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Granted Patent B2
US 12,557,451 · App. 18/092,509 · Granted Feb 17, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Jong Hwan Cha (Suwon-si, KR); Ki Nyeng Kang (Sejong-si, KR); Jin Taek Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Hong Joon Moon (Cheonan-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10H20/857H01L25/167H10D86/441H10D86/60
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Patent No.
US 12,557,451
App. No.
18/092,509
Granted
Feb 17, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device comprises electrode patterns spaced apart from each other in a first direction; a via layer disposed on the electrode patterns; first electrodes, each of the first electrodes partially overlapping an electrode pattern of the electrode patterns on the via layer in a plan view and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction; second electrodes, each of the second electrodes comprising a portion extending in the second direction, the first electrodes and the second electrodes being spaced apart from each other and alternately disposed with each other; and light emitting elements disposed on a first electrode of the first electrodes and a second electrode of the second electrodes. The first electrodes are in contact with the electrode patterns through first electrode contact holes penetrating the via layer, and the first electrode contact holes are spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

Claims (109)

1 . A display device comprising:

a plurality of electrode patterns spaced apart from each other in a first direction;

a via layer disposed on the plurality of electrode patterns;

a plurality of first electrodes, each of the plurality of first electrodes partially overlapping an electrode pattern of the plurality of electrode patterns on the via layer in a plan view and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction;

a plurality of second electrodes, each of the plurality of second electrodes comprising a portion extending in the second direction, the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes being spaced apart from each other and alternately disposed with each other;

a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on a first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes and a second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes;

a first voltage line extending in the first direction; and

a second voltage line spaced apart from the first voltage line in the second direction with the plurality of electrode patterns interposed between the first voltage line and the second voltage line, wherein

the plurality of first electrodes are in contact with the plurality of electrode patterns through a plurality of first electrode contact holes penetrating the via layer,

the plurality of first electrode contact holes are spaced apart from each other in the first direction,

the first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes is electrically connected to the first voltage line, and

the second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes is electrically connected to the second voltage line.

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

a third voltage line extending in the second direction and intersecting the first voltage line; and

a fourth voltage line extending in the second direction and intersecting the second voltage line, wherein

the fourth voltage line is spaced apart from the third voltage line in the first direction with the plurality of electrode patterns interposed between the third voltage line and the fourth voltage line, and

the second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes is electrically connected to the fourth voltage line.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein

each of the plurality of second electrodes comprises an electrode stem portion extending in the first direction, and

the electrode stem portion is in contact with the fourth voltage line through a second electrode contact hole penetrating the via layer at a portion overlapping the fourth voltage line in a plan view.

4 . The display device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a dummy pattern disposed on the via layer, and overlapping the third voltage line in a plan view,

wherein the dummy pattern is spaced apart from the first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes and is in contact with the third voltage line through a third electrode contact hole penetrating the via layer.

5 . A display device comprising:

a plurality of electrode patterns spaced apart from each other in a first direction;

a via layer disposed on the plurality of electrode patterns;

a plurality of first electrodes, each of the plurality of first electrodes partially overlapping an electrode pattern of the plurality of electrode patterns on the via layer in a plan view and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction;

a plurality of second electrodes, each of the plurality of second electrodes comprising a portion extending in the second direction, the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes being spaced apart from each other and alternately disposed with each other; and

a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on a first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes and a second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes, wherein

the plurality of first electrodes are in contact with the plurality of electrode patterns through a plurality of first electrode contact holes penetrating the via layer,

the plurality of first electrode contact holes are spaced apart from each other in the first direction,

each of the plurality of second electrodes comprises:

an electrode stem portion extending in the first direction;

a plurality of electrode branch portions, each of the plurality of electrode branch portions extending in the second direction and spaced apart from the first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes; and

a first electrode connection portion electrically connected to the electrode stem portion and the plurality of electrode branch portions, and

a light emitting element of the plurality of light emitting elements is disposed on the first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes and an electrode branch portion of the plurality of electrode branch portions.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein

each of the plurality of first electrodes comprises:

an electrode main portion extending in the second direction and spaced apart from the electrode branch portion of the plurality of electrode branch portions of the second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes;

an electrode piece portion spaced apart from the electrode stem portion in the second direction and extending in the first direction; and

a second electrode connection portion electrically connecting the electrode main portion to the electrode piece portion,

in the plurality of first electrodes, the electrode piece portion comprises a plurality of electrode piece portions spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

7 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein

the plurality of electrode branch portions comprises:

a first electrode branch portion included in the second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes; and

a second electrode branch portion included in another second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes,

the plurality of light emitting elements comprises:

a first light emitting element having:

a first end disposed on the first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes; and

a second end disposed on the first electrode branch portion; and

a second light emitting element having:

a first end disposed on the first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes; and

a second end disposed on the second electrode branch portion.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , further comprising:

a first connection electrode disposed on the first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes and in contact with the first end of the first light emitting element;

a second connection electrode disposed on the first electrode branch portion of the second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes and in contact with the second end of the second light emitting element; and

a third connection electrode comprising:

a first extension portion disposed on the second electrode branch portion of the second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes and in contact with the second end of the first light emitting element;

a second extension portion disposed on the first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes and in contact with the first end of the second light emitting element; and

a first connection portion electrically connecting the first extension portion to the second extension portion.

