Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10510822-B2
Application number	US-201815976680-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 10, 2018
Priority date	May 11, 2017
Publication date	Dec 17, 2019
Grant date	Dec 17, 2019

Abstract

A display device includes a substrate having a display area and a non-display area, a plurality of pixels in the display area, scan lines for supplying a scan signal to the pixels, the scan lines extending in a first direction, data lines for supplying a data signal to the pixels, the data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and a first dummy part in the non-display area, adjacent to an outermost pixel, connected to an outermost data line of the display area, forming a parasitic capacitor with the outermost pixel, and including a first dummy data line and a first dummy power pattern extending in parallel to the data lines.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a substrate having a display area and a non-display area;
a plurality of pixels in the display area;
scan lines for supplying a scan signal to the pixels, the scan lines extending in a first direction;
data lines for supplying a data signal to the pixels, the data lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction; and
a first dummy part in the non-display area, adjacent to an outermost pixel, connected to an outermost data line of the display area, forming a parasitic capacitor with the outermost pixel, and comprising a first dummy data line and a first dummy power pattern extending in parallel to the data lines.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the pixels comprises a transistor, and an organic light emitting device connected to the transistor, the transistor comprising:
an active pattern on the substrate;
source and drain electrodes each connected to the active pattern;
a gate electrode overlapping with the active pattern with a gate insulating layer interposed therebetween; and
an interlayer insulating layer covering the gate electrode, and comprising a first interlayer insulating layer, a second interlayer insulating layer, and a third interlayer insulating layer, which are sequentially stacked.

3. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising a power line for supplying a power source to the pixels, and comprising:
a first power supply line on the second interlayer insulating layer and parallel to the data lines; and
a second power supply line on the third interlayer insulating layer, and comprising first lines parallel to the data lines, and second lines connecting adjacent ones of the first lines to each other.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the data lines are on the second interlayer insulating layer.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the scan lines are on the gate insulating layer.

6. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first dummy power pattern comprises:
a dummy first power line on the second interlayer insulating layer, and parallel to the first power supply line; and
a dummy second power line on the third interlayer insulating layer, parallel to the first lines of the second power supply line, and electrically connected to the dummy first power line.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the dummy second power line is connected to the second lines of the second power supply line.

8. The display device of claim 6 , wherein each of the pixels further comprises a compensation transistor connected to the gate electrode of the transistor, and configured to be turned on when a scan signal is supplied to a corresponding one of the scan lines to cause the transistor to be diode-connected.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein each of the pixels further comprises a shielding pattern on the first interlayer insulating layer, and covering at least a portion of the compensation transistor.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the shielding pattern of one of the pixels is connected to a first power supply line of an adjacent pixel in a direction toward the outermost pixel.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein each of the pixels further comprises a storage capacitor comprising a lower electrode on the gate insulating layer, and an upper electrode on the first interlayer insulating layer.

12. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the first dummy part further comprises:
a dummy semiconductor pattern on the same layer as the active pattern, and extending parallel to the first dummy data line; and
a first dummy shielding pattern on the first interlayer insulating layer, connected to the dummy first power line, and covering at least a portion of the compensation transistor of the outermost pixel.

13. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the display area comprises:
a first display area in which lengths of the scan lines are the same; and
a second display area at at least one side of the first display area, and in which lengths of respective ones of the scan lines decrease as the scan lines become more distant from the first display area.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first dummy part is in the non-display area corresponding to the first display area.

15. The display device of claim 13 , further comprising a second dummy part in the non-display area adjacent to an outermost pixel of the second display area, and forming a parasitic capacitor with the outermost pixel of the second display area.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the second dummy part comprises a second dummy data line and a second dummy power pattern, which extend in parallel to the data lines.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein the second dummy data line and the second dummy power pattern have a shape extending from a data line and a first power line, which are connected to a pixel connected to one of the scan lines that is more adjacent to the first display area than another of the scan lines that is connected to the outermost pixel.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the second dummy part further comprises a second dummy shielding pattern on the first interlayer insulating layer, and connected to the second dummy power pattern.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the second dummy shielding pattern covers the compensation transistor of the outermost pixel of the second display area.

20. The display device of claim 15 , wherein a width of the second dummy part in the first direction is less than that of each pixel.

21. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a width of the first dummy part in the first direction is less than that of each pixel.

22. A display device comprising:
a substrate comprising a display area and a non-display area;
a plurality of pixels in the display area and each comprising an organic light emitting device, a driving transistor connected to the organic light emitting device, and a compensation transistor for compensating for a threshold voltage of the driving transistor;
scan lines for supplying a scan signal to the pixels, and extending in a first direction;
data lines for supplying a data signal to the pixels, and extending in a second direction crossing the first direction at a respective side of the pixels; and
a first dummy part at another side of an outermost pixel opposite a respective one of the data lines, connected to an outermost data line of the display area, forming a parasitic capacitor with the outermost pixel, comprising a first dummy data line and a first dummy power pattern, which extend in parallel to the data lines, and forming a parasitic capacitor with the driving transistor and the compensation transistor.

23. The display device of claim 22 , wherein the first dummy part and the compensation transistor of the outermost pixel are adjacent to each other.

24. The display device of claim 23 , wherein a distance between the first dummy part and the compensation transistor of the outermost pixel is less than that between the compensation transistor of the outermost pixel and the outermost data line.

25. The display device of claim 23 , wherein the compensation transistor is connected to a gate electrode of the driving transistor, and is turned on when a scan signal is supplied to cause the driving transistor to be diode-connected.

26. The display device of claim 25 , wh

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Yang Wan
• Ka Ji Hyun
• Kwon Tae Hoon
• Kim Byung Sun
• Park Hyung Jun
• Lee Su Jin
• Lee Jae Yong
• Jeong Jin Tae
• Cha Seung Ji

Classifications

• G09G3/3233

  with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element · CPC title

• H01L2251/5323

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5234

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3258

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3272

  Electricity · mapped topic