IP Library Granted Patent US 12,473,491
Granted Patent B2
US 12,473,491 · App. 18/189,259 · Granted Nov 18, 2025

Display panel, and electronic device including same

Inventors: Tae-Gon Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Shang Hyeun Park (Suwon-si, KR); Nayoun Won (Suwon-si, KR); Minho Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Seungrim Yang (Suwon-si, KR); Shin Ae Jun (Suwon-si, KR); Yebin Jung (Suwon-si, KR); A Ra Jo (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
C09K11/621C09K11/02C09K11/0883C09K11/883G02F1/133617H10K59/38B82Y20/00B82Y40/00H01L25/0753
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,473,491
App. No.
18/189,259
Granted
Nov 18, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display panel and an electronic device including the display panel are provided, where the display panel includes a quantum dot composite including a matrix and a plurality of quantum dots and titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) particles dispersed in the matrix, the plurality of quantum dots include silver and gallium, exhibit an emission peak wavelength of from about 500 nm to about 550 nm, and a full width at half maximum of the emission peak is greater than or equal to about 10 nm and less than or equal to about 50 nm, and where the quantum dot composite has a mole ratio of silver to titanium of greater than or equal to about 0.4:1 and less than or equal to about 15:1, and a mole ratio of gallium to titanium of greater than or equal to about 0.4:1 and less than or equal to about 20:1.

Claims (34)

1 . A display panel comprising

a quantum dot composite comprising a matrix including a plurality of quantum dots and titanium dioxide (TiO 2 ) particles dispersed in the matrix,

wherein the plurality of quantum dots comprise silver and gallium, and an emission peak wavelength of the quantum dots is from about 500 nm to about 550 nm, and a full width at half maximum (FWHM) of the emission peak is greater than or equal to about 10 nm and less than or equal to about 50 nm,

wherein a mole ratio of silver to titanium in the quantum dot composite is greater than or equal to about 0.4:1 and less than or equal to about 15:1, and a mole ratio of gallium to titanium in the quantum dot composite is greater than or equal to about 0.4:1 and less than or equal to about 20:1.

2 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein a content of the quantum dots is about 10 weight percent to about 40 weight percent, and a content of the titanium dioxide particles is about 0.2 weight percent to about 7 weight percent, based on the total weight of the quantum dot composite.

3 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the quantum dots further comprise sulfur and optionally indium.

4 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the quantum dots comprise a core, and a shell disposed on the core,

the core comprising a semiconductor nanocrystal that comprises silver, gallium, and sulfur, and optionally indium, and

the shell comprises a semiconductor nanocrystal that comprises zinc and sulfur.

5 . The display panel of claim 4 , wherein the core of the quantum dot comprises a semiconductor nanocrystal that comprises silver, gallium, sulfur, and indium, and a semiconductor nanocrystal that comprises silver, gallium, and sulfur.

6 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the quantum dots have an optical density of from about 0.8 to about 1.8 for a wavelength of about 450 nm per 1 mg of quantum dots.

7 . The display panel of claim 1 , wherein the matrix is prepared from a composition comprising a polymerizable monomer having a carbon-carbon double bond, an organic solvent, polymer, a thiol compound having at least one thiol group at the terminal end, or a combination thereof.

8 . A display panel, comprising

a color conversion layer comprising a plurality of regions comprising a color conversion region, wherein the color conversion region comprises a first color conversion region and a second color conversion region,

wherein the first color conversion region comprises quantum dots comprising silver and gallium, and titanium dioxide particles, and the second color conversion region comprises quantum dots comprising indium and phosphorus, and titanium dioxide particles, and

in the color conversion layer, a mole ratio silver to titanium is greater than or equal to about 0.1:1 and less than or equal to about 1:1, and a mole ratio of gallium to titanium is greater than or equal to about 0.1:1 and less than or equal to about 1:1.

9 . The display panel of claim 8 , wherein the mole ratio of silver to titanium is greater than or equal to about 0.1:1 and less than or equal to about 0.75:1, and the mole ratio of gallium to titanium is greater than or equal to about 0.15:1 and less than or equal to about 0.8:1.

10 . The display panel of claim 8 , wherein the mole ratio of silver to titanium is greater than or equal to about 0.15:1 and less than or equal to about 0.71:1, and the mole ratio of gallium to titanium is greater than or equal to about 0.19:1 and less than or equal to about 0.75:1.

