IP Library Granted Patent US 12713792
Granted Patent B2
US 12713792 · App. 18/428,896 · Granted Aug 18, 2026

Display device

Inventor: Yunjin Na (Goyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/131H10K59/122H10K59/124
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Patent No.
US 12713792
App. No.
18/428,896
Granted
Aug 18, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate having a display area and a non-display area having a contact area, a planarization layer disposed on the substrate and made of an organic material, a pixel electrode disposed on the planarization layer and in the display area, a connection electrode disposed on the planarization layer and in the non-display area and spaced apart from the pixel electrode, a bank disposed on the planarization layer so as to cover a portion of each of the pixel and connection electrodes, an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the pixel electrode, a common electrode disposed on the bank and the organic light-emitting layer, and an organic capping layer disposed on the common electrode. The common electrode contacts the connection electrode in the contact area.

Claims (32)

1 . A display device comprising:

a substrate including a display area and a non-display area, wherein the non-display area has at least one contact area disposed on at least one side of the display area;

a planarization layer disposed on the substrate and including an organic material;

a pixel electrode disposed on the planarization layer and disposed in the display area;

a connection electrode disposed on the planarization layer and disposed in the non-display area, wherein the connection electrode is spaced apart from the pixel electrode;

a bank disposed on the planarization layer so as to cover a portion of the pixel electrode and a portion of the connection electrode, wherein the bank includes an organic material;

an organic light-emitting layer disposed on the pixel electrode;

a common electrode disposed on the bank and the organic light-emitting layer; and

an organic capping layer disposed on the common electrode,

wherein the common electrode is in contact with the connection electrode in the contact area,

wherein the common electrode has first holes defined therein for exposing the bank,

wherein the first holes of the common electrode are disposed in a portion of the non-display area adjacent to the contact area, and

wherein the organic capping layer is in contact with the bank through the first holes of the common electrode.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the connection electrode has first holes defined therein for exposing the planarization layer,

wherein the first holes of the connection electrode are disposed in the portion of the non-display area adjacent to the contact area, and

wherein the bank is in contact with the planarization layer through the first holes of the connection electrode.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein each of the first holes of the common electrode overlaps with one of the first holes of the connection electrode.

4 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein each of the first holes of the common electrode does not overlap with any of the first holes of the connection electrode.

5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the common electrode has second holes defined therein in the contact area, and

wherein a spacing between adjacent ones of the second holes of the common electrode is larger than a spacing between adjacent ones of the first holes of the common electrode.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the connection electrode has second holes defined therein for exposing the planarization layer, and

wherein the second holes of the connection electrode are disposed in the contact area.

7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein each of the second holes of the connection electrode overlaps with one of the second holes of the common electrode.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein in the contact area, the organic capping layer is in contact with the planarization layer through the second holes of the common electrode and the second holes of the connection electrode.

9 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display device further comprises intermediate contact layers disposed between the common electrode and the connection electrode in the contact area.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the common electrode has second holes defined therein for exposing the intermediate contact layers,

wherein the second holes of the common electrode are disposed in the contact area,

wherein the connection electrode has second holes defined therein for exposing the planarization layer, and

wherein the second holes of the connection electrode are disposed in the contact area.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the organic capping layer is in contact with the intermediate contact layers through the second holes of the common electrode, and

wherein the intermediate contact layers is in contact with the planarization layer through the second holes of the connection electrode.

12 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the intermediate contact layers and the bank are made of a same material and are disposed in a same layer.