# US 12,604,613 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 12,604,613 B2 - Document ID: US12604613B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/464,308 - Filed: 2023-09-11 - Published: 2024-07-25 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2023-01-19 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Dong-Hoon Lee; Jangmi Kang; Myunghoon Park; Minkyu Woo; Byungchang Yu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604613B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/1216: {the pixel elements being capacitors} - G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections - G09G 2300/0819: used for counteracting undesired variations, e.g. feedback or autozeroing - G09G 2300/0852: being a dynamic memory with more than one capacitor - G09G 2300/0861: with additional control of the display period without amending the charge stored in a pixel memory, e.g. by means of additional select electrodes - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES - 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) ## Abstract Disclosed is a display device which includes pixel drivers, each of which includes a first transistor switched by a voltage of a node and electrically connected between a second electrode and a second power supply line, a second transistor electrically connected between the node and a data line and switched by a write scan signal, and a capacitor including a first capacitor electrode electrically connected to the node and a second capacitor electrode electrically connected between the second power supply line and the first transistor. First electrodes of light emitting elements overlap each of the first capacitor electrodes of the pixel drivers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: light emitting elements, each including a first electrode electrically connected to a first power supply line, a second electrode disposed over the first electrode, and an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and pixel drivers disposed below the light emitting elements and electrically connected to the light emitting elements, respectively, wherein each of the pixel drivers includes: a first transistor switched by a voltage of a node and electrically connected between the second electrode and a second power supply line; a second transistor electrically connected between the node and a data line and switched by a write scan signal; and a capacitor including a first capacitor electrode electrically connected to the node and a second capacitor electrode electrically connected between the second power supply line and the first transistor, the data line extends in a first direction, the first capacitor electrode of each of the pixel drivers is disposed in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the first electrode of each of the light emitting elements overlaps the first capacitor electrode of each of the pixel drivers, and the first capacitor electrode entirely overlaps at least the first electrode in a plan view defined by a plane comprising the first and second directions and a plane perpendicular to a thickness direction, the second electrode of each of the light emitting elements overlaps at least the first capacitor electrode in the plan view, the first electrode of each of the light emitting elements is an anode, and the second electrode of each of the light emitting elements is a cathode, and the first electrodes of the light emitting elements are integral with one another and the integral first electrodes of the light emitting elements overlap the first capacitor electrodes of the pixel drivers. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the integral first electrode of each of the light emitting elements includes an overlapping part extending in the second direction, and the overlapping part overlaps the first capacitor electrode of each of the pixel drivers. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, further comprising: light emitting parts defined as regions where light is emitted from the light emitting elements in the plan view; and light emitting units, each including a first light emitting part, a second light emitting part, and a third light emitting part among the light emitting parts, the light emitting units being disposed in the second direction intersecting, wherein the second light emitting part is spaced apart from the first light emitting part in the first direction, the third light emitting part is spaced apart from the first light emitting part and the second light emitting part in the second direction, and the pixel drivers are disposed in the second direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, further comprising: connecting electrodes disposed between the first electrode of each of the light emitting elements and extending from the first electrode of each of the light emitting elements. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, wherein the connecting electrodes are in plural numbers between the first light emitting part and the second light emitting part. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, wherein the connecting electrodes are singly disposed between the first light emitting part and the second light emitting part. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, further comprising: drive units, each including a first pixel driver electrically connected to a first light emitting element constituting the first light emitting part, a second pixel driver electrically connected to a second light emitting element constituting the second light emitting part, and a third pixel driver electrically connected to a third light emitting element constituting the third light emitting part, the drive units disposed in the second direction; and a display panel including the light emitting units and the drive units, wherein in the second direction, a width of each of the drive units is less than a width of each of the light emitting units. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display device of claim 7, wherein a distance between each of the drive units and a light emitting unit corresponding to each of the drive units is gradually increased from a center of the display panel toward a periphery of the display panel in the second direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display device of claim 8, wherein the display panel is divided into a first region, a second region, and a third region disposed in the second direction, the light emitting units are disposed in the first region, the second region, and the third region, and the drive units are disposed in the first region and the second region, the light emitting units disposed in the third region are electrically connected to the drive units disposed in the second region, and the light emitting units disposed in the first region and the second region are electrically connected to the drive units disposed in the first region. ### Claim 10 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, further comprising: connecting lines including light emitting connections respectively electrically connected to the light emitting elements, drive connections respectively electrically connected to the respective pixel drivers, and extension lines respectively extending from the light emitting connections to the drive connections. