IP Library Granted Patent US 11,935,988
Granted Patent B2
US 11,935,988 · App. 17/296,814 · Granted Mar 19, 2024

Display device

Inventor: Sin Chul Kang (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L33/387H01L25/0753H01L33/62
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Patent No.
US 11,935,988
App. No.
17/296,814
Granted
Mar 19, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including an emission area, a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed in the emission area to be spaced apart from each other, and a plurality of light emitting elements that are electrically connected between the first and second electrodes, and a bank disposed between the emission area of each of the plurality of pixels to enclose the emission area. The first electrode includes a first electrode part disposed in the emission area to be adjacent to a first side of the second electrode, a second electrode part disposed in the emission area to be adjacent to a second side of the second electrode, and a third electrode part electrically connecting the first and second electrode parts and disposed in the emission area to be adjacent to a third side of the second electrode.

Claims (63)

1. A display device, comprising:

a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality of pixels including:

an emission area;

a first electrode and a second electrode that are disposed in the emission area to be spaced apart from each other; and

a plurality of light emitting elements that are electrically connected between the first and second electrodes; and

a bank disposed between the emission area of each of the plurality og pixels to enclose the emission area,

wherein the first electrode comprises:

a first electrode part disposed in the emission area to be adjacent to a first side of the second electrode;

a second electrode part disposed in the emission area to be adjacent to a second side of the second electrode; and

a third electrode part electrically connecting the first and second electrode parts and disposed in the emission area to be adjacent to a third side of the second electrode.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first, second, and third electrode parts is spaced apart from the second electrode by a distance that is equal to or less than a length of each of the plurality of light emitting elements.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein at least two of the first, second, and third electrode parts are spaced apart from the second electrode by a same distance.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first and second electrode parts extend in a first direction in the emission area to be parallel to each other, and

the third electrode part extends in a second direction intersecting the first direction in the emission area.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first, second, and third electrode parts are integral with each other.

6. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein

the first electrode is bent so that a part of the first electrode facing the second electrode at a boundary between the first, second, and third electrode parts is curved, and

a part of the second electrode facing the part of the first electrode is curved and corresponds to a shape of the first electrode.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first and second electrode parts are symmetrical with each other, and

the second electrode is disposed between the first and second electrode parts.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrode comprises:

a main electrode part disposed between the first and second electrode parts, and enclosed by the first electrode; and

a sub-electrode part electrically connected to a first end of the main electrode part and extending in a direction different from a direction in which the main electrode part extends, to face a first end of each of the first and second electrode parts.

9. The display device according to claim 8 , wherein

the first and second electrode parts and the main electrode part extend in a first direction in the emission area to be parallel to each other, and

the third electrode part and the sub-electrode part extend in a second direction intersecting the first direction in the emission area to be parallel to each other.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the second electrode comprises a main electrode part that is circular or elliptical, and

the first, second, and third electrode parts enclose the main electrode part and have a shape corresponding to a shape of the main electrode part.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the second electrode comprises a sub-electrode part that is electrically connected to the main electrode part and is disposed in the emission area to face a first end of each of the first and second electrode parts.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of light emitting elements comprises:

a first end overlapping the first electrode and electrically connected to the first electrode; and

a second end overlapping the second electrode and electrically connected to the second electrode.

13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises:

a third electrode overlapping the first electrode, having a shape corresponding to a shape of the first electrode, and electrically connected to the first end of each of the plurality of light emitting elements through the first electrode; and

a fourth electrode overlapping the second electrode, having a shape corresponding to a shape of the second electrode, and electrically connected to the second end of each of the plurality of light emitting elements through the second electrode.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein

the third electrode is electrically connected to a first line to which first power or a first driving signal is supplied, and

the fourth electrode is electrically connected to a second line to which second power or a second driving signal is supplied.

15. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises:

a first wall disposed under the third electrode, having a width that is narrower than a width of the third electrode, and having a shape corresponding to the shape of the third electrode; and

a second wall disposed under the fourth electrode, having a width that is narrower than a width of the fourth electrode, and having a shape corresponding to the shape of the fourth electrode.

16. A display device, comprising:

a plurality of pixels, each of the plurality pixels including:

an emission area;

a first electrode and second electrode that are disposed in the emission area to be spaced apart from each other; and

a plurality of light emitting elements that are electrically connected between the first and second electrodes; and

a bank disposed between the emission area of each of the plurality of pixels to enclose the emission area,

wherein the second electrode comprises:

a main electrode part disposed in the emission area to be enclosed by the first electrode; and

a sub-electrode part electrically connected to a first end of the main electrode part and extending in a direction different from a direction in which the main electrode part extends, in the emission area to face ends of the first electrode.

17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein the first electrode comprises:

a first electrode part disposed in the emission area to be adjacent to a first side of the main electrode part;

a second electrode part disposed in the emission area to be adjacent to a second side of the main electrode part; and

a third electrode part electrically connecting the first and second electrode parts, and disposed in the emission area to be adjacent to a third side of the main electrode part.

18. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein each of the first, second, and third electrode parts is spaced apart from the second electrode by a distance that is equal to or less than a length of each of the plurality of light emitting elements.

19. The display device according to claim 17 , wherein at least two of the first, second, and third electrode parts are spaced apart from the second electrode by a same distance.

20. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein each of the plurality of pixels comprises:

a third electrode overlapping the first electrode, having a shape corresponding to a shape of the first electrode, and electrically connected to a first end of each of the plurality of light emitting elements through the first electrode; and

a fourth electrode overlapping the second electrode, having a shape corresponding to a shape of the second electrode, and electrically connected to a second end of each of the plurality of light emitting elements through the second electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 25, 2021
From: KANG, SIN CHUL
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0147650 · Nov 26, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220005979A1 · Jan 6, 2022
Cited By (1)
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