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Granted Patent B2
US 12,635,361 · App. 18/108,165 · Granted May 19, 2026

Display device and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Jong Hyun Choi (Yongin-si, KR); Ju Hee Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Jin Hee Na (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/124H10K59/1201H10K59/131H10K71/00H10K59/1213
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Patent No.
US 12,635,361
App. No.
18/108,165
Granted
May 19, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device and a method of the manufacturing the display device is provided. The display device includes a substrate, a plurality of island pattern areas, a valley area partitioning the plurality of island pattern areas, a light emitting element emitting light, and a pixel driving part including a first subpixel driving part and a second subpixel driving part and supplying a driving current to the light emitting element. The plurality of island pattern areas include a first island pattern area in which the first subpixel driving part is disposed, and a second island pattern area in which the second subpixel driving part is disposed.

Claims (63)

1 . A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of island pattern areas;

a valley area partitioning the plurality of island pattern areas;

a light emitting element emitting light; and

a pixel driving part comprising a first subpixel driving part and a second subpixel driving part and supplying a driving current to the light emitting element,

wherein the plurality of island pattern areas comprise:

a first island pattern area in which the first subpixel driving part is disposed, and

a second island pattern area in which the second subpixel driving part is disposed.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein an area of the first island pattern area is different from an area of the second island pattern area.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the pixel driving part comprises a plurality of transistors,

the first subpixel driving part comprises at least part of the plurality of transistors, and

the second subpixel driving part comprises at least another part of the plurality of transistors.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein a number of the at least part of the plurality of transistors is different from a number of the at least another part of the plurality of transistors.

5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element overlaps the first island pattern area and the second island pattern area in a thickness direction of the substrate.

6 . The display device of claim 3 , further comprising:

a scan line capable of applying a scan signal to the pixel driving part,

wherein a channel area of one of the at least part of the plurality of transistors, which overlaps the scan line in a thickness direction of the substrate, is disposed in the first island pattern area.

7 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first island pattern area has a planar polygonal shape in a plan view, and

an outer angle defined by any two adjacent sides of the planar polygonal shape is greater than or equal to about 90°.

8 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first island pattern area has a planar polygonal shape in a plan view, and

an inner angle defined by any two adjacent sides of the planar polygonal shape is greater than or equal to about 90°.

9 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first island pattern area comprises a planar curved portion in a plan view.

10 . A display device comprising:

a plurality of island pattern areas;

a valley area partitioning the plurality of island pattern areas; and

a thin film transistor layer disposed on a substrate, wherein

the thin film transistor layer comprises:

a first semiconductor layer;

a first insulating layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer;

a first conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer;

a second insulating layer disposed on the first conductive layer; and

a first data conductive layer disposed on the second insulating layer,

wherein an upper surface of the first conductive layer offset from the first data conductive layer in a thickness direction of the substrate is exposed in the valley area, and

the first data conductive layer is disposed in each of the plurality of island pattern areas.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein

the thin film transistor layer further comprises a first passivation layer disposed on the first data conductive layer, and

the first conductive layer and the first insulating layer disposed in the valley area are covered by the first passivation layer.

12 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein

the first conductive layer and the first insulating layer are directly in contact with the first passivation layer in the valley area, and

the first passivation layer comprises an organic material.

13 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the second insulating layer does not overlap the valley area in the thickness direction of the substrate.

14 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein

in each of the plurality of island pattern areas, the thin film transistor layer further comprises:

a second semiconductor layer;

a third insulating layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer;

a second conductive layer disposed on the third insulating layer; and

a fourth insulating layer disposed on the second conductive layer, and

the first semiconductor layer is disposed on the fourth insulating layer.

15 . The display device of claim 14 , wherein

the first semiconductor layer comprises an oxide semiconductor, and

the second semiconductor layer comprises silicon.

16 . The display device of claim 14 , wherein the second semiconductor layer, the third insulating layer, the second conductive layer, the fourth insulating layer, the first insulating layer, and the first conductive layer are sequentially disposed in the valley area.

17 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein

in each of the plurality of island pattern areas, the thin film transistor layer further comprises:

a second conductive layer disposed on the first insulating layer;

a third insulating layer disposed on the second conductive layer; and

a third conductive layer disposed on the third insulating layer, and

the second conductive layer and the third insulating layer are disposed between the first insulating layer and the third conductive layer.

18 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein the first semiconductor layer, the first insulating layer, the second conductive layer, the third insulating layer, and the third conductive layer are sequentially disposed in the valley area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2023
From: CHOI, JONG HYUN; NA, JIN HEE
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0034501 · Mar 21, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230320133A1 · Oct 5, 2023
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