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US 11,107,873 B2Granted
Display apparatus
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsYangwan Kim, Wonkyu Kwak, Jaedu Noh, Jaeyong Lee
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Abstract
A display apparatus includes: a thin-film transistor including a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode; a data line in a layer different from the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode, wherein the data line is configured to transmit a data signal; and a shield layer between the data line and a component of the thin-film transistor.
Claims20
A display apparatus comprising:
- a thin-film transistor comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode;
- a data line in a layer different from the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode, wherein the data line is configured to transmit a data signal;
- a shield layer in a layer different from the data line, the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode, such that the shield layer is between the data line and a component of the thin-film transistor and overlaps at least one of the data line and the component of the thin-film transistor;
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- a connecting unit connected to the source electrode of the thin-film transistor through a first hole in at least one insulating layer between the source electrode and the connecting unit, and connected to the shield layer through a second hole in at least one insulating layer between the shield layer and the connecting unit,
- wherein the shield layer is configured to transmit an initialization voltage to a driving gate electrode of a driving thin-film transistor.
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A display apparatus comprising:
- a first thin-film transistor comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode;
- a data line in a layer different from the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode of the first thin-film transistor, wherein the data line is configured to transmit a data signal;
- a shield layer in a layer different from the data line, the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode of the first thin-film transistor such that the shield layer is between the data line and a component of the first thin-film transistor and overlaps at least one of the data line and the component of the first thin-film transistor;
- a second thin-film transistor comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode
- a first pixel electrode electrically coupled to the drain electrode of the second thin-film transistor through a hole in at least one insulating layer between the drain electrode of the second thin-film transistor and the first pixel electrode;
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- a second pixel electrode electrically coupled to an extended part from the source electrode of the first thin-film transistor through a hole in at least one insulating layer between the extended part and the second pixel electrode,
- wherein the shield layer is electrically coupled to the source electrode of the first thin-film transistor, and configured to transmit an initialization voltage to a driving gate electrode of a driving thin-film transistor.
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A display apparatus comprising:
- a thin-film transistor comprising a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a gate electrode;
- a data line in a layer different from the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode, wherein the data line is configured to transmit a data signal;
- a scan line electrically coupled to the gate electrode;
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- a shield layer in a layer different from the data line, the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the gate electrode such that the shield layer is between the data line and a component of the thin-film transistor and overlaps at least one of the data line and the component of the thin-film transistor,
- wherein the shield layer is electrically coupled to the source electrode of the thin-film transistor, and configured to transmit an initialization voltage to a driving gate electrode of a driving thin-film transistor, and
- wherein the source electrode of the thin-film transistor is extended to cross the scan line and an extended part from the source electrode of the thin-film transistor is electrically coupled to a pixel electrode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.