Display panel and display device including the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsBon-Seog Gu, Hae-Kwan Seo, Jinyoung Roh, Jaekeun Lim
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Abstract
A display panel includes pixel circuits at a first row and a second row, and light-emitting elements at the first row and the second row, wherein the light-emitting elements at the first row include an anode and a dummy connection electrode extending from the anode, and are respectively electrically connected with, and overlap, the pixel circuits at the first row, and wherein a first light-emitting element among the light-emitting elements at the second row is spaced from a first pixel circuit among the pixel circuits at the second row, and is electrically connected with the first pixel circuit through a connection electrode and a first connection node.
Claims20
A display panel comprising:
- a plurality of pixel circuits at a first row and a second row;
- and
- a plurality of light-emitting elements at the first row and the second row,
- wherein each of the light-emitting elements at the first row comprises an anode, and is electrically connected with, and overlap, corresponding one of the pixel circuits at the first row,
- wherein the anode of each of the light-emitting elements at the first row comprises a dummy connection electrode extending from the anode, and
- wherein a first light-emitting element among the light-emitting elements at the second row is spaced from a first pixel circuit among the pixel circuits at the second row, and is electrically connected with the first pixel circuit through a connection electrode and a first connection node.
A display panel comprising:
- first to fourth data lines;
- a plurality of pixel circuits respectively at crossing regions of first to fourth columns and first and second rows, and respectively connected with a corresponding data line among the first to fourth data lines;
- and
- a plurality of light-emitting elements,
- wherein the light-emitting elements at the first row are respectively electrically connected with the pixel circuits at the first row,
- wherein a first light-emitting element at a crossing region of the second row and the first column among the plurality of light-emitting elements is electrically connected with a corresponding pixel circuit of the pixel circuits at a crossing region of the second row and the third column through an anode, a connection electrode extending from the anode in a first direction, and a connection node, and
- wherein a second light-emitting element at a crossing region of the first row and the first column among the plurality of light-emitting elements comprises an anode, and a dummy connection electrode parallel to the connection electrode and extending from the anode.
A display device comprising:
- a display comprising a plurality of insulating layers, a plurality of light-emitting elements and first to fourth pixel circuits connected with first to fourth data lines, respectively,
- wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting elements comprises an anode and a cathode,
- wherein the plurality of insulating layers comprise a first insulating layer on the first to fourth pixel circuits, and a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer,
- wherein the first to fourth data lines are between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer,
- wherein the anode of each of the plurality of light-emitting elements is on the second insulating layer,
- wherein an anode of a first light-emitting element at a first row among the plurality of light-emitting elements comprises a dummy connection electrode extending from the anode of the first light-emitting element,
- wherein an anode of a second light-emitting element at a second row among the plurality of light-emitting elements comprises a connection electrode extending from the anode of the second light-emitting element,
- wherein the anode of the first light-emitting element at the first row is connected with the first pixel circuit through a first connection node penetrating the second insulating layer and through a first contact hole penetrating the first insulating layer, and
- wherein the connection electrode of the second light-emitting element at the second row is connected with the third pixel circuit through a second connection node penetrating the second insulating layer, and through a second contact hole penetrating the first insulating layer.
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