# US 12,763,034 B2 · Display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,763,034 B2 - Document ID: US12763034B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 19/045,351 - Filed: 2025-02-04 - Published: 2025-06-05 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2020-05-29 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Seunghwan Cho; Youngwoo Park; Seokje Seong; Jiseon Lee; Wonsuk Choi; Jonghyun Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12763034B2 ## CPC - G09G 3/3291: in which the data driver supplies a variable data voltage for setting the current through, or the voltage across, the light-emitting elements - G09G 2370/22: Detection of presence or absence of input display information or of connection or disconnection of a corresponding information source - 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 A display apparatus includes a substrate, a first data line in a display area, a first input line in a peripheral area, and a first connecting wire electrically connected to the first input line in a peripheral area of the substrate. The first connecting wire transfers a first input signal from the first input line to the first data line. The first connecting wire includes a first connecting line disposed in a display area of the substrate and extending in the first direction, and a second connecting line electrically connected to the first connecting line and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction. The first connecting line and the second connecting line are disposed on different layers. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area; a first data line disposed in the display area, the first data line extending in a first direction; a first input line disposed in the peripheral area, the first input line extending from the peripheral area towards the display area; and a first connecting wire electrically connected to the first input line in the peripheral area, the first connecting line transferring a first input signal from the first input line to the first data line, wherein the first connecting wire comprises: a first connecting line configured to carry a data signal to the data line, the first connecting line disposed in the display area and extending in the first direction; and a second connecting line disposed in the display area electrically connected to the first connecting line through a contact hole that is disposed in the display area and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a first dummy line extending in the first direction from the first connecting line, the first dummy line being disconnected from the first connecting line; and a second dummy line extending in the second direction from the second connecting line, the second dummy line being disconnected from the second connecting line. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first connecting line and the first dummy line have a same layered structure and the first connecting line and the first dummy line have a same layered structure. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the contact hole is located at an end portion of the first connection line and an end portion of the second connection line. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second connecting line and the second dummy line have a same layered structure. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first connecting wire is not electrically connected to the first dummy line and the second dummy line. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an insulating layer is interposed between the first connection line and the second connection line, and the contact hole penetrates the insulating layer such that the first connection line and the second connection line are electrically connected to each other. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a third dummy line disposed in parallel with at least a portion of the first dummy line, wherein the third dummy line extends over the second connecting line and is not in contact with the second connecting line, and the insulating layer is disposed between the third dummy line and the second connecting line. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The display apparatus of claim 6, further comprising a third dummy line disposed in parallel with at least a portion of the first dummy line, wherein the insulating layer includes a dummy groove or dummy hole located at a portion where the third dummy line and the second connecting line overlap each other. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the second connecting line is not located in a portion of the dummy hole. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the dummy hole at least partially exposes a lower insulating layer disposed below the second connecting line, and the third dummy line electrically contacts an upper surface of the lower insulating layer via the dummy hole. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a fourth dummy line disposed in parallel with at least a portion of the second dummy line, wherein the fourth dummy line extends below the first connecting line and is not in contact with the first connecting line, and an insulating layer is disposed between the fourth dummy line and the first connecting line. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first connecting line and the second connecting line are disposed on different layers. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a data pad portion disposed in the peripheral area, wherein an end of the first input line is electrically connected to the data pad portion, and another end of the first input line is electrically connected to the first connecting line. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the second connecting line is electrically connected to the first data line in the display area. ### Claim 15 (depends on 11) The display apparatus of claim 11 further comprising: a second data line disposed in the display area between the first connecting line and the first data line, the second data line being separated from the first data line and extending in the first direction; a second input line disposed in the peripheral area, the first input line extending from the peripheral area towards the display area; and a second connecting wire electrically connected to the second input line in the peripheral area, the second connecting line transferring a second input signal from the second input line to the second data line, wherein the second connecting wire comprises: a third connecting line disposed in the display area and extending in the first direction; and a fourth connecting line electrically connected to the third connecting line and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The display apparatus of claim 15, wherein a length of a path of the first connecting wire passing the first connecting line and the second connecting line is equal to a length of a path of the second connecting line passing the third connecting line and the fourth connecting line. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first data line and the first connecting line of the first connecting wire are disposed on a same layer. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first connecting line is disposed above the second connecting line. ### Claim 19 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area; a first data line disposed in the display area, the first data line extending in a first direction; a first input line disposed in the peripheral area, the first input line extending from the peripheral area towards the display area; and a first connecting wire electrically connected to the first input line in the peripheral area, the first connecting line transferring a first input signal from the first input line to the first data line, wherein the first connecting wire comprises: a first connecting line disposed in the display area and extending in the first direction; and a second connecting line electrically connected to the first connecting line through a contact hole and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a first dummy line extending in the first direction from the first connecting line, the first dummy line being disconnected from the first connecting line; and a second dummy line extending in the second direction from the second connecting line, the second dummy line being disconnected from the second connecting line, the display apparatus further comprising a second data line disposed in the display area between the first connecting line and the first data line, the second data line being separated from the first data line and extending in the first direction, wherein the second connecting line extends below the second data line and is not electrically connected to the second data line. ### Claim 20 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area; a first data line disposed in the display area, the first data line extending in a first direction; a first input line disposed in the peripheral area, the first input line extending from the peripheral area towards the display area; and a first connecting wire electrically connected to the first input line in the peripheral area, the first connecting line transferring a first input signal from the first input line to the first data line, wherein the first connecting wire comprises: a first connecting line disposed in the display area and extending in the first direction; and a second connecting line electrically connected to the first connecting line through a contact hole and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a first dummy line extending in the first direction from the first connecting line, the first dummy line being disconnected from the first connecting line; and a second dummy line extending in the second direction from the second connecting line, the second dummy line being disconnected from the second connecting line, wherein: the first connecting wire comprises a third connecting line disposed in the display area, the third connecting line extending in the first direction, and the third connecting line is electrically connected to the first data line in the peripheral area.