IP Library Granted Patent US 12,219,821
Granted Patent B2
US 12,219,821 · App. 18/338,513 · Granted Feb 4, 2025

Display device having dummy regions

Inventors: Sun-Kyu Joo (Suwon-si, KR); In Seok Song (Pocheon-si, KR); Keun Chan Oh (Hwaseong-si, KR); Byung-Chul Kim (Suwon-si, KR); In Ok Kim (Osan-si, KR); Gak Seok Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Chang-Soon Jang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/122H10K50/11H10K50/81H10K50/813H10K50/82H10K50/84H10K59/1213H10K59/35H10K59/353H10K59/38H10K50/856H10K59/124H10K59/352
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Patent No.
US 12,219,821
App. No.
18/338,513
Granted
Feb 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a thin film transistor on the substrate, an interlayer insulating layer on the thin film transistor, an electrode on the interlayer insulating layer, the electrode including an emission region, a contact region overlapping the thin film transistor, and a dummy region protruding from the emission region in a direction different from the contact region, and an emission layer on the electrode, the emission region of the electrode overlapping the emission layer.

Claims (74)

1. A display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes disposed in a column direction and a row direction on the substrate; and

a second electrode and a third electrode disposed alternately in the column direction and the row direction on the substrate;

wherein the plurality of first electrodes respectively include:

a first emission region;

a first contact region protruding from the first emission region in a first direction parallel to the column direction, the first contact region overlapping a first contact hole through which the first electrode electrically connecting a first thin film transistor; and

a first dummy region protruding from the first emission region in a second direction opposite to the first direction and parallel to the column direction,

wherein the second electrode includes:

a second emission region;

a second contact region protruding from the second emission region in the second direction, the second contact region overlapping a second contact hole through which the second electrode electrically connecting a second thin film transistor,

wherein the third electrode includes:

a third emission region;

a third contact region protruding from the third emission region in the second direction, the third contact region overlapping a third contact hole through which the third electrode electrically connecting a third thin film transistor.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first contact region and the first dummy region of the first electrode overlap with each other in the column direction.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a length of the first dummy region in the column direction is larger than a width of the first dummy region in the row direction, and

a length of the first contact region in the column direction is larger than a width of the first contact region in the row direction.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first dummy region, the first emission region, and the first contact region are disposed sequentially in the column direction.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the second electrode further includes a second dummy region protruding from the second emission region in the first direction, and

the third electrode further includes a third dummy region protruding from the third emission region in the first direction.

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

an interlayer insulating layer between the first thin film transistor and the first electrode,

wherein the first contact hole, the second contact hole, and the third contact hole are formed through the interlayer insulating layer.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

the interlayer insulating layer further comprises a first groove overlapping the first dummy region, a second groove overlapping the second dummy region, and a third groove overlapping the third dummy region.

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

a first emission layer on the first electrode,

wherein the first emission layer overlaps the first emission region of the first electrode.

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

a second emission layer on the second electrode; and

a third emission layer on the third electrode,

wherein the second emission layer overlaps the second emission region of the second electrode, and

the third emission layer overlaps the third emission region of the third electrode.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein

the first emission region is disposed between the first contact region and the first dummy region in a plan view,

the second emission region is disposed between the second contact region and the second dummy region in the plan view, and

the third emission region is disposed between the third contact region and the third dummy region in the plan view.

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

a common electrode on the first emission layer and the second emission layer and overlapping the first emission layer and the second emission layer.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode corresponds to a green pixel.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the second electrode corresponds to a red pixel, and

the third electrode corresponds to a blue pixel.

14. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first emission region is smaller than the second emission region and the third emission region.

15. A display device with a plurality of pixels arranged in a row direction and a column direction, comprising:

a substrate;

a first thin film transistor on the substrate;

an interlayer insulating layer on the thin film transistor;

a first electrode on the interlayer insulating layer,

a second electrode on the interlayer insulating layer,

a first emission layer on the first electrode,

a second emission layer on the second electrode, and

a common electrode on the first emission layer and the second emission layer,

wherein the first electrode includes:

a first emission region;

a first contact region protruding from the first emission region in the column direction in a plan view and overlapping a first contact hole penetrating the interlayer insulating layer; and

a first dummy region protruding from the first emission region in the column direction with the first emission region between the first contact region and the first dummy region in a plan view,

wherein the first contact region and the first dummy region protrude in opposite directions from each other,

wherein the second electrode includes:

a second emission region; and

a second contact region protruding from the second emission region in the column direction and overlapping a second contact hole penetrating the interlayer insulating layer, wherein

the second electrode has no dummy region protruding from the second emission region in the column direction.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein

the first contact region and the first dummy region of the first electrode overlap with each other in the column direction.

17. The display device of claim 15 , wherein

a length of the first dummy region in the column direction is larger than a width of the first dummy region in the row direction, and

a length of the first contact region in the column direction is larger than a width of the first contact region in the row direction.

18. The display device of claim 15 , wherein

the first dummy region, the first emission region, and the first contact region are disposed sequentially in the column direction.

19. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the interlayer insulating layer further comprises a first groove overlapping the first dummy region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 21, 2023
From: JOO, SUN-KYU; SONG, IN SEOK; OH, KEUN CHAN; KIM, BYUNG-CHUL; KIM, IN OK; LEE, GAK SEOK; JANG, CHANG-SOON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 064012/0156 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0028279 · Mar 9, 2018 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17111805 · Dec 4, 2020
Continuation 16215942 · Dec 11, 2018
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