# US 12,603,030 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 12,603,030 B2 - Document ID: US12603030B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/893,954 - Filed: 2024-09-23 - Published: 2025-01-09 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2022-02-21 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Sun Kwun Son; Dong Hee Shin; Na Hyeon Cha - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12603030B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/2003: {Display of colours (specific for liquid crystal displays G09G3/3607)} - H10K 59/1213: {the pixel elements being TFTs} - H10W 90/00: Package configurations - G09G 2300/04: Structural and physical details of display devices - G09G 2300/0809: Several active elements per pixel in active matrix panels - 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 - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract A display device is provided. The display device includes a first pixel including a first light emission area, a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel in a column direction, and including a second light emission area, a transistor area overlapped with each of the first pixel and the second pixel, and coupled to the first light emission area and the second light emission area, and a light-transmissive area adjacent to the transistor area in a row direction crossing the column direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a first light emission area; a second light emission area adjacent to the first light emission area in a first direction; a transistor area overlapped with each of the first light emission area and the second light emission area, and coupled to the first light emission area and the second light emission area, such that at least some transistors are between the first light emission area and the second light emission area in plan view; and a light-transmissive area adjacent to the transistor area in a second direction crossing the first direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising: a first pixel comprising the first light emission area; and a second pixel comprising the second light emission area, wherein the light-transmissive area includes a portion of the first pixel and a portion of the second pixel. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the transistor area comprises a first transistor area overlapped with the first light emission area, and a second transistor area overlapped with the second light emission area. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein an overlap area between the first light emission area and the first transistor area has a same size as a size of an overlap area between the second light emission area and the second transistor area. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, wherein the first transistor area comprises first transistors electrically connected to the first light emission area, and wherein the second transistor area comprises second transistors electrically connected to the second light emission area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the light-transmissive area comprises a first light-transmissive area, and a second light-transmissive area adjacent to the first light-transmissive area in the first direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display device of claim 6, wherein the first light-transmissive area and the second light-transmissive area are spaced apart from each other with a gap space therebetween. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, further comprising at least one line extending along the second direction in the transistor area and in the gap space. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the at least one line is connected to one of the first transistors or one of the second transistors. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display device of claim 9, wherein the at least one line comprises a scan line or a power line. ### Claim 11 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, further comprising: a first pixel comprising the first light emission area; and a second pixel comprising the second light emission area, wherein the first pixel comprises a portion of the first light-transmissive area and a first portion of the second light-transmissive area, and wherein the second pixel comprises a second portion of the second light-transmissive area. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display device of claim 11, wherein the first pixel and the second pixel are repeatedly arranged along the first direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein the first transistor area and the second transistor area have a symmetrical shape along the first direction. ### Claim 14 An electronic device comprising: a first pixel comprising a first light emission area; a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel in a first direction, and comprising a second light emission area; a first transistor area overlapped with the first light emission area; a second transistor area overlapped with the second light emission area; a first light-transmissive area adjacent to the first transistor area in a second direction crossing the first direction; and a second light-transmissive area adjacent to the first light-transmissive area in the first direction, and spaced from the first light-transmissive area with a gap space therebetween, wherein the first pixel further comprises a portion of the first light-transmissive area, a first portion of the second light-transmissive area, and the first transistor area, and wherein the second pixel further comprises a second portion of the second light-transmissive area, and the second transistor area. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The electronic device of claim 14, wherein an overlap area between the first light emission area and the first transistor area has a same size as a size of an overlap area between the second light emission area and the second transistor area. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The electronic device of claim 15, further comprising at least one line extending along the second direction in the first transistor area and in the gap space. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the at least one line is connected to a first transistor of the first transistor area or a second transistor of the second transistor area, and comprises a scan line or a power line. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The electronic device of claim 17, further comprising: a third pixel comprising a third light emission area; a fourth pixel adjacent to the third pixel in the first direction, and comprising a fourth light emission area; a third transistor area overlapped with the third light emission area; a fourth transistor area overlapped with the fourth light emission area; and a third light-transmissive area and a fourth light-transmissive area adjacent to the second transistor area in the second direction. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The electronic device of claim 18, wherein the second light-transmissive area and the fourth light-transmissive area are adjacent to each other in the first direction, and spaced apart from each other, wherein the third pixel further comprises a portion of the second light-transmissive area and a first portion of the fourth light-transmissive area, and wherein the fourth pixel further comprises a second portion of the fourth light-transmissive area. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the first pixel and the second pixel are repeatedly arranged along the first direction, wherein the third pixel and the fourth pixel are repeatedly arranged along the first direction, and wherein an arrangement of the first pixel and the second pixel and an arrangement of the third pixel and the fourth pixel have a substantially symmetrical shape along the second direction.