Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10403704-B2
Application number	US-201715416352-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 26, 2017
Priority date	Jan 28, 2016
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a scan line extending in a first direction; a first data line and a second data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; a fixed voltage line extending in the second direction between the first and second data lines and configured to receive a fixed voltage; an auxiliary line between the fixed voltage line and one of the first and second data lines, wherein the fixed voltage is applied to the auxiliary line; a transistor circuit comprising a second transistor coupled to the scan line and the first data line and a first transistor coupled to the second transistor and the fixed voltage line; and a light emitting device coupled to the transistor circuit, wherein at least a portion of the transistor circuit is between the fixed voltage line and the auxiliary line.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus, comprising:
a scan line extending in a first direction;
a first data line and a second data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction;
a fixed voltage line extending in the second direction between the first and second data lines and configured to receive a fixed voltage;
an auxiliary line between the fixed voltage line and one of the first and second data lines, wherein the fixed voltage is applied to the auxiliary line;
a transistor circuit comprising a second transistor coupled to the scan line and the first data line and a first transistor coupled to the second transistor and the fixed voltage line; and
a light emitting device coupled to the transistor circuit,
wherein at least a portion of the transistor circuit is between the fixed voltage line and the auxiliary line, and
wherein the auxiliary line is on a same layer as the fixed voltage line and the first and second data lines.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary line is configured to receive the fixed voltage having a same level as the fixed voltage line.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the auxiliary line is coupled to the fixed voltage line.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary line has an open loop shape surrounding at least the portion of the transistor circuit, together with the fixed voltage line, and having an open end as viewed in a plane.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary line has a closed loop shape surrounding at least the portion of the transistor circuit, together with the fixed voltage line, as viewed in a plane.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the fixed voltage line is a power supply line extending in the second direction.

7. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the auxiliary line is on a same layer as the power supply line and the first and second data lines.

8. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the auxiliary line comprises a body portion extending in the second direction.

9. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the body portion is between one of the first and second data lines and a gate electrode of the first transistor.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the gate electrode has a first length in the second direction and the body portion has a length greater than or equal to the first length in the second direction.

11. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the auxiliary line extends from the power supply line.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the auxiliary line comprises a first connection portion coupled to one end of the body portion and the power supply line.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the auxiliary line comprises a second connection portion coupled to the other end of the body portion and the power supply line.

14. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the auxiliary line has a closed loop shape surrounding a gate electrode of the first transistor, together with the power supply line, as viewed in a plane.

15. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the auxiliary line has an open loop shape surrounding a gate electrode of the first transistor, together with the power supply line, and having an open one end as viewed in a plane.

16. The display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein at least a portion of the first transistor is formed on a same layer as the first and second data lines.

17. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the first transistor comprises:
an active pattern on a base substrate;
a gate electrode on the active pattern with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween;
a source electrode and a drain electrode coupled to the active pattern; and
a connection line coupled to the gate electrode.

18. The display apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the connection line is formed on a same layer as the first and second data lines.

19. The display apparatus of claim 18 , wherein an interlayer insulating layer is on the gate insulating layer, and
the connection line is on the interlayer insulating layer and connected to the gate electrode through a contact hole passing through the interlayer insulating layer.

20. The display apparatus of claim 19 , further comprising an initialization power supply line extending in the first direction, wherein an initial fixed voltage is applied to the initialization power supply line.

21. The display apparatus of claim 20 , wherein the auxiliary line is coupled to the initialization power supply line.

22. The display apparatus of claim 21 , wherein the initialization power supply line is on the gate insulating layer, and the auxiliary line is coupled to the initialization power supply line through a contact hole passing through the interlayer insulating layer.

23. The display apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the body portion is between one of the first and second data lines and the connection line as viewed in a plane.

24. The display apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the body portion crosses an imaginary line connecting between the connection line and one of the first and second data lines by a shortest distance as viewed in the plane.

25. The display apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the connection line has a second length in the second direction and the body portion has a length greater than or equal to the second length in the second direction.

26. The display apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the auxiliary line extends from the power supply line.

27. The display apparatus of claim 26 , wherein the auxiliary line further comprises a first connection portion connecting one end of the body portion and the power supply line to each other.

28. The display apparatus of claim 27 , wherein the auxiliary line further comprises a second connection portion connecting the other end of the body portion and the power supply line.

29. The display apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the auxiliary line has a closed loop shape surrounding the connection line, together with the power supply line, as viewed in the plane.

30. The display apparatus of claim 23 , wherein the auxiliary line has an open loop shape surrounding the connection line, together with the power supply line, and having an open end as viewed in the plane.

31. The display apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the connection line extends in the second direction.

32. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary line crosses an imaginary line connecting between a gate electrode of the first transistor and one of the first and second data lines by a shortest distance as viewed in a plane.

33. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a distance between one of the first and second data lines and the auxiliary line is shorter than a distance between one of the first and second data lines and a gate electrode of the first transistor.

34. A display apparatus, comprising:
a scan line extending in a first direction;
a first data line and a second data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction;
a power supply line extending in the second direction;
a second transistor coupled to the scan line and the first data line;
a first transistor between the first and second data lines and coupled to the s

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Chae Se Byung

Classifications

• G09G2330/06

  Handling electromagnetic interferences [EMI], covering emitted as well as received electromagnetic radiation · CPC title

• H01L27/3262

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3276 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3272

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3279

  Electricity · mapped topic