# US 12,010,901 B2 · Display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,010,901 B2 - Document ID: US12010901B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/310,404 - Filed: 2023-05-01 - Published: 2024-02-29 - Granted: 2024-06-11 - Earliest claimed: 2022-08-30 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Jinho Kim; Namhyoung Kim; Jiyong Jung - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12010901B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/88: Dummy elements, i.e. elements having non-functional features - G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display} - G06F 3/04164: {Connections between sensors and controllers, e.g. routing lines between electrodes and connection pads} - G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes} - 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 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 59/40: OLEDs integrated with touch screens - G09G 2300/0819: used for counteracting undesired variations, e.g. feedback or autozeroing - G09G 2300/0842: forming a memory circuit, e.g. a dynamic memory with one capacitor - G09G 2300/0861: with additional control of the display period without amending the charge stored in a pixel memory, e.g. by means of additional select electrodes - G09G 2310/0251: Precharge or discharge of pixel before applying new pixel voltage - G09G 2330/12: Test circuits or failure detection circuits included in a display system, as permanent part thereof - G09G 2354/00: Aspects of interface with display user - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N) - 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) ## Abstract A display apparatus may include a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area, pixel circuits in the display area, data lines in the display area and connected to the pixel circuits, first circuit driving signal lines in the peripheral area, and configured to transmit a first circuit driving signal to drive the pixel circuits, a data test pad portion at the peripheral area, and including data test pads connected to the data lines, a pad portion on the peripheral area, and including first circuit pads connected to the first circuit driving signal lines, a first test pad portion at the peripheral area, and including first circuit test pads connected to the first circuit pads, and a second test pad portion at the peripheral area, and including second circuit test pads connected to the first circuit test pads. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area surrounding at least a portion of the display area; a plurality of pixel circuits in the display area; a plurality of data lines in the display area, extending in a first direction, and electrically connected to the plurality of pixel circuits; a plurality of first circuit driving signal lines in the peripheral area, and configured to transmit a first circuit driving signal to drive the plurality of pixel circuits; a data test pad portion at one side of the peripheral area, and including a plurality of data test pads electrically connected to the plurality of data lines, respectively; a pad portion at the one side of the peripheral area, and including a plurality of first circuit pads electrically connected to the plurality of first circuit driving signal lines, respectively; a first test pad portion at the one side of the peripheral area, and including a plurality of first circuit test pads electrically connected to the plurality of first circuit pads, respectively; and a second test pad portion at the one side of the peripheral area, and including a plurality of second circuit test pads electrically connected to the plurality of first circuit test pads, respectively. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein a size of each of the plurality of first circuit test pads is less than a size of each of the plurality of second circuit test pads. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein a size of each of the plurality of second circuit test pads is in a range of 10 times to 15 times a size of each of the plurality of first circuit test pads. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein a size of each of the plurality of first circuit test pads is greater than a size of each of the plurality of data test pads. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein a size of each of the plurality of first circuit test pads is in a range of 3 times to 7 times a size of each of the plurality of data test pads. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pad portion, the first test pad portion, and the second test pad portion are sequentially arranged in the first direction, a first distance between the pad portion and the first test pad portion in the first direction is less than a second distance between the first test pad portion and the second test pad portion in the first direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of first circuit pads has a parallelogrammic planar shape, and each of the plurality of first circuit test pads and the plurality of second circuit test pads has a rectangular planar shape. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a touch sensing layer on the plurality of pixel circuits; and a plurality of touch driving signal lines in the peripheral area, and configured to transmit a touch driving signal configured to drive the touch sensing layer, wherein the pad portion further includes a plurality of touch pads electrically connected to the plurality of touch driving signal lines, respectively, and the second test pad portion further includes a plurality of touch test pads electrically connected to the plurality of touch pads, respectively. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the touch sensing layer includes a plurality of first sensing electrode lines extending in the first direction, and a plurality of second sensing electrode lines extending to cross the plurality of first sensing electrode lines, and the plurality of touch driving signal lines are configured to transmit the touch driving signal to the plurality of first sensing electrode lines and the plurality of second sensing electrode lines. