Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Samsung Displayco., Ltd.

Jae Du Noh

Tae-Hoon Kim

Min Woo Byun

Jae Sic Lee

Seung Yeon Cho

Min Kyu Woo

Seung-Kyu Lee

Seung Kyu Lee

Tae Hoon Kim

Sang Moo Choi

Kyung Hoon Kim

Mi Hae Kim

Seung Ji Cha

Chae Han Hyun

Kyong Hwan Oh

Jeong Hun Bang

Hyun Ji Kang

A display device includes a pixel unit including first pixels in a first pixel area, second pixels in a second pixel area, and third pixels in a third pixel area; a first scan driver including first multiplexers configured to operate in response to a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode, and to supply first scan signals to first scan lines connected to the first pixels; a second scan driver configured to supply second scan signals to second scan lines connected to the second pixels; and a third scan driver including second multiplexers configured to operate in response to the first mode and the second mode, and to supply third scan signals to third scan lines connected to the third pixels.

Display device having a plurality of pixel areas

A non-rectangular display includes: a plurality of first signal lines extending along a first direction; a plurality of DC voltage lines extending along the first direction; and a plurality of second signal lines extending along the first direction, wherein a first DC voltage line of the plurality of DC voltage lines is between a first line of the plurality of first signal lines and a second line of the plurality of second signal lines, a second DC voltage line of the plurality of DC voltage lines is between a third line of the plurality of first signal lines and a fourth line of the plurality of second signal lines, and the first and third lines are adjacent to each other, or the second and fourth lines are adjacent to each other.

Non-rectangular display and driving method thereof

Display device having a plurality of display areas

A display device includes: a pixel unit including first pixels in a first pixel region, second pixels in a second pixel region, and third pixels in a third pixel region; a first scan driver configured to drive first scan lines coupled to the first pixels; a second scan driver configured to drive second scan lines coupled to the second pixels; and a third scan driver configured to drive third scan lines coupled to the third pixels, wherein the first scan driver, the second scan driver, and the third scan driver differently set a supply order of a scan signal supplied to the first scan lines, the second scan lines, and the third scan lines, corresponding to a first mode and a second mode different from the first mode.

Display device and driving method thereof

A display device is described comprising sub-pixels that include: a first driving transistor and a second driving transistor, each of which control a current flowing from a first electrode to a second electrode in accordance with a data voltage applied to a gate electrode; a light emitting element connected to the second electrodes of the first driving transistor and the second driving transistor; and a first contact hole and a second contact hole which are disposed in the gate electrode, wherein the gate electrode includes a first gate electrode overlapping the first driving transistor in a thickness direction and a second gate electrode overlapping the second driving transistor in the thickness direction, and the first contact hole is located in the first gate electrode, the second contact hole is located in the second gate electrode, and the first contact hole and the second contact hole overlap each other.

Display device

A display device includes first pixels in a first pixel area, a first scan driver configured to supply first scan signals to first scan lines, second pixels in a second pixel area, a second scan driver configured to supply second scan signals to second scan lines, third pixels in a third pixel area, a third scan driver configured to supply third scan signals to third scan lines, and a timing controller configured to supply a first start signal to the first scan driver, a second start signal to the second scan driver, and a third start signal to the third scan driver, wherein an order in which the first, second, and third start signal are supplied in a first mode, and an order in which the first, second, and third start signal are supplied in a second mode that is different from the first mode, are different from each other.

A display device includes a display area to display an image in different areas, the display area including first, second, and third pixel areas that are sequentially arranged, first pixels and first scan lines in the first pixel area, second pixels and second scan lines in the second pixel area, third pixels and third scan lines in the third pixel area, a first scan driver to drive the first scan lines, a second scan driver to drive the second scan lines, and a third scan driver to drive the third scan lines, wherein the second scan lines are sequentially driven, and the third scan lines are driven for a first period during which the second scan lines are driven, and the first scan lines are driven by the first scan driver for a second period, which is after the first period, during which the second scan lines are driven.

A display device may include: a first pixel including first and second sub-pixels coupled to first and second data lines; a data driver which supplies data signals to first and second output lines; and a switch unit which distributes the data signals to the first and the second data lines. The first and the second sub-pixels are line-symmetrical with each other. Each of the first and the second sub-pixels may include: an OLED; a first transistor which controls a driving current flowing from a first power supply to a second power supply via the OLED, in response to a voltage supplied to a node connected thereto; emission control transistors which are turned on when an emission control signal is supplied; and a reference transistor which couples a shielding layer overlapping a corresponding data line to the first power supply when the emission control signal is supplied thereto.

A display device includes: first pixels at a first pixel area and connected to first scan lines; a first scan driver to supply first scan signals to the first scan lines; second pixels at a second pixel area and connected to second scan lines; a second scan driver to supply second scan signals to the second scan lines; third pixels at a third pixel area and connected to third scan lines; and a third scan driver to supply third scan signals to the third scan lines. In a first mode, each of the first scan signals has at least a portion having a first pulse width, and each of the second scan signals has at least a portion having a second pulse width different from the first pulse width.

A display panel including: pixels disposed in an active area of a substrate; data lines connected to the pixels; and a crack detection line disposed in a peripheral area of the active area in the substrate. The crack detection line includes a plurality of stacked conductive layers and at least one insulating layer disposed therebetween. At least one of the conductive layers is electrically connected to any one of the data lines.

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Yongin-si, South Korea

Jae Du Noh