Display device having a first layer and a signal wire having different thicknesses
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorsKyung Hoon Park, Jae Seol Cho, Seungjoo Choi
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Abstract
A display device according to an embodiment includes: a substrate including a signal wire area and a transistor area; a first layer disposed in the transistor area; a signal wire disposed in the signal wire area; a transistor disposed on the first layer; a first electrode electrically connected to the transistor; and an emission layer and a second electrode disposed on the first electrode, wherein the first layer and the signal wire are disposed on a same layer on the substrate, and the first layer and the signal wire have different thicknesses.
Claims12
A display device comprising:
- a substrate including a signal wire area and a transistor area;
- a first layer disposed in the transistor area;
- a signal wire disposed in the signal wire area and including a first sub-data line and a second sub-data line disposed on the first sub-data line;
- a transistor disposed on the first layer and including a semiconductor layer;
- a first electrode electrically connected to the transistor;
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- an emission layer and a second electrode disposed on the first electrode,
- wherein the first layer and the signal wire are disposed on a same layer on the substrate, and the first layer and the signal wire have different thicknesses,
- wherein side edges of the first sub-data line and the second sub-data line are substantially aligned, and
- wherein the display device further comprises an insulating layer on which the semiconductor layer is disposed, and a surface of a first portion of the insulating layer, which directly contacts an upper surface of the second sub-data line, is disposed farther from the substrate than a surface of a second portion of the insulating layer, which directly contacts an upper surface of the first layer.
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a display panel including a display area and a non-display area;
- a pad area disposed on the non-display area and including a plurality of terminals;
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- a controller connected to the pad area and transmitting image signals to the display panel,
- wherein the display panel includes:
- a substrate including a signal wire area and a transistor area;
- a first layer disposed in the transistor area;
- a signal wire disposed in the signal wire area and including a first sub-data line and a second sub-data line disposed on the first sub-data line;
- a transistor disposed on the first layer and including a semiconductor layer;
- a first electrode electrically connected to the transistor;
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- an emission layer and a second electrode disposed on the first electrode,
- wherein the first layer and the signal wire are disposed on a same layer on the substrate, and the first layer and the signal wire have different thicknesses,
- wherein the first sub-data line and the second sub-data line have aligned side surfaces, and
- wherein the display panel further comprises an insulating layer on which the semiconductor layer is disposed, and a surface of a first portion of the insulating layer, which directly contacts an upper surface of the second sub-data line, is disposed farther from the substrate than a surface of a second portion of the insulating layer, which directly contacts an upper surface of the first layer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.