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Granted Patent B2
US 12,185,588 · App. 17/326,262 · Granted Dec 31, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Ji Yoon Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Yool Guk Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/122H10K50/8428H10K50/846H10K59/88
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Patent No.
US 12,185,588
App. No.
17/326,262
Granted
Dec 31, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device according to an embodiment includes: a substrate including a display area, a dummy area, and a peripheral area; a passivation layer positioned in the display area, the dummy region, and the peripheral area of the substrate; a first adhesive auxiliary layer positioned on the passivation layer and positioned in the dummy region; a dummy pixel defining layer positioned on the first adhesive auxiliary layer and including a hydrophobic material; a second adhesive auxiliary layer positioned on the passivation layer, positioned in the peripheral area, and including a lateral side contacting the dummy pixel defining layer; a common voltage transmitter positioned in the peripheral area; and a common electrode connected to the common voltage transmitter, and positioned on the second adhesive auxiliary layer and the dummy pixel defining layer.

Claims (83)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate including a display area, a dummy area, and a peripheral area;

a passivation layer positioned in the display area, the dummy area, and the peripheral area of the substrate;

a first adhesive auxiliary layer positioned on the passivation layer and positioned in the dummy area;

a dummy pixel defining layer positioned on the first adhesive auxiliary layer and including a hydrophobic material;

a second adhesive auxiliary layer positioned on the passivation layer, positioned in the peripheral area, and including a lateral side directly contacting the dummy pixel defining layer;

a common voltage transmitter positioned in the peripheral area; and

a common electrode electrically connected to the common voltage transmitter, and positioned on a side of the second adhesive auxiliary layer opposite to the dummy pixel defining layer.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the second adhesive auxiliary layer is made of a positive photoresist, and

the dummy pixel defining layer is made of a negative photoresist.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the dummy pixel defining layer is positioned on the lateral side of the second adhesive auxiliary layer, and is not positioned on an upper side of the second adhesive auxiliary layer.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the dummy pixel defining layer overlaps an edge of an upper side of the second adhesive auxiliary layer.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

an overlapping width of the dummy pixel defining layer and the second adhesive auxiliary layer is equal to or greater than 2 μm.

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

an encapsulation substrate facing the substrate; and

a spacer positioned between the substrate and the encapsulation substrate,

wherein the second adhesive auxiliary layer includes the same material as the spacer.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

the second adhesive auxiliary layer is positioned on a same layer as the spacer, and the second adhesive auxiliary layer is formed by a same process as the spacer.

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

a transistor positioned in a display area of the substrate; and

a pixel electrode connected to the transistor and positioned in the display area,

wherein the first adhesive auxiliary layer include a same material as the pixel electrode, and

the first adhesive auxiliary layer extends to the peripheral area and is positioned below the second adhesive auxiliary layer.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein

the first adhesive auxiliary layer is positioned on a same layer as the pixel electrode, and the first adhesive auxiliary layer is formed by a same process as the pixel electrode.

10. The display device of claim 8 , further comprising

a pixel defining layer positioned on the pixel electrode and the passivation layer and including a pixel opening,

wherein the dummy pixel defining layer includes the same material as the pixel defining layer.

11. The display device of claim 10 , further comprising

an emission layer positioned in the pixel opening,

wherein a dummy emission layer includes a same material as the emission layer.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein

the emission layer is formed by a same inkjet printing process as the dummy emission layer.

13. The display device of claim 8 , wherein

the transistor includes:

a semiconductor positioned on the substrate;

a gate electrode overlapping the semiconductor; and

a source electrode and a drain electrode positioned on the gate electrode and connected to the semiconductor, and

the common voltage transmitter includes a same material as the source electrode and the drain electrode.

14. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the common electrode is positioned on a lateral side of the passivation layer and the lateral side of the second adhesive auxiliary layer.

15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first adhesive auxiliary layer includes an inorganic insulating material.

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

a transistor positioned in a display area of the substrate; and

a pixel electrode connected to the transistor and positioned in the display area,

wherein the first adhesive auxiliary layer extends to the display area and is positioned below the pixel electrode.

17. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the passivation layer includes a first passivation layer and a second passivation layer positioned on the first passivation layer,

the second adhesive auxiliary layer is positioned on the first passivation layer, and

the second adhesive auxiliary layer is positioned on a same layer as the second passivation layer.

18. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising

an encapsulation layer positioned on the common electrode.

19. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the passivation layer includes a first portion and a second portion with different thicknesses,

the first portion of the passivation layer is thicker than the second portion, the second adhesive auxiliary layer is positioned on a same layer as the passivation layer, and

the dummy pixel defining layer is positioned on an inclined side of a portion of the second adhesive auxiliary layer with a same thickness as the first portion of the passivation layer.

20. A display device comprising:

a substrate including a display area, a dummy area, and a peripheral area;

a transistor positioned in the display area of the substrate;

a pixel electrode connected to the transistor and positioned in the display area;

a passivation layer positioned between the transistor and the pixel electrode, and positioned in the display area, the dummy area, and the peripheral area;

a pixel defining layer positioned on the pixel electrode and the passivation layer and including a pixel opening;

an emission layer positioned in the pixel opening;

a first adhesive auxiliary layer positioned on the passivation layer and positioned in the dummy area and the peripheral area;

a dummy pixel defining layer positioned on the first adhesive auxiliary layer and including a dummy pixel opening;

a dummy emission layer positioned in the dummy pixel opening;

a second adhesive auxiliary layer positioned on the passivation layer and the first adhesive auxiliary layer, and including a lateral side directly contacting the dummy pixel defining layer;

a common voltage transmitter positioned in the peripheral area; and

a common electrode electrically connected to the common voltage transmitter, and positioned on, the dummy pixel defining layer, the dummy emission layer, the pixel defining layer, the emission layer, and a side of the second adhesive auxiliary layer opposite to the dummy pixel defining layer.

21. The display device of claim 20 , wherein

the dummy pixel defining layer includes a hydrophobic material and is made of a negative photoresist, and

the second adhesive auxiliary layer is made of a positive photoresist.

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

an encapsulation substrate facing the substrate; and

a spacer positioned between the substrate and the encapsulation substrate,

wherein the second adhesive auxiliary layer includes a same material as the spacer, and

the first adhesive auxiliary layer includes a same material as the pixel electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 20, 2021
From: KIM, JI YOON; KIM, YOOL GUK
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056308/0040 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0137711 · Oct 22, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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