US 12,279,496 B2
Display device with connection lines around transmission area
Hyunji Cha, Yongin-si (KR); Donghyeon Jang, Yongin-si (KR); Jihyun Ka, Yongin-si (KR); Wonkyu Kwak, Yongin-si (KR); Sukyoung Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Seungwoo Sung, Yongin-si (KR); Hwayoung Song, Yongin-si (KR); Youngsoo Yoon, Yongin-si (KR); Dongeup Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Wonse Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Yunkyeong In, Yongin-si (KR); Yujin Jeon, Yongin-si (KR); and Jintae Jeong, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jun. 12, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/333,521.
Application 18/333,521 is a continuation of application No. 16/919,787, filed on Jul. 2, 2020, granted, now 11,678,532.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0104984 (KR), filed on Aug. 27, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0320156 A1, Oct. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10K 59/131 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/131 (2023.02) 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a substrate including a transmission area and a display area surrounding the transmission area; a plurality of display elements in the display area;
a plurality of first lines and a plurality of second lines spaced apart from each other with the transmission area therebetween;
a first connection line connecting at least one of the plurality of first lines to at least one of the plurality of second lines and detouring around the transmission area; and
a bridge metal connecting the first connection line to the at least one of the plurality of first lines,
wherein the bridge metal is connected to the first connection line through a first contact hole, and the bridge metal is connected to the at least one of the plurality of first lines through a second contact hole.