IP Library Granted Patent US 11,462,526
Granted Patent B2
US 11,462,526 · App. 17/035,616 · Granted Oct 4, 2022

Pixel structure with improved alignment, and display apparatus including the pixel structure

Inventors: Daehyun Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Hyundeok Im (Yongin-si, KR); Hyunmin Cho (Yongin-si, KR); Jonghyuk Kang (Yongin-si, KR); Sungjin Hong (Yongin-si, KR); Jooyeol Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Chio Cho (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L25/167H01L25/0753H01L27/124H01L33/325H01L33/385H01L33/387H01L33/42H01L21/68H01L33/06H01L33/60H01L33/62H01L2224/95085H01L2933/0066
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Patent No.
US 11,462,526
App. No.
17/035,616
Granted
Oct 4, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A pixel structure of a display apparatus includes an electrode line, at least one ultra small light-emitting diode, and a connection electrode. The electrode line includes a second electrode separated from a first electrode and at a same level as the first electrode on a base substrate. The at least one ultra small light-emitting diode is on the base substrate and has a length less than a distance between the first and second electrodes. A connection electrode includes a first contact electrode connecting the first electrode to the ultra small light-emitting diode and a second contact electrode connecting the second electrode to the ultra small light-emitting diode.

Claims (23)

1. A pixel structure of a display apparatus, the pixel structure comprising:

a guide structure on a base substrate and having a first region and a second region extending from the first region, wherein the guide structure comprises a first electrode and a second electrode that extend along the second region, and that are separated from each other to define the second region therebetween, the first and second electrodes being configured to receive respective electrical signals to have a voltage differential;

a plurality of light-emitting diodes, some of which being entirely within the second region to be between the first electrode and the second electrode in a plan view, wherein a distance between a side of the first electrode and a side of the second electrode adjacent to, and facing, the side of the first electrode is greater than a length of the light-emitting diodes; and

a dam structure that blocks an end of the second region,

wherein the pixel structure comprises first and second contact electrodes contacting the light-emitting diodes, and connecting the light-emitting diodes to the first and second electrodes, the first and second contact electrodes being electrically conductive,

wherein the second region includes a first end and a second end,

wherein the first end faces the first region, and

wherein the second end faces the dam structure.

2. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a length of each of the light-emitting diodes is less than a width of the second region.

3. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein each of the first electrode and the second electrode has a thickness greater than a thickness of the light-emitting diodes.

4. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first electrode includes a first upper surface being separated by a first distance, and the second electrode includes a second upper surface separated by a second distance, wherein each of the first distance and the second distance is greater than a thickness of the light-emitting diodes.

5. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising:

a driving transistor electrically connected to the first electrode; and

a power line electrically connected to the second electrode.

6. A display apparatus, comprising:

the pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 ; and

a driving circuit connected to the pixel structure.

7. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first and second contact electrodes comprise indium (In).

8. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second region radially extend from the first region.

9. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first region and the second region are connected to each other through the first end of the second region.

10. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first end is adjacent to the first region without facing the dam structure.

11. The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a plurality of light emitting diode regions in which the plurality of light-emitting diodes are disposed,

wherein an end of the plurality of light emitting diode regions faces the first region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2022
From: KIM, DAEHYUN; IM, HYUNDEOK; CHO, HYUNMIN; KANG, JONGHYUK; HONG, SUNGJIN; LEE, JOOYEOL
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 061127/0836 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0087384 · Jul 11, 2016 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 15646428 · Jul 11, 2017
Related Publication 20210013190A1 · Jan 14, 2021