comprising a first switching semiconductor layer for emitting a light having a first color, a second switching TFT comprising a second switching semiconductor layer for emitting a light having a second color, and a third switching TFT comprising a third switching semiconductor layer for emitting a light having a third color,

wherein at least a portion of the first line overlaps the first switching semiconductor layer, the second switching semiconductor layer, and the third switching semiconductor layer, wherein

the scan line and the first line are disposed in a same layer.

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

a first driving TFT; and

a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first driving TFT.

3. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first pixel electrode overlaps the first data line, the second data line, and the third data line.

4. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the first switching TFT is connected to the first data line.

5. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a common voltage line arranged at the second side of the first capacitor, the common voltage line being spaced apart from the driving voltage line along the second direction and extending along the first direction.

6. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the common voltage line is spaced apart from the first capacitor in a plan view.

7. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a first conductive layer below the common voltage line, wherein the common voltage line is connected to the first conductive layer via a contact hole.

8. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 7 , further comprising a second conductive layer below the driving voltage line, wherein the driving voltage line is connected to the second conductive layer via a contact hole.

9. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer include same materials.

10. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising:

an intermediate layer including a first color emission layer on the first pixel electrode;

an opposite electrode on the intermediate layer; and

an auxiliary electrode at the first side or the second side of the first pixel electrode and electrically connected to the common voltage line,

wherein the auxiliary electrode is electrically connected to the opposite electrode.

11. A display apparatus, comprising:

a substrate;

a first capacitor arranged on the substrate;

a first data line arranged at a first side of the first capacitor in a plan view and extending along a first direction;

a second data line being spaced apart from the first data line along a second direction that intersects the first direction;

a third data line being spaced apart from each of the first and second data lines along the second direction;

a driving voltage line arranged at a second side of the first capacitor in a plan view the driving voltage line electrically connected to the first capacitor and extending along the first direction;

a scan line extending in the second direction,

a first line extending in the first direction from the scan line; and

a first switching TFT comprising a first switching semiconductor layer for emitting a light having a first color, a second switching TFT comprising a second switching semiconductor layer for emitting a light having a second color, and a third switching TFT comprising a third switching semiconductor layer for emitting a light having a third color, wherein

at least a portion of the first line overlaps the first switching semiconductor layer, the second switching semiconductor layer, and the third switching semiconductor layer, and

the driving voltage line is spaced apart from the first capacitor in a plan view.

12. A display apparatus, comprising:

a substrate;

a first driving TFT and a first capacitor arranged on the substrate;

a driving voltage line arranged at a first side of the first capacitor in a plan view, the driving voltage line electrically connected to the first capacitor and extending along a first direction;

a common voltage line being spaced apart from the driving voltage line along a second direction that intersects the first direction and extending along the first direction;

a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first driving TFT;

an intermediate layer including a first color emission layer on the first pixel electrode;

an opposite electrode on the intermediate layer and electrically connected to the common voltage line;

a scan line extending in the second direction that intersects the first direction;

a first line extending in the first direction from the scan line; and

a first switching TFT comprising a first switching semiconductor layer for emitting a light having a first color, a second switching TFT comprising a second switching semiconductor layer for emitting a light having a second color, and a third switching TFT comprising a third switching semiconductor layer for emitting a light having a third color,

wherein:

at least a portion of the first line overlaps the first switching semiconductor layer, the second switching semiconductor layer, and the third switching semiconductor layer, and

the driving voltage line is spaced apart from the first capacitor in a plan view.

13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the common voltage line is spaced apart from the first capacitor in a plan view.

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

a first data line arranged at a second side of the first capacitor in a plan view and extending along the first direction;

a second data line being spaced apart from the first data line along a second direction; and

a third data line being spaced apart from each of the first and second data lines along the second direction,

wherein the first pixel electrode overlaps the first data line, the second data line, and the third data line.

15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the first switching TFT is connected to the first data line.

16. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising:

a second driving TFT arranged on the substrate, a second capacitor, and a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the second driving TFT; and

a third driving TFT arranged on the substrate, a third capacitor, and a third pixel electrode electrically connected to the third driving TFT,

wherein in a plane view, the second capacitor and the third capacitor are arranged between the first to third data lines and the driving voltage line.

17. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the driving voltage line supplies a same driving voltage to each of the first driving TFT, the second driving TFT, and the third driving TFT.

18. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising an auxiliary electrode at the first side or the second side of the first pixel electrode and electrically connected to the common voltage line,

wherein the auxiliary electrode is electrically connected to the opposite electrode.

19. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 18 , wherein the auxiliary electrode overlaps the common voltage line in a plan view.

20. A display apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a first capacitor arranged on the substrate;

a first data line arranged at a first side of the first capacitor in a plan view and extending along a first direction;

a second data line being spaced apart from the first data line along a second direction that intersects the first direction;

a third data line being spaced apart from each of the first and second data lines along the second direction;

a driving voltage line arranged at a second side of the first capacitor in a plan view, the driving voltage line electrically connected to the first capacitor and extending along the first direction;

a scan line extending in the second direction;

a first line extending in the first direction from the scan line; and

a first switching TFT comprising a first switching semiconductor layer for emitting a light having a first color, a second switching TFT comprising a second switching semiconductor layer for emitting a light having a second color, and a third switching TFT comprising a third switching semiconductor layer for emitting a light having a third color, wherein

at least a portion of the first line overlaps the first switching semiconductor layer, the second switching semiconductor layer, and the third switching semiconductor layer, and

the scan line is integrally formed with the first line.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 24, 2023
From: MOON, SUNGJAE; KIM, DONGWOO; PARK, JUNHYUN; LEE, ANSU; JO, KANGMOON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065327/0803 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0120609 · Oct 10, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16596877 · Oct 9, 2019
Related Publication 20240057406A1 · Feb 15, 2024
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