Display module including electro-static discharge protection circuit
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorsJinho Kim, Sangmin Shin, Hoseop Lee
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Abstract
A display module including a plurality of pixels is provided. The display module according to an embodiment includes a plurality of inorganic light emitting elements constituting the plurality of pixels, a plurality of pixel circuits provided for each of the plurality of inorganic light emitting elements and providing a driving current corresponding to an applied grayscale data voltage to each of the plurality of inorganic light emitting elements, and an ESD (Electro Static Discharge) protection circuit arranged in at least one of the plurality of pixel circuits.
Claims20
A display module comprising:
- a substrate;
- a thin film transistor (TFT) layer formed on the substrate;
- and
- a plurality of pixels disposed on the TFT layer,
- wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises at least three inorganic light emitting elements,
- wherein the TFT layer comprises:
- a plurality of electro-static discharge (ESD) protection circuits;
- and
- a plurality of pixel circuits configured to drive the at least three inorganic light emitting elements for each pixel,
- wherein each ESD protection circuit of the plurality of ESD protection circuits is surrounded by a plurality of adjacent pixels among the plurality of pixels,
- wherein the plurality of adjacent pixels are arranged at a predetermined interval in a matrix array, and
- wherein each inorganic light emitting element of the at least three inorganic light emitting elements is mounted on and electrically connected to a corresponding pixel circuit among the plurality of pixel circuits.
A display panel comprising a plurality of display modules that are consecutively arranged, each display module of the plurality of display modules comprising:
- a substrate;
- a thin film transistor (TFT) layer formed on the substrate;
- and
- a plurality of pixels disposed on the TFT layer;
- wherein each pixel of the plurality of pixels comprises at least three inorganic light emitting elements,
- wherein the TFT layer comprises:
- a plurality of electro-static discharge (ESD) protection circuits, and
- a plurality of pixel circuits configured to drive the at least three inorganic light emitting elements for each pixel,
- wherein each ESD protection circuit of the plurality of ESD protection circuits is surrounded by a plurality of adjacent pixels among the plurality of pixels,
- wherein the plurality of adjacent pixels are arranged at a predetermined interval in a matrix array, and
- wherein each inorganic light emitting element of the at least three inorganic light emitting elements is mounted on and electrically connected to a corresponding pixel circuit among the plurality of pixel circuits.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.