# US 12,604,525 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 12,604,525 B2 - Document ID: US12604525B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/870,921 - Filed: 2022-07-22 - Published: 2023-05-18 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2021-11-17 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., LTD. - Inventors: Eunae Jung; Eun Hye Kim; Ki Ho Bang; Won Suk Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604525B2 ## CPC - H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices - H10D 86/441: {Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines} - H10W 70/60: Insulating or insulated package substrates; Interposers; Redistribution layers (leadframes H10W70/40) - H10W 70/65: Shapes or dispositions of interconnections - H10W 70/652: Cross-sectional shapes - H10W 70/654: Top-view layouts - H10W 72/90: Bond pads, in general - H10W 72/922: {Bond pads being integral with underlying chip-level interconnections} - H10W 72/9415: {relative to the surface, e.g. recessed, protruding} - H10W 72/942: {relative to underlying supporting features, e.g. bond pads, RDLs or vias} - H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract A display device includes a display area and a non-display area which is adjacent to the display area, a pad in the non-display area and connected to the display area, and an insulating layer on the pad. A portion of the pad is exposed outside of the insulating layer to define an exposed portion of the pad, the insulating layer includes a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion having a second thickness which is less than the first thickness, and the second portion of the insulating layer is between the exposed portion of the pad and the first portion of the insulating layer. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a display area and a non-display area which is adjacent to the display area; a pad in the non-display area and connected to the display area, the pad including a first data conductive layer and a second data conductive layer in order along a thickness direction of the display device; and insulating layers on the pad, the insulating layers including: a first insulating layer between the first data conductive layer and the second data conductive layer, in the thickness direction of the display device, and a second insulating layer on the second data conductive layer, wherein within the non-display area: a portion of the pad is exposed outside of the insulating layers to define an exposed portion of the pad, an insulating layer among the insulating layers includes a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion having a second thickness which is less than the first thickness, and the second portion of the insulating layer is between the exposed portion of the pad and the first portion of the insulating layer. ### Claim 2 A display device comprising: a display area and a non-display area which is adjacent to the display area; a pad in the non-display area and connected to the display area; and an insulating layer on the pad, wherein a portion of the pad is exposed outside of the insulating layer to define an exposed portion of the pad, the insulating layer includes a first portion having a first thickness and a second portion having a second thickness which is less than the first thickness, the second portion of the insulating layer is between the exposed portion of the pad and the first portion of the insulating layer, and a length of the second portion is about 20 micrometers to about 100 micrometers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein each of the first portion and the second portion of the insulating layer has a thickness, and the thickness of the second portion is about 30% to about 50% of the thickness of the first portion. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the pad further includes the first data conductive layer, the second data conductive layer, and a third data conductive layer in order along the thickness direction of the display device, and the insulating layers further include: the second insulating layer between the second data conductive layer and the third data conductive layer, in the thickness direction of the display device, and a third insulating layer on the third data conductive layer. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein an end of the insulating layer is defined at a boundary between the first portion having the first thickness and the second portion having the second thickness which is less than the first thickness, and the end of the second insulating layer is nearer the exposed portion of the pad than the end of the first insulating layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, wherein an end of the insulating layer is defined at a boundary between the first portion having the first thickness and the second portion having the second thickness which is less than the first thickness, and the end of the third insulating layer is nearer the exposed portion of the pad than the end of the second insulating layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein among the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, the first insulating layer includes the first portion having the first thickness and the second portion having the second thickness which is less than the first thickness. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein among the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, the second insulating layer includes the first portion having the first thickness and the second portion having the second thickness which is less than the first thickness. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, wherein among the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer and the third insulating layer, the third insulating layer includes the first portion having the first thickness and the second portion having the second thickness which is less than the first thickness. ### Claim 10 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, wherein the display area includes a first conductive layer, a second conductive layer and a third conductive layer in order along the thickness direction of the display device, the first data conductive layer of the pad is in a same layer as the first conductive layer of the display area, the second data conductive layer of the pad is in a same layer as the second conductive layer of the display area, and the third data conductive layer of the pad is in a same layer as the third conductive layer of the display area. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display device of claim 10, wherein an opening is defined in the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, and within the pad: the first data conductive layer and the second data conductive layer contact each other in the opening in the first insulating layer, and the second data conductive layer and the third data conductive layer contact each other in the opening in the second insulating layer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display device of claim 11, wherein the first data conductive layer of the pad is connected to the display area, and the third data conductive layer of the pad defines the exposed portion of the pad. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the insulating layer further includes a third portion having a third thickness which is less than the second thickness, and the third portion of the insulating layer is between the exposed portion of the pad and the second portion of the insulating layer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the pad is provided in plural including neighboring pads, and the first insulating layer defines a first groove between the neighboring pads. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein a width of the first groove between the neighboring pads is about 20 micrometers to about 100 micrometers. ### Claim 16 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein the second insulating layer defines a second groove between the neighboring pads and corresponds to the first groove in the first insulating layer, the first insulating layer includes a lateral side which defines the first groove, and the lateral side of the first insulating layer is covered by the second insulating layer. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein a width of the second groove in the second insulating layer is less than a width of the first groove in the first insulating layer. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein the pad further includes the first data conductive layer, the second data conductive layer, and a third data conductive layer in order along the thickness direction of the display device, the insulating layers further include; the second insulating layer between the second data conductive layer and the third data conductive layer, in the thickness direction of the display device, and a third insulating layer on the third data conductive layer, the second insulating layer includes a lateral side which defines the second groove, and the lateral side of the second insulating layer is covered by the third insulating layer. ### Claim 19 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein among the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, the first insulating layer includes: the first portion having the first thickness and the second portion having the second thickness which is less than the first thickness, and the second portion between the first portion and the first groove. ### Claim 20 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein among the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, the second insulating layer includes: the first portion having the first thickness and the second portion having the second thickness which is less than the first thickness, and the second portion between the first portion and the second groove.