# US 12,193,283 B2 · Display device including pad area > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,193,283 B2 - Document ID: US12193283B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/528,584 - Filed: 2021-11-17 - Published: 2022-05-19 - Granted: 2025-01-07 - Earliest claimed: 2020-11-19 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Chungi You; Younggug Seol; Kijong Eom - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12193283B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/88: Dummy elements, i.e. elements having non-functional features - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 59/1201: {Manufacture or treatment} - H10K 59/123: Connection of the pixel electrodes to the thin film transistors [TFT] - H10K 71/00: Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display device includes a substrate including a pad region, a first conductive pattern disposed on the pad region of the substrate and having a quadrangle shape in a plan view, an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and covering the first conductive pattern, and a second conductive pattern disposed on the insulating layer and contacting the first conductive pattern through a plurality of contact holes defined in the insulating layer. The plurality of the contact holes are arranged along a diagonal direction of the quadrangle shape in the plan view. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a substrate including a pad region; and a plurality of pads disposed on the pad region, wherein a first pad of the plurality of pads comprises: a first conductive pattern disposed on the pad region of the substrate and having a quadrangle shape in a plan view; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and covering the first conductive pattern; and a second conductive pattern disposed on the insulating layer and contacting the first conductive pattern through a plurality of contact holes defined in the insulating layer, wherein the quadrangle shape includes a first side extending in a first direction and a second side extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein, in the first pad, the plurality of the contact holes are arranged along a diagonal direction of the quadrangle shape in the plan view, and wherein, in the first pad, along at least one of the first direction and the second direction, each of the plurality of contact holes does not overlap any contact hole of the first pad. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the diagonal direction is between the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, wherein a length of the first side is less than a length of the second side. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, wherein a length of the first side is at least three times greater than a length of each of the contact holes in the first direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the insulating layer comprises: an overlapping portion surrounding each of the contact holes and overlapping the first conductive pattern in the plan view; and a non-overlapping portion surrounding the overlapping portion and which does not overlap the first conductive pattern in the plan view, and having a top which is disposed lower than a top of the overlapping portion. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein a thickness of the overlapping portion is the same as a thickness of the non-overlapping portion. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein each of a thickness of the overlapping portion and a thickness of the non-overlapping portion is about 6000 angstroms to about 7000 angstroms. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising: a third conductive pattern disposed on the second conductive pattern and directly contacting the second conductive pattern. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, further comprising: a fourth conductive pattern disposed on the third conductive pattern and directly contacting the third conductive pattern. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising: a first dummy pattern disposed on the substrate, overlapping the pad region, and spaced apart from the first conductive pattern in the plan view; and a second dummy pattern disposed on the first dummy pattern and contacting the first dummy pattern through a dummy contact hole defined in the insulating layer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display device of claim 10, wherein an area of the dummy contact hole is different from an area of each of the plurality of the contact holes in the plan view. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The display device of claim 10, wherein the pad region includes a central region and an outer region adjacent to the central region in the plan view, wherein the first conductive pattern is disposed in the central region, and wherein the first dummy pattern is disposed in the outer region. ### Claim 13 A display device comprising: a substrate including a pad region; a first conductive pattern disposed on the pad region of the substrate and having a quadrangle shape in a plan view; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and covering the first conductive pattern; and a second conductive pattern disposed on the insulating layer and contacting the first conductive pattern through a plurality of contact holes defined in the insulating layer, wherein the plurality of the contact holes are arranged along a diagonal direction of the quadrangle shape in the plan view, and wherein a material included in the second conductive pattern is the same as a material included in the third conductive pattern. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display device of claim 13, wherein the material included in the second conductive pattern is different from a material included in the first conductive pattern. