Display panel
A display panel comprises a first data line, a second data line electrically insulated from the first data line, and a first data connection line electrically connected to the first data line and disposed closer to the second data line than to the first data line in a first direction. The first data line, the second data line, and the first data connection line each comprise a line member extending in a second direction different from the first direction and comprise a first protrusion and a second protrusion both protruding from the line member and being wider than the line member in the first direction.
1 . A display panel comprising:
a substrate including a middle area;
a first pixel overlapping the substrate;
a second pixel overlapping the substrate and disposed closer to the middle area than the first pixel in a first direction;
a first data line electrically connected to the first pixel, comprising a first line member extending in a second direction different from the first direction, and comprising a first protrusion and a second protrusion both protruding from the first line member and being wider than the first line member in the first direction;
a second data line electrically connected to the second pixel, comprising a second line member extending in the second direction, and comprising a third protrusion and a fourth protrusion both protruding from the second line member and being wider than the second line member in the first direction; and
a first data connection line electrically connected to the first data line, disposed closer to the second pixel than to the first pixel, comprising a third line member extending in the second direction, and comprising a fifth protrusion and a sixth protrusion both protruding from the third line member and being wider than the third line member in the first direction,
wherein either the first protrusion and the second protrusion are overlapped with the first pixel, or the third protrusion and the fourth protrusion are overlapped with the second pixel,
wherein the first protrusion, the third protrusion, and the fifth protrusion are aligned in the first direction, and
wherein the second protrusion, the fourth protrusion, and the sixth protrusion are aligned in the first direction.
2 . The display panel of claim 1 , further comprising: a second data connection line extending in the first direction, and electrically connecting between the first data connection line and the first data line,
wherein the second data connection line is spaced from each of the first data line, the second data line and the first data connection line by a first insulating layer.
3 . The display panel of claim 2 , further comprising:
a driving circuit;
a first intermediate connection line electrically connected between the first data connection line and the driving circuit; and
a second intermediate connection line electrically connected between the second data line and the driving circuit,
wherein the first data line is electrically connected to the first intermediate connection line through the first data connection line and the second data connection line.
4 . The display panel of claim 3 , wherein
the first data line is electrically connected to the second data connection line through a first line contact hole overlapping with the first protrusion,
the first data line is electrically connected to the first pixel through a transistor contact hole overlapping with the second protrusion,
the first data connection line is electrically connected to the second data connection line through a second line contact hole exposing the fifth protrusion.
5 . The display panel of claim 4 , further comprising: a first dummy line disposed closer to the second pixel, comprising a fourth line member, and comprising a seventh protrusion and eighth protrusion both protruding from the fourth line member in the first direction, wherein the fourth line member extends in the second direction, is spaced from the third line member in the second direction, and is aligned with the third line member in the second direction.
6 . The display panel of claim 5 , further comprising:
a second dummy line extending in the first direction, and spaced from the second data connection line in the first direction, wherein a side of the second dummy line is aligned with a side the second data connection line in the first direction;
a first power supply line extending in the first direction, spaced from each of the second data connection line and the second dummy line in the second direction, and configured to supply a first power; and
a second power supply line disposed closer to the second pixel, comprising a fifth line member extending in the second direction, comprising a ninth protrusion and a tenth protrusion both protruding from the fifth line member in the first direction, and configured to supply a second power lower than the first power,
wherein each of the second dummy line and the first power supply line is spaced from each of the first data line, the second data line, the first data connection line and the second power supply line by the first insulating layer,
wherein the ninth protrusion is aligned with the first protrusion in the first direction, and
wherein the tenth protrusion is aligned with the second protrusion in the first direction.
7 . The display panel of claim 6 , wherein the first protrusion is a mirror image of the ninth protrusion in a plan view of the display panel.
8 . The display panel of claim 6 , wherein the third protrusion is a mirror image of the fifth protrusion or the seventh protrusion in a plan view of the display panel.
