IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,631,722
Granted Patent B2
US 11,631,722 · App. 17/157,210 · Granted Apr 18, 2023

Display device

Inventors: Jea Heon Ahn (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jeong Ki Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Seong Yeon Lee (Asan-si, KR); Si Wan Jeon (Hwaseong-si, KR); Tae Hyung Hwang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L27/3223H01L27/322H01L27/3244H01L51/5044H01L51/5278
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Patent No.
US 11,631,722
App. No.
17/157,210
Granted
Apr 18, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a first light emitting element on a first substrate and overlapping a first effective pixel area; test light emitting elements on the first substrate and overlapping the test pixel area; a first color filter on a second substrate and overlapping the first light emitting element; a first wavelength conversion pattern on the first color filter and overlapping the first color filter and the first light emitting element; a first test color filter on the second substrate and overlapping one of the test light emitting elements; and a first test wavelength conversion pattern on the second substrate and overlapping another one of the test light emitting elements. The first test wavelength conversion pattern and the first wavelength conversion pattern include a same first wavelength conversion material, and the first test color filter and the first color filter include a same first color colorant.

Claims (111)

1. A display device, comprising:

a first substrate including a display area including a first effective pixel area and a non-display area including a test pixel area;

a first light emitting element disposed on the first substrate and overlapping the first effective pixel area of the display area;

a plurality of test light emitting elements disposed on the first substrate and overlapping the test pixel area of the non-display area;

a second substrate facing the first substrate;

a first color filter disposed on the second substrate and overlapping the first light emitting element;

a first wavelength conversion pattern disposed on the first color filter, the first wavelength conversion pattern overlapping the first color filter and the first light emitting element;

a first test color filter disposed on the second substrate and overlapping one of the plurality of test light emitting elements; and

a first test wavelength conversion pattern disposed on the second substrate and overlapping another one of the plurality of test light emitting elements, wherein

the first test wavelength conversion pattern and the first wavelength conversion pattern include a same first wavelength conversion material, and

the first test color filter and the first color filter include a same first color colorant.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first test color filter and the first test wavelength conversion pattern do not overlap each other.

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

a first capping layer disposed on the second substrate, wherein

a first portion of the first capping layer overlapping the first effective pixel area is disposed between the first color filter and the first wavelength conversion pattern,

a second portion of the first capping layer overlapping the first test wavelength conversion pattern is disposed between the second substrate and the first test wavelength conversion pattern,

the second portion of the first capping layer directly contacts the second substrate, and

a third portion of the first capping layer overlapping the first test color filter overlaps the first test color filter.

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

a second capping layer overlapping the first wavelength conversion pattern and the first test wavelength conversion pattern,

wherein a portion of the second capping layer overlapping the first test color filter directly contacts the first capping layer.

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

a light blocking layer disposed on the second substrate,

wherein the light blocking layer is disposed between the first test wavelength conversion pattern and the first test color filter.

6. The display device of claim 1 ,

wherein the test pixel area of the non-display area includes a first dummy pixel area overlapping the first test wavelength conversion pattern, a second dummy pixel area overlapping the first test color filter, and a third dummy pixel area overlapping the first test wavelength conversion pattern and the first test color filter.

7. The display device of claim 6 , further comprising:

a first capping layer disposed on the second substrate and overlapping the first test color filter and the first color filter; and

a second capping layer disposed on the first capping layer, the second capping layer overlapping the first test wavelength conversion pattern and the first wavelength conversion pattern; and

a test light emitting element disposed on the first substrate and overlapping the third dummy pixel area, wherein

a portion of the first capping layer overlapping the third dummy pixel area directly contacts the second substrate, and

a portion of the second capping layer overlapping the third dummy pixel area directly contacts the first capping layer.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein

the display area further includes a second effective pixel area,

the first dummy pixel area includes:

a first sub-dummy pixel area; and

a second sub-dummy pixel area, and

the display device further includes:

a second wavelength conversion pattern disposed on the second substrate and overlapping the second effective pixel area;

a second test wavelength conversion pattern disposed on the second substrate and overlapping the second sub-dummy pixel area;

a test light emitting element disposed on the first substrate and overlapping the second test wavelength conversion pattern; and

a second light emitting element disposed on the first substrate and overlapping the second wavelength conversion pattern,

