Display device

• US 10,115,326 B2
• Filed: 03/31/2016
• Issued: 10/30/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Byun, Min Woo
• Primary Examiner(s): Kumar, Srilakshmi K
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wills-Burns, Chineyere
• Application Number:
  US15/087,041
• Publication Number:
  US 20160293078A1
• Time in Patent Office: 943 Days
• Field of Search: 345214
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2300/0426 Layout of electrodes and connections
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2310/06 Details of flat display driving waveforms
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2330/12 Test circuits or failure detection circuits included in a display system, as permanent part thereof
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/006 Electronic inspection or testing of displays and display drivers, e.g. of LED or LCD displays testing individual LED's G01R31/2635; testing lamps G01R31/44; testing of optical features of LCD displays G02F1/1309

Abstract

A display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes: a substrate that includes a display area and a peripheral area around the display area; a plurality of data lines on the substrate; and a crack sensing line disposed in the peripheral area and that is connected to a first data line of the plurality of data lines, where the crack sensing line includes a first layer disposed under an insulating layer and a second layer disposed on the insulating layer, the first layer and the second layer each include overlapping parts where the first layer and the second layer overlap via the insulating layer, and a voltage applied to the first layer and a voltage applied to the second layer have different magnitudes.

Claims

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate that includes a display area and a peripheral area around the display area;

a plurality of data lines on the substrate; and

a crack sensing line disposed in the peripheral area and that is connected to a first data line of the plurality of data lines,

wherein the crack sensing line includes a first layer disposed under an insulating layer and a second layer disposed on the insulating layer,

the first layer include a first portion and a second portion and the second layer include a third portion and a fourth portion, the first portion of the first layer overlaps the third portion of the second layer via the insulating layer at overlapping parts, and the second portion of the first layer and the fourth portion of the second layer do not overlap each other,

the first portion and the second portion of the first layer are disposed alternately and repeatedly at least three times, and the third portion and the fourth portion of the second layer are disposed alternately and repeatedly at least three times, and

a voltage applied to the first layer and a voltage applied to the second layer have different magnitudes,

the first layer has a square-wave shape that includes a first longitudinal part and a second longitudinal part that are separated from and alternate with each other and are connected by a first transverse part,

the second layer has a square-wave shape that includes a third longitudinal part and a fourth longitudinal part that are separated from and alternate with each other, and are connected by a second transverse part, and

in the overlapping parts, the first transverse part of the first layer alternately overlaps the third longitudinal part and the fourth longitudinal part of the second layer, and the second transverse part of the second layer alternately overlaps the first longitudinal part and the second longitudinal part of the first layer.

2. The display device of claim 1, wherein

the second layer is connected to the first data line, and

the first layer is not connected to the first data tine.

3. The display device of claim 1, further comprising

a plurality of pixels formed in the display area of the substrate and that are connected to the plurality of data lines and the crack sensing line;

and

a first test signal line and a second test signal line formed in the peripheral area of the substrate and that are connected to the plurality of pixels,

wherein the first crack sensing line is connected to the first data line through a first connection part and a second connection part the first crack sensing line extends in a hemiring shape from the first connection part to the second connection part,

the plurality of data lines are connected to the first test signal line through a first switching element and are connected to the second test signal line through a second switching element.

4. A display device comprising:

a substrate that includes a display area and peripheral area around the display area;

a plurality of data lines on the substrate; and

a crack sensing line disposed in the peripheral area and that is connected to a first data line of the plurality of data lines,

wherein the crack sensing line includes a first layer disposed under an insulating layer and a second layer disposed on the insulating layer,

the first layer include a first portion and a second portion and the second layer include a third portion and a fourth portion, the first portion of the first layer overlaps the third portion of the second layer via the insulating layer at overlapping parts, and the second portion of the first layer and the fourth portion of the second layer do not overlap each other,

the first portion and the second portion of the first layer are disposed alternately and repeatedly at least three times, and the third portion and the fourth portion of the second layer are disposed alternately and repeatedly at least three times, and

a voltage applied to the first layer and a voltage applied to the second layer have different magnitudes,

the first layer and the second layer have planar shapes that differ from each other,

the first layer has square-wave shape, and the second layer has a linear shape that extends in one direction, or

the first layer has the linear shape and the second layer has the square-wave shape.

5. A display device comprising:

a substrate that includes a display area and a peripheral area around the display area;

a plurality of data lines on the substrate; and

a crack sensing line disposed in the peripheral area and that is connected to a first data line of the plurality of data lines,

wherein the crack sensing line includes a first layer disposed under an insulating layer and a second layer disposed on the insulating layer,

the first layer include a first portion and a second portion and the second layer include a third portion and a fourth portion, the first portion of the first layer overlaps the third portion of the second layer via the insulating layer at overlapping parts, and the second portion of the first layer and the fourth portion of the second layer do not overlap each other,

the first portion and the second portion of the first layer are disposed alternately and repeatedly at least three times, and the third portion and the fourth portion of the second layer are disposed alternately and repeatedly at least three times,

the second layer is connected to the first data line,

the first layer is not connected to the first data line,

the first layer has a square-wave shape that includes a first longitudinal part and a second longitudinal part that are separated from and alternate with each other and are connected by a first transverse part,

the second layer has a square-wave shape that includes a third longitudinal part and a fourth longitudinal part that are separated from and alternate with each other, and are connected by a second transverse part, and

in the overlapping parts, the first transverse part of the first layer alternately overlaps the third longitudinal part and the fourth longitudinal part of the second layer, and the second transverse part of the second layer alternately overlaps the first longitudinal part and the second longitudinal part of the first layer.

6. The display device of claim 5, further comprising

a plurality of pixels formed in the display area of the substrate and that are connected to the plurality of data lines and the crack sensing line;

and

a first test signal line and a second test signal line formed in the peripheral area of the substrate and that are connected to the plurality of pixels,

wherein the first crack sensing line is connected to the first data line through a first connection part and a second connection part, the first crack sensing line extends in a hemiring shape from the first connection part to the second connection part,

the plurality of data lines are connected to the first test signal line through a first switching element and are connected to the second test signal line through a second switching element.

7. A display device comprising:

a substrate that includes a display area and a peripheral are around the display area;

a plurality of data lines on the substrate; and

a crack sensing line disposed in the peripheral area and that is connected to a first data line of the plurality of data lines,

wherein the crack sensing line includes a first layer disposed under an insulating layer and a second layer disposed on the insulating layer,

the first layer include a first portion and a second portion and the second layer include a third portion and a fourth portion, the first portion of the first layer overlaps the third portion of the second layer via the insulating layer at overlapping parts, and the second portion of the first layer and the fourth portion of the second layer do not overlap each other,

the first portion and the second portion of the first layer are disposed alternately and repeatedly at least three times, and the third portion and the fourth portion of the second layer are disposed alternately and repeatedly at least three times,

the second layer is connected to the first data line,

the first layer is not connected to the first data line,

the first layer and the second layer have planar shapes that differ from each other,

the first layer has square-wave shape, and the second layer has a linear shape that extends in one direction, or

the first layer has the linear shape and the second layer has the square-wave shape.