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US 12,276,882 · App. 18/623,343 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Beong-Hun Beon (Yongin-si, KR); Dukjin Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Woosuk Jung (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G02F1/133637G02F1/133528G02F1/133633G02F1/133638
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Patent No.
US 12,276,882
App. No.
18/623,343
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel and an optical panel disposed on the display panel, the display panel includes a light-emitting device part including a light-emitting device, a first phase retardation layer disposed on the light-emitting device part and having reverse wavelength dispersion characteristics, and an absorbing polarizer disposed on the first phase retardation layer, and the optical panel includes a first lens part disposed on the display panel and including a beam splitter and a second lens part disposed on the first lens part and including a reflective polarizer.

Claims (47)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel including:

a light-emitting device part including a light-emitting device;

a first phase retardation layer disposed on the light-emitting device part and having reverse wavelength dispersion characteristics; and

an absorbing polarizer disposed on the first phase retardation layer; and

an optical panel disposed on the display panel, the optical panel including:

a first lens part disposed on the display panel and including a beam splitter; and

a second lens part disposed on the first lens part and including a reflective polarizer.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first phase retardation layer includes at least one of a reverse wavelength dispersion film and a reverse wavelength dispersion liquid crystal.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the reverse wavelength dispersion film included in the first phase retardation layer is a film in which a first polymer having positive birefringence and a second polymer having negative birefringence are mixed.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the reverse wavelength dispersion liquid crystal included in the first phase retardation layer is a liquid crystal in which a normal dispersion mesogen and an inverse dispersion mesogen are mixed.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first phase retardation layer has a structure in which two or more phase retardation layers having different retardation axes are sequentially stacked.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the absorbing polarizer of the display panel has a light absorption axis, absorbs polarized light of the light absorption axis, and transmits polarized light perpendicular to the light absorption axis, and

the reflective polarizer of the second lens part has a reflection axis, reflects polarized light of the reflection axis, and transmits polarized light perpendicular to the reflection axis.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the light absorption axis and the reflection axis have a same direction as each other.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first phase retardation layer has a first retardation axis, retardates light in a direction of the first retardation axis by λ/4 and changes linearly polarized light to circularly polarized light or changes circularly polarized light to linearly polarized light.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel further includes:

a second phase retardation layer disposed on the absorbing polarizer, having a second retardation axis, retardates light in a direction of the second retardation axis by λ/4 and changes linearly polarized light to circularly polarized light or changes circularly polarized light to linearly polarized light.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device includes a pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer disposed on the pixel electrode, and a common electrode disposed on the light-emitting layer,

the common electrode reflects some of an incident light, and

a light reflected from the common electrode transmits through the first phase retardation layer and is absorbed by the absorbing polarizer.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a separate polarizer is not disposed between the first phase retardation layer and the absorbing polarizer.

12. A display device comprising:

a display panel including:

a light-emitting device part including a light-emitting device;

a first phase retardation layer disposed on the light-emitting device part and having reverse wavelength dispersion characteristics;

a first absorbing polarizer disposed on the first phase retardation layer; and

a reflective polarizer disposed on the first absorbing polarizer; and

an optical panel disposed on the display panel, the optical panel including:

a first lens part disposed on the display panel and including a beam splitter; and

a second lens part disposed on the first lens part and including a second absorbing polarizer.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the first phase retardation layer includes at least one of a reverse wavelength dispersion film and a reverse wavelength dispersion liquid crystal.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the reverse wavelength dispersion film included in the first phase retardation layer is a film in which a first polymer having positive birefringence and a second polymer having negative birefringence are mixed.

15. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the reverse wavelength dispersion liquid crystal included in the first phase retardation layer is a liquid crystal in which a normal dispersion mesogen and an inverse dispersion mesogen are mixed.

16. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the first phase retardation layer has a structure in which two or more phase retardation layers having different retardation axes are sequentially stacked.

17. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the first absorbing polarizer of the display panel has a first light absorption axis, absorbs polarized light of the first light absorption axis, and transmits polarized light perpendicular to the first light absorption axis,

the reflective polarizer of the display panel has a reflection axis, reflects polarized light of the reflection axis, and transmits polarized light perpendicular to the reflection axis, and

the second absorbing polarizer of the second lens part has a second light absorption axis, absorbs polarized light of the second light absorption axis, and transmits polarized light perpendicular to the second light absorption axis.

18. The display device of claim 17 , wherein the first light absorption axis, the reflection axis, and the second light absorption axis have a same direction as each other.

19. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the first phase retardation layer has a first retardation axis, retardates light in a direction of the first retardation axis by λ/4 and changes linearly polarized light to circularly polarized light or change circularly polarized light to linearly polarized light.

20. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the display panel further includes:

a second phase retardation layer disposed on the first absorbing polarizer, having a second retardation axis, retardates light in a direction of the second retardation axis by λ/4 and changes linearly polarized light to circularly polarized light or changes circularly polarized light to linearly polarized light.

21. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the light-emitting device includes a pixel electrode, a light-emitting layer disposed on the pixel electrode, and a common electrode disposed on the light-emitting layer,

the common electrode reflects some of an incident light, and

a light reflected from the common electrode transmits through the first phase retardation layer and is absorbed by the first absorbing polarizer.

22. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the light-emitting device part, the first phase retardation layer, the first absorbing polarizer, and the reflective polarizer are sequentially stacked.

23. The display device of claim 12 , wherein a separate polarizer is not disposed between the first phase retardation layer and the first absorbing polarizer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 6, 2024
From: BEON, BEONG-HUN; LEE, DUKJIN; JUNG, WOOSUK
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 067644/0001 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0093651 · Jul 19, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20250028204A1 · Jan 23, 2025
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