Organic light-emitting display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10347704-B2
Application number	US-201715783002-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 13, 2017
Priority date	Oct 14, 2016
Publication date	Jul 9, 2019
Grant date	Jul 9, 2019

Abstract

An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device includes a substrate, a first gate electrode on the substrate, a second gate electrode on the first gate electrode and at least partially overlapping the first gate electrode, a semiconductor pattern between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode and at least partially overlapping the first and second gate electrodes, a connecting electrode on the second gate electrode and electrically connected to the semiconductor pattern, and a pixel electrode on the connecting electrode and electrically connected to the connecting electrode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device, comprising:
a substrate;
a first gate electrode disposed on the substrate;
a second gate electrode disposed on the first gate electrode and at least partially overlapping the first gate electrode, the first and second gate electrodes corresponding to different switching devices;
a semiconductor pattern disposed between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode and at least partially overlapping the first and second gate electrodes;
a connecting electrode disposed on the second gate electrode and electrically connected to the semiconductor pattern; and
a pixel electrode disposed on the connecting electrode and electrically connected to the connecting electrode.

2. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second gate electrode is directly connected to the semiconductor pattern.

3. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connecting electrode is directly connected to the semiconductor pattern, and the pixel electrode is directly connected to the connecting electrode.

4. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a third gate electrode disposed between the second gate electrode and the connecting electrode, the second gate electrode overlapping the third gate electrode and being between the first and third gate electrodes along a vertical direction; and
a driving voltage line disposed on a same layer as the connecting electrode and electrically connected to the third gate electrode.

5. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the connecting electrode overlaps with the pixel electrode.

6. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor pattern includes an oxide semiconductor.

7. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a first scan line extended in a first direction, and a first data line extended in a second direction intersecting the first direction.

8. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein:
the semiconductor pattern includes a first source region, a first drain region opposed to the first source region in the first direction, a second source region, and a second drain region opposed to the second source region in the second direction, and
the first data line is electrically connected to the first source region, the second gate electrode is electrically connected to the first drain region, and the connecting electrode is electrically connected to the second drain region.

9. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a driving voltage line extended in the second direction and disposed on a same layer as the first data line, the driving voltage line being electrically connected to the second source region.

10. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the semiconductor pattern is a single, continuous semiconductor pattern shared by the first and second gate electrodes of the different switching devices.

11. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the semiconductor pattern includes a first source region, a first drain region opposed to the first source region in a first direction, a second source region, and a second drain region opposed to the second source region in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

12. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the different switching devices are first and second transistors stacked on top of each other, the first and second gate electrodes corresponding to the first and second transistors, respectively.

13. An organic light-emitting display (OLED) display device, comprising:
a substrate;
a first gate electrode disposed on the substrate;
a single, continuous semiconductor pattern disposed on the first gate electrode and including a first source region, a second source region, a first drain region, and a second drain region;
a second gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor pattern and electrically connected to the first drain region of the semiconductor pattern, the first and second gate electrodes corresponding to different switching devices;
a connecting electrode disposed on the second gate electrode and electrically connected to the second drain region of the semiconductor pattern;
a data line disposed on a same layer as the connecting electrode and electrically connected to the first source region; and
a driving voltage line disposed on a same layer as the data line and electrically connected to the second source region.

14. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising a pixel electrode disposed on the connecting electrode, the pixel electrode being electrically connected to the connecting electrode.

15. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the pixel electrode at least partially overlaps with the connecting electrode.

16. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the second gate electrode is directly connected to the first drain region, and the connecting electrode is directly connected to the second drain region.

17. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 13 , further comprising a third gate electrode disposed between the connecting electrode and the second gate electrode, the third gate electrode being electrically connected to the driving voltage line.

18. The OLED display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the semiconductor pattern includes an oxide semiconductor.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Wal Jun
• Jang Yong Jae
• Ahn Ki Wan
• Yoon Joo Sun

Classifications

• H01L27/3248

  Electricity · mapped topic

• G09G3/3266

  Details of drivers for scan electrodes · CPC title

• G09G2310/08

  Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery · CPC title

• G09G3/3275

  Details of drivers for data electrodes · CPC title

• H01L27/3265

  Electricity · mapped topic