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Granted Patent B2
US 12,446,447 · App. 17/654,329 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Display apparatus

Inventors: Kyunghee Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Mihwa Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Jeongmyo Sim (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/8791H10K50/844H10K50/856H10K50/865H10K59/873H10K59/878H10K59/8792
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Patent No.
US 12,446,447
App. No.
17/654,329
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a substrate; a light-emitting element on the substrate; a low-reflection layer on the light-emitting element and including an inorganic material; and a reflection control layer on the low-reflection layer and configured to absorb light in at least three wavelength bands selected from a first wavelength band of 430 nm or less, a second wavelength band of 480 nm to 510 nm, a third wavelength band of 575 nm to 605 nm, and a fourth wavelength band of 650 nm or greater.

Claims (39)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a light-emitting element on the substrate;

a low-reflection layer on the light-emitting element, the low-reflection layer comprising an inorganic material; and

a reflection control layer on the low-reflection layer,

wherein the reflection control layer is a single, continuous layer that absorbs light in at least three wavelength bands selected from a first wavelength band of 430 nm or less, a second wavelength band of 480 nm to 510 nm, a third wavelength band of 575 nm to 605 nm, and a fourth wavelength band of 650 nm or greater.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the reflection control layer comprises at least three light absorbing materials selected from a first light absorbing material that absorbs light in the first wavelength band, a second light absorbing material that absorbs light in the second wavelength band, a third light absorbing material that absorbs light in the third wavelength band, and a fourth light absorbing material that absorbs light in the fourth wavelength band.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein an amount of each of the at least three light absorbing materials is 0.005 wt % to 5 wt %, based on the total weight of the reflection control layer.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic material has a refractive index of 1 or greater.

5. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic material has an absorption coefficient of 0.5 or greater.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic material comprises ytterbium (Yb), bismuth (Bi), cobalt (Co), molybdenum (Mo), titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), aluminum (Al), chromium (Cr), niobium (Nb), platinum (Pt), tungsten (W), indium (In), tin (Sn), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), tantalum (Ta), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), germanium (Ge), or any combination thereof.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a light blocking layer on the light-emitting element, the light blocking layer having an opening corresponding to an emission area of the light-emitting element.

8. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the reflection control layer fills the opening.

9. The display apparatus of claim 7 , further comprising a touch sensor layer between the low-reflection layer and the reflection control layer,

wherein the light blocking layer is on the touch sensor layer.

10. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a capping layer between the light-emitting element and the low-reflection layer.

11. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an encapsulation member on the low-reflection layer.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the encapsulation member comprises a thin-film encapsulation layer including at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer.

13. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the encapsulation member comprises an encapsulation substrate, and

a filler is further between the low-reflection layer and the encapsulation substrate.

14. A display apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a first light-emitting element, a second light-emitting element, and a third light-emitting element on the substrate;

a low-reflection layer arranged as one body on the first to third light-emitting elements and comprising an inorganic material; and

a reflection control layer that is on the low-reflection layer and is a single, continuous layer that absorbs light in at least three wavelength bands selected from a first wavelength band of 430 nm or less, a second wavelength band of 480 nm to 510 nm, a third wavelength band of 575 nm to 605 nm, and a fourth wavelength band of 650 nm or greater,

wherein the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, and the third light-emitting element emit light of different colors from each other.

15. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the reflection control layer comprises at least three light absorbing materials selected from a first light absorbing material that absorbs light in the first wavelength band, a second light absorbing material that absorbs light in the second wavelength band, a third light absorbing material that absorbs light in the third wavelength band, and a fourth light absorbing material that absorbs light in the fourth wavelength band, and

an amount of each of the at least three light absorbing materials is 0.005 wt % to 5 wt %, based on the total weight of the reflection control layer.

16. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein the inorganic material has a refractive index of 1 or greater and an absorption coefficient of 0.5 or greater and comprises ytterbium (Yb), bismuth (Bi), cobalt (Co), molybdenum (Mo), titanium (Ti), zirconium (Zr), aluminum (Al), chromium (Cr), niobium (Nb), platinum (Pt), tungsten (W), indium (In), tin (Sn), iron (Fe), nickel (Ni), tantalum (Ta), manganese (Mn), zinc (Zn), germanium (Ge), or any combination thereof.

17. The display apparatus of claim 14 , further comprising a light blocking layer on at least one of the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, or the third light-emitting element, the light blocking layer having an opening corresponding to an emission area of the light-emitting element,

wherein the reflection control layer fills the opening.

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

an encapsulation member on the low-reflection layer;

a touch sensor layer between the low-reflection layer and the reflection control layer; and

a capping layer between at least one of the first light-emitting element, the second light-emitting element, or the third light-emitting element, and the low-reflection layer,

wherein the light blocking layer is on the touch sensor layer.

19. The display apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the encapsulation member comprises a thin-film encapsulation layer comprising at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer.

20. The display apparatus of claim 18 , wherein the encapsulation member comprises an encapsulation substrate, and

a filler is further between the low-reflection layer and the encapsulation substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2022
From: LEE, KYUNGHEE; LEE, MIHWA; SIM, JEONGMYO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059226/0820 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0084873 · Jun 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230013127A1 · Jan 19, 2023
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