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Granted Patent B2
US 10,606,121 · App. 15/688,425 · Granted Mar 31, 2020

Display apparatus

Inventors: Motonobu Takeya (Ansan-si, KR); Young Hyun Kim (Ansan-si, KR)
Assignee: Seoul Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
G02F1/133602G02F1/133514H01L25/0753H01L27/156G02F1/133603G02F2001/133612G02F2001/133614H01L33/504H01L33/507
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Patent No.
US 10,606,121
App. No.
15/688,425
Granted
Mar 31, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus including a light emitting part including a plurality of light emitting diodes spaced apart from each other, and a light conversion part configured to convert light emitted from the light emitting part, in which the light emitting diodes include at least one first light emitting diode and at least one second light emitting diode, the light conversion part emits red light through wavelength conversion of light emitted from the at least one first light emitting diode, and the at least one second light emitting diode emits green light.

Claims (56)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a light emitting part comprising a plurality of light emitting diodes spaced apart from each other;

a protective substrate disposed on the light emitting diodes;

a thin-film transistor (TFT) panel part;

blocking portions disposed between the protective substrate and the TFT panel part, and configured to block light emitted from one of the light emitting diodes from reaching an adjacent one of the light emitting diodes; and

a light conversion part configured to convert light emitted from the light emitting part,

wherein:

the light emitting diodes comprise at least one first light emitting diode and at least one second light emitting diode;

the light conversion part emits red light through wavelength conversion of light emitted from the at least one first light emitting diode; and

the at least one second light emitting diode is configured to emit green light without wavelength conversion.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein:

the at least one first light emitting diode is a blue light emitting diode or a ultra-violet (UV) light emitting diode; and

the light conversion part comprises a red phosphor layer emitting red light through wavelength conversion of light emitted from the at least one first light emitting diode.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:

the at least one first light emitting diode is disposed in a first subpixel;

the at least one second light emitting diode is disposed in a second subpixel; and

the first subpixel has a size greater than the second subpixel.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein:

the light emitting diodes further comprise at least one third light emitting diode disposed in a third subpixel;

the first subpixel has a size greater than the third subpixel; and

the first subpixel is disposed on a first side surface opposing a second side surface on which the second and third subpixels are linearly disposed.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 3 , wherein each of the first and second subpixels includes the same number of light emitting diodes.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 5 , wherein the first subpixel is configured to emit red light.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:

the light emitting diodes further comprise at least one third light emitting diode;

the at least one second light emitting diode is a green light emitting diode; and

the at least one third light emitting diode is a blue light emitting diode.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein:

the light emitting diodes further comprise at least one third light emitting diode, the at least one third light emitting diode being a UV light emitting diode; and

the light conversion part further comprises a blue phosphor layer emitting blue light through wavelength conversion of UV light emitted from the UV light emitting diode.

9. The display apparatus according to claim 7 , wherein:

the light emitting diodes further comprise at least one fourth light emitting diode, the at least one fourth light emitting diode being a blue light emitting diode; and

the light conversion part further comprises a white phosphor layer emitting white light through wavelength conversion of light emitted from the fourth light emitting diode.

10. The display apparatus according to claim 9 , wherein:

the first to fourth light emitting diode are disposed in first to fourth subpixels, respectively; and

the first and fourth subpixels have a size greater than the second and third subpixels.

11. The display apparatus according to claim 10 , wherein the first and second subpixels are disposed in one column, the third and fourth subpixels are disposed in another column, and the first and fourth subpixels are disposed in one row.

12. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light conversion part comprises a color filter blocking light of wavelengths other than the red light.

13. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting part comprises:

a plurality of light emitting diodes;

a transparent electrode disposed on the light emitting diodes and electrically connected to the light emitting diodes;

a connection electrode disposed under the light emitting diodes and electrically connected to the light emitting diodes; and

the blocking portions disposed between the light emitting diodes and electrically connected to transparent electrodes.

14. The display apparatus according to claim 13 , wherein each of the light emitting diodes comprises:

an n-type semiconductor layer;

a p-type semiconductor layer; and

an active layer interposed between the n-type semiconductor layer and the p-type semiconductor layer.

15. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the light conversion part comprises:

a phosphor layer comprising a red phosphor layer emitting red light through wavelength conversion of light emitted from the at least one first light emitting diode; and

the protective substrate disposed on the phosphor layer.

16. The display apparatus according to claim 15 , wherein the phosphor layer further comprises a transparent layer through which light emitted from the second light emitting diode passes without wavelength conversion.

17. The display apparatus according to claim 15 , further comprising:

a color filter disposed between the phosphor layer and the protective substrate, and blocking light emitted from the phosphor layer having a first wavelength.

18. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the TFT

panel part includes a plurality of TFTs configured to drive the light emitting diodes,

wherein the light emitting part and the TFT panel part are coupled to face each other at one side thereof, such that the light emitting diodes are electrically connected to the TFTs, respectively.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 28, 2017
From: TAKEYA, MOTONOBU; KIM, YOUNG HYUN
To: SEOUL SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 043426/0213 →
Continuity (2)
Provisional Application 62393515 · Sep 12, 2016
Related Publication 20180074372A1 · Mar 15, 2018
Cited By (2)
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