IP Library Granted Patent US 10,978,430
Granted Patent B2
US 10,978,430 · App. 16/557,350 · Granted Apr 13, 2021

Display apparatus and manufacturing method thereof

Inventors: Dong Yeob Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Byung Chul Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Seung Ryong Han (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L25/0753
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Patent No.
US 10,978,430
App. No.
16/557,350
Granted
Apr 13, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes unit modules arranged in a matrix form; a transparent fixing member encapsulating the unit modules and fixing the unit modules; and a glass panel fixed to the unit modules by means of the transparent fixing member.

Claims (50)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a display panel to display an image, and

a case to support the display panel;

wherein the display panel comprises:

a plurality of unit modules arranged in a matrix form, each unit module of the plurality of unit modules including a substrate and a plurality of inorganic light emitting devices mounted on the substrate to from pixels of the display panel;

a transparent fixing member encapsulating the plurality of unit modules and fixing the plurality of unit modules; and

a glass panel attached on the plurality of unit modules by means of the transparent fixing member.

2. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent fixing member is formed based on a transparent resin being applied on the plurality of unit modules and the transparent resin being hardened.

3. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein a portion of the transparent resin enters a gap between adjacent unit modules of the plurality of unit modules and the transparent resin is hardened in the gap.

4. The display apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the transparent resin is an ultraviolet (UV) hardening resin configured to be hardened based on UV light being radiated onto the transparent resin.

5. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the transparent fixing member comprises a transparent adhesive film that is attached on the plurality of unit modules.

6. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein each inorganic light emitting device of the plurality of inorganic light emitting devices comprises a plurality of light emitting device groups, each inorganic light emitting device group of the plurality of inorganic light emitting device groups comprising:

a red inorganic light emitting device;

a green inorganic light emitting device; and

a blue inorganic light emitting device, the red, green and blue inorganic light emitting devices configured to form a pixel.

7. The display apparatus according to claim 6 , wherein the plurality of light emitting device groups are spaced at a predetermined interval.

8. The display apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the case covers at least one outer side surface of the unit modules disposed at outermost of the plurality of unit modules.

9. A method of manufacturing a display apparatus, comprising:

forming a unit module of a plurality of unit modules by mounting a plurality of inorganic light emitting devices on a substrate;

arranging the plurality of unit modules in a matrix form;

applying a transparent resin in a liquid state to cover the plurality of unit modules;

attaching a glass panel to the plurality of unit modules by means of the transparent resin; and

hardening the transparent resin to form a transparent fixing member for fixing the plurality of unit modules,

wherein the arranging comprises arranging the plurality of unit modules in the matrix form on a jog,

wherein the jig includes:

a resting portion on which the plurality of unit modules are provided, and

a plurality of adsorption holes provided in the resting portion corresponding to the plurality of unit modules, and

wherein, based on negative pressure being applied to the plurality of adsorption holes, the plurality of unit modules are adsorbed on the resting portion.

10. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the jig further comprises a dam portion positioned at surrounding edges of the resting portion, and

wherein the transparent resin in the liquid state applied on the plurality of unit modules is collected in the resting portion by the dam portion.

11. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the jig further comprises a blocking portion covering a lower end of a gap provided between adjacent unit modules to limit an amount of the transparent resin entering the gap.

12. A method of manufacturing a display apparatus, the method comprising:

arranging, in a jig, a plurality of unit modules in a matrix form, each unit module of the plurality of unit modules comprising:

a substrate; and

a plurality of inorganic light emitting devices provided on the substrate of the unit module;

applying a transparent resin in a liquid state in the jig to cover the plurality of unit modules;

attaching a glass panel to the plurality of unit modules by means of the transparent resin; and

hardening the transparent resin to form a transparent fixing member for fixing the plurality of unit modules,

wherein the arranging comprises arranging a first unit module, from among the plurality of unit modules, and a second unit module, from among the plurality of unit modules, that is adjacent to first module, with a gap directly between the substrate of the first unit module and the substrate of the second unit module, and

wherein a portion of the transparent fixing member is within the gap.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the applying the transparent resin in the liquid state comprises:

providing the transparent resin in the liquid state in the gap between the first unit module and the second unit module, and

hardening the transparent resin in the liquid state in the gap between the first unit module and the second unit module.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the jig comprises:

a resting portion on which the plurality of unit modules are provided, and

a plurality of adsorption holes provided in the resting portion corresponding to the plurality of unit modules, and

wherein, based on negative pressure being applied to the plurality of adsorption holes, the plurality of unit modules are adsorbed on the resting portion.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the jig further comprises a dam portion positioned at surrounding edges of the resting portion, and

wherein the transparent resin in the liquid state applied on the plurality of unit modules is collected in the resting portion by the dam portion.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the jig further comprises a blocking portion covering a lower end of the gap provided between the first unit module and the second unit module to limit an amount of the transparent resin entering the gap.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2019
From: LEE, DONG YEOB; KIM, BYUNG CHUL; HAN, SEUNG RYONG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 050225/0888 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0103482 · Aug 31, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200075559A1 · Mar 5, 2020