Display device and method of manufacturing the display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10295874-B2
Application number	US-201615395503-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 30, 2016
Priority date	Dec 30, 2015
Publication date	May 21, 2019
Grant date	May 21, 2019

Abstract

A display device may include a switching device, a gate line, a data line, a pixel electrode, and an auxiliary line. The switching device includes a first electrode, a second electrode, and a third electrode. The gate line is electrically connected to the first electrode. The data line crosses the gate line in a plan view of the display device and is electrically connected to the second electrode. The pixel electrode is electrically connected to the third electrode. The auxiliary line is electrically connected through the first gate line to the first electrode and crosses the gate line in the plan view of the display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising:
a substrate;
a first gate line disposed on the substrate;
a data line disposed on the first gate line and insulated from the first gate line;
an auxiliary line extending over the data line in the same direction as the data line and overlapping the data line;
a first switching device including a first electrode, which is electrically connected to the first gate line, a second electrode, which is electrically connected to the data line, and a third electrode, which is disposed on the same layer as the data line and is spaced from the second electrode; and
a first pixel electrode, which is electrically connected to the third electrode of the first switching device,
wherein the auxiliary line is disposed on the same layer as the first pixel electrode and is electrically connected to the first gate line.

2. The LCD device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first contact hole exposing at least part of the first gate line,
wherein the at least part of the first gate line is electrically connected to the auxiliary line via the first contact hole.

3. The LCD device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second contact hole exposing at least part of the third electrode of the first switching device,
wherein the at least part of the third electrode is electrically connected to the first pixel electrode via the second contact hole.

4. The LCD device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a second gate line disposed on the same layer as the first gate line and extending over the substrate in the same direction as the first gate line;
a second switching device electrically connected to the second gate line and the data line; and
a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the second switching device,
wherein the first pixel electrode is disposed on one side of the data line and the second pixel electrode is disposed on the other side of the data line.

5. The LCD device of claim 4 , wherein the first and second gate lines are disposed between the first and second pixel electrodes.

6. The LCD device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first insulating layer disposed between the first gate line and the data line;
a second insulating layer disposed on the second and third electrodes of the first switching device;
a common electrode disposed on the second insulating layer; and
a third insulating layer disposed on the common electrode,
wherein the auxiliary line and the first pixel electrode are disposed on the third insulating layer.

7. The LCD device of claim 6 , further comprising:
an organic insulating layer disposed between the second and third insulating layers.

8. The LCD device of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary line crosses the first gate line in a plan view of the display device.

9. The LCD device of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary line extends parallel to the first data line.

10. The LCD device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate includes a display area in which the first switching device and the first pixel electrode are disposed and a non-display area which is disposed outside the display area, and the LCD device further comprises an integrated driver disposed in the non-display area of the substrate and connected to the data line and the auxiliary line.

11. A liquid crystal display (LCD) device, comprising:
a display panel;
an integrated driver disposed on one side of the display panel and electrically connected to a data line, which extends in a first direction, and an auxiliary line, which overlaps the data line; and
a first gate line extending in a second direction, which is different from the first direction, and electrically connected to the auxiliary line; and
a second gate line extending in the second direction and electrically connected to the auxiliary line,
wherein the display panel includes a first pixel unit, which includes a first switching device electrically connected to the first gate line and the data line and includes a first pixel electrode electrically connected to the first switching device, wherein the display panel further includes a second pixel unit, which includes a second switching device electrically connected to the second gate line and the data line and includes a second pixel electrode electrically connected to the second switching device, and the auxiliary line is disposed on the same layer as the first pixel electrode.

12. The LCD device of claim 11 ,
wherein the first pixel electrode is disposed on one side of the data line, and the second pixel electrode is disposed on the other side of the data line.

13. The LCD device of claim 12 , wherein the first and second gate lines are disposed between the first and second pixel electrodes.

14. The LCD device of claim 12 , further comprising:
a third gate line adjacent to the first gate line in a third direction, which is opposite to the first direction; and
a fourth gate line adjacent to the second gate line in the first direction,
wherein the display panel includes a third pixel unit, which includes a third switching device electrically connected to the third gate line and the data line and a third pixel electrode electrically connected to the third switching device, and a fourth pixel unit, which includes a fourth switching device electrically connected to the fourth gate line and the data line and a fourth pixel electrode electrically connected to the fourth switching device.

15. The LCD device of claim 14 , wherein the auxiliary line crosses the first gate line in a plan view of the display device.

16. A method of manufacturing a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, the method comprising:
preparing a substrate having a gate line covered by a gate insulating layer;
forming a data line on the gate insulating layer;
forming a first inorganic insulating layer on the data line;
forming an organic insulating layer on the first inorganic insulating layer;
forming a common electrode on the organic insulating layer;
forming a second inorganic insulating layer on the common electrode;
forming a second passivation layer, a first passivation layer, and a gate insulating layer, which partially exposes the gate line, by etching the second inorganic insulating layer, the first inorganic insulating layer, and the gate insulating layer;
forming a pixel electrode, which at least partially overlaps the common electrode and is disposed on the second passivation layer; and
forming an auxiliary line, which is electrically connected to at least part of the partially-exposed gate line, on the second passivation layer,
wherein the auxiliary line overlaps the data line, the pixel electrode is disposed on the same layer as the auxiliary line, the data line and the auxiliary line extend in a first direction, and the gate line extends in a second direction, which is different from the first direction.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the second inorganic insulating layer, the first inorganic insulating layer, and the gate insulating layer are etched using the same mask pattern.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the auxiliary line crosses the gate line in a plan view of the display device.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Oh Dong Gun
• Lim Sung Hoon
• Jung Do Hyun
• Song Jean Ho
• Lee Hyeon Jun

Classifications

• G02F1/136227

  Through-hole connection of the pixel electrode to the active element through an insulation layer · CPC title

• G02F1/136286 Primary

  Wiring, e.g. gate line, drain line · CPC title

• G02F1/13454

  Drivers integrated on the active matrix substrate (G02F1/136277 takes precedence) · CPC title

• G02F2001/136272

  Physics · mapped topic

• G02F2001/13629

  Physics · mapped topic