CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION

This application claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2019-0023263, filed on Feb. 27, 2019, the disclosure of which is incorporated herein by reference in its entirety.

BACKGROUND

1. Field

Aspects of some example embodiments of the present disclosure relate to a display device.

2. Description of the Related Art

As the information society develops, the demand for display devices for displaying images has increased and diversified. For example, display devices have been applied to a variety of electronic devices such as smart phones, digital cameras, notebook computers, navigation devices, smart televisions (TVs), or the like. Examples of the display devices include flat panel display devices such as a liquid crystal display (LCD) device, a field emission display (FED) device, an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device, or the like.

The OLED display device includes self-luminous elements capable of allowing the pixels of a display panel to emit light and can thus display images without a requirement of a backlight unit that provides light to the display panel. Accordingly, the OLED display device can be designed in various forms and shapes, as compared to other display devices.

The above information disclosed in this Background section is only for enhancement of understanding of the background and therefore the information discussed in this Background section does not necessarily constitute prior art.

SUMMARY

Aspects of some example embodiments of the present disclosure include a display device having a through hole in a display area thereof.

However, embodiments of the present disclosure are not restricted to those set forth herein. The above and other embodiments of the present disclosure will become more apparent to one of ordinary skill in the art to which the present disclosure pertains by referencing the detailed description of the present disclosure given below.

According to some example embodiments of the present disclosure, a display device includes: first and second pixels; a first data line connected to the first pixel and having data voltages applied thereto; and a second data line connected to the second pixel, adjacent to the first data line, and having the data voltages applied thereto, wherein the first data line includes a 1A-th data line which is in a first data layer, and the second data line includes a 2B-th data line which is in a second data layer disposed in a different layer from the first data layer.

According to some example embodiments of the present disclosure, a display device includes: first and second pixels; a first data line connected to the first pixel and having data voltages applied thereto; and a second data line connected to the second pixel, adjacent to the first data line, and having the data voltages applied thereto, wherein the first data line includes a 2A-th data line which is in a second data layer, the second data line includes a 2B-th data line which is disposed in the second data layer, the 2B-th data line is connected to the second pixel through a first data bridge electrode, and the 2A-th data line is connected to the first pixel through a second data bridge electrode.

According to some example embodiments of the present disclosure, a display device includes: a first substrate having defined thereon a first through hole area where a first through hole is formed, a first wiring area which surrounds the first through hole area, and a pixel area where pixels are disposed to surround the first wiring area; and first and second data lines on the first substrate to be adjacent to each other, wherein the first data line includes a plurality of metal layers in the pixel area and includes a second metal layer of the plurality of metal layers in the first wiring area.

According to some example embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a display device comprising: a first substrate having defined thereon a through hole area where a through hole is formed, a wiring area which surrounds the through hole area, and a pixel area where pixels are to surround the wiring area; and first and second data lines on the first substrate to be adjacent to each other, wherein the first data line includes a first metal layer in both the pixel area and the wiring area, and the second data line includes a second metal layer in both the pixel area and the wiring area.

According to some example embodiments of the present disclosure, there is provided a display device comprising: a first substrate having defined thereon a through hole area where a through hole is formed, a wiring area which surrounds the through hole area, and a pixel area where pixels are located to surround the wiring area; and first and second data lines on the first substrate to be adjacent to each other, wherein the first data line includes a first metal layer in the wiring area and a second metal layer in the pixel area, and the second data line includes the second metal layer in both the pixel area and the wiring area.

According to the aforementioned and other embodiments of the present disclosure, a camera device overlaps with a through hole formed in a display area of a display panel and can thus capture an image of the background at the front of the display panel through the through hole and a camera hole. That is, the camera device may be positioned to overlap with the display area, rather than with a non-display area of the display panel, and as a result, the display area of the display panel can be widened.

In addition, because first and second data lines that are adjacent to each other do not need any bridge electrodes in a wiring area, the load of the first and second data lines can be prevented from increasing due to the presence of bridge electrodes. Also, any difference between the load of the first and second data lines that pass through a wiring area and the load of data lines that do not pass through the wiring area can be minimized.

Other features and embodiments may be apparent from the following detailed description, the drawings, and the claims.

