Abstract:
A display apparatus includes a pixel having a first area emitting light and a second area transmitting light. A pixel circuit unit is in the first area and includes a thin film transistor. An inorganic insulation layer is in the second area. A first insulation layer covers the pixel circuit unit in the first area, and has an opening exposing the inorganic insulation layer in the second area. A first electrode is on the first insulation layer in the first area. The first electrode is electrically connected to the pixel circuit unit. A second insulation layer covers edges of the first electrode and is outside the opening formed in the first insulation layer. A second electrode is in the first area. An intermediate layer, including an emissive layer, is between the first electrode and the second electrode.
Abstract:
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and a method of manufacturing an OLED display are disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes a display substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area. Also included is a thin film transistor (TFT) formed over the display area and including a semiconductor active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. An OLED is formed over the display area and includes a first electrode electrically connected to the TFT, an intermediate layer, and a second electrode. A plurality of power wirings are formed over the non-display area and are electrically connected to the second electrode so as to form an electrode contact. The display also includes a plurality of insulating layers formed over the display substrate and configured to insulate the TFT, the OLED, and the power wirings from one another.
Abstract:
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes performing a first mask process of forming an active layer of a thin-film transistor (TFT) and a first electrode of a capacitor over a substrate and performing a second mask process of i) forming a gate insulating layer and ii) forming a gate electrode of the TFT and a second electrode of the capacitor over the gate insulating layer. The method also includes performing a third mask process of i) forming first and second interlayer insulating layers and ii) removing portions of the first and second interlayer insulating layers so as to form a contact hole that exposes a portion of the active layer. The method also includes performing a fourth mask process of forming a pixel electrode over the second interlayer insulating layer.
Abstract:
An OLED apparatus includes: a substrate; a TFT on the substrate and comprising an active layer, a first interlayer insulating layer between the gate electrode and the source and drain electrodes and comprising an inorganic material; a second interlayer insulating layer between the first interlayer insulating layer and the source and drain electrodes and comprising an organic material; a first organic layer covering the source and drain electrodes; a second organic layer on the first organic layer; a capacitor comprising a first electrode comprising a same material as the gate electrode, and a second electrode comprising a same material as the source and drain electrodes; a pixel electrode in an opening in an area that does not overlap with the TFT and the capacitor, and contacting one of the source and drain electrodes; an emission layer on the pixel electrode; and an opposite electrode on the emission layer.
Abstract:
An organic light emitting display includes a base substrate, an active layer on the base substrate, a gate insulating layer on the active layer, a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer, a first inter-insulating layer on the gate electrode, a second inter-insulating layer covering the first inter-insulating layer, source and drain electrodes on the second inter-insulating layer and connected to the active layer, a first electrode connected to the drain electrode, an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode while the organic light emitting layer is between the first and second electrodes, and first and second capacitor electrodes facing each other while the gate insulating layer is between the first and second capacitor electrodes. The second inter-insulating layer makes contact with an upper surface of the second capacitor electrode through an opening formed on the first inter-insulating layer.
Abstract:
A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, a first wiring at the non-display area, a second wiring on a layer that is different from the first wiring at the non-display area, an inorganic insulating layer on the first wiring and the second wiring, a pad on the inorganic insulating layer, and connected to a first end of the first wiring, a contact bridge on the inorganic insulating layer, and connecting the second wiring to a second end of the first wiring, an electrostatic electrode on the inorganic insulating layer between the pad and the contact bridge, a first organic insulating layer covering the contact bridge and the electrostatic electrode, and exposing the pad, a first upper wiring on the first organic insulating layer, and overlapping the contact bridge and the electrostatic electrode, and a second organic insulating layer on the first upper wiring.
Abstract:
A display apparatus includes a substrate including a main display area, a component area, and a peripheral area. The component area includes a transmission area, and the peripheral area is arranged outside the main display area. The display apparatus further includes a main thin-film transistor arranged in the main display area, a main organic light-emitting diode arranged in the main display area and connected to the main thin-film transistor, an auxiliary thin-film transistor arranged in the component area, an auxiliary organic light-emitting diode arranged in the component area and connected to the auxiliary thin-film transistor, and a lower metal layer arranged between the substrate and the auxiliary thin-film transistor in the component area and having an undercut structure.
Abstract:
A display device includes a substrate, an active pattern on the substrate and including a first region, a second region spaced apart from the first region, and a third region between the first region and the second region, a first conductive pattern layer on the active pattern and including a first dummy portion overlapping the third region of the active pattern and a first conductive pattern which is spaced apart from the first dummy portion, and a plurality of second conductive patterns on the first conductive pattern layer, where the first dummy portion of the first conductive pattern layer is electrically insulated from the plurality of second conductive patterns and the active pattern.
Abstract:
A display device may include a substrate including a display area and a bending area, a buffer layer disposed on the substrate, a first dummy pattern disposed in the bending area on the buffer layer; a first insulating layer disposed on the buffer layer, the first insulating layer exposing an upper surface of the first dummy pattern, a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer, the second insulating layer having an opening exposing an upper surface of the first dummy pattern, a second dummy pattern disposed on the first dummy pattern, and a transmission line disposed on the second dummy pattern.
Abstract:
A display apparatus includes: a semiconductor layer on a substrate; a gate insulating layer on the substrate and covering the semiconductor layer; a gate electrode on the gate insulating layer and at least partially overlapping the semiconductor layer; an interlayer insulating layer on the gate electrode; and an electrode layer on the interlayer insulating layer and electrically connected to the semiconductor layer, wherein the interlayer insulating layer comprises a first portion and a second portion extending from the first portion, and the electrode layer is on the first portion of the interlayer insulating layer, and a step is provided by a difference in thicknesses of the first portion and the second portion.