# US 11,908,362 B2 · Display device

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- Number: US 11,908,362 B2
- Document ID: US11908362B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 18/055,267
- Filed: 2022-11-14
- Published: 2023-03-16
- Granted: 2024-02-20
- Earliest claimed: 2019-03-28
- Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Cheol Hwan Eom; Hyung Jun An; Ji Phyo Hong; Jong Won Moon; Hyea Weon Shin
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11908362B2

## CPC

- G09G 3/006: {Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays (testing individual LED's G01R31/2635; testing lamps G01R31/44; testing of optical features of LCD displays G02F1/1309)}
- G09G 3/20: for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix {no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters}
- G02F 1/1345: Conductors connecting electrodes to cell terminals
- G02F 1/13452: {Conductors connecting driver circuitry and terminals of panels}
- G02F 1/13458: {Terminal pads}
- G09G 3/3611: {Control of matrices with row and column drivers}
- G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections
- G09G 2330/04: Display protection
- G09G: ARRANGEMENTS OR CIRCUITS FOR CONTROL OF INDICATING DEVICES USING STATIC MEANS TO PRESENT VARIABLE INFORMATION (arrangements for transferring data between digital computers and displays G06F3/14; static indicating arrangements comprising an association of a number of separate sources or light control cells G09F9/00; static indicating arrangements comprising integral associations of a number of light sources H01J, H01K, H10H, H05B33/12; scanning, transmission or reproduction of documents or the like, e.g. facsimile transmission, details thereof H04N1/00)
- G02F: OPTICAL DEVICES OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR THE CONTROL OF LIGHT BY MODIFICATION OF THE OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF THE MEDIA OF THE ELEMENTS INVOLVED THEREIN; NON-LINEAR OPTICS; FREQUENCY-CHANGING OF LIGHT; OPTICAL LOGIC ELEMENTS; OPTICAL ANALOGUE/DIGITAL CONVERTERS

## Abstract

A display device includes first lead lines connecting the circuit signal lines with the driving integrated circuit, and second lead lines connecting the panel signal lines with the driving integrated circuit, wherein the second lead lines comprise a 2-1 sub-lead line configured to supply a scan-high voltage signal from the driving integrated circuit to the panel signal lines, and a 2-2 sub-lead line configured to supply a scan-low voltage signal from the driving integrated circuit to the panel signal lines, wherein the first lead lines comprises a 1-1 sub-lead line connected to the driving integrated circuit, a 1-1-1 sub-lead line separated from the 1-1 sub-lead line in a first direction, a 1-2 sub-lead line spaced apart from the 1-1 sub-lead line in a second direction intersecting the first direction, and a 1-2-1 sub-lead line spaced apart from the 1-2 sub-lead line in the second direction.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display device comprising:
a display panel comprising a display area and a panel pad area around the display area, the panel pad area comprising a plurality of panel signal lines; and
a first circuit board having a first end attached to the panel pad area and a second end opposite the first end,
the first circuit board comprising:
a first line layer comprising a plurality of first lead lines;
an insulating layer on the first line layer;
a second line layer on the insulating layer and comprising a plurality of second lead lines; and
a driving integrated circuit on the second line layer,
wherein the plurality of second lead lines comprises:
a first sub-lead line configured to supply a first-high voltage signal from the driving integrated circuit to the plurality of panel signal lines;
a second sub-lead line configured to supply a first-low voltage signal from the driving integrated circuit to the plurality of panel signal lines;
a third sub-lead line physically connected to the driving integrated circuit;
a fourth sub-lead line separated from the third sub-lead line in a first direction;
a fifth sub-lead line spaced apart from the third sub-lead line in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and
a sixth sub-lead line spaced from the fourth sub-lead line in the second direction, wherein the fifth sub-lead line and the sixth sub-lead line and are electrically connected to a second circuit board, and
wherein the second direction is toward the second circuit board from the plurality of first lead lines.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display device of claim 1, wherein the third sub-lead line extends from the first sub-lead line in the second direction, and
wherein the fifth sub-lead line extends from the second sub-lead line in the second direction.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The display device of claim 2, wherein the third sub-lead line is electrically separated from the fourth sub-lead line, and
wherein the fifth sub-lead line is electrically separated from the sixth sub-lead line.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The display device of claim 3, wherein the plurality of second lead lines comprises a seventh sub-lead line on one side of the third sub-lead line and the fifth sub-lead line in the first direction, and an eighth sub-lead line and a ninth sub-lead line on an opposite side thereof in the first direction,
wherein the seventh sub-lead line electrically connects a circuit signal line with the driving integrated circuit, and
wherein the eighth sub-lead line and the ninth sub-lead line electrically connect the circuit signal line with the plurality of second lead lines.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The display device of claim 4, wherein the plurality of panel signal lines comprises a first panel signal line connected to the first sub-lead line and a second panel signal line connected to the eighth sub-lead line, and
wherein the first panel signal line and the second panel signal line cross each other outside the display area.

### Claim 6 (depends on 4)

The display device of claim 4, wherein the eighth sub-lead line is configured to supply a second-high voltage signal from the second circuit board to the plurality of panel signal lines, and
wherein the ninth sub-lead line is configured to supply a second-low voltage signal from the second circuit board to the plurality of panel signal lines.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The display device of claim 6, wherein the plurality of first second lines comprises a tenth sub-lead line on one side of the first sub-lead line and the second sub-lead line in the first direction, and a eleventh sub-lead line and a twelfth sub-lead line on another side thereof in the first direction,
wherein the tenth sub-lead line is electrically connected to the driving integrated circuit,
wherein the eleventh sub-lead line is electrically connected to the eighth sub-lead line, and
wherein the twelfth sub-lead line is electrically connected to the ninth sub-lead line.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The display device of claim 7, wherein the plurality of first lead lines of the first line layer comprises:
a thirteenth sub-lead line connected to the first sub-lead line;
a fourteenth sub-lead line connected to the second sub-lead line;
a fifteenth sub-lead line connected to the tenth sub-lead line;
a sixteenth sub-lead line connected to the eleventh sub-lead line; and
a seventeenth sub-lead line connected to the twelfth sub-lead line.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The display device of claim 8, wherein the insulating layer comprises a first via hole connecting the thirteenth sub-lead line with the first sub-lead line, and a second via hole connecting the seventeenth sub-lead line with the twelfth sub-lead line.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The display device of claim 9, wherein the second via hole is closer to the second circuit board than the first via hole is when viewed in a plan view.

### Claim 11 (depends on 1)

The display device of claim 1, wherein the first-high voltage signal is a scan-high voltage signal and the first-low voltage signal is a scan-low voltage signal.

### Claim 12 (depends on 1)

The display device of claim 1, wherein the second circuit board is attached to the second end of the first circuit board.