wherein the second wavelength conversion pattern and the second test wavelength conversion pattern include a same second wavelength conversion material that is different from the first wavelength conversion material.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein

the second dummy pixel area includes a third sub-dummy pixel area and a fourth sub-dummy pixel area,

the display device further includes:

a second color filter overlapping the second wavelength conversion pattern and disposed between the second substrate and the second wavelength conversion pattern;

a second test color filter disposed on the second substrate and overlapping the fourth sub-dummy pixel area; and

a test light emitting element disposed on the first substrate and overlapping the second test color filter,

wherein the second color filter and the second test color filter include a same second color colorant that is different from the first color colorant.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein

the first dummy pixel area further includes a fifth sub-dummy pixel area,

the display area further includes a third effective pixel area,

the display device further includes:

a light transmission pattern disposed on the second substrate and overlapping the third effective pixel area;

a test light transmission pattern disposed on the second substrate and overlapping the fifth sub-dummy pixel area;

a test light emitting element disposed on the first substrate and overlapping the test light transmission pattern; and

a third light emitting element disposed on the first substrate and overlapping the light transmission pattern, and

each of the test light transmission pattern and the light transmission pattern includes a base resin and scatterers dispersed in the base resin.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein

the second dummy pixel area further includes a sixth sub-dummy pixel area,

the display device further includes:

a third color filter overlapping the light transmission pattern and disposed between the second substrate and the light transmission pattern;

a third test color filter disposed on the second substrate and overlapping the sixth sub-dummy pixel area; and

a test light emitting element disposed on the first substrate and overlapping the third test color filter, and

the third color filter and the third test color filter include a same third color colorant that is different from the first color colorant and the second color colorant.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

each of the plurality of test light emitting elements and the first light emitting element includes a light emitting layer, and

the light emitting layer emits blue light.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the first wavelength conversion material includes quantum dots,

each of the test light conversion pattern and the first wavelength conversion pattern includes a base resin and scatterers dispersed in the base resin, and

the quantum dots are dispersed in the base resin.

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

a sealing member surrounding the display area, wherein

the non-display area includes:

a first non-display area disposed inside the sealing member; and

a second non-display area disposed outside the sealing member, and

the test pixel area is disposed in each of the first non-display area and the second non-display area.

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

a filling layer disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, wherein

the filling layer overlaps the first non-display area, and

the filling layer does not overlap the second non-display area.

16. A display device, comprising:

a first substrate including a display area including an effective pixel area and a non-display area including a test pixel area;

a light emitting layer disposed on the first substrate and overlapping the test pixel area;

a second substrate facing the first substrate;

a color filter disposed on the second substrate and overlapping the effective pixel area;

a first capping layer disposed on the color filter and overlapping the color filter;

a wavelength conversion pattern disposed on the first capping layer and overlapping the color filter; and

a test color filter and a test wavelength conversion pattern disposed on the second substrate and overlapping the test pixel area, wherein

the test color filter does not overlap the test wavelength conversion pattern,

a portion of the first capping layer overlapping the test wavelength conversion pattern directly contacts the second substrate, and

a portion of the first capping layer overlapping the test color filter does not contact the second substrate.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein

the test color filter and the color filter include a same material, and

the test wavelength conversion pattern and the wavelength conversion pattern include a same material.

18. The display device of claim 17 , further comprising:

a second capping layer overlapping the wavelength conversion pattern and the test wavelength conversion pattern, wherein

a portion of the second capping layer overlapping the test wavelength conversion pattern directly contacts the test wavelength conversion pattern, and

a portion of the second capping layer overlapping the test color filter directly contacts the first capping layer.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein

the test pixel area includes:

a first dummy pixel area overlapping the test wavelength conversion pattern;

a second dummy pixel area overlapping the test color filter; and

a third dummy pixel area not overlapping the test wavelength conversion pattern and the test color filter,

a portion of the first capping layer overlapping the third dummy pixel area directly contacts the second substrate, and

a portion of the second capping layer overlapping the third dummy pixel area directly contacts the first capping layer.

20. The display device of claim 18 , wherein

the test wavelength conversion pattern and the wavelength conversion pattern include same quantum dots, and

the light emitting layer emits blue light.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 25, 2021
From: AHN, JEA HEON; KIM, JEONG KI; LEE, SEONG YEON; JEON, SI WAN; HWANG, TAE HYUNG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0068459 · Jun 5, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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