IP Library Granted Patent US 8,018,448
Granted Patent B2
US 8,018,448 · App. 12/426,368 · Granted Sep 13, 2011

Display module

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Patent No.
US 8,018,448
App. No.
12/426,368
Granted
Sep 13, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display module includes a substrate. The substrate has a plurality of pixels, a signal line, a current supply line, and a data driving circuit. The pixel includes an emitting device and an active device, wherein the emitting device include a first electrode layer, an organic emitting layer formed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer formed on the organic emitting layer, and the data driving circuit is disposed between a display area and a first side of the substrate on which an external terminal is placed. A third electrode layer is provided within a sealing area disposed between the display area and a second side of the substrate, and on a layer below the passivation film, and the second electrode layer is connected to the third electrode layer through a plurality of contact holes formed above the third electrode layer.

Claims (11)

1. A display module comprising:

a substrate;

the substrate having a plurality of pixels, a signal line that supplies a data signal to a pixel, a current supply line that supplies electric current to the pixel, and a data driving circuit that supplies the data signal to a data line thereon;

wherein the plurality of pixels includes a display area, and the pixel includes an emitting device and an active device;

wherein the active device is disposed below the emitting device through a passivation film and is electrically connected to the current supply line, the data line, and the emitting device, and controls the electric current which flows between the current supply line and the emitting device according to the data signal;

wherein the emitting device include a first electrode layer, an organic emitting layer formed on the first electrode layer, and a second electrode layer formed on the organic emitting layer;

wherein the data driving circuit is disposed between the display area and a first side of the substrate on which an external terminal is placed;

wherein a third electrode layer is connected to the second electrode layer, is provided within a sealing area of the substrate, is disposed between the display area and a second side of the substrate, and is provided on a layer below the passivation film;

wherein the second electrode layer is connected to the third electrode layer through a plurality of contact holes formed above the third electrode layer.

2. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the second side of the substrate is disposed at a side of the substrate which is opposite to the first side of the substrate.

3. The display module according to claim 1 , wherein the third electrode layer extends along a substantial portion of an extent of the display area between the display area and the second side of the substrate.

Assignments (4)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2018
From: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.; JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046988/0801 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING FIFTY (50) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENTS AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
To: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027362/0466 →
COMPANY SPLIT PLAN TRANSFERRING ONE HUNDRED (100) PERCENT SHARE OF PATENT AND PATENT APPLICATIONS Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: HITACHI, LTD.
To: HITACHI DISPLAYS, LTD.
Reel/Frame 027362/0612 →
MERGER/CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 12, 2011
From: IPS ALPHA SUPPORT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 027363/0315 →