US 11,997,896 B2
Display apparatus with increased reliability
Sunghwan Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Daehyun Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Eunju Kim, Yongin-si (KR); and Hyunchol Bang, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 11, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/450,539.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0028965 (KR), filed on Mar. 4, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0285474 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. G09G 3/32 (2016.01); H10K 59/121 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/131 (2023.02) [H10K 59/1213 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display apparatus comprising:
a plurality of pixels arranged on a substrate;
a first scan line arranged on the substrate and comprising a first extension portion and a plurality of first branches, the first extension portion extending in a first direction in a plan view and connected to pixels in a same row from among the plurality of pixels, and the plurality of first branches extending in a second direction from the first extension portion;
a second scan line arranged on the substrate, extending in the first direction in a plan view, and being spaced apart from the first extension portion in the second direction, the second scan line overlapping at least a portion of the plurality of first branches; and
a plurality of first contact plugs connecting the plurality of first branches to the second scan line.