Display device
A display device including a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a first area and a second area and including: a first electrode and a second electrode in the first area; a plurality of light-emitting elements located between the first electrode and the second electrode in the first area; a first insulating layer in the first area and the second area; and a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer, wherein the first insulating layer includes a first opening in the second area, the second insulating layer includes a second opening overlapping the first opening, and a width of the first opening in a first direction is greater than a width of the second opening in the first direction.
1 . A display device comprising a plurality of pixels, each of the pixels including a first area and a second area and comprising:
a first electrode and a second electrode in the first area, the first electrode being spaced from the second electrode in a first direction that is perpendicular to a second direction along a thickness of the display device;
a plurality of first light-emitting elements located between the first electrode and the second electrode in the first area, the plurality of first light-emitting elements being overlapping and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode;
a first insulating layer in the first area and the second area, the first insulating layer being on the first and second electrodes; and
a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer,
wherein the first insulating layer includes a first opening in the second area, the second area being a non-emission area of the display device,
wherein the second insulating layer includes a second opening overlapping the first opening, the first opening in the non-emission area having a second light-emitting element different from the plurality of first light-emitting elements,
wherein the second light-emitting element has a same structure as at least one of the plurality of first light-emitting elements, and wherein the second light-emitting element is spaced from and electrically isolated from the first electrode and the second electrode; and
wherein a width of the first opening in the first direction is greater than a width of the second opening in the first direction.
2 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a bank surrounding the first area and the second area.
3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first area includes a first emission area and a second emission area, and
the second area is located between the first emission area and the second emission area.
4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the second area is located between two first areas arranged along the second direction.
5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second light-emitting element is an ineffective light-emitting element in the second area.
6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the first light-emitting elements are effective light sources, and the ineffective light-emitting element is an ineffective light source.
7 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the second insulating layer at least partially covers the ineffective light-emitting element.
8 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein the ineffective light-emitting element is in the first opening.
9 . A display device comprising:
a first emission area, a second emission area, and a non-emission area located between the first emission area and the second emission area;
a first electrode and a second electrode in the first emission area;
a plurality of first light-emitting elements located between the first electrode and the second electrode, the plurality of first light-emitting elements being overlapping and electrically connected to the first electrode and the second electrode;
a third electrode and a fourth electrode in the second emission area;
a plurality of second light-emitting elements located between the third electrode and the fourth electrode;
at least one contact electrode electrically connecting one of the first electrode and the second electrode and one of the third electrode and the fourth electrode; and
an insulating layer in the first emission area, the second emission area, and the non-emission area, the insulating layer being on the first and second electrodes,
wherein the insulating layer includes an opening area in the non-emission area,
wherein a third light-emitting element is in the opening area in the non-emission area, wherein the third light-emitting element has a same structure as at least one of the plurality of first light-emitting elements or the plurality of second light-emitting elements, and wherein the third light-emitting element is spaced from and electrically isolated from the first electrode and the second electrode.
10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the opening area includes:
a first opening area between the first electrode and the third electrode; and
a second opening area between the second electrode and the fourth electrode.
11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein a width of the first opening area in a first direction is greater than a width of the second opening area in the first direction.
12 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of first light-emitting elements and the plurality of second light-emitting elements are connected in series.
13 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein the insulating layer comprises:
a first insulating layer; and
a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer.
14 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first insulating layer includes a first opening overlapping the opening area, and
the second insulating layer includes a second opening overlapping the first opening.
15 . The display device of claim 14 , wherein a width of the first opening in a first direction is greater than a width of the second opening in the first direction.
16 . The display device of claim 14 , wherein the third light-emitting element comprises an ineffective light-emitting element in the opening area.
17 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein the plurality of first light-emitting elements and the plurality of second light-emitting elements are effective light sources, and
the ineffective light-emitting element is an ineffective light source.
18 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein the second insulating layer at least partially covers the ineffective light-emitting element.
19 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein the ineffective light-emitting element is in the first opening.
20 . The display device of claim 9 , further comprising a bank surrounding the first emission area, the second emission area, and the non-emission area.