# US 2019/0172894 A1 · Display device

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- Number: US 2019/0172894 A1
- Document ID: US20190172894A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 16/250,849
- Filed: 2019-01-17
- Published: 2019-06-06
- Earliest claimed: 2016-11-15
- Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Yang Wan KIM; Hyung Jun PARK; Jae Yong LEE; Byung Sun KIM; Su Jin LEE
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20190172894A1

## CPC

- H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals
- H10D 86/441: {Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines}
- H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices
- H10K 59/1213: {the pixel elements being TFTs}
- H10K 59/1216: {the pixel elements being capacitors}
- H10K 59/124: Insulating layers formed between TFT elements and OLED elements
- H10K 59/1315: {comprising structures specially adapted for lowering the resistance}
- G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element
- G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections
- H10K 2102/3026: {Top emission}
- H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
- H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR 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

A display device includes: a substrate; pixels, the pixels each including at least one transistor and a light emitting device connected to the transistor; data lines and scan lines connected to the pixels; and a power line supplying power to the light emitting device. The transistor includes an active pattern on the substrate, source and drain electrodes each connected to the active pattern, a gate electrode on the active pattern, an interlayer insulating layer covering the gate electrode, the interlayer insulating layer including a first interlayer insulating layer, a second interlayer insulating layer, and a third interlayer insulating layer, which are sequentially stacked, and a protective layer provided on the interlayer insulating layer. The third interlayer insulating layer includes a concave part in a region in which the light emitting device and the second conductive layer overlap with each other, and the second conductive layer is in the concave part.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A display device comprising:
a substrate comprising a pixel region and a peripheral region;
pixels in the pixel region of the substrate, the pixels comprising at least one transistor and a light emitting device connected to the at least one transistor;
data lines and scan lines connected to the pixels;
a power line configured to supply power to the light emitting device, the power line overlapping with the light emitting device; and
an insulating layer between the power line and the light emitting device,
wherein the power line comprises a first conductive layer at a same layer as the data lines and a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer,
wherein the insulating layer comprises a concave part at a region in which the light emitting device and the power line overlap with each other, and
wherein the second conductive layer is in the concave part.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The display device of claim 1, wherein the insulating layer comprises a first insulating layer and a second insulating layer that are sequentially stacked.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The display device of claim 2, wherein the first insulating layer comprises:
a first sub-insulating layer on the first conductive layer; and
a second sub-insulating layer on the first sub-insulating layer, the second sub-insulating layer comprising an organic insulating layer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The display device of claim 3, wherein the concave part comprises a region in which a portion of the second sub-insulating layer is removed to expose the first sub-insulating layer therethrough.

### Claim 5 (depends on 4)

The display device of claim 4, wherein the second conductive layer is on the first sub-insulating layer.

### Claim 6 (depends on 3)

The display device of claim 3, wherein the concave part comprises a concave region at which a partial thickness of the second sub-insulating layer is removed.

### Claim 7 (depends on 2)

The display device of claim 2, wherein the first insulating layer comprises an organic insulating layer, and
wherein the concave part exposes the first conductive layer therethrough.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The display device of claim 7, wherein, at the concave part, the second conductive layer is in direct contact with the first conductive layer.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The display device of claim 1, wherein the second conductive layer comprises:
a plurality of first conductive lines extending in one direction; and
a plurality of second conductive lines crossing the first conductive lines,
wherein the plurality of first conductive lines and the plurality of second conductive lines are electrically connected to each other.

### Claim 10 (depends on 9)

The display device of claim 9, wherein the second conductive layer has a mesh form.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The display device of claim 10, wherein the first conductive lines extend in a direction parallel to one of the data lines and the scan lines.

### Claim 12 (depends on 2)

The display device of claim 2, wherein the second insulating layer has a planarized surface.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The display device of claim 12, wherein, in the second insulating layer, a thickness of a region corresponding to the concave part is greater than that of an other region.

### Claim 14 (depends on 12)

The display device of claim 12, wherein the light emitting device comprises a first electrode on the second insulating layer, a second electrode on the first electrode, and an emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The display device of claim 14, wherein an interface between the second insulating layer and the first electrode has a flat surface.
