Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10192937-B2
Application number	US-201715788288-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 19, 2017
Priority date	Nov 8, 2016
Publication date	Jan 29, 2019
Grant date	Jan 29, 2019

Abstract

A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a pixel unit provided in the display area, and including a first pixel column including a plurality of pixels and a second pixel column including a plurality of pixels displaying a different color from a color of the first pixel column, and data lines which are respectively connected to the first pixel column and the second pixel column, and respectively apply data signals to the first pixel column and the second pixel column, wherein the data line connected to the first pixel column includes sub lines and the data line connected to the second pixel column includes sub lines.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a substrate including a display area and a non-display area;
a pixel unit provided in the display area, and including a first pixel column including a plurality of pixels and a second pixel column including a plurality of pixels which displays a different color from a color of the first pixel column; and
data lines which are respectively connected to the first pixel column and the second pixel column, and respectively apply data signals to the first pixel column and the second pixel column,
wherein the data line connected to the first pixel column includes sub lines and the data line connected to the second pixel column includes sub lines,
in the non-display area, the sub lines connected to the first pixel column are connected with one another through at least one first contact hole, the sub lines connected to the second pixel column are connected with one another through at least one second contact hole, and the sub lines connected to the second pixel column are connected through the at least one second contact hole having a larger area than an area of the at least one first contact hole, through which the sub lines connected to the first pixel column are connected with one another, and
wherein a resistance of the data line connected to the first pixel column is provided to be relatively larger than a resistance of the sub lines connected to the second pixel column.

2. A display device, comprising:
a substrate including a display area and a non-display area;
a pixel unit provided in the display area, and including a first pixel column including a plurality of pixels and a second pixel column including a plurality of pixels which displays a different color from a color of the first pixel column; and
data lines which are respectively connected to the first pixel column and the second pixel column, and respectively apply data signals to the first pixel column and the second pixel column,
wherein the data line connected to the first pixel column includes sub lines and the data line connected to the second pixel column includes sublines,
in the non-display area, the sub lines connected to the first pixel column are connected with one another through at least one first contact hole, the sub lines connected to the second pixel column are connected with one another through at least one second contact hole, and the sub lines connected to the second pixel column are connected through a larger number of the at least one second contact hole than a number of the at least one first contact hole, through which the sub lines connected to the first pixel column are connected with one another, and
wherein a resistance of the data line connected to the first pixel column is provided to be relatively larger than a resistance of the sub lines connected to the second pixel column.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a first sub line and a second sub line of the sub lines are connected with each other through a first contact hole provided between the first sub line and the second sub line, and
a third sub line and a fourth sub line of the sub lines are connected with each other through a second contact hole provided between the third sub line and the fourth sub line.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein an area of the second contact hole is larger than an area of the first contact hole.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein a number of second contact holes is larger than a number of first contact holes.

6. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the second data line further includes a bridge provided between the third and fourth sub lines.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the first sub line and the second sub line are connected with each other through a first contact hole provided between the first sub line and the second sub line, and
the third sub line, the bridge, and the fourth sub line are connected with one another through at least one second contact hole provided between the third sub line and the bridge and at least one third contact hole provided between the bridge and the fourth sub line.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the second contact hole and the third contact hole at least partially overlap in a plan view.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein an area of the second contact hole is different from an area of the third contact hole.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein an area of the third contact hole is larger than an area of the second contact hole.

11. The display device of claim 7 , wherein a number of second contact holes is larger than a number of third contact holes.

12. The display device of claim 7 , wherein a number of third contact holes is larger than a number of second contact holes.

13. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising:
first to fourth insulating layers sequentially stacked on the substrate,
wherein the data lines include first data lines connected to the first pixel column and second data lines connected to the second pixel column, and
at least a part of the first data lines and the second data lines are provided on at least two layers among the first to fourth insulating layers.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the non-display area includes a fan-out area, a bent area, and a pad area sequentially disposed from the display area.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein in the fan-out area, a first data line of the first data lines is provided on one of the first and second insulating layers, and a second data line of the second data lines is provided on a remainder of the first and second insulating layers.

16. The display device of claim 14 , further comprising:
a bent insulating layer provided in the bent area,
wherein an opening is defined in the first to third insulating layers in the bent area, and the bent insulating layer is provided in the opening.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein in the bent area, the first data line is provided on the bent insulating layer, and the second data line is provided on the fourth insulating layer.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the first to third insulating layers include an inorganic material, and the fourth insulating layer includes an organic material.

19. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pixel unit provided in the display area is defined by a plurality of the first pixel column and the second pixel column consecutively arranged next to each other in a row direction substantially perpendicular to a column direction in which each of the plurality of pixels in each of the first and second pixel columns are arranged.

20. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the pixel unit provided in the display area is defined by a plurality of the first pixel column and the second pixel column consecutively arranged next to each other in a row direction substantially perpendicular to a column direction in which each of the plurality of pixels in each of the first and second pixel columns are arranged.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Deuk Jong
• Heo Ji Hye
• Lhee Za Il
• Jung Mi Na

Classifications

• G09G3/3233

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• G09G3/3258

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