9 . The display panel of claim 6 , further comprising:
a third pixel overlapping the middle area of the substrate;
a third data line electrically connected to the third pixel, comprising a sixth line member expending in the second direction, and comprising an eleventh protrusion and a twelfth protrusion both protruding from the sixth line member in the first direction,
wherein the second power supply line is disposed closer to the third pixel in the middle area,
wherein the eleventh protrusion is aligned with the ninth protrusion in the first direction,
wherein the twelfth protrusion is aligned with the tenth protrusion in the first direction,
wherein the eleventh protrusion is a mirror image of the ninth protrusion in a plan view of the display panel, and
wherein the twelfth protrusion is a mirror image of the tenth protrusion in a plan view of the display panel.
10 . The display panel of claim 6 , wherein the first dummy line is electrically connected to the second dummy line through a first power contact hole overlapped with the seventh protrusion, and wherein the second power supply line is electrically connected to the second dummy line through a second power contact hole overlapped with the ninth protrusion.
11 . The display panel of claim 10 , wherein some of the first protrusion, the second protrusion, the third protrusion, the fourth protrusion, the fifth protrusion, the sixth protrusion, the seventh protrusion, the eighth protrusion, the ninth protrusion, and tenth protrusion are overlapped with contact holes, and other ones of the first protrusion, the second protrusion, the third protrusion, the fourth protrusion, the fifth protrusion, the sixth protrusion, the seventh protrusion, the eighth protrusion, the ninth protrusion, and tenth protrusion are not overlapped with any contact holes.
12 . The display panel of claim 11 , comprising:
a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate;
a first gate layer disposed on a first gate insulating layer covering the semiconductor layer;
a second gate layer disposed on a second gate insulating layer covering the first gate layer;
a first source/drain layer disposed on an interlayer insulating layer covering the second gate layer;
a second source/drain layer disposed on a first planarization layer covering the first source/drain layer;
a third source/drain layer disposed on a second planarization layer covering the second source/drain layer; and
a third planarization layer covering the third source/drain layer,
wherein the second source/drain layer comprises the second data connection line, the second dummy line, and the first power supply line,
wherein the third source/drain layer comprises the first data line, the second data line, the first data connection line, the first dummy line pattern, and the second power supply line, and
wherein the first insulating layer comprises the second planarization layer.
13 . The display panel of claim 12 , comprising:
a light emitting element of the first pixel and a light emitting element of the second pixel which are disposed on the third planarization layer; and
an encapsulation structure layer covering the light emitting element of the first pixel and the light emitting element of the second pixel.
14 . The display panel of claim 6 , wherein a light emitting element of the first pixel is overlapped with each of the first protrusion, the second protrusion, the ninth protrusion, and the tenth protrusion,
wherein a light emitting element of the second pixel is overlapped with the second line member, and
wherein the light emitting element of the second pixel is further overlapped with one of the third line member and the fourth line member.
15 . The display panel of claim 14 , wherein the first pixel is configured to emit red light or blue light, and wherein the second pixel is configured to emit green light.
16 . The display panel of claim 14 , wherein the first pixel is configured to emit green light, and wherein the second pixel is configured to emit red light or blue light.
17 . The display panel of claim 6 , wherein a light emitting element of the first pixel is overlapped with each of the first line member and the fifth line member,
wherein a light emitting element of the second pixel is overlapped with each of the third protrusion and the sixth protrusion, and
wherein the light emitting element of the second pixel is further overlapped with either the fifth protrusion and the sixth protrusion or the seventh protrusion and the eighth protrusion.
18 . The display panel of claim 17 , wherein the first pixel is configured to emit red light or blue light, and wherein the second pixel is configured to emit green light.
19 . The display panel of claim 17 , wherein the first pixel is configured to emit green light, and wherein the second pixel is configured to emit red light or blue light.
20 . The display panel of claim 2 , wherein the second data line is electrically connected to the second pixel through a transistor contact hole overlapped with the fourth protrusion.