Display device having crack-sensing line
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsSun Park, Ji Won Sohn, Su Yeon Yun
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Abstract
A display device includes a substrate, an insulating layer, and a crack-sensing line. The substrate includes a display area having a plurality of pixels to display images, and a non-display area surrounding the display area. The insulating layer is disposed in the non-display area and includes a recess. The crack-sensing line is disposed in and extends along the recess, and electrically connected to at least one of the pixels. The recess is disposed at a surface or inside of the insulating layer, and extends along the non-display area.
Claims20
A display device comprising:
- a substrate including a display area having a plurality of pixels to display images, and a non-display area surrounding the display area;
- an insulating layer continuously disposed over the substrate from the display area to the non-display area and including a recess in the non-display area;
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- a crack-sensing line disposed in and extending along the recess, and electrically connected to at least one of the pixels, and
- wherein the recess is disposed at an upper surface of the insulating layer, and extends along the non-display area.
A display device comprising:
- a substrate including a display area having a plurality of pixels to display images, and a non-display area surrounding the display area;
- an insulating layer disposed in the non-display area and including a recess;
- a crack-sensing line disposed in and extending along the recess, and electrically connected to at least one of the pixels;
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- at least one protection line disposed adjacent to the crack-sensing line, and
- wherein the recess is disposed at a surface or inside of the insulating layer, and extends along the non-display area, and
- wherein the protection line is disposed in a protection line recess positioned in the insulating layer.
A display device comprising:
- a substrate including a display area having a plurality of pixels to display images, and a non-display area surrounding the display area;
- an insulating layer disposed in the non-display area and including a recess;
- a crack-sensing line disposed in and extending along the recess, and electrically connected to at least one of the pixels;
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- at least one dam adjacent to the crack-sensing line, wherein the dam is disposed at a surface or inside of the insulating layer, and
- wherein the recess is disposed at a surface or inside of the insulating layer, and extends along the non-display area,
- wherein each of the pixels includes one or more thin film transistors,
- wherein each thin film transistor includes a gate electrode as a control terminal, a source electrode as an input terminal, an active layer as a channel unit, and a drain electrode as an output terminal, and
- wherein the dam comprises the same material as that of at least one of the gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.