IP Library Granted Patent US 11,056,546
Granted Patent B2
US 11,056,546 · App. 16/428,753 · Granted Jul 6, 2021

Display device and method of manufacturing display device

Inventors: Jin Whan Jung (Yongin-si, KR); Hyeon Bum Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L27/323G06F3/0412G06F3/0445H01L27/322H01L27/3246H01L51/5253H01L51/5275H01L51/5284H01L51/56G06F2203/04103H01L2227/323
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Patent No.
US 11,056,546
App. No.
16/428,753
Granted
Jul 6, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display panel and a touch sensor on the display panel. The display panel includes: a base layer; a light emitting element having a first electrode on the base layer; a pixel defining layer including an opening region that exposes a portion of the first electrode of the light emitting element; and an encapsulation layer covering the light emitting element and the pixel defining layer. The touch sensor has: a first conductive pattern on the encapsulation layer; a color filter on the encapsulation layer to cover the first conductive pattern, the color filter including a first region including a lens part and overlaps the opening region of the pixel defining layer and a second region overlaps the pixel defining layer; a second conductive pattern on the second region of the color filter; and a black matrix on the second conductive pattern.

Claims (57)

1. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising an emission region and a non-emission region; and

a touch sensor on the display panel,

wherein the display panel comprises:

a base layer;

a light emitting element on the base layer, the light emitting element comprising a first electrode;

a pixel defining layer comprising an opening region that exposes a portion of the first electrode of the light emitting element; and

an encapsulation layer covering the light emitting element and the pixel defining layer,

wherein the touch sensor comprises:

a first conductive pattern on the encapsulation layer;

a color filter on the encapsulation layer to cover the first conductive pattern, the color filter having a first region and a second region, wherein the first region comprises a lens part and overlaps with the opening region of the pixel defining layer, and the second region overlaps with the pixel defining layer;

a second conductive pattern on the second region of the color filter; and

a black matrix on the second conductive pattern, and

wherein a width of the lens part is smaller than a width of the opening region of the pixel defining layer that overlaps with the lens part,

wherein the touch sensor further comprises:

a hydrophobic layer on the black matrix; and

an insulating layer on the color filter, and

wherein the insulating layer does not overlap with the second conductive pattern, the black matrix, and the hydrophobic layer.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the lens part of the color filter has a concave lens shape that is concave toward the light emitting element.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein a width of the black matrix is smaller than a width of the pixel defining layer overlapping with the black matrix.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the black matrix covers a side surface of the second conductive pattern.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the lens part of the color filter has a convex lens shape that protrudes further than the second region.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein a width of the black matrix is larger than a width of the pixel defining layer overlapping with the black matrix.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the black matrix overlaps with a portion of the opening region of the pixel defining layer.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the color filter has a contact hole in the second region and exposes a portion of the first conductive pattern.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the first conductive pattern is electrically connected to the second conductive pattern through the contact hole.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element further comprises:

a second electrode on the first electrode; and

an emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the pixel defining layer covers a portion of the first electrode, and the opening region of the pixel defining layer corresponds to a portion of the first electrode that is exposed from the pixel defining layer.

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

patterning a first conductive pattern on a display panel;

forming a color filter through a photo process, wherein the color filter comprises a first region comprising a lens part on the display panel and the first conductive pattern, a second region at the periphery of the first region, and a contact hole formed at a portion of the second region;

patterning a second conductive pattern on the second region of the color filter;

forming a black matrix on the second conductive pattern;

forming a hydrophobic layer on the black matrix; and

forming an insulating layer at a portion of the color filter, wherein the insulating layer is exposed from the second conductive pattern and the black matrix.

13. The method of claim 12 , wherein the insulating layer is formed through an inkjet printing process, and

wherein the insulating layer does not overlap with the second conductive pattern, the black matrix, and the hydrophobic layer.

14. The method of claim 12 , wherein the lens part of the color filter has a concave lens shape that is concave toward the display panel.

15. The method of claim 12 , wherein the lens part of the color filter has a convex lens shape that protrudes further than the second region.

16. A display device comprising:

a display panel comprising an emission region and a non-emission region; and

a touch sensor on the display panel,

wherein the display panel comprises:

a base layer;

a light emitting element on the base layer, the light emitting element comprising a first electrode;

a pixel defining layer comprising an opening region that exposes a portion of the first electrode of the light emitting element; and

an encapsulation layer covering the light emitting element and the pixel defining layer,

wherein the touch sensor comprises:

a first conductive pattern on the encapsulation layer;

a color filter on the encapsulation layer to cover the first conductive pattern, the color filter having a first region and a second region, wherein the first region comprises a lens part and overlaps with the opening region of the pixel defining layer, and the second region overlaps with the pixel defining layer;

a second conductive pattern on the second region of the color filter;

a black matrix on the second conductive pattern;

a hydrophobic layer on the black matrix; and

an insulating layer on the color filter, and

wherein the insulating layer does not overlap with the second conductive pattern, the black matrix, and the hydrophobic layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 31, 2019
From: JUNG, JIN WHAN; LEE, HYEON BUM
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 049339/0486 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0098045 · Aug 22, 2018 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200066804A1 · Feb 27, 2020
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