IP Library Granted Patent US 11,536,883
Granted Patent B2
US 11,536,883 · App. 16/882,839 · Granted Dec 27, 2022

Color conversion panel and display device including the same

Inventors: Myoung Jong Lee (Cheonan-si, KR); Jea Heon Ahn (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jang-Il Kim (Asan-si, KR); Jeong Ki Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jong-Hoon Kim (Seoul, KR); Seok-Joon Hong (Seongnam-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G02B5/201G02F1/133512G02F1/133514G02F1/133617H01L23/544H01L27/322H01L51/5268H01L51/5281H01L2223/54426
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Patent No.
US 11,536,883
App. No.
16/882,839
Granted
Dec 27, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate including an alignment area in a non-display area, and a display area including a plurality of material layers on the substrate; in the alignment area, a plurality of keys including a first alignment key and a second alignment key. Each alignment key includes a light blocking pattern, a layer pattern and a display pattern. The position of the display pattern within the first alignment key is different from the position of the display pattern within the second alignment key, the layer pattern of the alignment key and one material layer among the plurality of material layers are respective portions of a same material layer on the substrate, and the layer pattern of the first alignment key and the layer pattern of the second alignment key are respective portions of different material layers among the plurality of material layers on the substrate.

Claims (97)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate including:

a non-display area comprising an alignment area, and

a display area comprising a plurality of material layers arranged along a thickness direction of the substrate; and

in the alignment area, a plurality of alignment keys including a first alignment key and a second alignment key,

wherein

each of an alignment key among the first alignment key and the second alignment key comprises:

a light blocking pattern comprising an outer edge which defines an outer border of the alignment key,

a layer pattern inside of the light blocking pattern and spaced apart therefrom,

a plurality of positions spaced apart from each other along the outer edge of the light blocking pattern, and

at a position among the plurality of positions, a display pattern extended from the outer edge of the light blocking pattern, in a direction away from the layer pattern,

the position of the display pattern within the first alignment key is different from the position of the display pattern within the second alignment key, among the plurality of positions of the alignment key,

the layer pattern of the alignment key and one material layer among the plurality of material layers of the display area, are respective portions of a same material layer on the substrate, and

the layer pattern of the first alignment key and the layer pattern of the second alignment key are respective portions of different material layers among the plurality of material layers on the substrate.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light blocking pattern, the layer pattern and the display pattern are in a same layer on the substrate.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein within the alignment key:

the layer pattern inside of the light blocking pattern is spaced apart from the light blocking pattern along a first direction and a second direction which crosses the first direction,

the light blocking pattern includes a corner area extended further than the layer pattern along both the first direction and the second direction, and

the position along the outer edge of the light blocking pattern is within the corner area of the light blocking pattern.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein within the alignment key:

the light blocking pattern has a shape which defines a corner, and

the display pattern extends directly from the outer edge of the light blocking pattern at the corner.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein within the alignment key, the light blocking pattern or the layer pattern has a shape of a square.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the alignment key further comprises an opening defined between the light blocking pattern and the layer pattern spaced apart from each other, and

the light blocking pattern surrounds the opening.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the light blocking pattern is a pattern of a first patterning process and the layer pattern is pattern of a second patterning process which is performed after the first patterning process, and

the display pattern is a pattern of the first patterning process or the second patterning process.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the plurality of material layers of the display area comprises a light blocking member layer, a color filter layer, a color conversion layer and a light transmissive layer,

the position of the display pattern within the first alignment key corresponds to one layer among the light blocking member layer, the color filter layer, the color conversion layer, and the light transmissive layer, and

the position of the display pattern within the second alignment key corresponds to a different one layer among the light blocking member layer, the color filter layer, the color conversion layer, and the light transmissive layer.

9. A display device comprising:

a substrate including:

a non-display area comprising an alignment area, and

a display area comprising a plurality of material layers arranged along a thickness direction of the substrate; and

a plurality of alignment keys in the alignment area, each of an alignment key among the plurality of alignment keys including:

a light blocking pattern having a shape of a polygon comprising an outer edge which defines an outer border of the alignment key,

a layer pattern inside of the light blocking pattern and spaced apart therefrom,

a plurality of positions spaced apart from each other along the outer edge of the light blocking pattern, and

at different positions among the plurality of positions, a plurality of display patterns respectively extended from the outer edge of the light blocking pattern, in a direction away from the layer pattern,

wherein

a combination of the different positions of the plurality of display patterns within the alignment key corresponds to one material layer among the plurality of material layers of the display area, and

the layer pattern within the alignment key and the one material layer among the plurality of material layers of the display area which corresponds to the combination of the different positions of the plurality of display patterns within the alignment key, are respective portions of a same material layer on the substrate.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the light blocking pattern, the layer pattern and the plurality of display patterns are in a same layer on the substrate.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein within the alignment key:

the layer pattern inside of the light blocking pattern is spaced apart from the light blocking pattern along a first direction and a second direction which crosses the first direction,

the light blocking pattern includes a corner area extended further than the layer pattern along both the first direction and the second, and

each of the different positions of the plurality of display patterns is within the corner area of the light blocking pattern.

