Abstract:
A display device includes a substrate including a display area in which pixels are located, and a non-display area, first and second electrodes in the display area and spaced from each other, light emitting elements between the first and second electrodes, connection electrodes electrically connected to the light emitting elements, a fan-out line electrically connected to the pixels in the non-display area, a first pad electrode on the fan-out line, a pad connection electrode on the fan-out line and the first pad electrode, and electrically connecting the fan-out line and the first pad electrode, and a second pad electrode at a same layer as at least one of the connection electrodes, and contacting the first pad electrode.
Abstract:
A display device may include first signal lines arranged in a display area, and extending in a first direction, pixels arranged in the display area, and respectively connected to the first signal lines, first pads located in a first pad area at a side of the display area in the first direction, and arranged along a second direction, first lines extending along the first direction to the display area from the first pad area, and respectively connected to the first pads, and second lines arranged in the display area, and respectively connecting the first lines to the first signal lines, wherein the display area includes a first sub-display area corresponding to the first pad area, and a second sub-display area adjacent the first sub-display area, and wherein the first lines are arranged only in the first sub-display area among the first and second sub-display areas.
Abstract:
A method of testing a display panel including a pixel coupled to first, second, and third power lines, a data line, scan lines, an emission control line, and a test line, the method includes: applying a first power supply voltage to the first power line; applying a test voltage having a turn-on voltage level to the second power line; applying a scan signal having a turn-on voltage level sequentially to the scan lines and an emission control signal having a turn-on voltage level to the emission control line; applying a gate signal to the test line to turn on a test transistor coupled between two electrode of a light emitting element included in the pixel; measuring a sensing voltage output through the data line; and determining whether the pixel is defective, based on a voltage level of the measured sensing voltage.
Abstract:
A display device includes: a base layer having a first area and a second area extending at least partially around a periphery of the first area; conductive patterns in the second area; an insulating layer over the conductive patterns in the second area; a first electrode and a second electrode on the insulating layer; and a plurality of light emitting elements between the first electrode and the second electrode in the first area and being connected to the first electrode and the second electrode. The first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart from each other in the first area and are respectively connected to portions of the conductive patterns through contact openings penetrating the insulating layer. The light emitting elements do not overlap the conductive patterns and the insulating layer.
Abstract:
A pixel including a light emitter; a first transistor including first and second electrodes respectively connected to power and the light emitter, the first transistor controlling, driving current a first capacitor between a second and third node; a second transistor between the third node and data line and turned on by a scan signal; a third transistor between a first and second node, and turned on by a control signal; a fourth transistor between power and the third node, and turned on by a emission control signal; a fifth transistor between power and the first electrode, and turned on by the emission control signal; a sixth transistor between the second node and the light emitter, and turned on by another emission control signal; and a second capacitor between power and the first node, wherein the fourth, fifth and sixth transistors turn-on/off at least four times in a non-emission period.
Abstract:
A method of testing a display panel including a pixel coupled to first, second, and third power lines, a data line, scan lines, an emission control line, and a test line, the method includes: applying a first power supply voltage to the first power line; applying a test voltage having a turn-on voltage level to the second power line; applying a scan signal having a turn-on voltage level sequentially to the scan lines and an emission control signal having a turn-on voltage level to the emission control line; applying a gate signal to the test line to turn on a test transistor coupled between two electrode of a light emitting element included in the pixel; measuring a sensing voltage output through the data line; and determining whether the pixel is defective, based on a voltage level of the measured sensing voltage.
Abstract:
A display device includes: an initialization power line extending along a first direction; a scan line extending along the first direction and spaced apart from the initialization power line, a data line and a driving voltage line insulated from the initialization power line and the scan line and extending along the second direction; a first switching element including a first electrode connected to the driving voltage line, a first gate electrode overlapping the initialization power line, and a second electrode; a second switching element including a third electrode connected to the first gate electrode, a second gate electrode connected to the scan line, and a fourth electrode; a third switching element including a fifth electrode connected to the fourth electrode, a third gate electrode connected to the initialization power line, and a sixth electrode connected to the second electrode; and a light emitting element connected to the second electrode.
Abstract:
A pixel including an organic light emitting diode; a first transistor for controlling the amount of current flowing from a first driving power source to a second driving power source via the organic light emitting diode, corresponding to a voltage of a first node; a second transistor coupled between the first node and a second node, the second transistor being turned on when a scan signal is supplied to an ith (i is a natural number) scan line; a third transistor coupled between the second node and an anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode; a first capacitor coupled between a data line and the second node; and a fourth transistor coupled between an initialization power source and the anode electrode of the organic light emitting diode. The fourth transistor is turned on in response to a first control signal being supplied to a first control line.
Abstract:
A pixel includes: an organic light emitting diode including a cathode electrode connected to a second power source; a first transistor including a first electrode connected to a first power source, and to control an amount of current flowing from the first power source to the second power source via the organic light emitting diode in response to a data signal; a plurality of second transistors connected in series between a gate electrode of the first transistor and an initialization power source, and to be turned on when a scan signal is supplied to an i−1-th (i is a natural number) scan line; and a first capacitor connected between a voltage source and a first node, the first node being between the plurality of second transistors.
Abstract:
A stage includes a first transistor including an input terminal to which a clock signal is applied and a control terminal connected to a first node; a first capacitor including terminals respectively connected to the first node and an output terminal of the first transistor; a second transistor including an input terminal connected to the output terminal of the first transistor, a control terminal connected to a second node, and an output terminal to which a low voltage is applied; a third transistor including an output terminal connected to the second node, a control terminal connected to the first node, and an input terminal to which the low voltage is applied; and a fourth transistor including an input terminal connected to the first node and an output terminal to which the low voltage is applied, wherein the fourth transistor is switched according to an output signal of a next stage.