Organic light emitting diode display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9704938-B2
Application number	US-201514811088-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 28, 2015
Priority date	Jan 9, 2015
Publication date	Jul 11, 2017
Grant date	Jul 11, 2017

Abstract

Disclosed herein is an organic light emitting diode display, including: a first thin film transistor including a first active pattern positioned on the substrate and a first gate electrode positioned on the first active pattern; a third thin film transistor including a third active pattern connected to the other end of the first active pattern and a third gate electrode positioned on the third active pattern; and a gate bridge directly connecting between the third active pattern and the first gate electrode and positioned between the substrate and the third active pattern.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising:
a substrate;
a first thin film transistor including a first active pattern positioned on the substrate and a first gate electrode positioned on the first active pattern;
a second thin film transistor including a second active pattern connected to one end of the first active pattern and a second gate electrode positioned on the second active pattern;
a data line positioned on the second gate electrode and connected to the second active pattern through a contact hole;
a third thin film transistor including a third active pattern connected to another end of the first active pattern and a third gate electrode positioned on the third active pattern;
a gate bridge directly connecting between the third active pattern and the first gate electrode; and
an organic light emitting diode connected to the first active pattern,
wherein the gate bridge is disposed between the substrate and the third active pattern.

2. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the gate bridge directly connects to the third active pattern and is connected to the first gate electrode through the contact hole.

3. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising a contact pattern positioned inside the contact hole and contacting the first gate electrode and the gate bridge, respectively.

4. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the contact pattern is positioned on a same layer as the data line.

5. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a reinforcement pattern positioned between the substrate and the second active pattern, corresponding to the contact hole.

6. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the reinforcement pattern directly contacts the second active pattern.

7. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the reinforcement pattern is positioned on a same layer as the gate bridge.

8. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:
a first scan line positioned on the second active pattern, crossing the second active pattern and the third active pattern, respectively, and connected to the second gate electrode and the third gate electrode; and
a driving power supply line crossing the first scan line, being adjacent to the data line on the first scan line and connected to the first active pattern.

9. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a capacitor electrode connected to the driving power supply line to be positioned on the first gate electrode and forming the capacitor together with the first gate electrode, overlapping the first gate electrode.

10. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the first gate electrode and the capacitor electrode are each made of metal.

11. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 8 , wherein:
the first active pattern, the second active pattern, and the third active pattern are each positioned on a same layer, and
the data line and the driving power supply line are each positioned on a same layer.

12. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising:
a fourth thin film transistor connected to the third active pattern and including a fourth active pattern connected to the first gate electrode through the gate bridge and a fourth gate electrode positioned on the fourth active pattern;
a second scan line positioned on the fourth active pattern to cross the fourth active pattern and connected to the fourth gate electrode; and
an initialization power supply line connected to the fourth active pattern.

13. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the first gate electrode, the second gate electrode, the third gate electrode, the fourth gate electrode, the first scan line, and the second scan line are each positioned on a same layer.

14. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:
a fifth thin film transistor including a fifth active pattern connecting between the first active pattern and the driving power supply line and a fifth gate electrode positioned on the fifth active pattern;
a sixth thin film transistor including a sixth active pattern connecting between the first active pattern and the organic light emitting diode and a sixth gate electrode positioned on the sixth active pattern; and
an emission control line positioned on the fifth active pattern and the sixth active pattern, respectively, to cross the fifth active pattern and the sixth active pattern, respectively, and connected to the fifth gate electrode and the sixth gate electrode, respectively.

15. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the first gate electrode, the second gate electrode, the third gate electrode, the fourth gate electrode, the fifth gate electrode, the sixth gate electrode, and the emission control line are each positioned on a same layer.

16. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising:
a seventh thin film transistor including a seventh active pattern connected to the fourth active pattern and a seventh gate electrode positioned on the seventh active pattern; and
a third scan line positioned on the seventh active pattern to cross the seventh active pattern and connected to the seventh gate electrode.

17. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the third scan line is the same line as the second scan line.

18. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a channel region of the first active pattern overlapping the first gate electrode extends with one or more bends.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Son Se Wan
• Park Young Woo
• Woo Min Woo
• Lee Wang Woo

Classifications

• H01L27/3265

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3262

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3276 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H10K59/131 Primary

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

• H10K59/1216

  the pixel elements being capacitors · CPC title