IP Library Granted Patent US 12696666
Granted Patent B2
US 12696666 · App. 18/314,689 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Display apparatus including conductive layer having through-pattern

Inventors: Younggu Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Sunghan Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Duckjong Suh (Yongin-si, KR); Bongsung Seo (Yongin-si, KR); Seunghee Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Baekkyun Jeon (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/873H10K71/10H10K2102/351
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Patent No.
US 12696666
App. No.
18/314,689
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus may include a substrate, a plurality of pixel electrodes on the substrate, an emission layer above each of the plurality of pixel electrodes, an opposite electrode above the emission layer to correspond to the plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein the opposite electrode is a single body, a first passivation layer on the opposite electrode and having a thickness less than the size of a wavelength of visible light generated from the emission layer, and a conductive layer on the first passivation layer and including a through-pattern having a preset shape.

Claims (26)

1 . A display apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixel electrodes above the substrate;

an emission layer above each of the plurality of pixel electrodes;

an opposite electrode above the emission layer to correspond to the plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein the opposite electrode is a single body;

a first passivation layer on the opposite electrode and having a thickness less than a size of a wavelength of visible light generated from the emission layer; and

a conductive layer comprising a conductive material on the first passivation layer and comprising a through-pattern having a preset shape,

wherein the thickness of the first passivation layer is in a range of about 10 nm to about 300 nm.

2 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first passivation layer comprises a first sub-layer on the opposite electrode and comprising a first oxide.

3 . The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first sub-layer comprises a single-atomic layer on the opposite electrode.

4 . The display apparatus of claim 3 , wherein the first passivation layer further comprises a second sub-layer on the first sub-layer and comprising a second oxide.

5 . The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first oxide is different from the second oxide.

6 . The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first oxide is one selected from titanium oxide and aluminum oxide, and the second oxide is the other one selected from titanium oxide and aluminum oxide.

7 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the conductive layer comprises a metal material having a negative dielectric function.

8 . The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the metal material comprises at least one of Au, Ag, Al, Cu, or Ni.

9 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a dielectric material filling the through-pattern.

10 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the conductive layer is in a range of about 10 nm to about 50 nm.

11 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first passivation layer is formed by atomic layer deposition (ALD).

12 . A display apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixel electrodes above the substrate;

an emission layer above each of the plurality of pixel electrodes;

an opposite electrode above the emission layer to correspond to the plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein the opposite electrode is a single body;

a first passivation layer on the opposite electrode and having a thickness less than a size of a wavelength of visible light generated from the emission layer; and

a conductive layer on the first passivation layer and comprising a through-pattern having a preset shape; and

a second passivation layer on the conductive layer, covering the conductive layer, and having a water vapor transmission rate (WVTR) less than a WVTR of the first passivation layer.