	US 12,471,430 B2
	Display device
Sun Kwun Son, Yongin-si (KR); Na Hyeon Cha, Yongin-si (KR); and Chong Chul Chai, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Oct. 28, 2021, as Appl. No. 17/452,756.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0030413 (KR), filed on Mar. 8, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0285427 A1, Sep. 8, 2022
Int. Cl. H10H 29/14 (2025.01)

CPC H10H 29/142 (2025.01)

20 Claims

1. A display device comprising:

first signal lines arranged in a display area, and extending in a first direction;

pixels arranged in the display area, and respectively connected to the first signal lines;

first pads located in a first pad area at a side of the display area in the first direction, and arranged along a second direction crossing the first direction;

second pads in a second pad area at a side of the display area in the second direction;

first lines extending along the first direction to the display area from the first pad area, and respectively connected to the first pads; and

second lines arranged in the display area, and respectively connecting the first lines to the first signal lines, such that the pixels are respectively configured to receive signals directly from the first pads and the second pads,

wherein the display area comprises a first sub-display area corresponding to the first pad area, and a second sub-display area adjacent the first sub-display area, and

wherein the first lines are arranged only in the first sub-display area among the first and second sub-display areas.

18. A display device comprising:

first signal lines arranged in a display area, and extending in a first direction;

pixels arranged in the display area, and respectively connected to the first signal lines;

second signal lines arranged in the display area to cross the first signal lines, and respectively connected to the pixels;

first pads located in a first pad area at a side of the display area in the first direction, and arranged along a second direction;

second pads in a second pad area at a side of the display area in the second direction;

first lines extending along the first direction to the display area from the first pad area, and respectively connected to the first pads; and

third lines extending along the second direction to the display area from the second pad area, and respectively connected to the second pads; and

fourth lines crossing the third lines and the second signal lines, and respectively connecting the third lines to the second signal lines,

wherein the display area comprises a first sub-display area corresponding to the first pad area, and a second sub-display area adjacent the first sub-display area, and

wherein the first lines are arranged only in the first sub-display area among the first and second sub-display areas.