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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2014
Filed:
Dec. 04, 2012
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin, KR;
Honglong Ning, Suwon-si, KR;
Byeong-Beom Kim, Asan-si, KR;
Kyungseop Kim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Joonyong Park, Gunpo-si, KR;
Changoh Jeong, Suwon-si, KR;
Sangwon Shin, Yongin-si, KR;
Dongmin Lee, Anyang-si, KR;
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., , KR;
Abstract
A display apparatus includes a base substrate and a buffer layer disposed on the base substrate. The display apparatus further includes an oxide semiconductor layer disposed on the buffer layer and including a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a channel portion. The display apparatus further includes a gate insulating layer disposed on the channel portion, a gate electrode disposed on the gate insulating layer, and a protective layer disposed on the gate electrode and the buffer layer and having a contact hole. The display apparatus further includes a transparent electrode overlapping a portion of the protective layer and electrically connected to one of the source electrode and the drain electrode through the contact hole. The transparent electrode includes a transparent metal layer and a transparent conductive oxide layer overlapping the transparent metal layer.