Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10446635-B2
Application number	US-201715713685-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 24, 2017
Priority date	Jan 10, 2017
Publication date	Oct 15, 2019
Grant date	Oct 15, 2019

Abstract

A display device includes a substrate which includes a display area and a non-display area, a pixel unit which is provided in the display area and includes a plurality of pixel columns, and data lines which are respectively connected to the pixel columns and apply data signals to the pixel columns. The non-display area includes a fanout area, a bent area, and a pad area which are sequentially arranged. The respective data lines are disposed on different layers in the fanout area and the pad area. A resulting display device can reduce resistance deviation between data signals in a first data line and a second data line, thereby reducing vertical line defects.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device, comprising:
a substrate comprising a display area and a non-display area;
pixels disposed on the display area, the pixels being arranged in pixel columns; and
data lines respectively connected to the pixel columns, the data lines being configured to apply data signals to the pixel columns,
wherein the non-display area comprises a fanout area, a bent area, and a pad area that are sequentially arranged, and
wherein each data line of the display device comprises:
a first portion disposed on the fanout area; and
a second portion disposed on the pad area, the second portion being disposed in a different layer than the first portion.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of pixel columns comprises:
a first pixel column comprising a first plurality of the pixels; and
a second pixel column comprising a second plurality of the pixels.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the data lines comprise:
a first data line connected to the first pixel column; and
a second data line connected to the second pixel column; and

the first portion of the first data line is disposed in a different layer than the first portion of the second data line; and
the second portion of the first data line is disposed in a different layer than the second portion of the second data line.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , further comprising:
a first insulating film;
a second insulating film; and
a third insulating film,
wherein:
the first to third insulating films are sequentially disposed on the substrate;
the first portion of the first data line is disposed on one layer of the first and second insulating films such that the one layer is disposed between the first portion of the first data line and the substrate; and
the second portion of the first data line is disposed on the other layer of the first and second insulating films such that the other layer is disposed between the second portion of the first data line and the substrate.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein:
the first portion of the second data line is disposed on the other layer such that the other layer is disposed between the first portion of the second data line and the substrate; and
the second portion of the second data line is disposed on the one layer such that the one layer is disposed between the second portion of the second data line and the substrate.

6. The display device according to claim 4 , further comprising:
a bent portion insulating film disposed on the bent area of the substrate.

7. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein:
the first pixel column is one of a plurality of first pixel columns;
the second pixel column is one of a plurality of second pixel columns; and
the first pixel columns are alternately arranged with the second pixel columns in a row direction.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein:
the first data line is one of a plurality of first data lines;
the second data line is one of a plurality of second data lines; and
the first data lines are alternately arranged with the second data lines in the row direction.

9. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein:
each of the first plurality of the pixels represent a first color; and
a first some of the second plurality of the pixels represent a second color different from the first color;
a second some of the second plurality of the pixels represent a third color different from each of the first color and the second color; and
the first some of the second plurality of the pixels are alternately arranged with the second some of the second plurality of the pixels in a column direction.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein the first color is green, the second color is red, and the third color is blue.

11. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein areas of at least two pixels of the first pixels, the second pixels, and the third pixels are different from each other.

12. The display device according to claim 9 , wherein:
in association with the display area, delays of data signals applied to the first pixel column and the second pixel column are different from each other; and
the display device further comprises a contact structure in which the first data line, which is connected to the first pixel column, and the second data line, which is connected to the second pixel column, have different resistances from each other.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein:
in association with the display area, a delay value of a signal applied to the first data line is greater than a delay value of a signal applied to the second data line; and
a resistance of a contact structure connected to the first data line in the non-display area is lower than a resistance of a contact structure connected to the second data line in the non-display area.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein, in the non-display area, the first data line comprises less contact holes than the second data line.

15. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a data drive unit mounted on the pad area of the substrate, the data drive unit being connected to the data lines and being configured to provide a data signal to the data lines.

16. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a data drive unit coupled to the pad area of the substrate via a chip on film configuration, the data drive unit being configured to provide a data signal to the data lines.

17. A display device, comprising:
a substrate comprising a display area and a non-display area, wherein:
the display area comprises pixels arranged in pixel columns; and
the non-display area comprises a fanout area, a bent area, and a pad area that are sequentially arranged;

data lines respectively connected to the pixel columns, the data lines being configured to apply data signals to the pixel columns;
a first insulating film disposed on the substrate;
a second insulating film disposed on the substrate such that the first insulating film is disposed between the second insulating film and the substrate;
a third insulating film disposed on the substrate such that the second insulating film is disposed between the third insulating film and the first insulating film; and
a bent portion insulating film disposed on the bent area,
wherein each of the data lines comprises:
a first portion disposed on the fanout area; and
a second portion disposed on the pad area, the second portion being disposed in a different layer than the first portion,

wherein the first to third insulating films comprise openings, which expose a part of the bent area, and
wherein the bent portion insulating film is disposed in each of the openings.

18. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein:
each of the data lines further comprises a third portion disposed on the bent area;
each of the third portions is disposed on the bent portion insulating film such that the bent portion insulating film is disposed between the third portions and the bent area.

19. The display device according to claim 18 , further comprising:
a fourth insulating film disposed on the third insulating film and the bent portion insulating film such that each of the third insulating film and the bent portion insulating film is disposed between the fourth insulating film and the substrate,
wherein the data lines comprise:
a first data line; and
a second dat

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Moon Joong Soo
• Kwon Sun Ja
• Byun Min Woo
• Cho Seung Yeon

Classifications

• G09G2310/0232

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