Light emitting display apparatus

1 . A light emitting display apparatus, comprising:

a light emitting display panel including a display area provided with pixels including light emitting devices and a non-display area provided outside the display area,

a gate driver for supplying gate pulses to gate lines provided in the light emitting display panel, the gate driver provided in the non-display area, and

a non-display light emitting device is connected to a non-display transistor provided in the gate driver,

wherein the non-display light emitting device overlaps the non-display transistor.

2 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a light blocking layer blocking light is provided at an upper end or a lower end of the non-display light emitting device.

3 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

a non-display cathode of the non-display light emitting device is connected to a first cathode voltage line extending from a power supply; and

a cathode of the light emitting devices is connected to a second cathode voltage line extending from the power supply.

4 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first cathode voltage line is connected to or separated from the power supply by a cathode voltage switch connected to the first cathode voltage line.

5 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first cathode voltage line extends from a first cathode voltage generator of the power supply, and

the second cathode voltage line extends from a second cathode voltage generator of the power supply.

6 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a non-display cathode of the non-display light emitting device and a cathode of the light emitting devices are apart from each other between the display area and the non-display area.

7 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the non-display cathode and the cathode are separated by an undercut structure or are separated on a same plane.

8 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising a buffer on which a display transistor for driving the pixels and the non-display transistor are provided, a passivation layer covering the display transistor and the non-display transistor and a planarization layer covering the passivation layer, the light emitting devices and the non-display light emitting device being provided on the planarization layer,

wherein the undercut structure is formed between the buffer, the passivation layer and the planarization layer.

9 . A light emitting display apparatus, comprising:

a light emitting display panel including a display area provided with pixels including light emitting devices and a non-display area provided outside the display area,

a gate driver for supplying gate pulses to gate lines provided in the light emitting display panel, the gate driver provided in the non-display area, and

a non-display light emitting device is connected to a non-display transistor provided in the gate driver,

wherein each of all non-display transistors in the gate driver is provided with a respective non-display light emitting device.

10 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein one non-display light emitting device is commonly connected to two or more non-display transistors adjacent and connected to each other, and overlaps the two or more non-display transistors.

11 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the gate driver includes stages connected to the pixels;

gate control signal lines for supplying gate control signals to the stages are provided in the non-display area; and

each of the stages includes the non-display light emitting device connected to the non-display transistor and a respective non-display light emitting device overlapping the gate control signal lines.

12 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein each of the non-display light emitting devices overlapping the gate control signal lines is connected to any one of the gate control signal lines.

13 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein:

a kth non-display light emitting device overlapping the gate control signal lines in a kth stage among the stages is connected to a first gate control signal line among the gate control signal lines; and

a k+1th non-display light emitting device overlapping the gate control signal lines in a k+1th stage among the stages is connected to a second gate control signal line among the gate control signal lines, wherein k is a natural number.

14 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the number of the stages is greater than the number of the gate control signal lines, and at least two non-display light emitting devices overlapping the gate control signal lines and provided in different stages are connected to one gate control signal line.

15 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the gate control signals include a gate clock and a power needed at the stages.

16 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the non-display light emitting device is a first non-display light emitting device,

the gate driver includes stages connected to the pixels;

gate control signal lines for supplying gate control signals to the stages are provided in the non-display area; and

each of the gate control signal lines overlaps one second non-display light emitting device.

17 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein:

the gate control signal lines extend in parallel with each other in a first direction; and

the second non-display light emitting devices overlapping the gate control signal lines extend in parallel with each other in the first direction.

18 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 17 , wherein one second non-display light emitting device is provided continuously in all stages.

19 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the light blocking layer includes at least two color filters among different types of color filters provided in the display area.

20 . The light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the non-display light emitting device overlaps the non-display transistor in a plan view.