# US 12,225,792 B2 · Display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,225,792 B2 - Document ID: US12225792B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/301,982 - Filed: 2023-04-17 - Published: 2023-08-17 - Granted: 2025-02-11 - Earliest claimed: 2020-05-08 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Minku Lee; Chulkyu Kang; Jaesic Lee; Seonkyoon Mok; Dongsun Lee; Soyoung Lee; Haijung In - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12225792B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 59/88: Dummy elements, i.e. elements having non-functional features - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display device includes: a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area outside the display area, and a pad area in the peripheral area; a data line in the display area; and a first connection line in the display area and connected to the data line to transmit, to the data line, a signal from the pad area, wherein the first connection line includes a first portion in a first direction and a second portion bent from the first portion and in a second direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area outside the display area, and a pad area in the peripheral area; a data line in the display area; and a first connection line in the display area and connected to the data line, wherein the first connection line has a serpentine shape, and wherein the first connection line includes a first portion arranged in a first direction and a second portion bent from the first portion, the first portion being on a different layer from at least one of the second portion or the data line. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the second portion extends in a second direction. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the first direction is parallel to a lengthwise direction of a scan line in the display area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a second direction along which the second portion extends is parallel to a lengthwise direction of the data line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the data line and the first portion are on different layers. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the first portion and the second portion are on different layers. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the first portion and the second portion are at a same layer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first portion or the second portion extends in a straight line. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein at least a portion of the first connection line overlaps at least one of a scan line or a pixel electrode on a plane. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising a second connection line arranged in the peripheral area, connected to the first connection line, and located in the pad area. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the display area includes a plurality of pixel areas arranged in rows and columns, and one scan line passing through pixel areas in a same column among the plurality of pixel areas crosses the first connection line once or twice on a plane. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a distance from a portion of the first connection line, which is connected to the pad area, to the pad area is different from a distance from the pad area to a portion of the first connection line, which is connected to the data line. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a point of the first connection line, which has a maximum distance from the pad area to the first connection line, is between a portion of the first connection line, which is connected to the pad area, and a portion of the first connection line, which is connected to the data line. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the data line comprises a plurality of data lines spaced apart from each other in the display area, the first portion overlaps at least one of the plurality of data lines on a plane, and the first portion does not overlap a rest of the plurality of data lines except for the data lines overlapping on a plane. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a corner of an edge of the display area is round. ### Claim 16 A display device comprising: a substrate including a display area, a peripheral area outside the display area, and a pad area in the peripheral area; a first data line in the display area; and a first connection line in the display area and connected to the first data line to transmit, to the first data line, a signal from the pad area, wherein the first connection line extends in a direction different from a longitudinal direction of the first data line, and wherein the first connection line includes a first portion arranged in a first direction and a second portion bent from the first portion, the first portion being on a different layer from at least one of the second portion or the first data line. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein the first portion and the second portion are at different layers or at a same layer. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, further comprising a plurality of second data lines in the display area and each extending in a second direction, wherein at least one of the first data line or the second data line is at a different layer from at least one of the first portion or the second portion. ### Claim 19 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, further comprising: a plurality of second data lines in the display area and each extending in a second direction; and a third connection line in the peripheral area and having one end connected to one of the second data lines and an other end located in the pad area. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein at least a portion of the first connection line overlaps at least one of a scan line or a pixel electrode on a plane. ### Claim 21 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein a distance from a portion of the first connection line, which is connected to the pad area, to the pad area is different from a distance from the pad area to a portion of the first connection line, which is connected to the first data line. ### Claim 22 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein a point of the first connection line, which has a maximum distance from the pad area to the first connection line, is between a portion of the first connection line, which is connected to the pad area, and a portion of the first connection line, which is connected to the first data line. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the substrate further includes a dummy area between the display area and the peripheral area.