IP Library Granted Patent US 11,791,318
Granted Patent B2
US 11,791,318 · App. 16/991,515 · Granted Oct 17, 2023

Display device

Inventors: Seung Min Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Jin Yeong Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Sang Ho Park (Yongin-si, KR); Tae Hoon Yang (Yongin-si, KR); Sung Jin Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Jin Woo Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L25/0753H01L27/156
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Patent No.
US 11,791,318
App. No.
16/991,515
Granted
Oct 17, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a display element layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate and including a light emitting element that emits light, and a pixel circuit layer disposed on the display element layer and including a transistor electrically connected to the light emitting element. The display element layer includes a first contact electrode electrically connected to a first end of the light emitting element, and a second contact electrode electrically connected to a second end of the light emitting element. The pixel circuit layer includes a reflective layer disposed on the display element layer and overlapping the light emitting element. One of the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode is electrically connected to the transistor. The reflective layer reflects the light emitted from the light emitting element toward a second surface of the substrate.

Claims (31)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a display element layer disposed on a first surface of the substrate and including a light emitting element that emits light, the display element layer including:

a first contact electrode electrically connected to a first end of the light emitting element; and

a second contact electrode electrically connected to a second end of the light emitting element; and

a pixel circuit layer disposed on the display element layer and including a transistor electrically connected to the light emitting element, the pixel circuit layer including:

a reflective layer disposed on the display element layer and overlapping the light emitting element, wherein

one of the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode is electrically connected to the transistor, and

the reflective layer reflects the light emitted from the light emitting element toward a second surface of the substrate, wherein

the display element layer comprises a first electrode disposed between the first contact electrode and the substrate, and a second electrode disposed between the second contact electrode and the substrate, and

the first electrode and the second electrode are spaced apart from each other with the light emitting element disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode in a plan view, such that the first electrode and the second electrode reflect a reflected light provided from the reflective layer toward the second surface of the substrate.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the display element layer includes an insulating layer disposed on the substrate and including an opening through which a portion of one of the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode is exposed, and

the one of the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode is electrically connected to the transistor through the opening.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first electrode is electrically insulated from the first contact electrode,

the second electrode is electrically insulated from the second contact electrode, and

the first electrode and the second electrode are not overlapped with the light emitting element in a plan view.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the display element layer comprises:

a first transparent electrode disposed between the first electrode and the substrate, and electrically connected to the first electrode; and

a second transparent electrode disposed between the second electrode and the substrate, and electrically connected to the second electrode, and

wherein the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode are spaced apart from each other with the light emitting element disposed between the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode.

5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein a light transmittance of each of the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode is greater than a light transmittance of each of the first electrode and the second electrode.

6. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein a resistance value of each of the first electrode and the second electrode is less than a resistance value of each of the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the display element layer comprises:

banks disposed on the substrate and spaced apart from each other with the light emitting element disposed between the banks; and

a first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the banks and spaced apart from each other with the light emitting element disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first contact electrode is disposed on the first electrode and electrically connected to the first electrode, and the second contact electrode is disposed on the second electrode and electrically connected to the second electrode.

9. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein at least one of one end of the first transparent electrode and one end of the second transparent electrode overlaps a portion of the light emitting element.

10. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein a first width of each of the first transparent electrode and the second transparent electrode is different from a second width of each of the first electrode and the second electrode.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the second width is less than the first width.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 12, 2020
From: LEE, SEUNG MIN; KIM, JIN YEONG; PARK, SANG HO; YANG, TAE HOON; LEE, SUNG JIN; LEE, JIN WOO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0145742 · Nov 14, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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