# US 2024/0206261 A1 · Organic light emitting display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2024/0206261 A1 - Document ID: US20240206261A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/515,098 - Filed: 2023-11-20 - Published: 2024-06-20 - Earliest claimed: 2022-12-20 - Assignees: LG Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: LG Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: KyungYun KANG; Dongik KIM; HeeSuk PANG - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20240206261A1 ## CPC - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 50/822: characterised by their shape - H10K 59/60: OLEDs integrated with inorganic light-sensitive elements, e.g. with inorganic solar cells or inorganic photodiodes - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract Provided is an organic light emitting display device. The organic light emitting display device comprises a substrate including a display area; and pixels disposed in the display area on the substrate, wherein the display area includes a sensor area including light-transmissive areas, wherein the sensor area includes a transparent electrode disposed between the pixels, and wherein the transparent electrode overlaps the light-transmissive areas. Accordingly, a cathode may be removed without any additional process or equipment. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An organic light emitting display device, comprising: a substrate including a display area; and a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area on the substrate, wherein the display area includes a sensor area including a plurality of light-transmissive areas, wherein the sensor area includes a transparent electrode disposed between the plurality of pixels, and wherein the transparent electrode overlaps the plurality of light-transmissive areas. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein the transparent electrode includes a transparent line and a plurality of first transparent pads, wherein the transparent line extends in either a first direction or a second direction, wherein the plurality of first transparent pads are formed to protrude in the second direction or the first direction that is perpendicular to the transparent line, and wherein the transparent line and the plurality of first transparent pads are electrically connected to each other through a plurality of connection portions. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The organic light emitting display device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of first transparent pads is alternately formed with the plurality of pixels disposed in the sensor area in the first direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The organic light emitting display device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of first transparent pads is alternately formed with the plurality of pixels disposed in the sensor area in the second direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 2) The organic light emitting display device of claim 2, wherein the plurality of light-transmissive areas overlapping the plurality of first transparent pads is alternately formed with the plurality of pixels disposed in the sensor area along the first direction or the second direction, and wherein number of pixels included in a selected area of the display area is at least twice number of pixels included in a same area of the sensor area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein the transparent electrode includes a plurality of first transparent lines extending in a first direction and a plurality of second transparent lines extending in a second direction, and wherein the plurality of first transparent lines and the plurality of second transparent lines are disposed between the plurality of pixels. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The organic light emitting display device of claim 6, wherein cathode electrodes of the plurality of pixels disposed in the sensor area are spaced apart and physically separated from cathode electrodes of the plurality of pixels adjacent in the first direction or the second direction. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The organic light emitting display device of claim 6, wherein the transparent electrode further includes a plurality of second transparent pads, and the plurality of second transparent pads is formed at a plurality of intersections of the plurality of first transparent lines and the plurality of second transparent lines. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein the transparent electrode includes a plurality of first transparent lines extending in a first direction and a plurality of second transparent lines repeatedly formed at selected intervals in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The organic light emitting display device of claim 9, wherein a plurality of cathode electrodes of the plurality of pixels disposed in the first direction are electrically connected to each other through a cathode bridge having a width corresponding to the selected intervals. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein a plurality of cathode electrodes of the plurality of pixels in the sensor area are physically separated from each other by the plurality of light-transmissive areas, and wherein the plurality of cathode electrodes of the plurality of pixels are electrically connected to an auxiliary line formed across the sensor area. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The organic light emitting display device of claim 11, wherein the auxiliary line is formed in a mesh type, and wherein the auxiliary line is electrically connected to at least a portion of the plurality of pixels disposed in the sensor area. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The organic light emitting display device of claim 11, wherein a reference voltage is supplied to the auxiliary line. ### Claim 14 (depends on 11) The organic light emitting display device of claim 11, wherein the auxiliary line is electrically connected to the plurality of cathode electrodes of the plurality of pixels disposed in the sensor area through a plurality of contact holes. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein the transparent electrode and an anode electrode of the pixel are formed of the same material. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, further comprising: a protective layer disposed on the plurality of pixels, wherein the transparent electrode directly contacts a passivation layer in the plurality of light-transmissive areas. ### Claim 17 An organic light emitting display device, comprising: a substrate including a display area; and a plurality of pixels disposed in the display area on the substrate, wherein the display area includes a sensor area including a plurality of light-transmissive areas, wherein the sensor area includes a transparent electrode disposed between the plurality of pixels, and the plurality of the light-transmissive areas is formed by applying Joule heating to the transparent electrode.