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US 8,013,816 B2Granted
Light emitting display
AssigneeSamsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
InventorYang-Wan Kim
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Abstract
A light emitting display includes a scan driver for generating a selection signal and applying it to a scan line, and a data driver for generating a data signal and applying it to a data line. The scan and data drivers are formed on the same substrate with the display area in which pixels are arranged in a matrix format. The data driver includes a shift register for generating shift signals shifted to sequentially have a first level and for outputting the shift signals through a plurality of output terminals, a plurality of test pads formed to be coupled to the plurality of output terminals of the shift register, and a demultiplexer for selectively applying the data signal input through a plurality of data buses to the data line in response to the first level of the shift signals.
Claims14
A light emitting display comprising:
- a display area including a plurality of scan lines for transmitting selection signals, a plurality of data lines for transmitting data signals, and a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix format and coupled to the scan lines and the data lines, the display area being on a substrate;
- a scan driver for generating the selection signals and for applying the selection signals to the scan lines, the scan driver being on the substrate;
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- a data driver for generating the data signals and for applying the data signals to the data lines, the data driver being on the substrate,
- wherein the data driver comprises:
- a shift register for generating shift signals shifted to sequentially have a first level and for outputting the shift signals through a plurality of output terminals;
- a plurality of test pads, each test pad of the plurality of test pads coupled to a corresponding output terminal of the plurality of output terminals of the shift register;
- a demultiplexer for selectively applying the data signals input through a plurality of data buses to the data lines in response to the first level of the shift signals;
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- a buffer coupled between the output terminals of the shift register and the test pads, the buffer being for buffering the shift signals sequentially having the first level,
- wherein the buffer comprises a plurality of buffering circuits, and wherein each of the plurality of buffering circuits is for outputting a first power voltage level when at least one of the shift signals input to the buffer is at the first level and for outputting a second power voltage level when the at least one of the shift signals is at a second level, and
- wherein at least one of the test pads is coupled to an output terminal of at least one of the buffering circuits, and arranged between an area of the substrate in which the at least one of the buffering circuits is arranged and another area of the substrate in which a neighboring one of the buffering circuits is arranged.
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A light emitting display panel comprising:
- a plurality of scan lines for transmitting selection signals;
- a plurality of data lines for transmitting data signals;
- a plurality of pixels coupled to the scan lines and the data lines, and arranged in a matrix format;
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- a data driver for generating the data signals and for applying the data signals to the data lines, and
- wherein the data driver comprises:
- a shift register for generating shift signals shifted to sequentially have a first level and for outputting the shift signals;
- a buffer for buffering the shift signals output from the shift register, the buffer comprising a plurality of output terminals for outputting the buffered shift signals to be utilized for transmitting corresponding data signals;
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- a plurality of test pads, each test pad of the plurality of test pads coupled to a corresponding output terminal of the plurality of output terminals of the buffer,
- wherein an electrode line for forming at least one of the output terminals of the buffer is extended to a predetermined area spaced apart from the plurality of pixels, and at least one of the test pads is directly coupled to the electrode line through a plurality of contact holes of an insulation film between the at least one of the test pads and the electrode line with the at least one of the test pads overlapping the predetermined area of the electrode line.
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A data driver formed on a pixel array substrate in which a pixel for displaying an image corresponding to a data signal applied through a data line is arranged in a matrix format with a plurality of other pixels, the data driver comprising:
- a shift register for generating a plurality of shift signals shifted to sequentially have a first level and for outputting the shift signals;
- a buffer including a plurality of buffering circuits for receiving the plurality of shift signals output from the shift register, the buffer being for buffering the shift signals and for outputting the buffered shift signals, the plurality of buffering circuits comprising a plurality of output terminals;
- a plurality of test pads, each test pad of the plurality of test pads coupled to a corresponding output terminal of the plurality of output terminals of the plurality of buffering circuits;
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- a demultiplexer for selectively applying the data signal input through at least one of a plurality of data buses to the data line in response to the first level of at least one of the plurality of shift signals output from the buffer,
- wherein an electrode line for coupling at least one of the output terminals of at least one of the buffering circuits to the demultiplexer is extended to a predetermined area spaced apart from the pixel and the plurality of other pixels, and at least one of the test pads is directly coupled to the electrode line through a plurality of contact holes of an insulation film between the at least one of the test pads and the electrode line with the at least one of the test pads overlapping the predetermined area of the electrode line.
