# US 2022/0045159 A1 · Display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2022/0045159 A1 - Document ID: US20220045159A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 17/352,719 - Filed: 2021-06-21 - Published: 2022-02-10 - Earliest claimed: 2020-08-10 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Sunhwa Lee; Hyeongseok Kim; Youngwan Seo; Gyungsoon Park; Mukyung Jeon; Kyunghoon Chung - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220045159A1 ## CPC - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 59/121: characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements - H10K 59/122: Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks - H10K 59/126: Shielding, e.g. light-blocking means over the TFTs - H10K 59/35: comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels - H10K 59/352: {the areas of the RGB subpixels being different} - H10K 59/88: Dummy elements, i.e. elements having non-functional features - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display apparatus having a display area enlarged to display an image in an area where a component is arranged includes a substrate including a first area having a transmission portion, and a second area surrounding the first area, a first data line extending in a first direction on the second area, and including a first line and a second line spaced from each other with the first area therebetween, a connection line on the second area, adjacent to, and bypassing, the first area, and including an end connected to the first line, and another end connected to the second line, a pixel circuit on the second area, including a thin-film transistor, and a node connection line electrically connected to the thin-film transistor, and a first pixel electrode above the pixel circuit, wherein the connection line is spaced from the node connection line. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate comprising a first area having a transmission portion, and a second area surrounding the first area; a first data line extending in a first direction on the second area, and comprising a first line and a second line spaced from each other with the first area therebetween; a connection line on the second area, adjacent to, and bypassing, the first area, and comprising an end connected to the first line, and another end connected to the second line; a pixel circuit on the second area, comprising a thin-film transistor, and a node connection line electrically connected to the thin-film transistor; and a first pixel electrode above the pixel circuit, wherein the connection line is spaced from the node connection line. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the connection line is at a different layer from the first data line. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the connection line is above the first data line. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a pixel-defining layer covering an edge of the first pixel electrode, and having an opening exposing a central portion of the first pixel electrode, wherein the connection line passes between the opening and the node connection line. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a pixel-defining layer covering an edge of the first pixel electrode, and having an opening exposing a central portion of the first pixel electrode, wherein the connection line overlaps the opening. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display apparatus of claim 5, wherein the connection line overlaps a central portion of the opening. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a first intermediate layer comprising a green emission layer on the first pixel electrode. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a dummy line on the second area and spaced from the connection line. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the dummy line has a mesh form. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the dummy line is configured to receive a driving voltage. ### Claim 11 (depends on 8) The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein the dummy line and the connection line are continually arranged on the entire surface of the second area, and wherein the dummy line and the connection line are disconnected from each other on at least a portion of the second area, and are electrically disconnected from each other. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a second pixel electrode on the second area, wherein the connection line does not overlap the second pixel electrode. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a second intermediate layer on the second pixel electrode, wherein the second intermediate layer comprises a red emission layer or a blue emission layer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the connection line at least partially overlaps the first pixel electrode, and is bent on a plane at least twice to not overlap the second pixel electrode. ### Claim 15 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a dummy line on the second area, spaced from the connection line, at least partially overlapping the first pixel electrode, and bent on a plane at least twice to not overlap the second pixel electrode. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the pixel circuit comprises: a first thin-film transistor comprising a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode at least partially overlapping the semiconductor layer, and an electrode layer above the gate electrode and electrically connected to the semiconductor layer; a storage capacitor comprising a lower electrode comprising the gate electrode, and an upper electrode on the lower electrode; and a connecting metal above the electrode layer, and electrically connecting the electrode layer with the first pixel electrode, wherein the first data line comprises the same material as the electrode layer, and wherein the connection line comprises the same material as the connecting metal. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the pixel circuit further comprises a second thin-film transistor, wherein an end of the node connection line contacts the gate electrode, and wherein another end of the node connection line contacts the second thin-film transistor. ### Claim 18 (depends on 17) The display apparatus of claim 17, wherein the first thin-film transistor comprises a driving thin-film transistor, and wherein the second thin-film transistor comprises a compensation thin-film transistor. ### Claim 19 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a second data line extending in the first direction, spaced from the first data line, and passing through the first area and the second area. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The display apparatus of claim 19, further comprising an auxiliary pixel on the first area, and connected to the second data line. ### Claim 21 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a third data line extending on the second area in the first direction, and at least partially overlapping the connection line. ### Claim 22 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate comprising a first area, and a second area surrounding the first area; a first pixel and a second pixel on the second area and arranged in a first direction with the first area therebetween; a data line extending on the second area in the first direction, and comprising a first line connected to the first pixel, and a second line connected to the second pixel; and a connection line on the second area, having an end connected to the first line, and another end connected to the second line, and at a different layer than the data line. ### Claim 23 (depends on 22) The display apparatus of claim 22, further comprising a first thin-film transistor, a second thin-film transistor, and a node connection line electrically connecting the first thin-film transistor with the second thin-film transistor, and not overlapping the connection line, the first thin-film transistor, the second thin-film transistor, and the node connection line being at the second area.