IP Library Granted Patent US 8,558,222
Granted Patent B2
US 8,558,222 · App. 12/962,894 · Granted Oct 15, 2013

Organic light emitting diode display

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Patent No.
US 8,558,222
App. No.
12/962,894
Granted
Oct 15, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display includes: a substrate main body having a plurality of pixel regions, each including an opaque region and a transparent region; and organic light emitting diodes, thin film transistors, and conductive lines that are formed in the opaque region of the substrate main body. The transparent region includes a transparent square space that has an area that is at least 15% of the entire area of the pixel region.

Claims (43)

1. An organic light emitting diode display comprising:

a substrate main body having a plurality of pixel regions, each pixel region including an opaque region and a transparent region; and

organic light emitting diodes, thin film transistors, and conductive lines that are formed in the opaque region of each pixel region of the substrate main body,

wherein, with respect to each pixel region, the transparent region includes a transparent square space that has an area that is at least 15% of the entire area of the pixel region.

2. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , wherein the transparent region further comprises an auxiliary transparent space extending in one or more directions from the transparent square space.

3. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , wherein the pixel region has a segment in which the width of the transparent region is larger than the width of the opaque region.

4. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , wherein the ratio of the area of the transparent region to the entire area of the pixel region falls in the range of 25% to 80%.

5. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , wherein the transparent region has an average overall transmittance of light in the range of 15% to 90%.

6. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 5 , further comprising one or more transparent insulating films formed in the transparent region.

7. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 6 , further comprising an opaque material formed in a part of the transparent region.

8. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , wherein the pixel region is formed in a square shape.

9. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1 , wherein the opaque region comprises a plurality of sub-pixel regions and a line region.

10. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 9 , wherein

the organic light emitting diodes and the thin film transistors are formed in the plurality of sub-pixel regions, and

the conductive lines are formed in the line region.

11. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 10 , wherein the conductive lines comprise a gate line, a data line, and a common power line.

12. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 9 , wherein at least some of the plurality of sub-pixel regions have different areas from each other.

13. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of sub-pixel regions comprise a first sub-pixel region, a second sub-pixel region, and a third sub-pixel region.

14. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 13 , wherein:

the first sub-pixel region includes an organic light-emitting diode that emits red-based light,

the second sub-pixel region includes an organic light-emitting diode that emits green-based light, and

the third sub-pixel region includes an organic light-emitting diode that emits blue-based light.

15. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 13 , wherein

the transparent region is formed in a rectangular shape, and

the plurality of sub-pixel regions are arranged side by side along the longest side in a lengthwise direction of the transparent region.

16. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 13 , wherein

the second sub-pixel region is arranged adjacent to one side of the first sub-pixel region, and

the third sub-pixel region is arranged adjacent to another side of the first sub-pixel region that is perpendicular to the one side of the first sub-pixel region that the second sub-pixel region is adjacent to.

17. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of sub-pixel regions are formed in a square shape.

18. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 17 , wherein the second sub-pixel region and the third sub-pixel region each have a pair of sides that face the transparent region and are perpendicular to each other.

19. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of sub-pixel regions are formed in a rectangular shape.

20. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 19 , wherein

one long side of the second sub-pixel region faces one long side of the first sub-pixel region, and one short side of the third sub-pixel region faces one short side of the first sub-pixel region,

wherein the second sub-pixel region and the third sub-pixel region each have a pair of sides that face the transparent region and are perpendicular to each other.

21. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 19 , wherein

one short side of the second sub-pixel region faces one short side of the first sub-pixel region and one short side of the third sub-pixel region faces one long side of the first sub-pixel region, and

one long side of the second sub-pixel region, one long side of the third sub-pixel region, and a part of the one long side of the first sub-pixel region face the transparent region.

22. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 21 , wherein the transparent region is formed in a quadrangular shape.

23. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 16 , wherein the first sub-pixel region is formed in a square shape, and the second sub-pixel region and the third sub-pixel region are formed in a rectangular shape.

24. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 23 , wherein

one short side of the second sub-pixel region and one short side of the third sub-pixel face the first sub-pixel region, and

one long side of the second sub-pixel region and one long side of the third sub-pixel region face the transparent region.

25. The organic light emitting diode display of claim 24 , wherein one short side of the second sub-pixel region and one short side of the third sub-pixel are shorter than one side of the first sub-pixel region.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Oct 16, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029227/0419 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 9, 2010
From: HWANG, KYU-HWAN; YOON, SEOK-GYU; HA, JAE-HEUNG; SONG, YOUNG-WOO; LEE, JONG-HYUK; CHOI, CHAUN-GI; CHOI, SANG-MOO; KIM, KEUM-NAM; KIM, GUN-SHIK
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025641/0863 →