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Granted Patent B2
US 10,847,587 · App. 15/592,418 · Granted Nov 24, 2020

Display device

Inventors: Sangwook Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Changok Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Yeoungkeol Woo (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L27/323G06F3/044G06F3/0412H01L27/3265H01L27/3276H01L51/5253H01L51/5256G06F2203/04112H01L51/524
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Patent No.
US 10,847,587
App. No.
15/592,418
Granted
Nov 24, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a display panel including a light emitting device and a thin film sealing layer disposed on the light emitting device, the display panel providing a base surface, and a touch sensing member including a touch electrode layer and disposed on the base surface. The thin film sealing layer includes a first inorganic layer having a first content of hydrogen, and a second inorganic layer disposed on the first inorganic layer and having a second content of hydrogen less than the first content.

Claims (58)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising a light emitting device and a thin film sealing layer disposed on the light emitting device, the display panel providing a base surface; and

an input sensing member comprising a sensing electrode layer and disposed on the base surface,

wherein the thin film sealing layer comprises:

a first inorganic layer comprising a first content of hydrogen; and

a second inorganic layer disposed on the first inorganic layer and comprising a second content of hydrogen less than the first content, and

wherein a portion where the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer contact each other overlaps the light emitting device.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second inorganic layer contacts a top surface of the first inorganic layer.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the sensing electrode layer contacts the base surface.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the second inorganic layer comprises the base surface.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein at least one of the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer comprises silicon nitride.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the thin film sealing layer further comprises an organic layer contacting a bottom surface of the first inorganic layer.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the sensing electrode layer comprises:

a plurality of first touch patterns extending in a first direction and arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and

a plurality of second touch patterns extending in the second direction and arranged in the first direction.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein a plurality of touch openings are defined in the first touch patterns and the second touch patterns.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein each of the first touch patterns comprises:

a plurality of first sensing patterns arranged in the first direction; and

a plurality of first connecting patterns each connecting adjacent first sensing patterns.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein each of the second touch patterns comprises:

a plurality of second sensing patterns arranged in the second direction; and

a plurality of second connecting patterns each connecting adjacent second sensing patterns.

11. The display device of claim 10 , further comprising a plurality of insulating patterns disposed on the first connecting patterns, respectively,

wherein:

the first sensing patterns and the second sensing patterns are disposed in the same layer; and

each of the second connecting patterns is disposed on a corresponding insulating pattern.

12. The display device of claim 8 , wherein:

the display panel further comprises a plurality of light emitting areas and a non-light emitting area adjacent to the light emitting areas; and

each of the light emitting areas overlaps a corresponding touch opening.

13. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising an organic light emitting device and a thin film sealing layer disposed on the organic light emitting device, wherein the display panel provides a base surface; and

an input sensing member comprising a sensing electrode layer disposed on the base surface,

wherein the thin film sealing layer comprises:

a first inorganic layer having a first etch rate; and

a second inorganic layer disposed on the first inorganic layer and having a second etch rate less than the first etch rate, and

wherein a portion where the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer contact each other overlaps the organic light emitting device.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein:

the second inorganic layer contacts a top surface of the first inorganic layer; and

the sensing electrode layer contacts the base surface.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the second inorganic layer comprises the base surface.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the first inorganic layer comprises silicon nitride.

17. The display device of claim 16 , wherein the second inorganic layer comprises at least one of silicon oxide and aluminum oxide.

18. The display device of claim 16 , wherein:

the second inorganic layer comprises silicon nitride;

the first inorganic layer comprises a first content of hydrogen; and

the second inorganic layer comprises a second content of hydrogen less than the first content.

19. A display device comprising:

an organic light emitting device;

a thin film sealing layer providing a base surface, the thin film sealing layer disposed on the organic light emitting device; and

a plurality of sensing electrodes disposed on the base surface,

wherein the thin film sealing layer comprises:

an organic layer comprising a monomer;

a first inorganic layer disposed on a top surface of the organic layer, the first inorganic layer having a first etch rate; and

a second inorganic layer contacting a top surface of the first inorganic layer, the second inorganic layer having a second etch rate less than the first etch rate, and the second inorganic layer providing the base surface, and

wherein a portion where the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer contact each other overlaps the organic light emitting device.

20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein:

the first inorganic layer comprises a first content of hydrogen; and

the second inorganic layer comprises a second content of hydrogen less than the first content.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 11, 2017
From: LEE, SANGWOOK; KIM, CHANGOK; WOO, YEOUNGKEOL
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042338/0189 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2016-0063016 · May 23, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170338288A1 · Nov 23, 2017