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The display apparatus of claim 8, further comprising: a plurality of first connection lines configured to connect the plurality of first circuit test pads to the plurality of second circuit test pads, respectively; and a plurality of second connection lines configured to connect the plurality of touch pads to the plurality of touch test pads, respectively, wherein the pad portion, the first test pad portion, and the second test pad portion are sequentially arranged in the first direction, the plurality of first connection lines radially extend from the first test pad portion, and the plurality of second connection lines radially extend from the pad portion. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the data test pad portion, the pad portion, the first test pad portion, and the second test pad portion are sequentially arranged in the first direction, the pad portion at least partially overlaps the data test pad portion in the first direction, the first test pad portion does not overlap the data test pad portion in the first direction, and the second test pad portion at least partially overlaps the data test pad portion in the first direction. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a printed circuit board attached to the one side of the peripheral area, and including a plurality of terminals electrically connected to the pad portion; and a driving chip mounted on the one side of the peripheral area, and electrically connected to the plurality of data lines. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein, in a plan view, the driving chip overlaps the data test pad portion. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of second circuit driving signal lines in the peripheral area, and configured to transmit a second circuit driving signal configured to drive the plurality of pixel circuits; a third test pad portion on the one side of the peripheral area, and including a plurality of third circuit test pads; and a fourth test pad portion on the one side of the peripheral area, and including a plurality of fourth circuit test pads electrically connected to the plurality of third circuit test pads, respectively, wherein the pad portion further includes a plurality of second circuit pads electrically connected to the plurality of second circuit driving signal lines, respectively, the plurality of third circuit test pads are electrically connected to the plurality of second circuit pads, respectively, the first test pad portion and the third test pad portion are symmetrical to each other with respect to the data test pad portion, and the second test pad portion and the fourth test pad portion are symmetrical to each other with respect to the data test pad portion. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display apparatus of claim 14, wherein a size of each of the plurality of first circuit test pads is less than a size of each of the plurality of second circuit test pads, the size of each of the plurality of first circuit test pads is greater than a size of each of the plurality of data test pads, a size of each of the plurality of third circuit test pads is less than a size of each of the plurality of fourth circuit test pads, and the size of each of the plurality of third circuit test pads is greater than the size of each of the plurality of data test pads. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of gate lines in the display area, extending in a second direction crossing the first direction, and electrically connected to the plurality of pixel circuits; and a gate driver in the peripheral area, electrically connected to the plurality of gate lines, and configured to transmit a gate signal, wherein the first circuit driving signal includes a control signal forming the gate signal, and a driving voltage and an initialization voltage applied to the plurality of pixel circuits. ### Claim 17 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area surrounding at least a portion of the display area; a plurality of pixel circuits in the display area; a plurality of data lines in the display area, extending in a first direction, and electrically connected to the plurality of pixel circuits; a plurality of circuit driving signal lines in the peripheral area, and configured to transmit a circuit driving signal configured to drive the plurality of pixel circuits; a data test pad portion on one side of the peripheral area, and including a plurality of data test pads electrically connected to the plurality of data lines, respectively; a first test pad portion on the one side of the peripheral area, and including a plurality of first circuit test pads electrically connected to the plurality of circuit driving signal lines, respectively; and a second test pad portion on the one side of the peripheral area to be adjacent to the first test pad portion in the first direction, and including a plurality of second circuit test pads electrically connected to the plurality of first circuit test pads, respectively, wherein a size of each of the plurality of first circuit test pads is less than a size of each of the plurality of second circuit test pads. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the size of each of the plurality of first circuit test pads is greater than a size of each of the plurality of data test pads. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The display apparatus of claim 17, further comprising: a touch sensing layer on the plurality of pixel circuits; and a plurality of touch driving signal lines in the peripheral area, and configured to transmit a touch driving signal configured to drive the touch sensing layer, wherein the second test pad portion further includes a plurality of touch test pads electrically connected to the plurality of touch driving signal lines, respectively. ### Claim 20 (depends on 17) The display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the data test pad portion, the first test pad portion, and the second test pad portion are sequentially arranged in the first direction, the first test pad portion does not overlap the data test pad portion in the first direction, and the second test pad portion at least partially overlaps the data test pad portion in the first direction.