IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,609,368
Granted Patent B2
US 11,609,368 · App. 17/188,170 · Granted Mar 21, 2023

Display device having bank layers

Inventors: In Seok Song (Pocheon-si, KR); Byung Chul Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Jang Wi Ryu (Yongin-si, KR); Gak Seok Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Ha Lim Ji (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G02B5/286H01L27/322H01L27/3246
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Patent No.
US 11,609,368
App. No.
17/188,170
Granted
Mar 21, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate including light-emitting areas and a light-blocking area including a spacer area; a color filter layer including color filters and a dummy color pattern, wherein the color filters are disposed in the light emitting areas, and the dummy color pattern is disposed in the spacer area; a light-transmitting layer disposed on the color filter layer and including a light-transmitting pattern and a light-transmitting dummy pattern, wherein the light-transmitting pattern is disposed on the color filters, and the light-transmitting dummy pattern is disposed on the dummy color pattern; and a bank layer disposed on the dummy color pattern, wherein the bank layer includes a spacer part disposed in the light-blocking area, and a bank part disposed in the light-blocking area, wherein the spacer part overlaps the spacer area, wherein the bank part has a smaller height than the spacer part with respect to the substrate.

Claims (45)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate including light-emitting areas and a light-blocking area including a spacer area;

a color filter layer disposed on the substrate and including color filters, and a dummy color pattern, wherein the color filters are disposed in the light emitting areas, and the dummy color pattern is disposed in the spacer area;

a light-transmitting layer disposed on the color filter layer and including a light-transmitting pattern and a light-transmitting dummy pattern, wherein the light-transmitting pattern is disposed on the color filters, and the light-transmitting dummy pattern is disposed on the dummy color pattern; and

a bank layer disposed on the dummy color pattern,

wherein the bank layer includes a spacer part disposed in the light-blocking area, and a bank part disposed in the light-blocking area, wherein the spacer part overlaps the spacer area, wherein the bank part has a smaller height than the spacer part with respect to the substrate, and does not overlap the spacer area.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the color filters include a first color filter, a second color filter, and a third color filter, wherein the first color filter selectively transmits light of a first color therethrough, wherein the second color filter selectively transmits light of a second color therethrough, and wherein the third color filter selectively transmits light of a third color therethrough.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the dummy color pattern includes the same material as at least one of the first, second, or third color filters.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the dummy color pattern includes a first dummy color pattern and a second dummy color pattern disposed on the first dummy color pattern,

the first dummy color pattern includes the same material as the first color filter, and

the second dummy color pattern includes the same material as the second color filter.

5. The display device of claim 2 , further comprising:

a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the color filter layer, in the light-emitting areas,

wherein

the light-transmitting pattern is disposed on the first color filter, and

the wavelength conversion layer includes a first wavelength conversion pattern, and a second wavelength conversion pattern, wherein the first wavelength conversion pattern is disposed on the second color filter, and the second wavelength conversion pattern is disposed on the third color filter.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the first color is blue, the second color is green, and third color is red.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the light-transmitting dummy pattern overlaps with the dummy color pattern,

the light-transmitting dummy pattern and the dummy color pattern form the dummy pattern, and

the spacer part overlaps with the dummy pattern.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the spacer part and the bank part are integrally formed.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the bank layer at least partially covers the dummy pattern.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the bank layer is not disposed in the light-emitting areas.

11. A display device comprising:

a display substrate including a first substrate; subpixel electrodes disposed on the first substrate and provided in their respective subpixels; a pixel-defining film disposed on the surface of the first substrate, along boundaries of each of the subpixels, and exposes the subpixel electrodes; an emission layer disposed on the subpixel electrodes exposed by the pixel-defining film; and a common electrode disposed on the emission layer, and

a color conversion substrate including a second substrate including a plurality of light-emitting areas and a light-blocking area surrounding the light-emitting areas; a color filter layer disposed on a surface of the second substrate facing the first substrate and includes a plurality of color filters disposed in their respective light-emitting areas and a dummy color pattern disposed in the light-blocking area; a light-transmitting layer disposed on the color filter layer and includes a light-transmitting dummy pattern disposed on the dummy color pattern; and a bank layer disposed in the light-blocking area,

wherein

the dummy color pattern and the light-transmitting dummy pattern form a dummy pattern, and

the bank layer includes a spacer part and a bank part, wherein the spacer part overlaps the dummy pattern, and wherein the bank part does not overlap with the dummy pattern and has a larger height than the spacer part with respect to the first substrate.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the color filters include a first color filter, a second color filter, and a third color filter, wherein the first color filter selectively transmits light of a first color therethrough and overlaps a first light-emitting area among the plurality of light-emitting areas, wherein the second color filter selectively transmits light of a second color therethrough and overlaps a second light-emitting area among the plurality of light-emitting areas, wherein the third color filter selectively transmits light of a third color therethrough and overlaps a third light-emitting area among the plurality of light-emitting areas.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the dummy color pattern includes the same material as at least one of the first, second, or third color filters.

14. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the dummy color pattern includes a first dummy color pattern and a second dummy color pattern disposed on the first dummy color pattern.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein

the first dummy color pattern includes the same material as the first color filter, and

the second dummy color pattern includes the same material as the second color filter.

16. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the light-transmitting layer further includes a light-transmitting pattern disposed on the first color filter, and

the color conversion substrate further includes a first wavelength conversion pattern, and a second wavelength conversion pattern, wherein the first wavelength conversion pattern converts light of the first color into light of the second color and is disposed on the second color filter, wherein the second wavelength conversion pattern converts light of the first color into light of the third color and is disposed on the third color filter.

17. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the bank part and the spacer part are integrally formed.

18. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the bank layer overlaps with the pixel-defining film in a thickness direction.

19. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the spacer part is disposed on the display substrate.

20. The display device of claim 11 , further comprising:

a filling layer disposed between the display substrate and the color conversion substrate to couple the display substrate and the color conversion substrate to each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 1, 2021
From: SONG, IN SEOK; KIM, BYUNG CHUL; RYU, JANG WI; LEE, GAK SEOK; JI, HA LIM
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0081934 · Jul 3, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220003909A1 · Jan 6, 2022
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