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display device of claim 10, wherein each first electrode does not overlap the light emitting connections. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The display device of claim 10, further comprising: a display panel including the light emitting elements and the pixel drivers; and branch lines overlapping, in the second direction, first capacitor electrodes of pixel drivers disposed in a central portion of the display panel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display device of claim 12, wherein the branch lines extend from extension lines disposed in the central portion of the display panel. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The display device of claim 12, wherein K extension lines overlap a first capacitor electrode of a pixel driver adjacent to a periphery of the display panel in the first direction, and K is a natural number of 2 or more, and a number of branch lines overlapping each of the first capacitor electrodes disposed in the central portion of the display panel is K. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein the K branch lines extend in parallel in the second direction from each of the extension lines disposed in the central portion of the display panel. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The display device of claim 12, wherein a single branch line extends in the second direction from each of the extension lines. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein a line width of single branch lines is greater than a line width of each of the extension lines. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the first capacitor electrode does not overlap the emissive layer in the thickness direction. ### Claim 19 A display device comprising: light emitting elements, each including a first electrode electrically connected to a first power supply line, a second electrode disposed over the first electrode, and an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and pixel drivers disposed below the light emitting elements and electrically connected to the light emitting elements, respectively, wherein each of the pixel drivers includes: a first transistor switched by a voltage of a node and electrically connected between the second electrode and a second power supply line; a second transistor electrically connected between the node and a data line and switched by a write scan signal; and a capacitor including a first capacitor electrode electrically connected to the node and a second capacitor electrode electrically connected between the second power supply line and the first transistor, and the first electrode of each of the light emitting elements is integral with one another and overlap the first capacitor electrode of each of the pixel drivers. ### Claim 20 A display device comprising: light emitting elements, each including a first electrode electrically connected to a first power supply line, a second electrode disposed over the first electrode, and an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; pixel drivers disposed below the light emitting elements and electrically connected to the light emitting elements, respectively; connecting lines including light emitting connections respectively electrically connected to the light emitting elements, drive connections respectively electrically connected to the pixel drivers, and extension lines respectively extending from the light emitting connections to the drive connections, respectively; and branch lines extending from connecting lines disposed in a central portion among the connecting lines, wherein each of the pixel drivers includes: a first transistor switched by a voltage of a node and electrically connected between the second electrode and a second power supply line; a second transistor electrically connected between the node and a data line and switched by a write scan signal; and a capacitor including a first capacitor electrode electrically connected to the node and a second capacitor electrode electrically connected between the second power supply line and the first transistor, and the branch lines overlap each of the first capacitor electrode disposed in a central portion among each of the first capacitor electrode of the pixel driver. ### Claim 21 An electronic device for providing an image, comprising: a display device comprising: light emitting elements, each including a first electrode electrically connected to a first power supply line, a second electrode disposed over the first electrode, and an emissive layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and pixel drivers disposed below the light emitting elements and electrically connected to the light emitting elements, respectively, wherein each of the pixel drivers includes: a first transistor switched by a voltage of a node and electrically connected between the second electrode and a second power supply line; a second transistor electrically connected between the node and a data line and switched by a write scan signal; and a capacitor including a first capacitor electrode electrically connected to the node and a second capacitor electrode electrically connected between the second power supply line and the first transistor, the data line extends in a first direction, the first capacitor electrode of each of the pixel drivers is disposed in a second direction intersecting the first direction, the first electrode of each of the light emitting elements overlaps the first capacitor electrode of each of the pixel drivers, and the first capacitor electrode entirely overlaps at least the first electrode in a plan view defined by a plane comprising the first and second directions and a plane perpendicular to a thickness direction, the second electrode of each of the light emitting elements overlaps at least the first capacitor electrode in the plan view, the first electrode of each of the light emitting elements is an anode, and the second electrode of each of the light emitting elements is a cathode, and the first electrodes of the light emitting elements are integral with one another and the integral first electrodes of the light emitting elements overlap the first capacitor electrodes of the pixel drivers.