Display device
A display device according to an embodiment includes a display portion, a color converting portion, and a sealant for bonding the display portion and the color converting portion. The color converting portion includes a substrate, a bank disposed on the substrate and including an opening, a color converting layer disposed in the opening of the bank, and a pattern disposed between the bank and the sealant. A thickness of the pattern is reduced toward an outside of the color converting portion.
1 . A display device defining a thickness direction and comprising:
a display portion;
a color converting portion;
a filler disposed and extending continuously between the display portion and the color converting portion; and
a sealant bonding the display portion and the color converting portion, wherein
the color converting portion includes:
a substrate;
a bank disposed on the substrate and including an opening;
a color converting layer disposed in the opening of the bank; and
a pattern disposed between the bank and the sealant and not overlapping the bank in the thickness direction,
a thickness of the pattern is reduced toward an outside of the color converting portion such that the pattern has a first portion having a first height from the substrate in the thickness direction and a second portion having a second height from the substrate in the thickness direction, the first portion being nearer to the sealant than the second portion,
the first height is less than the second height,
the filler has a curved surface in a portion overlapping the pattern and covers at least a portion the first portion of the pattern, and
a gap is defined between the filler and the sealant.
2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the color converting portion further includes a dummy bank disposed between the bank and the pattern, and
the pattern is physically connected to the dummy bank.
3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the pattern and the dummy bank are integral with each other.
4 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the pattern, the dummy bank, and the bank include a same material.
5 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein
the color converting portion includes a display area for displaying images and a non-display area surrounding the display area,
the bank is disposed in the display area, and
the pattern, the dummy bank, and the sealant are disposed in the non-display area.
6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the color converting portion further includes:
a color filter disposed on the substrate;
a first capping layer disposed on the color filter; and
a second capping layer disposed on the color converting layer, and
the bank and the pattern are disposed between the first capping layer and the second capping layer.
7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein each of the bank and the pattern includes a first side contacting the first capping layer and a second side contacting the second capping layer.
8 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein
the display portion includes:
a display substrate;
a light emitting diode disposed on the display substrate; and
an encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting diode, and
the filler contacts the encapsulation layer.
9 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein
the display portion includes a display area for displaying images, and a non-display area surrounding the display area,
the display portion further includes a dam disposed in the non-display area and surrounding the display area, and a mask support disposed in the non-display area and spaced from the dam, and
the filler overlaps the mask support.
10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the color converting layer includes quantum dots and overlaps the light emitting diode.
11 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the pattern is reduced in a staircase structure toward the outside of the color converting portion.
12 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a slope for the thickness of the pattern to be reduced is constant, is gradually increased, or is gradually reduced toward the outside of the color converting portion.
13 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pattern includes a portion overlapping the sealant.
14 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pattern has a stepped configuration comprising at least three flat surfaces orthogonal to a thickness direction of the display devices offset from each other in the thickness direction.
15 . A display device comprising:
a display portion in which light emitting diodes are disposed on a first substrate;
a color converting portion overlapping the display portion, in which color converting layers including quantum dots are disposed on a second substrate;
a filler disposed and extending continuously between the display portion and the color converting portion; and
a sealant bonding the display portion and the color converting portion, wherein
the display portion and the color converting portion include a display area for displaying images and a non-display area adjacent to the display area,
the color converting portion includes:
a bank disposed in the display area and partitioning the color converting layers;
a dummy bank disposed in the non-display area and including a same material as the bank; and
a pattern disposed between the dummy bank and the sealant and not overlapping the dummy bank in the non-display area, and including a same material as the bank,
a thickness of a first portion of the pattern adjacent to the sealant is less than a thickness of a second portion of the pattern adjacent to the dummy bank, the first portion being nearer to the sealant than the second portion,
the filler has a curved surface in a portion overlapping the pattern and covers at least a portion of the first portion of the pattern, and
a gap is defined between the filler and the sealant.
16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the thickness of the pattern is gradually reduced toward the first portion from the second portion.
17 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the pattern and the dummy bank are integral with each other.
18 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein
the color converting portion further includes:
a color filter disposed on the second substrate;
a first capping layer disposed on the color filter; and
a second capping layer disposed on the color converting layers, and
the bank, the dummy bank, and the pattern are disposed between the first capping layer and the second capping layer.
19 . The display device of claim 15 ,
wherein the filler covers the bank and the dummy bank.
20 . The display device of claim 19 , wherein
the display portion further includes an encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting diodes and including an inorganic layer and an organic layer, and
the filler contacts the encapsulation layer.