Legal claims defining the scope of protection, as filed with the USPTO.
1. An organic light emitting display apparatus comprising: two pixels symmetrical to each other, located on a substrate, and adjacent each other in a first direction, each of the pixels comprising a pixel circuit and an organic light emitting diode (OLED); two top capacitor electrodes separated from each other and symmetrical to each other, each of the top capacitor electrodes being respectively located in one of the pixel circuits; two intermediate capacitor electrodes symmetrical to each other and insulated from, and overlapping with, the top capacitor electrodes; a bridge coupling the intermediate capacitor electrodes without overlapping the top capacitor electrodes; and a driving voltage line coupled to the bridge, and configured to apply a common voltage to the intermediate capacitor electrodes.
2. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 1, wherein an entirety of each of the top capacitor electrodes overlaps with a respective one of the intermediate capacitor electrodes.
3. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising two bottom capacitor electrodes symmetrical to each other and located below the intermediate capacitor electrodes, the bottom capacitor electrodes being insulated from, and overlapping with, the intermediate capacitor electrodes.
4. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a contact node electrically coupling the bottom capacitor electrodes to each other, and electrically coupling the top capacitor electrodes to each other, via storage opening portions defined by the top capacitor electrodes, and by the intermediate capacitor electrodes, to expose the bottom capacitor electrodes.
5. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 4, wherein the contact node is configured to apply an initialization voltage during an initialization period.
6. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 3, further comprising a driving thin film transistor (TFT) c omprising: a gate electrode that is the bottom capacitor electrodes; and an active layer insulated from the bottom capacitor electrodes.
7. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the driving voltage line comprises: a plurality of first driving voltage lines extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and configured to apply the common voltage to the pixels; and a second driving voltage line coupled to the bridge and extending in the first direction.
8. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 7, wherein the plurality of first driving voltage lines and the second driving voltage line comprise a mesh structure configuration.
9. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 7, wherein the first driving voltage lines are separated from one another and arranged symmetrically.
10. An organic light emitting display apparatus comprising: a substrate; a first scanning line extending in a first direction; two pixels symmetrical to each other on the substrate and adjacent to each other in the first direction, each of the pixels comprising a pixel circuit and an organic light emitting diode (OLED); two top capacitor electrodes separated from each other and symmetrical to each other, each of the top capacitor electrodes being respectively located in one of the pixel circuits; two intermediate capacitor electrodes symmetrical to each other and insulated from, and overlapping with, the top capacitor electrodes; and a driving voltage line configured to apply a common voltage to the intermediate capacitor electrodes.
11. An organic light emitting display apparatus comprising: a substrate; a first scanning line extending in a first direction; a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit adjacent to each other in the first direction, wherein each of the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit comprises: a first transistor comprising a first gate electrode and a first active layer curved below the first gate electrode; a second transistor electrically connected to the first scanning line and comprising a second active layer, wherein the second active layer is integrally coupled to a first portion of the first active layer as a single body; and a capacitor electrically connected to the first transistor; a first data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and overlapping the second active layer of the second transistor of the first pixel circuit; a second data line extending in the second direction and overlapping the second active layer of the second transistor of the second pixel circuit; a first power voltage line extending in the second direction and overlapping the first pixel circuit, the first power voltage line being between the first data line and the second data line; a second power voltage line extending in the second direction and overlapping the second pixel circuit; and a connection wiring extending in the first direction between the first power voltage line and the second power voltage line and connecting the first power voltage line to the second power voltage line.
12. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the connection wiring, the first power voltage line, and the second power voltage line are integral as a single body.
13. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first power voltage line overlaps the first gate electrode of the first transistor of the first pixel circuit, and the second power voltage line overlaps the first gate electrode of the first transistor of the second pixel circuit.
14. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 11, wherein each of the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit further comprises a third transistor electrically connected to the first scanning line and comprising a third active layer, wherein the third active layer of the third transistor of the first pixel circuit is integrally coupled to a second portion of the first active layer of the first transistor of the first pixel circuit as a single body, and wherein the third active layer of the third transistor of the second pixel circuit is integrally coupled to a second portion of the first active layer of the first transistor of the second pixel circuit as a single body.
15. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first scanning line comprises: first and second portions overlapping the third active layer of the third transistor of the first pixel circuit; and third and fourth portions overlapping the third active layer of the third transistor of the second pixel circuit.
16. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 11, wherein the capacitor of each of the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit comprises: a first capacitor electrode which is integral with the first gate electrode of the first transistor; and a second capacitor electrode overlapping the first capacitor electrode, and wherein the second capacitor electrode of the first pixel circuit and the second capacitor electrode of the second pixel circuit are coupled to each other by a bridge.
17. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the bridge is integrally coupled with the second capacitor electrode of the first pixel circuit and the second capacitor electrode of the second pixel circuit as a single body.
18. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 16, further comprising an emission control line extending in the first direction, wherein, in a plan view, the bridge is between the first scanning line and the emission control line.
19. An organic light emitting display apparatus comprising: a substrate; a first scanning line extending in a first direction; a first pixel circuit and a second pixel circuit adjacent to each other in the first direction, wherein each of the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit comprises: a first transistor comprising a first active layer; a second transistor electrically connected to the first scanning line and comprising a second active layer, wherein the second active layer is integrally coupled to a first portion of the first active layer as a single body: a third transistor electrically connected to the first scanning line and comprising a third active layer, wherein the third active layer is integrally coupled to a second portion of the first active layer as a single body; a first electrode overlapping the first active layer; and a second electrode overlapping the first electrode; a first data line extending in a second direction crossing the first direction and overlapping the second active layer of the second transistor of the first pixel circuit; a second data line extending in the second direction and overlapping the second active layer of the second transistor of the second pixel circuit; a first power voltage line extending in the second direction and overlapping the first and second electrodes of the first pixel circuit, the first power voltage line being between the first data line and the second data line; and a second power voltage line extending in the second direction and overlapping the first and second electrodes of the second pixel circuit.
20. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 19, further comprising a connection wiring extending in the first direction between the first power voltage line and the second power voltage line and connecting the first power voltage line and the second power voltage line.
21. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 20, wherein the connection wiring, the first power voltage line, and the second power voltage line are integral as a single body.
22. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 19, wherein the first scanning line comprises: first and second portions overlapping the third active layer of the third transistor of the first pixel circuit; and third and fourth portions overlapping the third active layer of the third transistor of the second pixel circuit.
23. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 19, further comprising a bridge electrically connecting the second electrode of the first pixel circuit and the second electrode of the second pixel circuit.
24. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 23, wherein each of the first pixel circuit and the second pixel circuit comprises a capacitor electrically connected to the first transistor, and the capacitor comprises the first electrode as a first capacitor electrode and the second electrode as a second capacitor electrode, wherein a width of the bridge along the second direction is less than a width of the second capacitor electrode of the capacitor of the first pixel circuit or the second capacitor electrode of the capacitor of the second pixel circuit along the second direction, and wherein the bridge is integrally coupled with the second capacitor electrode of the capacitor of the first pixel circuit and the second capacitor electrode of the capacitor of the second pixel circuit as a single body.
25. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 23, further comprises an emission control line extending in the first direction, wherein, in a plan view, the bridge is between the first scanning line and the emission control line.
26. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 19, wherein the first active layer includes a curved portion in a plan view.
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September 2, 2025
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