12. The display device of claim 9 , wherein within the alignment key:

the shape of the polygon further comprises a corner, and

the plurality of display patterns extends directly from the outer edge of the light blocking pattern at the corner.

13. The display device of claim 9 , wherein

the alignment key further comprises an opening defined between the light blocking pattern and the layer pattern spaced apart from each other, and

the light blocking pattern surrounds the opening.

14. The display device of claim 9 , wherein

the light blocking pattern is a pattern of a first patterning process and the layer pattern is pattern of a second patterning process which is performed after the first patterning process, and

the plurality of display patterns are patterns of the first patterning process or the second patterning process.

15. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the display area further comprises a color conversion display panel defining the plurality of material layers arranged along the thickness direction of the substrate, the plurality of material layers comprising:

an upper light blocking member on the substrate;

a first lower light blocking member, a second lower light blocking member, and a third lower light blocking member arranged in a direction along the substrate, between the upper light blocking member and the substrate;

in the direction along the substrate,

a red color filter between the first lower light blocking member and the second lower light blocking member; and

a green color filter between the second lower light blocking member and the third lower light blocking member;

a red color conversion layer corresponding to the red color filter;

a green color conversion layer corresponding to the green color filter;

a transmissive layer corresponding to the third lower light blocking member; and

an auxiliary light blocking member facing the substrate with the upper light blocking member therebetween.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the one material layer among the plurality of material layers of the display area which corresponds to the combination of the different positions of the plurality of display patterns within the alignment key, includes any one of the first lower light blocking member, the second lower light blocking member, the third lower light blocking member, the upper light blocking member, the red color filter, the green color filter, the red color conversion layer, the green color conversion layer, the transmissive layer and the auxiliary light blocking member.

17. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the first lower light blocking member, the second lower light blocking member and the third lower light blocking member of the color conversion display panel block blue light.

18. The display device of claim 15 , wherein

the red color conversion layer and the green color conversion layer of the color conversion display panel comprise semiconductor nanocrystals, and

the transmissive layer of the color conversion display panel comprises light scatterers which scatter light.

19. A display device comprising:

a substrate including:

a display area comprising:

a lower light blocking member; and

an upper light blocking member facing the substrate with the lower light blocking member therebetween; and

a non-display area adjacent to the display area and comprising

an alignment area; and

a plurality of alignment keys in the alignment area, including a first alignment key and a second alignment key spaced apart from each other, each of an alignment key among the first alignment key and the second alignment key comprising an outer border, and a first position and a second position spaced apart from each other along the outer border,

wherein

the first alignment key includes:

a first light blocking pattern comprising an outer edge which defines an outer border of the first alignment key,

a first layer pattern inside of the first light blocking pattern and spaced apart therefrom, and

at the first position of the alignment key, a first display pattern extended from the outer edge of the first light blocking pattern, in a direction away from the first layer pattern,

wherein the first layer pattern of the first alignment key and the lower light blocking member of the display area are respective portions of a same material layer on the substrate; and

the second alignment key includes:

a second light blocking pattern comprising an outer edge which defines an outer border of the second alignment key,

a second layer pattern inside of the second light blocking pattern and spaced apart therefrom, and

at the second position of the alignment key, a second display pattern extended from the outer edge of the second light blocking pattern, in a direction away from the second layer pattern,

wherein the second layer pattern of the second alignment key and the upper light blocking member of the display area are respective portions of a same material layer on the substrate.

20. The display device of claim 19 , wherein within the first alignment key,

the first layer pattern inside of the first light blocking pattern is spaced apart from the first light blocking pattern along a first direction and a second direction which crosses the first direction,

the first light blocking pattern includes a corner area extended further than the first layer pattern along both the first direction and the second direction, and

the first position and the second position of the alignment key are within the corner area of the first light blocking pattern.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 26, 2020
From: LEE, MYOUNG JONG; AHN, JEA HEON; KIM, JANG-IL; KIM, JEONG KI; KIM, JONG-HOON; HONG, SEOK-JOON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0123993 · Oct 7, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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