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein the first conductive pattern includes molybdenum. ### Claim 16 A display device comprising: a substrate including a pad region; a first conductive pattern disposed on the pad region of the substrate and having a quadrangle shape in a plan view; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and covering the first conductive pattern; and a second conductive pattern disposed on the insulating layer and contacting the first conductive pattern through a plurality of contact holes defined in the insulating layer, wherein the plurality of the contact holes are arranged along a diagonal direction of the quadrangle shape in the plan view, and wherein the second conductive pattern and the third conductive pattern each have a Ti/Al/Ti structure. ### Claim 17 A display device comprising: a substrate including a pad region; a first conductive pattern disposed on the pad region of the substrate and having a quadrangle shape in a plan view; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and covering the first conductive pattern; and a second conductive pattern disposed on the insulating layer and contacting the first conductive pattern through a plurality of contact holes defined in the insulating layer, wherein the plurality of the contact holes are arranged along a diagonal direction of the quadrangle shape in the plan view, wherein the substrate further comprises a display region adjacent to the pad region, and wherein the display device further comprises: an active pattern disposed on the substrate and overlapping the display region in the plan view; a gate electrode disposed in a same layer as the first conductive pattern and overlapping the active pattern in the plan view; a first connection electrode disposed in a same layer as the second conductive pattern and contacting the active pattern; a second connection electrode disposed in a same layer as the third conductive pattern and contacting the first connection electrode; a first electrode disposed on the second connection electrode and contacting the second connection electrode; an emission layer disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the emission layer. ### Claim 18 A display device comprising: a substrate including a pad region; a first conductive pattern disposed on the pad region of the substrate and having a quadrangle shape in a plan view; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and covering the first conductive pattern; and a second conductive pattern disposed on the insulating layer and contacting the first conductive pattern through a plurality of contact holes defined in the insulating layer, wherein the plurality of the contact holes are arranged along a diagonal direction of the quadrangle shape in the plan view, wherein the display device further comprises: a first dummy pattern disposed on the substrate, overlapping the pad region, and spaced apart from the first conductive pattern in the plan view; a second dummy pattern disposed on the first dummy pattern and contacting the first dummy pattern through a dummy contact hole defined in the insulating layer, wherein an area of the dummy contact hole is different from an area of each of the plurality of the contact holes in the plan view, and wherein the area of the dummy contact hole is larger than the area of each of the plurality of the contact holes. ### Claim 19 A display device comprising: a substrate including a pad region; a first conductive pattern disposed on the pad region of the substrate and having a quadrangle shape in a plan view; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and covering the first conductive pattern; and a second conductive pattern disposed on the insulating layer and contacting the first conductive pattern through a plurality of contact holes defined in the insulating layer, wherein the plurality of the contact holes are arranged along a diagonal direction of the quadrangle shape in the plan view, wherein the display device further comprises: a first dummy pattern disposed on the substrate, overlapping the pad region, and spaced apart from the first conductive pattern in the plan view; a second dummy pattern disposed on the first dummy pattern and contacting the first dummy pattern through a dummy contact hole defined in the insulating layer, and wherein the first dummy pattern and the second dummy pattern each are electrically floated. ### Claim 20 A display device comprising: a substrate including a pad region; and a plurality of pads disposed on the pad region, wherein a first pad of the plurality of pads comprises: a first conductive pattern disposed on the pad region of the substrate and having a quadrangle shape in a plan view; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and covering the first conductive pattern; and a second conductive pattern disposed on the insulating layer and contacting the first conductive pattern through a plurality of contact holes defined in the insulating layer, wherein the plurality of the contact holes includes a first contact hole, a second contact hole, and a third contact hole which are spaced apart from each other, wherein the first contact hole and the second contact hole are arranged along a first diagonal direction of the quadrangle shape, and wherein the second contact hole and the third contact hole are arranged along a second diagonal direction intersecting the first diagonal direction, wherein the quadrangle shape includes a first side extending in a first direction and a second side extending in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and wherein, in the first pad, along the first direction, each of the first contact hole, the second contact hole, and the third contact hole does not overlap any contact hole of the first pad. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The display device of claim 20, wherein the first diagonal direction is a direction between the first direction and the second direction, and wherein the second diagonal direction is a direction between a third direction and the second direction, and the third direction is opposite to the first direction. ### Claim 22 A display device comprising: a substrate including a pad region; a first conductive pattern on the pad region of the substrate; a first dummy pattern disposed in a same layer as the first conductive pattern and spaced apart from the first conductive pattern; an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and covering the first conductive pattern and the first dummy pattern; a second conductive pattern disposed on the insulating layer and contacting the first conductive pattern through a plurality of contact holes defined in the insulating layer; and a second dummy pattern disposed on the insulating layer and contacting the first dummy pattern through a dummy contact hole, wherein the dummy contact hole is defined in the insulating layer and has an area different from an area of each of the plurality of the contact holes, wherein the area of the dummy contact hole is larger than the area of each of the plurality of the contact holes. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The display device of claim 22, wherein the first conductive pattern has a quadrangle shape, and wherein the plurality of the contact holes are arranged along a diagonal direction of the quadrangle shape in a plan view.