Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Youngjae Jeon

Hyunseong Kang

Woogeun Lee

Jaeho Choi

Seungsok Son

Seokhwan Bang

Jongin Kim

Jaehyun Park

Beomsoo Park

Youhan Moon

Il You

Jiyun Hong

Joongeol Kim

Sangju Lee

Junewhan Choi

Jaehyun Lee

Jin-Won Lee

Jong-In Kim

Jaemin Seong

Jongmoo Huh

Kwangsoo Lee

Seulki Kim

Soojung Chae

Seungrae Kim

Kapsoo Yoon

Donghoon Shin

Mincheol Chae

Kisu Jin

Provided are a display device in which a bright spot occurring due to a defective pixel circuit may be repaired into a dark spot, and a method of repairing the display device. The display device includes a substrate, a thin-film transistor arranged on the substrate and including a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode overlapping at least a portion of the semiconductor layer, a pixel electrode on the substrate, a node connection line connecting the thin-film transistor and the pixel electrode to each other, and an initialization voltage line arranged on the substrate and extending in a first direction, wherein the node connection line includes a repair portion overlapping the initialization voltage line in a plan view.

Display device having a repair portion

A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area outside the display area, a thin film transistor arranged on the substrate corresponding to the display area and including a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode, a pad electrode arranged on the substrate corresponding to the peripheral area and including a material the same as that of the semiconductor layer, and a first insulating layer arranged on the thin film transistor and the pad electrode and including an opening that partially exposes the pad electrode. Accordingly, failure to perform a normal operation by a pixel circuit and a light-emitting element may be prevented.

Display apparatus with exposed pad electrode

A display apparatus includes a substrate including a display area and a peripheral area adjacent to the display area, a thin-film transistor located in the display area of the substrate and including a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode overlapping a channel region of the semiconductor layer, a conductive layer disposed between the substrate and the semiconductor layer and including a first electrode located in the display area of the substrate and a pad electrode located in the peripheral area of the substrate, and a first insulating layer disposed between the conductive layer and the semiconductor layer and having a first opening that exposes at least a portion of an upper surface of the pad electrode.

Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same

A display apparatus includes a thin-film transistor located in a display area and including a semiconductor layer and a gate electrode; a storage capacitor located in the display area and including a first capacitor plate, a second capacitor plate, and a dummy capacitor plate overlapping each other; a light-emitting diode electrically connected to the thin-film transistor and the storage capacitor and including a pixel electrode, an interlayer, and a counter electrode; a pad located in a surrounding area adjacent to the display area; a lower electrode pattern layer disposed below the semiconductor layer, at least a portion of the lower electrode pattern layer overlapping the semiconductor layer; and a bridge electrode electrically connecting the semiconductor layer to the lower electrode pattern layer.

Display apparatus having bridge electrode electrically connecting lower electrode pattern layer and semiconductor layer of transistor

A display device includes a driving transistor on a substrate, a light emitting element disposed on the driving transistor, and a lower electrode disposed between the substrate and the driving transistor. The driving transistor includes an active pattern and a gate electrode. The active pattern includes a first region, a second region, and a channel region between the first region and the second region. The light emitting element is electrically connected to the second region of the active pattern. The lower electrode overlaps the channel region of the active pattern and provides a back bias voltage to the driving transistor.

Display device

A gate driving circuit includes a pull-up control part applying a previous carry signal of one of previous stages to a first node in response to the previous carry signal, a pull-up part outputting a clock signal as an N-th gate output signal in response to a signal at the first node, a carry part outputting the clock signal as an N-th carry signal in response to the signal at the first node, a first pull-down part pulling down the signal at the first node to a second off voltage in response to a first next carry signal of one of next stages and a second pull-down part pulling down the N-th gate output signal to a first off voltage in response to a second next carry signal of one of the next stages different from the first next carry signal.

Gate driving circuit and display apparatus including the same

An LCD device includes first and second substrates and a liquid crystal layer disposed between the substrates. A gate transmitting member is disposed on the first substrate. The gate transmitting member includes a gate line and a gate electrode. A data transmitting member is disposed on the first substrate. The data transmitting member includes a data line, a source electrode, and a drain electrode. A pixel electrode is disposed in a pixel area. The pixel electrode is connected to the source electrode. A first gate insulating layer is disposed on the gate transmitting member. The first gate insulating layer has substantially a same shape as the gate transmitting member and has a greater size than a size of the gate transmitting member. A semiconductor layer is disposed on the first gate insulating layer. The semiconductor layer overlaps the gate electrode, the source electrode, and the drain electrode.

Liquid crystal display device and method for fabricating the same

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