Display Electrode Layout to Prevent Contact Hole Overlap
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Solution Overview
Problem
Existing display devices face issues with the alignment of light emitting elements during manufacturing, leading to defects due to overlapping contact holes and conductive layers, which affects the reliability and performance of the display.
Innovation Solution
A display device design where the first and second electrodes are spaced apart on the second insulating layer, with the second electrode electrically connected to the first voltage line, and the first electrode connected to the second capacitor electrode, ensuring that the contact hole and overlying conductive layers do not overlap in the thickness direction, preventing insulating layer failures and enhancing reliability.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Device complexity
If contact holes and conductive layers are designed to overlap in thickness direction, then device integration is achieved, but insulating layer defects occur leading to reliability degradation
Solution Approach 1:
The patent resolves the contradiction by transitioning from a two-dimensional planar arrangement to a three-dimensional stacked architecture. Multiple conductive layers (first conductive layer, second conductive layer, third conductive layer) are arranged in the thickness direction with corresponding contact holes positioned at different vertical levels. This dimensional arrangement allows electrical connections to be established without requiring contact holes to overlap with conductive layers in the same plane, thereby preventing insulating layer defects while achieving complex device integration.
2Manufacturing precision
If light emitting elements are aligned in manufacturing, then manufacturing precision is improved, but alignment defects occur in undesired areas
Solution Approach 1:
The patent applies segmentation by dividing the device into distinct functional layers and regions. The circuit element layer is segmented into multiple conductive layers (first, second, and third conductive layers) with各自 specific functions, and the light emitting element layer is separated from the circuit elements by intermediate insulating layers. This segmentation allows independent optimization of alignment in each layer during manufacturing, preventing alignment defects from propagating across the entire device while maintaining high manufacturing precision.
3Ease of manufacture
If insulating layer is formed in area where contact hole is disposed, then electrical connection is achieved, but insulating layer failure occurs due to overlapping structures
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements preliminary action by pre-positioning contact holes in the first insulating layer at locations that correspond to contact holes in the second insulating layer, before forming the conductive layers. This preliminary arrangement ensures that when conductive layers are subsequently formed, they connect through pre-aligned contact holes without requiring the insulating layer to be formed in areas where contact holes would overlap with conductive structures, thereby preventing insulating layer failure while maintaining ease of manufacture.
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AI summary
A display device includes a first voltage line disposed on a substrate, a first power supply voltage being applied to the first voltage line, a buffer layer disposed on the first voltage line, a first transistor including a semiconductor pattern disposed on the buffer layer, a first insulating layer disposed on the semiconductor pattern of the first transistor, a first capacitor electrode disposed on the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer disposed on the first capacitor electrode, and a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the second insulating layer and spaced apart from each other, wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the first voltage line, and the first voltage line overlaps the first capacitor electrode in a thickness direction of the substrate.