11 . The display panel of claim 8 , wherein the first color conversion region has an emission peak wavelength of about 500 nm to about 550 nm, and the second color conversion region has an emission peak wavelength of about 600 nm to about 650 nm.

12 . The display panel of claim 8 , wherein the quantum dots and the titanium dioxide particles in each of the first color conversion region and the second color conversion region are in a form of a quantum dot composite that disperses the quantum dots and the titanium dioxide particles in a polymer matrix,

wherein a content of the titanium dioxide particles in the first color conversion region is about 0.2 weight percent to about 7 weight percent based on the total weight of the composite in the first color conversion region, and

a content of the titanium dioxide particles in the second color conversion region is about 0.5 weight percent to about 7 weight percent based on the total weight of the composite in the second color conversion region.

13 . The display panel of claim 12 , wherein the content of the titanium dioxide particles in the first color conversion region is about 0.5 weight percent to about weight percent based on the total weight of the composite in the first color conversion region, and

the content of the titanium dioxide particles in the second color conversion region is about 1 weight percent to about 7 weight percent based on the total weight of the composite in the second color conversion region.

14 . The display panel of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of regions of the color conversion layer comprises a transparent matrix and a light transmitting region comprising titanium dioxide particles dispersed in the transparent matrix.

15 . The display panel of claim 14 , wherein a content of the titanium dioxide particles is about 1 weight percent to about 10 weight percent based on the total weight of the transparent matrix and the titanium dioxide particles in the light transmitting region.

16 . The display panel of claim 8 , wherein quantum dots included in the first color conversion region comprise a core and a shell disposed on the core,

the core comprises a semiconductor nanocrystal that comprises silver, gallium, and sulfur, and optionally indium, and the shell comprises a semiconductor nanocrystal that comprises zinc and sulfur,

wherein the quantum dots included in the second color conversion region comprise a core and a shell disposed on the core,

the core comprises a semiconductor nanocrystal that comprises indium and phosphorus, and optionally zinc, and the shell comprises a semiconductor nanocrystal that comprises zinc and at least one of sulfur or selenium.

17 . The display panel of claim 8 , wherein the display panel further comprises a light emitting panel comprising a light emitting source configured to emit blue light, a light emitting source configured to emit green light, or a combination thereof.

18 . The display panel of claim 17 , wherein the light emitting source comprises an organic light emitting diode, a micro LED, a mini LED, an LED comprising a nanorod, or a combination thereof.

19 . The display panel of claim 17 , wherein the light emitting panel comprises a light emitting source configured to emit blue light and an absorption rate of a color conversion region for the blue light is greater than or equal to about 85%.

20 . An electronic device comprising the display panel of claim 1 .

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 26, 2025
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 072964/0412 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 24, 2023
From: KIM, TAE-GON; PARK, SHANG HYEUN; WON, NAYOUN; KIM, MINHO; YANG, SEUNGRIM; JUN, SHIN AE; JUNG, YEBIN; JO, A RA
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063087/0438 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2022-0037616 · Mar 25, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230303921A1 · Sep 28, 2023
References Cited (18)
US 10927294B2 · Damtew et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 10947403B2 · Isonaka et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11101413B2 · Torimoto et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 11697764B2 · Kim et al. · 2023 [cited by applicant]
US 20210139730A1 · Isonaka et al. · 2021 [cited by applicant]
US 20230043195A1 · Kim · 2023 [cited by examiner]
JP 6972656B2 · 2005 [cited by applicant]
JP 6547915B2 · 2020 [cited by applicant]
JP 6688403B2 · 2020 [cited by applicant]
JP 2021096323A · 2021 [cited by applicant]
KR 1745599B1 · 2017 [cited by applicant]
KR 20210001995A · 2021 [cited by applicant]
KR 20210115612A · 2021 [cited by applicant]
KR 20220017357A · 2022 [cited by applicant]
English Abstract of KR 1020170024745 (Publication of KR 1745599 B1). [cited by applicant]
English Translation of Office Action dated May 7, 2024 of the corresponding Korean Patent Application No. 10-2022-0037616, 12 pp. [cited by applicant]
Jong-Hoon Kim, et al., Synthesis of widely emission-tunable Ag—Ga—S and its quaternary derivative quantum dots, Chemical Engineering Journal (2018), 347, 791-797. [cited by applicant]
Office Action dated May 7, 2024 of the corresponding Korean Patent Application No. 10-2022-0037616, 11 pp. [cited by applicant]