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Granted Patent B2
US 11,925,068 · App. 16/998,305 · Granted Mar 5, 2024

Display device

Inventor: Hyeonbum Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/122H10K59/126
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Patent No.
US 11,925,068
App. No.
16/998,305
Granted
Mar 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate including a display area and a non-display area outside the display area; a planarization layer over the substrate, where a first contact hole, a second contact hole and a dummy hole are defined through the planarization layer; a first pixel on the planarization layer and including a first pixel electrode, where the first pixel electrode overlaps the first contact hole and the dummy hole; and a second pixel on the planarization layer and including a second pixel electrode, where the second pixel electrode overlaps the second contact hole.

Claims (52)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate including a display area and a non-display area outside the display area;

a planarization layer over the substrate, wherein a first contact hole, a second contact hole and a dummy hole are defined through the planarization layer;

a first pixel on the planarization layer and including a first pixel electrode, wherein the first pixel electrode overlaps the first contact hole and the dummy hole, which are apart from each other, and the first pixel electrode is disposed in the first contact hole and the dummy hole; and

a second pixel on the planarization layer and including a second pixel electrode, wherein the second pixel electrode overlaps the second contact hole.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are inclined in a same direction as each other.

3. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a pixel-defining layer on the first pixel electrode, wherein a first opening is defined through the pixel-defining layer to expose at least a portion of the first pixel electrode,

wherein the first contact hole and the dummy hole are apart from each other with the first opening of the pixel-defining layer therebetween.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the dummy hole overlaps the pixel-defining layer.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the pixel-defining layer includes a light-blocking material.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the planarization layer includes a first planarization layer and a second planarization layer, and

the first contact hole is defined in the first planarization layer and the second planarization layer.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the dummy hole is defined in the first planarization layer and the second planarization layer.

8. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the dummy hole is defined in only the second planarization layer.

9. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the first planarization layer and the second planarization layer include different materials from each other.

10. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor, each of which are over the substrate,

wherein the first thin film transistor is connected to the first pixel electrode through the first contact hole, and

the second thin film transistor is connected to the second pixel electrode through the second contact hole.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first pixel further includes a first intermediate layer on the first pixel electrode,

the second pixel further includes a second intermediate layer on the second pixel electrode,

one of the first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer emits light in a green wavelength, and

the other of the first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer emits light in a red or blue wavelength.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein

the first intermediate layer emits light in the blue or red wavelength, and

the second intermediate layer emits light in the green wavelength.

13. The display device of claim 3 , further comprising:

a light-blocking layer overlapping the pixel-defining layer, wherein a second opening is defined through the light-blocking layer,

wherein the light-blocking layer is apart from the dummy hole by a first distance,

the first distance is defined as a shortest distance between an inner surface of the second opening and the dummy hole.

14. A display device comprising:

a first thin film transistor and a second thin film transistor, each of which is over a substrate;

a planarization layer over the substrate, wherein a first contact hole, a second contact hole and a dummy hole are defined through the planarization layer;

a first pixel electrode on the planarization layer, and connected to the first thin film transistor through the first contact hole, wherein the first pixel electrode overlaps the first contact hole and the dummy hole, which are apart from each other, and the first pixel electrode is disposed in the first contact hole and the dummy hole; and

a second pixel electrode on the planarization layer and connected to the second thin film transistor through the second contact hole.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode are inclined in a same direction as each other.

16. The display device of claim 15 , further comprising:

a pixel-defining layer on the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, wherein an opening is defined through the pixel-defining layer to expose at least a portion of the first pixel electrode or the second pixel electrode,

wherein the first contact hole is apart from the dummy hole with the opening of the pixel-defining layer therebetween.

17. The display device of claim 14 , wherein

the planarization layer includes a first planarization layer and a second planarization layer, and

the first contact hole is defined in the first planarization layer and the second planarization layer.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the dummy hole is defined in the first planarization layer and the second planarization layer.

19. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the dummy hole is defined in only the second planarization layer.

20. The display device of claim 14 , further comprising:

a first intermediate layer and a second intermediate layer, which are on the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, respectively; and

an opposite electrode covering the first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer,

wherein one of the first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer emits light in a green wavelength, and

the other of the first intermediate layer and the second intermediate layer emits light in a red or blue wavelength.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 20, 2020
From: LEE, HYEONBUM
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 053552/0973 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0016635 · Feb 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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