Display apparatus

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12284883-B2
Application number	US-202318460345-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 1, 2023
Priority date	Nov 5, 2020
Publication date	Apr 22, 2025
Grant date	Apr 22, 2025

Abstract

A display apparatus in which an area of a peripheral area may be reduced while having a simple structure, the display apparatus includes a substrate, a bottom metal layer on the substrate and including a first extension line extending from the peripheral area outside a display area into the display area, a semiconductor layer on the bottom metal layer, a gate layer on the semiconductor layer, a first metal layer on the gate layer, and a second metal layer on the first metal layer and including a first data line extending from the peripheral area into the display area and electrically coupled to the first extension line in the peripheral area.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate;
a bottom metal layer over the substrate and comprising a first extension line extending from a peripheral area outside a display area into the display area;
a semiconductor layer over the bottom metal layer;
a first metal layer over the semiconductor layer; and
a second metal layer over the first metal layer and comprising a first data line, the first data line extending from the peripheral area into the display area and being electrically coupled to the first extension line in the peripheral area.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first metal layer comprises a second extension line in the display area, the second extension line being electrically coupled to the first extension line and extending in a direction crossing an extension direction of the first extension line.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the bottom metal layer further comprises a third extension line extending from the display area to the peripheral area and electrically coupled to the second extension line.

4. The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the third extension line extends in an extension direction parallel to the extension direction of the first extension line.

5. The display apparatus of claim 3 , further comprising:
a first input line on the third extension line in the peripheral area, the first input line being electrically coupled to the third extension line.

6. The display apparatus of claim 5 , further comprising:
a second input line below the second metal layer in the peripheral area,
wherein the second metal layer further comprises a second data line extending from the peripheral area into the display area and electrically coupled to the second input line in the peripheral area.

7. The display apparatus of claim 6 , further comprising:
a gate layer over the semiconductor layer,
wherein the first metal layer is over the gate layer, and the first input line and the second input line are on a layer on which the gate layer is.

8. The display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first input line and the second input line are on a same layer as the first metal layer.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1 wherein the bottom metal layer overlaps the semiconductor layer in a plan view.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the semiconductor layer comprises an oxide semiconductor material.

11. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a gate layer over the semiconductor layer,
wherein the first metal layer is over the gate layer, the gate layer comprises a first outer connection layer in the peripheral area, the first outer connection layer is electrically coupled to the first extension line, the first metal layer comprises a second outer connection layer in the peripheral area, the second outer connection layer is electrically coupled to the first outer connection layer, and the first data line is electrically coupled to the second outer connection layer in the peripheral area.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the semiconductor layer comprises a switching semiconductor layer for a switching transistor in the display area,
the first metal layer further comprises a first transfer layer in the display area, and
the first data line is electrically coupled to the switching semiconductor layer through the first transfer layer.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the gate layer further comprises a switching gate electrode on the switching semiconductor layer.

14. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a gate layer over the semiconductor layer, wherein the first metal layer is over the gate layer; and
an insulating layer between corresponding two layers selected from the bottom metal layer, the semiconductor layer, the gate layer, the first metal layer, and the second metal layer.

15. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a pixel electrode on the second metal layer;
an intermediate layer on the pixel electrode and comprising an emission layer; and
an opposite electrode on the intermediate layer.

16. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the bottom metal layer further comprises a second extension line in the display area, the second extension line being connected to the first extension line and extending in a direction crossing an extension direction of the first extension line.

17. The display apparatus of claim 16 , wherein the bottom metal layer further comprises a third extension line, the third extension line extending from the display area to the peripheral area and electrically coupled to the second extension line.

18. The display apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the third extension line extends in an extension direction parallel to the extension direction of the first extension line.

19. The display apparatus of claim 17 , further comprising:
a first input line on the third extension line in the peripheral area, the first input line being electrically coupled to the third extension line.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Eunhyun
• Ko Eunhye
• Kim Yeonhong
• Lee Kyoungwon
• Lee Sunhee
• LIM Junhyung

Classifications

• H10K2102/311

  Flexible OLED · CPC title

• H10K77/111

  Flexible substrates · CPC title

• H10K59/131 Primary

  Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals · CPC title

• H10D86/441

  Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines · CPC title

• H10D86/60

  wherein the TFTs are in active matrices · CPC title