US 11,984,455 B2
Display device including a crack detecting line
Hey Jin Shin, Cheonan-si (KR); Won Kyu Kwak, Seongnam-si (KR); and Seung-Kyu Lee, Asan-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jul. 26, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/385,826.
Application 17/385,826 is a division of application No. 15/951,418, filed on Apr. 12, 2018, granted, now 11,075,225.
Application 15/951,418 is a continuation of application No. 15/465,862, filed on Mar. 22, 2017, granted, now 9,978,781, issued on May 22, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0106298 (KR), filed on Aug. 22, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2021/0358972 A1, Nov. 18, 2021
Int. Cl. H01L 27/12 (2006.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01)
CPC H01L 27/1244 (2013.01) [H01L 27/1218 (2013.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a substrate comprising a display area for displaying an image and a non-display area positioned at a peripheral region of the display area;
a plurality of pixels positioned at the display area of the substrate;
a plurality of data lines connected with the plurality of pixels; and
a crack detecting line positioned at the non-display area of the substrate,
wherein the crack detecting line comprises:
a plurality of unit connectors extending in a first direction, the first direction being parallel to the data lines; and
a plurality of wiring portion units connected to each other through the plurality of unit connectors, wherein each of the plurality of wiring portion units comprises a plurality of return wiring portions connected to each other, and
wherein a first wiring portion unit of the plurality of wiring portion units includes a different number of return wiring portions than that of a second wiring portion unit of the plurality of wiring portion units, and
wherein a third wiring portion unit of the plurality of wiring portion units includes a same number of return wiring portions as that of the second wiring portion unit, is directly connected to the first wiring portion unit and the second wiring portion unit, and is disposed between the first wiring portion unit and the second wiring portion unit.