US 11,957,028 B2
Display panel and a display apparatus with conductive layer between TFT and substrate
Injun Bae, Yongin-si (KR); Hyunwook Choi, Yongin-si (KR); Donghwi Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Chulho Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Woori Seo, Yongin-si (KR); and Jin Jeon, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 18, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/675,000.
Application 17/675,000 is a continuation of application No. 16/752,093, filed on Jan. 24, 2020, granted, now 11,393,883.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0037958 (KR), filed on Apr. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0173176 A1, Jun. 2, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10K 59/65 (2023.01); H10K 59/123 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/65 (2023.02) [H10K 59/123 (2023.02); H10K 59/131 (2023.02)] 24 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel, comprising:
a substrate;
a display element layer on the substrate, the display element layer comprising a display element electrically connected to a thin film transistor;
a conductive layer between the substrate and the thin film transistor, an edge of the conductive layer having a stair shape, wherein the conductive layer has two or more steps at the edge.