# US 12,112,690 B2 · Data driver connected to data lines through fan out lines disposed in display area, display device including data driver, and electronic device including data driver > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,112,690 B2 - Document ID: US12112690B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/133,563 - Filed: 2023-04-12 - Published: 2024-04-25 - Granted: 2024-10-08 - Earliest claimed: 2022-10-20 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hee-Jeong Seo; Woo-Chul Kim; Deok Jun Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12112690B2 ## CPC - 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} - G09G 3/32: semiconductive, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - G09G 2300/0413: Details of dummy pixels or dummy lines in flat panels - G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections - G09G 2300/0452: Details of colour pixel setup, e.g. pixel composed of a red, a blue and two green components - G09G 2310/0275: Details of drivers for data electrodes, other than drivers for liquid crystal, plasma or OLED displays, not related to handling digital grey scale data or to communication of data to the pixels by means of a current - G09G 2310/0291: Details of output amplifiers or buffers arranged for use in a driving circuit - G09G 2310/0297: Special arrangements with multiplexing or demultiplexing of display data in the drivers for data electrodes, in a pre-processing circuitry delivering display data to said drivers or in the matrix panel, e.g. multiplexing plural data signals to one D/A converter or demultiplexing the D/A converter output to multiple columns - G09G 2310/08: Details of timing specific for flat panels, other than clock recovery - G09G 2370/08: Details of image data interface between the display device controller and the data line driver circuit - 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) - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display device includes first data lines including first color data lines connected to first sub-pixels, second color data lines connected to second sub-pixels, and third color data lines connected to third sub-pixels, and fan out lines including first fan out lines, second fan out lines alternately arranged with the first fan out lines in a peripheral region, and third fan out lines, a data driver outputting data voltages to the first fan out lines and the second fan out lines connected to the first data lines in a first arrangement according to the first arrangement, and output the data voltages to the third fan out lines connected to the first data lines in a second arrangement according to the second arrangement, and a timing controller remapping input image data based on the first arrangement. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a display panel, the display panel including: sub-pixels including first sub-pixels configured to display a first color, second sub-pixels configured to display a second color, and third sub-pixels configured to display a third color, first data lines including first color data lines connected to the first sub-pixels, second color data lines connected to the second sub-pixels, and third color data lines connected to the third sub-pixels, a display region including a first display region, a second display region disposed adjacent to the first display region, and a third display region disposed adjacent to the second display region, and fan out lines including first fan out lines connected to first data lines connected to sub-pixels disposed in the first display region, second fan out lines connected to first data lines connected to sub-pixels disposed in the second display region and alternately arranged with the first fan out lines in a peripheral region, and third fan out lines connected to first data lines connected to sub-pixels disposed in the third display region; a data driver configured to output data voltages to the first fan out lines and the second fan out lines connected to the first data lines in a first arrangement according to the first arrangement, and output data voltages to the third fan out lines connected to the first data lines in a second arrangement according to the second arrangement; and a timing controller configured to remap input image data based on the first arrangement and the second arrangement, and to control the data driver, wherein an order of colors of data voltages supplied to the fan out lines in the peripheral region is different from an order of colors of data voltages supplied to the first data lines in the display region. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first color data lines and the third color data lines is connected to sub-pixels disposed on a first side and a second side which opposes the first side of the at least one of the first color data lines and the third color data lines. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the display panel further includes: a second data line disposed adjacent to a first data line disposed on an outmost portion of the first data lines and connected to one of the first sub-pixels. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein each of the first data lines is connected to sub-pixels disposed on a first side of the each of the first data lines. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein the fan out lines further include a fourth fan out line connected to the second data line, wherein the data driver includes: first output pads configured to output data voltages to the first fan out lines and the second fan out lines; and second output pads configured to output data voltages to the third fan out lines; and first dummy pads disposed between the first output pads and the second output pads. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein one of the first dummy pads determined according to the first arrangement is configured to output a data voltage to the fourth fan out line. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display device of claim 6, wherein a number of the first dummy pads is a number of colors constituting the first arrangement. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein one of the first dummy pads determined according to the second arrangement is configured to output a data voltage to the fourth fan out line. