IP Library Granted Patent US 12,356,805
Granted Patent B2
US 12,356,805 · App. 17/696,413 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Yong Duck Son (Seongnam-si, KR); Ki-Hoon Ha (Asan-si, KR); Chan-Hyun Park (Cheonan-si, KR); Won Ho Jang (Hwaseong-si, KR); Myung Koo Hur (Asan-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/124H10K59/122H10K59/131H10K59/123H10K59/1315H10K59/80522
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Patent No.
US 12,356,805
App. No.
17/696,413
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a common voltage line disposed on a substrate, a passivation layer disposed on the common voltage line, a connection electrode disposed on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the common voltage line, a pixel definition layer disposed on the connection electrode and including a first opening, an emission layer disposed on the pixel definition layer, and a common electrode disposed on the emission layer and electrically connected to the connection electrode through the first opening, wherein the passivation layer includes a second opening surrounding the first opening.

Claims (29)

1. A display device comprising:

a common voltage line disposed on a substrate;

a passivation layer disposed on the common voltage line;

a connection electrode disposed on the passivation layer and electrically connected to the common voltage line;

a pixel definition layer disposed on the connection electrode and including a first opening exposing a portion of the connection electrode;

an emission layer disposed on the pixel definition layer; and

a common electrode disposed on the emission layer and electrically connected to the connection electrode through the first opening, wherein

the passivation layer includes a second opening surrounding the first opening, and

the common electrode directly contacts the portion of the connection electrode exposed by the first opening of the pixel definition layer.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the connection electrode is disposed within the second opening.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the connection electrode covers a side of the passivation layer within the second opening.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein a portion of the passivation layer surrounded by the second opening and a portion of the passivation layer disposed outside the second opening are separated by the connection electrode.

5. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second opening has a closed loop shape in a plan view.

6. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the first opening does not overlap the second opening.

7. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the passivation layer includes:

a first passivation layer including an inorganic insulating material; and

a second passivation layer disposed on the first passivation layer and including an organic insulating material.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the second opening is disposed in the second passivation layer and is not disposed in the first passivation layer.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein

the second opening is disposed in the first passivation layer and the second passivation layer.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the connection electrode is electrically connected to the common voltage line through the second opening.

11. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the connection electrode includes a third opening, and

the third opening is surrounded by the second opening.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the third opening overlaps a portion of the passivation layer surrounded by the second opening.

13. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the pixel definition layer further includes a fourth opening overlapping the third opening.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein a size of the fourth opening is smaller than a size of the third opening in a plan view.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the pixel definition layer covers a side of the connection electrode within the third opening.

16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer is not disposed in at least a partial region within the first opening.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 11, 2025
From: SON, YONG DUCK; HA, KI-HOON; PARK, CHAN-HYUN; JANG, WON HO; HUR, MYUNG KOO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 070474/0057 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0034736 · Mar 17, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220302231A1 · Sep 22, 2022
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