# US 2025/0098461 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 2025/0098461 A1 - Document ID: US20250098461A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/965,911 - Filed: 2024-12-02 - Published: 2025-03-20 - Earliest claimed: 2021-04-08 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Minchae Kwak; Mihae Kim; Wando Lee; Seungyeon Cho; Jaeho Choi - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250098461A1 ## CPC - G09G 3/3233: with pixel circuitry controlling the current through the light-emitting element - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - G09G 2300/0413: Details of dummy pixels or dummy lines in flat panels - G09G 2300/0426: Layout of electrodes and connections - G09G 2320/0223: Compensation for problems related to R-C delay and attenuation in electrodes of matrix panels, e.g. in gate electrodes or on-substrate video signal electrodes - G09G 2320/0233: Improving the luminance or brightness uniformity across the screen - 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) - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display apparatus includes: a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area; a first data line extending from the display area into the peripheral area; a 1-1st lower load located in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the first data line; a 1-2nd lower load located in the peripheral area and electrically connected to the 1-1st lower load; a 1-1st upper load located in the peripheral area and above the 1-1st lower load, where the 1-1st upper load is insulated from the 1-1st lower load; and a 1-2nd upper load located in the peripheral area and above the 1-2nd lower load, where the 1-2nd upper load is insulated from the 1-2nd lower load and electrically connected to the 1-1st upper load. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate comprising a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area; a first data line extending from the display area into the peripheral area; a plurality of first lower loads which are located in the peripheral area, are separated from each other, and are electrically connected to the first data line; a plurality of first upper loads which are located in the peripheral area, are separated from each other, and are above the plurality of first lower loads, a first lower load connection layer which is disposed between and connected to the plurality of first lower loads and is spaced apart from the first data line in a plan view, and a first upper load connection layer which is disposed between and connected to the plurality of first upper loads. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, in the plan view, each of the plurality of first upper loads overlaps a corresponding one of the plurality of first lower loads. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first lower load connection layer and the first upper load connection layer are disposed on a first insulating layer covering the plurality of first upper loads. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a second data line extending from the display area into the peripheral area; a plurality of second lower loads which are located in the peripheral area, are separated from each other, and are electrically connected to the second data line; a plurality of second upper loads which are located in the peripheral area, are separated from each other and are above the plurality of second lower loads; a second lower load connection layer which is disposed between and connected to the plurality of second lower loads and is spaced apart from the second data line in the plan view; and a second upper load connection layer which is disposed between and connected to the plurality of second upper loads. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display apparatus of claim 4, wherein, in the plan view, each of the plurality of second upper loads overlaps a corresponding one of the plurality of second lower loads. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The display apparatus of claim 4, wherein the first lower load connection layer, the first upper load connection layer, the second lower load connection layer, and the second upper load connection layer are disposed on a first insulating layer covering the plurality of first upper loads and the plurality of second upper loads. ### Claim 7 (depends on 4) The display apparatus of claim 4, wherein a first capacitance between the plurality of first lower loads and the plurality of first upper loads is different from a second capacitance between the plurality of second lower loads and the plurality of second upper loads. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) The display apparatus of claim 4, wherein a distance from the first data line to a center of the display area is greater than a distance from the second data line to the center of the display area, and a first capacitance between the plurality of first lower loads and the plurality of first upper loads is greater than a second capacitance between the plurality of second lower loads and the plurality of second upper loads. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a thin-film transistor located in the display area and including a gate electrode, wherein the plurality of first lower loads and the gate electrode have a same layer structure as each other. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the plurality of first lower loads and the gate electrode are on a same layer as each other. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The display apparatus of claim 9, further comprising: a capacitor electrode located in the display area and above the gate electrode, wherein the plurality of first upper loads and the capacitor electrode have a same layer structure as each other. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the plurality of first upper loads and the capacitor electrode are on a same layer as each other. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a first scan connection line which is disposed on a second insulating layer covering the first lower load connection layer and the first upper load connection layer, and extends from a scan driving circuit located in the peripheral area to cross over the first lower load connection layer and the first upper load connection layer; a second scan connection line which is disposed on a first insulating layer on which the first lower load connection layer and the first upper load connection layer are disposed, and has a first end electrically connected to the first scan connection line through a third contact hole defined in the second insulating layer; and a scan line disposed on a same layer as the gate electrode and electrically connected to a second end of the second scan connection line opposite the first end. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein the first data line is disposed on the second insulating layer. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The display apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: a test line disposed on the second insulating layer in the peripheral area and including a portion parallel to a portion of the first scan connection line. ### Claim 16 (depends on 15) The display apparatus of claim 15, wherein the test line and the first data line are integrally formed as a single body. ### Claim 17 (depends on 15) The display apparatus of claim 15, wherein the test line is electrically connected to a lighting test circuit located in the peripheral area. ### Claim 18 (depends on 13) The display apparatus of claim 13, further comprising: a power line disposed on the second insulating layer, extending from the display area into the peripheral area, and electrically connected to the plurality of first upper loads. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the power line is parallel to the first data line in the display area. ### Claim 20 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising: a first emission connection line which is disposed on a second insulating layer covering the first lower load connection layer and the first upper load connection layer, and extends from a scan driving circuit located in the peripheral area to cross over the first lower load connection layer and the first upper load connection layer; a second emission connection line which is disposed on a first insulating layer on which the first lower load connection layer and the first upper load connection layer are disposed, and has a first end electrically connected to the first emission connection line through a fourth contact hole defined in the second insulating layer; and an emission control line extending into the display area and electrically connected to a second end of the second emission connection line opposite the first end. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The display apparatus of claim 20, wherein the emission control line, the plurality of first upper loads, and the plurality of first upper loads are on a same layer as each other. ### Claim 22 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, in the plan view, an imaginary straight line passes through a center of each of the plurality of first lower loads, and a direction in which the first data line extends in the display area is parallel to the imaginary straight line. ### Claim 23 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, in the plan view, the display area has no pointed portions. ### Claim 24 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein, in the plan view, the display area has a circular or elliptical shape.