9 . The display device of claim 5 , further comprising:

an electrode line spaced apart from the electrode stem portion of the second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes in the second direction and extending in the first direction,

wherein the plurality of first electrodes are spaced apart from the electrode line.

10 . The display device of claim 5 , further comprising:

a bank layer surrounding an emission area in which the plurality of light emitting elements are disposed, a first sub-region disposed on a side of the emission area in the second direction, and a second sub-region disposed on another side of the emission area in the second direction,

wherein the electrode stem portion is disposed in the first sub-region.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the bank layer overlaps the plurality of first electrode contact holes in a plan view.

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

a plurality of first bank patterns extending in the second direction and spaced apart from each other in the first direction; and

a plurality of second bank patterns extending in the second direction and disposed between the first bank patterns,

wherein the plurality of light emitting elements are disposed between a first bank pattern of the plurality of first bank patterns and a second bank pattern of the plurality of second bank patterns.

13 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes covers the first bank pattern of the plurality of first bank patterns,

a part of the second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes is disposed on the second bank pattern of the plurality of second bank patterns, and

a width of a portion of the first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes disposed on the first bank pattern of the plurality of first bank patterns is greater than a width of a portion of the second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes disposed on the second bank pattern of the plurality of second bank patterns.

14 . A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels arranged in a first direction and a second direction intersecting the first direction;

a first voltage line and a second voltage line disposed in a pixel of the plurality of pixels and spaced apart from each other in the second direction, the first voltage line and the second voltage line extending in the first direction;

a third voltage line and a fourth voltage line disposed in the pixel of the plurality of pixels and spaced apart from each other in the first direction, the third voltage line and the fourth voltage line extending in the second direction;

a plurality of electrode patterns disposed between the first voltage line and the second voltage line and spaced apart from each other in the first direction;

a plurality of first electrodes, each of the plurality of first electrodes overlapping an electrode pattern of the plurality of electrode patterns in a plan view and extending in the second direction;

a plurality of second electrodes, each of the plurality of second electrodes extending in the second direction, the plurality of first electrodes and the plurality of second electrodes being spaced apart from each other and alternately disposed with each other; and

a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on a first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes and a second electrode of the plurality of second electrodes, wherein

the plurality of first electrodes are in contact with the plurality of electrode patterns through a plurality of first electrode contact holes, and

the plurality of first electrode contact holes are spaced apart from each other in the first direction.

15 . The display device of claim 14 , further comprising:

a dummy pattern spaced apart from the first electrode of the plurality of first electrodes and in direct contact with the third voltage line through a third electrode contact hole, wherein

the first voltage line intersects the third voltage line,

the second voltage line intersects the fourth voltage line, and

the second electrode comprises:

an electrode stem portion extending in the first direction and in direct contact with the fourth voltage line through a second electrode contact hole; and

a plurality of electrode branch portions extending in the second direction,

the plurality of electrode branch portions and the plurality of first electrodes being spaced apart from each other and alternately disposed with each other.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein

the plurality of pixels comprise:

a first pixel; and

a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel in the second direction,

the first voltage line of the first pixel is adjacent to and opposite to the second voltage line of the second pixel in the second direction, and

the first pixel and the second pixel share the third voltage line and the fourth voltage line.

17 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein

the plurality of pixels further comprises a third pixel adjacent to the first pixel in the first direction, and

the fourth voltage line and the second electrode contact hole are disposed at a boundary between the first pixel and the third pixel.

18 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein

the plurality of pixels comprise:

a first pixel; and

a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel in the second direction,

the first voltage line of the first pixel is adjacent to and opposite to the first voltage line of the second pixel in the second direction, and

the first pixel and the second pixel share the third voltage line and the fourth voltage line.

19 . The display device of claim 18 , wherein a gap between the second electrode contact hole of the first pixel and the second electrode contact hole of the second pixel is greater than a gap between the third electrode contact hole of the first pixel and the third electrode contact hole of the second pixel.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 3, 2023
From: CHA, JONG HWAN; KANG, KI NYENG; KIM, JIN TAEK; MOON, HONG JOON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062259/0636 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0005728 · Jan 14, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230231096A1 · Jul 20, 2023
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