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein a number of first dummy pads is the same as a number of sub-pixels constituting the second arrangement. ### Claim 10 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the fourth fan out line is disposed adjacent to the third fan out line disposed adjacent to the second display region. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display device of claim 10, wherein the first dummy pads are disposed between the second output pads and a first output pads disposed on a first side of the display region, and wherein the data driver further includes second dummy pads disposed between the second output pads and a first output pads disposed on a second side of the display region. ### Claim 12 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the data driver further includes: output amplifiers respectively connected to output pads among the first output pads, the second output pads, and the first dummy pads. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the data driver further includes: output amplifiers respectively connected to at least two of output pads among the first output pads, the second output pads, and the first dummy pads. ### Claim 14 A data driver for outputting data voltages to a display panel which includes first data lines including first color data lines connected to first sub-pixels configured to display a first color, second color data lines connected to second sub-pixels configured to display a second color, and third color data lines connected to third sub-pixels configured to display a third color, and fan out lines including first fan out lines connected to first data lines connected to sub-pixels disposed in a first display region of the display panel, second fan out lines connected to first data lines connected to sub-pixels disposed in a second display region of the display panel disposed adjacent to the first display region, and third fan out lines connected to first data lines connected to sub-pixels disposed in a third display region of the display panel disposed adjacent to the second display region, the data driver comprising: first output pads configured to output data voltages to the first fan-out lines and the second fan-out lines connected to respective first data lines in a first arrangement according to the first arrangement; and second output pads configured to output data voltages to the third fan out lines connected to respective first data lines in a second arrangement according to the second arrangement, wherein an order of colors of data voltages supplied to the fan out lines in a peripheral region is different from an order of colors of data voltages supplied to the first data lines in the first display region, the second display region and the third display region. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The data driver of claim 14, further comprising: a plurality of first dummy pads, wherein one of the first dummy pads determined according to the first arrangement is configured to output a data voltage to a fourth fan out line connected to a second data line which is disposed outside of the first data lines and connected to one of the first sub-pixels. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The data driver of claim 15, wherein a number of the first dummy pads is the same as a number of sub-pixels constituting the first arrangement. ### Claim 17 An electronic device comprising: a display module; a main processor configured to output input image data to a sub processor; and the sub processor configured to control the display module, wherein the display module includes: a display panel including sub-pixels which includes first sub-pixels configured to display a first color, second sub-pixels configured to display a second color, and third sub-pixels configured to display a third color, first data lines including first color data lines connected to the first sub-pixels, second color data lines connected to the second sub-pixels, and third color data lines connected to the third sub-pixels, a display region including a first display region, a second display region disposed adjacent to the first display region, and a third display region disposed adjacent to the second display region, fan out lines including first fan out lines connected to first data lines connected to sub-pixels disposed in the first display region, second fan out lines connected to first data lines connected to sub-pixels disposed in the second display region and alternately arranged with the first fan out lines in a peripheral region, and third fan out lines connected to first data lines connected to sub-pixels disposed in the third display region, and a data driver configured to output data voltages to the first fan out lines and the second fan out lines connected to the first data lines in a first arrangement according to the first arrangement, and output data voltages to the third fan out lines connected to the first data lines in a second arrangement according to the second arrangement, wherein the sub processor is configured to remap the input image data based on the first arrangement and the second arrangement, and wherein an order of colors of data voltages supplied to the fan out lines in the peripheral region is different from an order of colors of data voltages supplied to the first data lines in the display region. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electronic device of claim 17, wherein at least one of the first color data lines and the third color data lines is connected to sub-pixels disposed on a first side and a second side which opposes the first side of the at least one of the first color data lines and the third color data lines. ### Claim 19 (depends on 17) The electronic device of claim 17, wherein the display panel further includes: a second data line disposed adjacent to a first data line disposed on outmost portion of the first data lines and connected to one of the first sub-pixels. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the fan out lines further include a fourth fan out line connected to the second data line, wherein the data driver includes: first output pads configured to output data voltages to the first fan out lines and the second fan out lines; and second output pads configured to output data voltages to the third fan out lines; and first dummy pads disposed between the first output pads and the second output pads, and wherein one of the first dummy pads determined according to the first arrangement is configured to output a data voltage to the fourth fan out line.