Display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11950460-B2
Application number	US-202318161434-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 30, 2023
Priority date	Dec 4, 2019
Publication date	Apr 2, 2024
Grant date	Apr 2, 2024

Abstract

A display device includes a pixel circuit disposed on a substrate, and a display element on the pixel circuit. The pixel circuit includes a first thin-film transistor comprising a first semiconductor layer and a first gate electrode insulated from the first semiconductor layer, a second thin-film transistor comprising a second semiconductor layer and a second gate electrode insulated from the second semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer being connected to the first semiconductor layer and the first gate electrode, a first shielding layer overlapping the second semiconductor layer, and a second shielding layer overlapping the second semiconductor layer and stacked on the first shielding layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display device comprising:
a thin-film transistor including a semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode, wherein the first and second gate electrodes overlap the semiconductor layer in a plan view;
a first shielding layer overlapping a portion of the semiconductor layer between the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode, in a plan view;
a capacitor including a first electrode and a second electrode overlapping the first electrode; and
a scan line connected to the thin-film transistor, the scan line extending in a first direction and disposed in a space between the first shielding layer and the second electrode of the capacitor, in a plan view.

2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a second shielding layer overlapping the first shielding layer.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second shielding layer extends in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and overlaps the second electrode of the capacitor.

4. The display device of claim 3 , further comprising a first voltage line extending in the second direction, the first voltage line including the second shielding layer.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the second shielding layer is connected to the first shielding layer.

6. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a first voltage line extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and
wherein a voltage applied to the first shielding layer and a voltage applied to the first voltage line are the same.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first shielding layer receives a constant voltage.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first gate electrode and the second gate electrode are on a same layer.

9. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a driving thin-film transistor;
a node electrode connected to a gate electrode of the driving thin-film transistor and the semiconductor layer of the thin-film transistor; and
a data line extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and
wherein the first shielding layer is disposed between the data line and the node electrode.

10. The display device of claim 9 , further comprising a second thin-film transistor connected between the gate electrode of the driving thin-film transistor and a second voltage line, and wherein the second thin-film transistor includes a second semiconductor layer, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode, and
wherein the second voltage line overlaps a portion of the second semiconductor layer between a first overlapping portion and a second overlapping portion of the second semiconductor layer and another scan line, in a plan view.

11. A display device comprising:
a first thin-film transistor including a first semiconductor layer;
a first scan line extending in a first direction and overlapping the first semiconductor layer twice;
a first shielding layer overlapping a portion of the first semiconductor layer between a first overlapping portion and a second overlapping portion of the first semiconductor layer and the first scan line, in a plan view; and
a second shielding layer overlapping the first shielding layer.

12. The display device of claim 11 , further comprising:
a second thin-film transistor including a second semiconductor layer; and
a second scan line extending in the first direction and overlapping the second semiconductor layer, and
wherein the first shielding layer is disposed between the first scan line and the second scan line, in a plan view.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the second semiconductor layer of the second thin-film transistor is connected to a first voltage line, and
wherein the first voltage line overlaps a portion of the second semiconductor layer between a first overlapping portion and a second overlapping portion of the second semiconductor layer and the second scan line, in a plan view.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first shielding layer overlaps a portion of the second semiconductor layer between the second overlapping portion and a third overlapping portion of the second semiconductor layer and the second scan line, in a plan view.

15. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the second shielding layer is connected to the first shielding layer.

16. The display device of claim 11 , wherein a voltage applied to the first shielding layer and a voltage applied to the second shielding layer are the same.

17. The display device of claim 11 , further comprising:
a driving thin-film transistor;
a node electrode connected to a gate electrode of the driving thin-film transistor and the first semiconductor layer of the first thin-film transistor; and
a data line extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and
wherein the first shielding layer is disposed between the data line and the node electrode.

18. The display device of claim 17 , further comprising a capacitor including a first electrode and a second electrode overlapping the first electrode, and
wherein the first shielding layer and the second electrode of the capacitor are disposed on a same layer.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the first electrode of the capacitor includes the gate electrode of the driving thin-film transistor.

20. The display device of claim 18 , further comprising a second voltage line extending in the second direction and overlapping the second electrode of the capacitor.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kwak Nayun
• Kang Chulkyu
• Kim Daesuk
• Youn Ilgoo
• Lee Dongsun
• Lee Soyoung
• Lee Jieun
• Jo Junyoung
• Choi Minhee

Classifications

• H10K59/1213

  the pixel elements being TFTs · CPC title

• H10K59/123

  Connection of the pixel electrodes to the thin film transistors [TFT] · CPC title

• H10K59/126 Primary

  Shielding, e.g. light-blocking means over the TFTs · CPC title

• H10D30/674

  characterised by the active materials · CPC title

• H10D30/6733

  Multi-gate TFTs · CPC title