# US 12,010,879 B2 · Transparent display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,879 B2 - Document ID: US12010879B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/530,099 - Filed: 2021-11-18 - Published: 2022-05-26 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-11-24 - Assignees: LG Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: LG Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Sunyoung Park; Taehee Ko - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010879B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/121: characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements - H10K 59/123: Connection of the pixel electrodes to the thin film transistors [TFT] - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 59/8051: {Anodes} - H10K 59/126: Shielding, e.g. light-blocking means over the TFTs - H10K 71/861: {Repairing} - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A transparent display device may minimize or reduce coupling occurring between signal lines and apply a repair structure to a scan line. The transparent display device comprises a substrate provided with a transmissive area and a plurality of subpixels disposed between the transmissive areas, first and second anode electrodes provided in each of the plurality of subpixels, a first connection electrode connecting the first anode electrode with the second anode electrode, a driving transistor provided in each of the plurality of subpixels, and a second connection electrode provided below the driving transistor, electrically connecting the driving transistor with the first connection electrode. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A transparent display device comprising: a substrate including a plurality of transmissive areas and a plurality of subpixels disposed between the transmissive areas; first and second anode electrodes provided in each of the plurality of subpixels; a first connection electrode configured to connect the first anode electrode with the second anode electrode; a driving transistor provided in each of the plurality of subpixels; and a second connection electrode provided below the driving transistor, wherein the second connection electrode is configured to electrically connect the driving transistor with the first connection electrode. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The transparent display device of claim 1, further comprising a light-shielding layer provided between the substrate and the driving transistor, wherein the second connection electrode is made of a same material as that of the light-shielding layer in a same layer as the light-shielding layer. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The transparent display device of claim 2, wherein the light-shielding layer is electrically connected with the driving transistor through a first contact hole, wherein the second connection electrode is electrically connected with the first connection electrode through a second contact hole. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The transparent display device of claim 3, further comprising an intermediate connection electrode provided between the first connection electrode and the second connection electrode, wherein the intermediate connection electrode is electrically connected with the second connection electrode through the second contact hole, and wherein the intermediate connection electrode is connected with the first connection electrode through a third contact hole. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The transparent display device of claim 1, wherein the second connection electrode includes a first transistor connection portion extended from a light-shielding layer disposed between the driving transistor and the substrate toward one of the transmissive areas, and a second transistor connection portion bent from the first transistor connection portion toward the first connection electrode, having at least a portion overlapped with the first connection electrode. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The transparent display device of claim 1, further comprising: a reference line extended from a non-transmissive area provided between the transmissive areas in a first direction; a first data line disposed at a first side of the reference line; a second data line disposed at a second side of the reference line; a first power line provided between the reference line and the first data line; and a second power line provided between the reference line and the second data line, wherein the first data line and the second data line are provided in a same layer as the second connection electrode. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The transparent display device of claim 6, wherein the reference line is provided in a layer different from the first data line and the second data line. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The transparent display device of claim 6, wherein the non-transmissive area includes a first non-transmissive area extended in the first direction between the transmissive areas and a second non-transmissive area extended in a second direction between the transmissive areas, and the reference line includes a bent portion bent in an area where the first non-transmissive area and the second non-transmissive area overlap each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The transparent display device of claim 8, wherein the bent portion is provided to be parallel with the second non-transmissive area. ### Claim 10 A transparent display device comprising: a substrate including a plurality of transmissive areas and a plurality of subpixels disposed between the transmissive areas; first and second anode electrodes provided in each of the plurality of subpixels; a first connection electrode connecting the first anode electrode with the second anode electrode; a driving transistor provided in each of the plurality of subpixels; and a second connection electrode disposed outside the first connection electrode, electrically connecting the driving transistor with the first connection electrode. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The transparent display device of claim 10, wherein the first connection electrode includes a first anode connection portion extended from the first anode electrode toward one of the transmissive areas, a second anode connection portion extended from the second anode electrode toward the one of the transmissive areas, and a third anode connection portion connecting one end of the first anode connection portion with one end of the second anode connection portion. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The transparent display device of claim 11, wherein the second anode connection portion is disposed at a first side of the first anode connection portion to adjoin the first anode connection portion. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The transparent display device of claim 12, wherein the second connection electrode is disposed at a second side of the first anode connection portion to adjoin the first anode connection portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The transparent display device of claim 11, wherein the second connection electrode includes a first transistor connection portion extended from a light-shielding layer provided between the substrate and the driving transistor toward the one of transmissive areas, and a second transistor connection portion bent from the first transistor connection portion toward the first connection electrode, having at least a portion overlapped with the third anode connection portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 10) The transparent display device of claim 10, wherein the second connection electrode has a width narrower than that of the first connection electrode.