IP Library Granted Patent US 10,247,977
Granted Patent B2
US 10,247,977 · App. 15/639,659 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Display device

Inventors: Jonghak Hwang (Yongin-si, KR); Jangil Kim (Asan-si, KR); Suwan Woo (Suwon-si, KR); Yeogeon Yoon (Suwon-si, KR); Taekyung Yim (Seoul, KR); Joonggun Chong (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G02F1/133514G02F1/1368G02F1/13624G02F1/133512G02F1/134309G02F1/136286G02F2201/123
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Patent No.
US 10,247,977
App. No.
15/639,659
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate; a gate line disposed on the substrate; a data line intersecting the gate line; a plurality of thin film transistors connected to each of the gate line and the data line; a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to each of the plurality of thin film transistors; first-color, second-color and third-color filters, respectively, overlapping the plurality of pixel electrodes; and a light blocking portion disposed between two adjacent pixel electrodes of the plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein the light blocking portion comprises: a first-color layer comprising a substantially same material as that included in the first-color filter; a third-color layer comprising a substantially same material as that included in the third-color filter; and a fourth-color layer overlapping over the first-color and third-color layers and absorbing a light having a wavelength in a range from 540 nm to 680 nm.

Claims (32)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a gate line disposed on the substrate;

a data line intersecting the gate line;

a plurality of thin film transistors connected to each of the gate line and the data line;

a plurality of pixel electrodes connected to each of the plurality of thin film transistors;

first-color, second-color and third-color filters respectively overlapping the pixel electrodes; and

a light blocking portion disposed between two adjacent pixel electrodes of the plurality of pixel electrodes,

wherein the light blocking portion comprises:

a first-color layer comprising a substantially same material as that included in the first-color filter, wherein the color of the first-color layer is identical to the color of the first-color filter;

a third-color layer comprising a substantially same material as that included in the third-color filter, wherein the color of the third-color layer is identical to the color of the third-color filter; and

a fourth-color layer overlapping over the first-color and third-color layers and absorbing a light having a wavelength in a range from 540 nm to 680 nm, wherein the color of the fourth-color layer is different from each of the color of the first-color filter, the color of the second-color filter, and the color of the third-color filter.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first-color filter is a red color filter, the second-color filter is a green color filter, and the third-color filter is a blue color filter.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a sum of a thickness of the first-color layer, a thickness of the third-color layer, and a thickness of the fourth-color layer is in a range from 3.5 μm to 6.0 μm.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first-color layer is less than a thickness of the first-color filter.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the third-color layer is in a range from 40% to 90% of a thickness of the first-color layer.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the fourth-color layer is in a range from 40% to 90% of a thickness of the third-color layer.

7. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a fourth-color filter, which is positioned on the third-color filter, wherein the fourth-color filter includes a substantially same material as that included in the fourth-color layer.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein a color of the fourth-color filter is identical to a color of the fourth-color layer.

9. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising an overcoat layer, which directly contacts each of the first-color filter, the second-color filter, and the third-color filter and directly contacts at least one of the first-color layer, the third-color layer, and the fourth-color layer.

10. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising

a liquid crystal layer, which comprises a first liquid crystal portion and a second liquid crystal portion, wherein the first liquid crystal portion overlaps the plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein the second liquid portion overlaps the fourth-color layer, and wherein the first liquid crystal portion is thicker than the second liquid crystal portion in a direction perpendicular to the plurality of pixel electrodes.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a color of the fourth-color layer is different from each of the color of the first-color filter, a color of the second-color filter, and the color of the third-color filter.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the third-color layer is directly connected to the third-color filter.

13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the third-color layer directly contacts the second-color filter.

14. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the third-color layer is positioned between the first-color layer and the fourth-color layer.

15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the third-color layer is wider than the fourth-color layer.

16. The display device of claim 1 , comprising two third-color layers, wherein the two third-color layers include the third-color layer, are connected to each other through the third-color filter, are directly connected to two opposite ends of the third-color filter, respectively, and overlap two data lines, respectively, and wherein the two data lines include the data line.

17. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a fourth-color filter, which overlaps the third-color filter and is directly connected to the fourth-color layer, wherein a color of the fourth-color filter is identical to a color of the fourth-color layer.

18. The display device of claim 17 , comprising two fourth-color layers, wherein the two fourth-color layers include the fourth-color layer, are connected to each other through the fourth-color filter, are directly connected to two opposite ends of the fourth-color filter, respectively, and overlap two data lines, respectively, and wherein the two data lines include the data line.

19. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a liquid crystal layer, wherein the fourth-color layer is positioned between the liquid crystal layer and the data line.

20. The display device of claim 1 , wherein at least one of the first-color layer and the third-color layer is positioned between the fourth-color layer and the data line.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 21, 2022
From: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: TCL CHINA STAR OPTOELECTRONICS TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060778/0487 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2017
From: HWANG, JONGHAK; KIM, JANGIL; WOO, SUWAN; YOON, YEOGEON; YIM, TAEKYUNG; CHONG, JOONGGUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042878/0269 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0082309 · Jun 30, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180004036A1 · Jan 4, 2018
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