IP Library Granted Patent US 11,552,133
Granted Patent B2
US 11,552,133 · App. 17/220,313 · Granted Jan 10, 2023

Electronic device including display and camera

Inventors: Sungyoung Shin (Suwon-si, KR); Minsuk Uhm (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
H01L27/322H01L27/3234H01L51/5253G02F1/133331G02F1/133512G02F1/133528G02F1/136209G06F1/1652H01L27/14678H01L27/323H01L27/3211H01L27/3246H01L51/529H01L51/5293H01L2251/301H01L2251/5338
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Patent No.
US 11,552,133
App. No.
17/220,313
Granted
Jan 10, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

Various embodiments of the disclosure relate to an electronic device including a display and a camera. The electronic device may include a camera overlapping the display and configured to photograph external light passing through the display, wherein the display may include: a colorless and transparent substrate, a pixel layer disposed in a first direction from the substrate and comprising organic light-emitting diode (OLED) type pixels, an organic encapsulation layer (e.g., thin film encapsulation (TFE)) disposed in the first direction from the pixel layer, and a color filter layer disposed in the first direction from the organic encapsulation layer, wherein the display may include: a first area overlapping at least a portion of the camera and a second area not overlapping the camera, wherein an arrangement density of a first group of pixels in the first area may be lower than an arrangement density of a second group of pixels in the second area, and wherein the color filter layer may include first color filters overlapping the pixels of the first group, second color filters overlapping the pixels of the second group, a black matrix disposed between the second color filters in the second area, and a transmission area disposed between the first color filters in the first area.

Claims (36)

1. An electronic device comprising:

a housing;

a display viewable through a portion of the housing; and

a camera overlapping the display and configured to photograph external light passing through the display,

wherein the display comprises: a colorless and transparent substrate, a pixel layer disposed in a first direction from the substrate and comprising organic light-emitting diode (OLED) type pixels, an organic encapsulation layer disposed in the first direction from the pixel layer, and a color filter layer disposed in the first direction from the organic encapsulation layer,

wherein the display comprises: a first area overlapping at least a portion of the camera and a second area not overlapping the camera,

wherein an arrangement density of a first group of pixels in the first area is lower than an arrangement density of a second group of pixels in the second area, and

wherein the color filter layer comprises first color filters overlapping the pixels of the first group, second color filters overlapping the pixels of the second group, a black matrix disposed between the second color filters in the second area, and a transmission area disposed between the first color filters in the first area.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises colorless and transparent glass.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a colorless, transparent, and flexible substrate.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display does not include a polarizer.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein an air layer is not disposed between the pixel layer and the organic encapsulation layer.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic encapsulation layer comprises a first inorganic layer, an organic layer, and a second inorganic layer, which are disposed in order in the first direction.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate and the organic encapsulation layer contact each other in an area between the pixels of the first group.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the organic encapsulation layer disposed in the first area is substantially even.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the organic encapsulation layer is substantially even from the first area to the second area.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic layer has a first variation in height in the first area, and the organic layer has a second variation in height in the second area, the second variation in height being is less than the first variation in height.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein in the first area, the organic layer has a first height in an area corresponding to the pixels of the first group, and the organic layer has a second height greater than the first height in an area between the pixels of the first group.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the color filter layer further comprises third color filters disposed in the transmission area, and

wherein an area of the third color filters is less than the area of the first color filters and is less than the area of the second color filters.

13. The electronic device according to claims 1 , wherein the color filter layer further comprises a second black matrix arranged irregularly between the third color filters in the transmission area.

14. A display for a camera configured to photograph external light passing through the display, the display comprising:

a colorless and transparent substrate;

a pixel layer disposed in a first direction from the substrate and comprising organic light-emitting diode (OLED) type pixels;

an organic encapsulation layer disposed in the first direction from the pixel layer;

a color filter layer disposed in the first direction from the organic encapsulation layer;

a first area overlapping at least a portion of the camera; and

a second area that not overlapping the camera,

wherein an arrangement density of a first group of pixels in the first area is lower than an arrangement density of a second group of pixels in the second area, and

wherein the color filter layer comprises first color filters overlapping the pixels of the first group, second color filters overlapping the pixels of the second group, a black matrix disposed between the second color filters in the second area, and a transmission area disposed between the first color filters in the first area.

15. The display according to claim 14 , wherein the organic encapsulation layer comprises a first inorganic layer, an organic layer, and a second inorganic layer disposed in order in the first direction.

16. The display according to claim 14 , wherein the substrate and the organic encapsulation layer contact each other in an area between the pixels overlapping the camera.

17. The display according to claim 14 , wherein a surface of the organic encapsulation layer in the first area is substantially even.

18. The display according to claim 14 , wherein the organic layer has a first variation in height in the first area, and the organic layer has a second variation in height in the second area, is the second variation in height being less than the first variation.

19. The display according to claim 14 , wherein a surface of the organic encapsulation layer is substantially even from the first area to the second area.

20. The display according to claim 14 , wherein in the first area, the organic layer has a first height in an area corresponding to the pixels of the first group, and the organic layer has a second height greater than the first height in an area between the pixels of the first group.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 1, 2021
From: SHIN, SUNGYOUNG; UHM, MINSUK
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0056215 · May 11, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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