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A light emitting display comprising:
- a display area including a plurality of scan lines for transmitting selection signals, a plurality of data lines for transmitting data signals, and a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix format and coupled to the scan lines and the data lines, the display area being on a substrate;
- a scan driver for generating the selection signals and for applying the selection signals to the scan lines, the scan driver being on the substrate;
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- a data driver for generating the data signals and for respectively applying the data signals to the data lines, the data driver being on the substrate,
- wherein the data driver comprises:
- a shift register for generating a plurality of shift signals shifted to sequentially have a first level and for respectively outputting the shift signals through a plurality of output terminals of the shift register;
- a demultiplexer for selectively applying the data signals input through a plurality of data buses to the data lines through a plurality of output terminals of the demultiplexer in response to the first level of the shift signals;
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- a plurality of test pads, each test pad of the plurality of test pads coupled between a corresponding output terminal of the plurality of output terminals of the demultiplexer and a corresponding data line of the plurality of data lines,
- wherein at least one of the test pads is directly coupled to an extended electrode line coupled to at least one of the output terminals of the demultiplexer, the extended electrode line spaced apart from the plurality of pixels, the at least one of the test pads being coupled to the extended electrode line through a plurality of contact holes of an insulation film between the at least one of the test pads and the electrode line with the at least one of the test pads overlapping the electrode line.
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A data driver on a pixel array substrate in which a pixel displaying an image corresponding to a data signal applied through a data line is arranged in a matrix format with a plurality of other pixels, the data driver comprising:
- a shift register for generating a plurality of shift signals shifted to sequentially have a first level and for outputting the shift signals;
- a buffer including a plurality of buffering circuits for receiving the plurality of shift signals output from the shift register, the buffer being for buffering the shift signals and for outputting the buffered shift signals;
- a demultiplexer for selectively applying the data signal input through at least one of a plurality of data buses to the data line through at least one of a plurality of output terminals of the demultiplexer in response to the first level of the shift signals output from the buffer;
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- a plurality of test pads, each test pad of the plurality of test pads coupled to a corresponding output terminal of the plurality of output terminals of the demultiplexer,
- wherein at least one test pad of the plurality of test pads is directly coupled to an extended electrode line coupled to the at least one output terminal coupling the demultiplexer to the data line, the extended electrode line spaced apart from the pixel and the plurality of other pixels, the at least one of the test pads being coupled to the extended electrode line through a plurality of contact holes of an insulation film between the at least one test pad and the extended electrode line with the at least one test pad overlapping the extended electrode line.
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A light emitting display comprising:
- a display area including a plurality of scan lines for transmitting selection signals, a plurality of data lines for transmitting data signals, and a plurality of pixels arranged in a matrix format and coupled to the scan lines and the data lines, the display area being on a substrate;
- a scan driver for generating the selection signals and for applying the selection signals to the scan lines, the scan driver being on the substrate;
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- a data driver for generating the data signals and for applying the data signals to the data lines, the data driver being on the substrate,
- wherein the scan driver comprises:
- a shift register for generating the selection signals shifted to sequentially have a first level and for outputting the selection signals through a plurality of output terminals;
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- a plurality of test pads, each test pad of the plurality of test pads coupled to a corresponding output terminal of the plurality of output terminals of the shift register,
- wherein at least one test pad of the plurality of test pads is directly coupled to an electrode line coupling one of the output terminals to a corresponding one of the scan lines through a plurality of contact holes of an insulation film between the at least one test pad and the electrode line with the at least one test pad overlapping the electrode line in a region spaced apart from the plurality of pixels.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.