# US 8,785,936 B2 · Organic electroluminescent display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 8,785,936 B2 - Document ID: US8785936B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 13/244,138 - Filed: 2011-09-23 - Published: 2012-08-23 - Granted: 2014-07-22 - Earliest claimed: 2011-02-17 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Na-Young Kim; Ki-Nyeng Kang; Wang-Jo Lee; In-Ho Choi; Jin-Gon Oh - Inventors: Na-Young Kim; Ki-Nyeng Kang; Wang-Jo Lee; In-Ho Choi; Jin-Gon Oh - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US8785936B2 ## CPC - H10D 86/60: wherein the TFTs are in active matrices - H10D 86/441: {Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines} - H10D 86/481: {integrated with passive devices, e.g. auxiliary capacitors} - H10K 59/1213: {the pixel elements being TFTs} - H10K 59/131: Interconnections, e.g. wiring lines or terminals - H10K 59/35: comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels - H10D: INORGANIC ELECTRIC SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract An organic electroluminescent display device including a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines crossing the scan lines, a plurality of pixels at regions defined by the scan lines and the data lines, and one or more thin-film transistors (TFTs) for selectively applying voltages to each of the pixels, wherein the data lines are successively located at a side of the pixels, and a first TFT of the TFTs is located at least partially between an area corresponding to an nth data line of the data lines and an area corresponding to an (n−1)th data line of the data lines, the nth data line and the (n−1)th data line being successively positioned. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An organic electroluminescent display device comprising: a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines crossing the scan lines; a plurality of pixels at regions defined by the scan lines and the data lines; and one or more thin-film transistors (TFTs) for selectively applying voltages to the pixels, wherein the data lines are coupled to respective ones of the pixels and are successively located at a same side of all of the respective ones of the pixels, and a first TFT of the TFTs comprises a gate electrode located at least partially between an area corresponding to an nth data line of the data lines and an area corresponding to an (n−1)th data line of the data lines, the nth data line and the (n−1)th data line being successively positioned. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the pixels is coupled to the nth data line by the first TFT. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein a width of the pixels in a row direction is greater than a length of the pixels in a column direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display device of claim 3, wherein the data lines extend in the column direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the pixels displaying a same color are arranged in a first direction, and the data lines extend along the first direction, wherein each of the pixels is coupled to one of the data lines. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the data lines comprise a first data line and a second data line, and successive ones of the pixels are alternately coupled to the first data line and the second data line. ### Claim 7 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the first TFT is a switching element for applying a data voltage applied to one of the data lines in response to a selection signal transmitted to one of the scan lines. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the first TFT further comprises an additional gate electrode, and the (n−1)th data line is located at a region corresponding to an area between the two gate electrodes. ### Claim 9 An organic electroluminescent display device comprising: a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines crossing the scan lines; a plurality of pixels located at regions defined by the scan lines and the data lines; and one or more TFTs for selectively applying voltages to each of the pixels, wherein the pixels displaying n different colors are alternately arranged in a first direction, and are respectively coupled to n data lines that are successively located at a same side of all of the pixels to extend along the first direction, and wherein at least a portion of a gate electrode of a first TFT of the TFTs is between areas corresponding to successive data lines of the n data lines. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display device of claim 9, wherein the first TFT corresponding to the pixel coupled to an nth data line of the data lines is located between an area corresponding to the nth data line and an area corresponding to an (n−1)th data line of the data lines. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The display device of claim 9, wherein a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel are successively arranged in the first direction and are coupled to different ones of the data lines, respectively. ### Claim 12 (depends on 9) The display device of claim 9, wherein a width of the pixels in a row direction is greater than a length of the pixels in a column direction. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The display device of claim 9, wherein the first direction is a column direction. ### Claim 14 (depends on 9) The display device of claim 9, wherein each of the pixels comprises two or more TFTs and two or more capacitors electrically coupled to respective ones of the TFTs. ### Claim 15 (depends on 9) The display device of claim 9, wherein the first TFT is a switching element for applying a data voltage applied to one of the data lines in response to a selection signal transmitted to one of the scan lines. ### Claim 16 An organic electroluminescent display device comprising: a plurality of scan lines and a plurality of data lines crossing the scan lines; a plurality of pixels at regions defined by the scan lines and the data lines; a common power supply line for supplying common power to the pixels; and one or more TFTs for selectively applying voltages to each of the pixels, wherein the data lines are coupled to respective ones of the pixels, and wherein the data lines and the common power supply line are successively and sequentially located at a same side of all of the respective ones of the pixels from farthest from the pixels to closest to the pixels, and a first TFT of the TFTs comprises a gate electrode that is at least partially between an area corresponding to an nth data line of the data lines and an area corresponding to an (n−1)th data line of the data lines, the nth data line and the (n−1)th data line being successively located. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein the first TFT is coupled to the nth data line, wherein the (n−1)th data line is closest to the pixels, and wherein the first TFT is at least partially between the (n−1)th data line and the common power supply line. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein the first TFT further comprises an additional gate electrode, and the (n−1)th data line is located at a region corresponding to an area between the two gate electrodes.