IP Library Granted Patent US 12,740,200
Granted Patent B2
US 12,740,200 · App. 17/968,353 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Ji Hye Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jin Seon Kwak (Hwaseong-si, KR); Kyung Bae Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Yong Hee Lee (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10H20/8514G02B5/201H10H29/142
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Patent No.
US 12,740,200
App. No.
17/968,353
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate including a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area, a plurality of sub-pixels including a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel, an upper bank layer surrounding the sub-pixels and the display area, a plurality of color control members including a first wavelength conversion layer in the first sub-pixel and a second wavelength conversion layer in the second sub-pixel, a plurality of color filter layers including a first color filter layer on the first wavelength conversion layer, and a second color filter layer on the second wavelength conversion layer, and a third color filter layer, a dam member surrounding the display area in the non-display area, and a valley between the dam member and the upper bank layer and surrounding the display area. The third color filter layer is on the first color filter layer in the non-display area.

Claims (70)

1 . A display device comprising:

a substrate comprising a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area;

a plurality of sub-pixels comprising a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on a surface of the substrate in the display area, the plurality of sub-pixels comprising a first sub-pixel and a second sub-pixel;

an upper bank layer surrounding the plurality of sub-pixels and the display area;

a plurality of color control members disposed in a region surrounded by the upper bank layer in each of the plurality of sub-pixels, the plurality of color control members comprising:

a first wavelength conversion layer disposed in the first sub-pixel, and

a second wavelength conversion layer disposed in the second sub-pixel different from the first sub-pixel;

a plurality of color filter layers disposed on the plurality of color control members, the plurality of color filter layers comprising:

a first color filter layer disposed on the first wavelength conversion layer,

a second color filter layer disposed on the second wavelength conversion layer, and

a third color filter layer;

a dam member spaced apart from the upper bank layer, the dam member surrounding the display area in the non-display area; and

a valley disposed between the dam member and the upper bank layer, the valley surrounding the display area, wherein

the first color filter layer extends from the display area to the non-display area,

the third color filter layer is disposed on the first color filter layer disposed in the non-display area,

each of the first color filter layer and the third color filter layer extends to an outside of the dam member, and

an outermost edge of the first color filter layer disposed in the non-display area is spaced apart from an outermost edge of the third color filter layer disposed in the non-display area in a direction along the surface of the substrate.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first color filter layer and the third color filter layer overlap each other in a thickness direction at a boundary area between the first sub-pixel and the non-display area.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , further comprising a color pattern disposed between the first color filter layer and the third color filter layer at the boundary area between the first sub-pixel and the non-display area, wherein

the color pattern and the second color filter layer include a same colorant.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a distance between an outermost edge of the non-display area and the outermost edge of the first color filter layer is smaller than a distance between the outermost edge of the non-display area and the outermost edge of the third color filter layer.

5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the outermost edge of the third color filter layer disposed in the non-display area covers the outermost edge of the first color filter layer disposed in the non-display area, and

the outermost edge of the third color filter layer does not overlap the outermost edge of the first color filter layer in a thickness direction.

6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first color filter layer includes a red colorant, and

the third color filter layer includes a blue colorant.

7 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the dam member is a single layer and disposed in the non-display area.

8 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a third sub-pixel different from the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel,

the plurality of color control members further comprise a light transmitting layer disposed in the third sub-pixel, and

the third color filter layer is disposed on the light transmitting layer in the third sub-pixel.

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

a first capping layer disposed on the plurality of color control members and the upper bank layer;

a low refractive layer disposed on the first capping layer;

a second capping layer disposed on the low refractive layer; and

a planarization layer disposed on the second capping layer, wherein

the first capping layer, the second capping layer, and the planarization layer are disposed across the display area and the non-display area.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein

the low refractive layer is disposed in a region surrounded by the dam member,

the first capping layer is disposed on the valley and the dam member, and

the second capping layer is in direct contact with the first capping layer on the dam member.

11 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein

the plurality of color filter layers are disposed directly on the planarization layer, and

the first color filter layer and the third color filter layer disposed in the non-display area are disposed on the planarization layer at an outside of the dam member.

12 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a bank layer surrounding each of the plurality of sub-pixels and the display area, wherein

the upper bank layer is disposed on the bank layer.

13 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein

each of the plurality of sub-pixels comprise a first electrode and a second electrode spaced apart from each other in a region surrounded by the bank layer, and

each of the plurality of light emitting elements of the plurality of sub-pixels has a first end disposed on the first electrode and a second end disposed on the second electrode.

14 . A display device comprising:

a display area and a non-display area surrounding the display area;

a plurality of sub-pixels disposed in the display area and arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction, each of the plurality of sub-pixels comprising:

a first electrode,

a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode, and

a light emitting element including a first end disposed on the first electrode and a second end disposed on the second electrode;

an upper bank layer surrounding the display area, the upper bank layer surrounding a light transmitting area of each of the plurality of sub-pixels;

a plurality of color filter layers disposed in the light transmitting area of each of the plurality of sub-pixels and in a light blocking area overlapping the upper bank layer around the light transmitting area of each of the plurality of sub-pixels;

a dam member spaced apart from the upper bank layer and disposed in the non-display area, the dam member surrounding the display area; and

a valley disposed between the dam member and the upper bank layer in a plan view, the valley surrounding the display area, wherein

the plurality of color filter layers comprise:

a first color filter layer disposed in an outermost sub-pixel among the plurality of sub-pixels and extending to the non-display area, and

a second color filter layer including a colorant different from a colorant of the first color filter layer, the second color filter layer disposed on the first color filter layer without being disposed in the light transmitting area of the outermost sub-pixel,

an outermost edge of the first color filter layer is spaced apart from an outermost edge of the second color filter layer,

the outermost edge of the first color filter layer is disposed at an outside of the dam member, and

the outermost edge of the second color filter layer is disposed between the dam member and the outermost edge of the first color filter layer in a plan view.

15 . The display device of claim 14 , wherein the first color filter layer and the second color filter layer overlap each other in the light blocking area.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , further comprising:

a color pattern disposed between the first color filter layer and the second color filter layer in the light blocking area, wherein

the color pattern includes a colorant different from colorants of the first color filter layer and the second color filter layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 18, 2022
From: LEE, JI HYE; KWAK, JIN SEON; KIM, KYUNG BAE; LEE, YONG HEE
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0025148 · Feb 25, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230275196A1 · Aug 31, 2023
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