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Granted Patent B2
US 11,183,543 · App. 16/854,898 · Granted Nov 23, 2021

Display device

Inventors: Ki Ho Bang (Hwaseong-si, KR); Eunhye Kim (Namyangju-si, KR); Saebom Ahn (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sang Hyun Jun (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L27/323G06F3/0412G06F3/0445H01L27/3272H01L27/3276H01L51/5237G06F2203/04107H01L2251/301
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Patent No.
US 11,183,543
App. No.
16/854,898
Granted
Nov 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a base layer including a display area and first and second non-display areas, a circuit device layer on the base layer and including a driving circuit unit overlapping the first and second non-display areas, a power electrode outside the driving circuit unit, and a shielding electrode connected to the power electrode and through which first through-holes are defined, a light emitting device layer on the circuit device layer and including a second electrode and a connection electrode electrically connecting the power electrode to the second electrode and through which second through-holes are defined, a thin film encapsulation layer on the light emitting device layer, and a touch sensing layer on the thin film encapsulation layer. The first and second through-holes do not overlap each other in the first non-display area, and the first and second through-holes overlap each other in the second non-display area.

Claims (50)

1. A display device that includes a light emitting device including a first electrode, a light emitting layer and a second electrode, the display device comprising:

a base layer including a display area, a first non-display area, and a second non-display area between the display area and the first non-display area;

a circuit device layer disposed on the base layer, wherein the circuit device layer includes a driving circuit unit overlapping the first non-display area and the second non-display area, a power electrode disposed outside the driving circuit unit, and a shielding electrode connected to the power electrode and overlapping the driving circuit unit, wherein a plurality of first through-holes is defined through the shielding electrode;

a light emitting device layer disposed on the circuit device layer, wherein the light emitting device layer includes the light emitting device overlapping the display area and a connection electrode electrically connecting the power electrode to the second electrode, wherein a plurality of second through-holes is defined through the connection electrode;

a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting device layer; and

a touch sensing layer disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer, wherein the touch sensing layer includes a plurality of touch sensing electrodes, and a plurality of touch signal lines connected to the touch sensing electrodes and overlapping the connection electrode,

wherein

the first through-holes and the second through-holes do not overlap each other in the first non-display area, and

the first through-holes and the second through-holes overlap each other in the second non-display area.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second electrode covers the second through-holes in the second non-display area.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second electrode overlaps the second non-display area and does not overlap the first non-display area.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second electrode overlaps the first non-display area and the second non-display area.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the touch signal lines overlaps at least one selected from the shielding electrode and the connection electrode in the first non-display area.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the touch signal lines overlaps at least one selected from the connection electrode and the second electrode in the second non-display area.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the circuit device layer further includes:

a first planarization layer disposed between the driving circuit unit and the shielding electrode; and

a second planarization layer disposed between the shielding electrode and the connection electrode.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein

the first through-holes expose the first planarization layer, and

the second through-holes expose the second planarization layer.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein a valley positioned between the first non-display area and the second non-display area is defined in the first planarization layer and the second planarization layer.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the shielding electrode does not overlap the valley.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the second through-holes of the connection electrode do not overlap the valley.

12. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the circuit device layer further includes:

a pixel circuit unit disposed on the base layer and overlapping the display area; and

a pixel connection electrode disposed between the first planarization layer and the second planarization layer, wherein the pixel connection electrode is electrically connected to the pixel circuit unit through a first contact hole defined through the first planarization layer, and electrically connected to the first electrode through a second contact hole defined through the second planarization layer.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the shielding electrode includes a same material as the pixel connection electrode, and

the connection electrode includes a same material as the first electrode.

14. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first through-holes and the second through-holes are alternately arranged in a first direction in the first non-display area when viewed in a plan view.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the first through-holes and the second through-holes are alternately arranged in a second direction intersecting the first direction in the first non-display area when viewed in the plan view.

16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first through-holes and the second through-holes define a plurality of rows arranged in a first direction on a plane,

the first through-holes in odd rows among the rows and the first through-holes in even rows among the rows are alternately arranged with each other in a second direction intersecting the first direction in the second non-display area, and

the second through-holes in the odd rows among the rows and the second through-holes in the even rows among the rows are alternately arranged with each other in the second direction.

17. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the thin film encapsulation layer includes:

a first inorganic layer disposed on the second electrode;

an organic layer disposed on the first inorganic layer and having a flat top surface; and

a second inorganic layer disposed on the organic layer and having an end in contact with the first inorganic layer.

18. A display device that includes a light emitting device including a first electrode, a light emitting layer and a second electrode, the display device comprising:

a base layer including a display area, a first non-display area, and a second non-display area between the display area and the first non-display area;

a circuit device layer disposed on the base layer, wherein the circuit device layer includes a driving circuit unit overlapping the first non-display area and the second non-display area, a power electrode disposed outside the driving circuit unit, and a shielding electrode connected to the power electrode, overlapping the first non-display area and not overlapping the second non-display area, wherein a plurality of first through-holes is defined through the shielding electrode;

a light emitting device layer disposed on the circuit device layer, wherein the light emitting device layer includes the light emitting device and a connection electrode electrically connecting the power electrode to the second electrode, wherein a plurality of second through-holes is defined through the connection electrode;

a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting device layer; and

a touch sensing layer disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer, wherein the touch sensing layer includes a plurality of touch sensing electrodes and a plurality of touch signal lines connected to the touch sensing electrodes and overlapping the connection electrode,

wherein

the first through-holes and the second through-holes do not overlap each other in the first non-display area, and

the second electrode covers the second through-holes in the second non-display area.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the second electrode does not overlap the shielding electrode.

20. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the second electrode partially overlaps the shielding electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 22, 2020
From: BANG, KI HO; KIM, EUNHYE; AHN, SAEBOM; JUN, SANG HYUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052472/0373 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0113610 · Sep 16, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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