IP Library Granted Patent US 11,152,424
Granted Patent B2
US 11,152,424 · App. 16/461,780 · Granted Oct 19, 2021

Display device

Inventors: Xin Xing Li (Suwon-Si, KR); Tae Jin Kong (Suwon-Si, KR); Hee Keun Lee (Suwon-Si, KR); Hyun Min Cho (Seoul, KR); Chang Il Tae (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L27/156H01L33/38H01L33/44H01L33/62H01L33/60
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Patent No.
US 11,152,424
App. No.
16/461,780
Granted
Oct 19, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes at least one first and second electrodes extending in a first direction, at least one first and second light emitting elements disposed therebetween, a first contact electrode partially covering the first electrode and contacting a first end of the first light emitting element, a second contact electrode partially covering the second electrode and contacting a third end of the second light emitting element, and a third contact electrode disposed between the first and second contact electrodes and contacting a second end of the first light emitting element and a fourth end of the second light emitting element, in which a distance between the first and second electrodes is greater than a longitudinal length of at least one of the first and second light emitting elements, and the first and second light emitting elements are connected in series between the first and second electrodes.

Claims (69)

1. A display device, comprising:

at least one first electrode and at least one second electrode extending in a first direction and spaced apart from each other in a second direction different from the first direction;

a first insulating layer disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode;

at least one first light emitting element and at least one second light emitting element disposed between first electrode and the second electrode;

a first contact electrode partially covering the first electrode and contacting a first end of the first light emitting element;

a second contact electrode spaced apart from the first contact electrode, partially covering the second electrode, and contacting a third end of the second light emitting element; and

a third contact electrode disposed between the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode and contacting a second end of the first light emitting element and a fourth end of the second light emitting element,

wherein:

a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode is greater than a longitudinal length of at least one of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element,

the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element are disposed on the first insulating layer, and

the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element are connected in series between the first electrode and the second electrode.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the distance between the first electrode and the second electrode is less than about 2 times of the longitudinal length of at least one of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a width of the third contact electrode is less than the distance between the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode, and is greater than the longitudinal length of at least one of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the first light emitting element comprises a plurality of first light emitting elements spaced apart from each other in the first direction, and the second light emitting element comprises a plurality of second light emitting elements spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the second end of at least one of the first light emitting elements and the fourth end of at least one of the second light emitting elements face each other.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the first light emitting elements and the second light emitting elements are aligned to face each other along the second direction.

7. The display device of claim 5 , wherein:

the second end of the first light emitting elements and the fourth end of the second light emitting elements are substantially aligned along the first direction; and

at least one of the first light emitting elements and at least one of the second light emitting elements are disposed to partially overlap each other in the first direction.

8. The display device of claim 3 , wherein:

each of the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element includes a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer;

one of the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer is a p-type conductive semiconductor layer, and the other one thereof is an n-type conductive semiconductor layer; and

the second end of the first light emitting element and the fourth end of the second light emitting element have different types of conductive semiconductor layers.

9. A display device, comprising:

a first conductive electrode layer including a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode;

a first insulating layer disposed on the first conductive electrode layer;

a first light emitting element disposed on the first insulating layer and having one end electrically connected to the first electrode, and a second light emitting element disposed on the first insulating layer and having one end electrically connected to the second electrode;

a second conductive electrode layer including:

a first contact electrode disposed on the first electrode and contacting the one end of the first light emitting element; and

a second contact electrode disposed on the second electrode and contacting the one end of the second light emitting element; and

a third conductive electrode layer including a third contact electrode contacting an other end of the first light emitting element and an other end of the second light emitting element,

wherein:

the first conductive electrode layer is in contact with the second conductive electrode layer; and

the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element are connected in series between the first electrode and the second electrode.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the other end of the first light emitting element and the other end of the second light emitting element, which are in contact with the third conductive electrode layer, face each other.

11. The display device of claim 10 ,

wherein at least a part of the first insulating layer is in contact with the second conductive electrode layer and the third conductive electrode layer.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the second conductive electrode layer and the third conductive electrode layer are disposed on substantially the same layer.

13. The display device of claim 11 , further comprising a second insulating layer disposed between the second conductive electrode layer and the third conductive electrode layer.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein

at least a part of a lower surface of the second insulating layer is in contact with the second conductive electrode layer, and

at least a part of an upper surface thereof is in contact with the third conductive electrode layer.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein

at least a part of a lower surface of the second insulating layer is in contact with the third conductive electrode layer, and

at least a part of an upper surface thereof is in contact with the second conductive electrode layer.

16. A display device, comprising:

a first electrode connected to a thin film transistor;

a second electrode connected to a common power supply wiring;

a first insulating layer disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode;

at least one first light emitting diode disposed on the first insulating layer and having one end electrically connected to the first electrode;

at least one second light emitting diode disposed on the first insulating layer and having one end electrically connected to the second electrode;

a first contact electrode partially covering the first electrode and contacting the one end of the first light emitting diode;

a second contact electrode partially covering the second electrode and contacting the one end of the second light emitting diode; and

a floating electrode disposed between the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode and contacting an other end of the first light emitting diode and an other end of the second light emitting diode,

wherein the first light emitting diode and the second light emitting diode are connected in series between the first electrode and the second electrode.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein:

the first contact electrode, the second contact electrode, and the floating electrode extend substantially in a first direction; and

the first light emitting diode and the second light emitting diode are longitudinally disposed along a second direction intersecting the first direction.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein:

each of the first light emitting diode and the second light emitting diode includes a first conductive semiconductor layer, an active layer, and a second conductive semiconductor layer;

one of the first conductive semiconductor layer and the second conductive semiconductor layer is a p-type conductive semiconductor layer, and the other one thereof is an n-type conductive semiconductor layer;

the first conductive semiconductor layer of the first light emitting diode is electrically connected to the first electrode;

the second conductive semiconductor layer of the first light emitting diode is electrically connected to the floating electrode;

the first conductive semiconductor layer of the second light emitting diode is electrically connected to the floating electrode; and

the second conductive semiconductor layer of the second light emitting diode is electrically connected to the second electrode.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein:

the first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart from each other; and

a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode is less than about 2 times of a longitudinal length of at least one of the first light emitting diode and the second light emitting diode.

20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein the longitudinal length of at least one of the first light emitting diode and the second light emitting diode is about 3 μm to about 6 μm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 16, 2019
From: LI, XIN XING; KONG, TAE JIN; LEE, HEE KEUN; CHO, HYUN MIN; TAE, CHANG IL
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049216/0649 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0089839 · Aug 1, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200273906A1 · Aug 27, 2020
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