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US 10,251,224 · App. 15/477,389 · Granted Apr 2, 2019

Display module and method for coating the same

Inventors: Jung-Min Kim (Seoul, KR); Ho-seong Shin (Suwon-si, KR); Kyoung-hwan Jang (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
H05B33/04H05B33/10H05B33/12H05K3/007H05K3/284H05K3/288H05K1/0274H05K1/181H05K2201/09018H05K2201/09145H05K2201/10106H05K2201/10522H05K2203/1316H05K2203/1327
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Patent No.
US 10,251,224
App. No.
15/477,389
Granted
Apr 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides a display module and a method for coating the same, which can prevent and/or reduce the occurrence of black seam between display modules that are arranged adjacent to each other. According to an example aspect of the present disclosure, a display module includes a printed circuit board; a plurality of luminous elements arranged at predetermined intervals on the printed circuit board; and a coating layer comprising a coating disposed between the respective luminous elements, disposed around side surfaces of the respective luminous elements positioned at an outermost, and formed to have a height that is substantially equal to a height of the side surfaces of the luminous elements, the coating being configured to block side light of the respective luminous elements.

Claims (21)

1. A display module comprising:

a printed circuit board;

a plurality of luminous elements arranged on the printed circuit board; and

a coating layer disposed between each of the luminous elements, the coating disposed around side surfaces of each of the luminous elements and the coating also positioned at an outermost portion of the display module and formed to have a height that is substantially equal to a height of the side surfaces of the luminous elements to block light emitted from side surfaces of each of the luminous elements.

2. The display module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a pitch between adjacent of the luminous elements is set to be in a range of 0.3 to 2 mm.

3. The display module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a size of the luminous element is defined to width×length×height and

wherein a range of the width×length is 0.5 mm×0.5 mm to 3 mm×3 mm, and a range of the height is 0.5 mm to 1.2 mm.

4. The display module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the coating layer substantially covers electrodes of each of the luminous elements.

5. The display module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the coating layer comprises an opaque non-conductive material.

6. The display module as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the coating layer comprises silicon, acrylic resin, or epoxy resin.

7. The display module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a viscosity of a coating solvent that forms the coating layer is in a range of 2000 to 9000 p(poise).

8. The display module as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the printed circuit board comprises a curved surface.

9. A display module comprising:

a printed circuit board;

a plurality of luminous elements mounted on the printed circuit board; and

an opaque coating layer formed on the printed circuit board to surround side portions of each of the luminous elements, the opaque coating layer having an edge portion that forms an outer portion of the opaque coating layer, and the edge portion having a projection portion that projects further than an edge of the printed circuit board.

10. The display module as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the edge portion of the coating layer is configured to contact an edge portion of a coating layer of another display module that is arranged adjacent to the display module.

11. The display module as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the coating layer has an elastic force wherein the edge portions of adjacent coating layers contact each other without forming a space therebetween.

12. The display module as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the edge portion of the coating layer projects gradually slantingly in a direction away from the printed circuit board.

13. The display module as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the edge portion of the coating layer is slanted to form an acute angle with a virtual straight line that vertically extends from the edge of the printed circuit board.

14. The display module as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the edge portion of the coating layer has a planar or curved side surface.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2017
From: KIM, JUNG-MIN; SHIN, HO-SEONG; JANG, KYOUNG-HWAN
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042283/0068 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0072740 · Jun 10, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170359865A1 · Dec 14, 2017
Cited By (1)
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