IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,758,761
Granted Patent B2
US 11,758,761 · App. 16/868,217 · Granted Sep 12, 2023

Organic light emitting display device

Inventors: Soonil Jung (Yongin-si, KR); Haeyoung Yun (Yongin-si, KR); Junghyun Cho (Yongin-si, KR); Sanghyun Choi (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K50/858G06F3/0412G06F3/0446H10K50/813H10K50/844H10K50/856H10K59/122H10K59/352H10K59/353H10K59/40
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 11,758,761
App. No.
16/868,217
Granted
Sep 12, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting display device includes: a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; a pixel defining layer on the substrate, the pixel defining layer defining a first opening which exposes at least a part of the first electrode; an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode; a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer; a thin film encapsulation layer on the second electrode; a sensing electrode on the thin film encapsulation layer; a low refractive index layer on the sensing electrode, the low refractive index layer defining a second opening which overlaps the first opening; and a high refractive index layer on the thin film encapsulation layer. A gap between an edge of the first opening and an edge of the second opening is constant irrespective of direction.

Claims (31)

1. An organic light emitting display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes on the substrate;

a pixel defining layer on the substrate, the pixel defining layer defining a plurality of first openings, a first one of the first openings exposing at least a part of a first one of the first electrodes and a second one of the first openings directly adjacent to the first one of the first openings exposing at least a part of a second one of the first electrodes;

an organic light emitting layer on each of the first electrodes;

a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer;

a sensing electrode on an upper side of the second electrode and offset from the first one of the first openings and the second one of the first openings such that the sensing electrode does not overlap the first and second one of the first openings; and

a first organic layer on the sensing electrode, the first organic layer defining a plurality of second openings, a first one of the second openings overlapping the first one of the first openings and a second one of the second openings overlapping the second one of the first openings,

wherein a smallest width of a first gap between an edge of the first one of the first openings and an edge of the first one of the second openings in a plan view is different from a smallest width of a second gap between an edge of the second one of the first openings and an edge of the second one of the second openings in the plan view.

2. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a size of the first openings is less than a size of the corresponding second openings on a plane.

3. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first openings are in the corresponding second openings in the plan view.

4. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first openings have a shape substantially the same as a shape of the second openings on a plane.

5. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first organic layer comprises a light transmitting organic material.

6. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first organic layer has a refractive index between about 1.40 and about 1.59.

7. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first organic layer overlaps the pixel defining layer.

8. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising a second organic layer in the second openings.

9. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second organic layer comprises a light transmitting organic material.

10. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the second organic layer has a refractive index higher than that of the first organic layer.

11. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the second organic layer has a refractive index between about 1.60 and about 1.80.

12. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein an interface between the first organic layer and the second organic layer forms an angle between about 40° and about 70° with respect to a plane parallel to the substrate.

13. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second organic layer is on the first organic layer.

14. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the second organic layer has a height substantially equal to a height of the first organic layer.

15. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

each of an edge of the first openings and an edge of the corresponding second openings forms a closed loop, and

the closed loop has a substantially circular, rhombic or octagonal shape on a plane.

16. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the smallest width of the first gap and the smallest width of the second gap are each in a range between about 0.5 μm and about 5.0 μm in the plan view, and

wherein the smallest width of the second gap is twice as large as the smallest width of the first gap.

17. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sensing electrode includes a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode crossing each other.

18. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein the sensing electrode has a mesh shape.

19. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a thin film encapsulation layer between the second electrode and the sensing electrode.

20. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sensing electrode is outside of each of the first openings and each of the second openings.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 2, 2023
From: JUNG, SOONIL; YUN, HAEYOUNG; CHO, JUNGHYUN; CHOI, SANGHYUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063511/0340 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0160991 · Nov 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 16529030 · Aug 1, 2019
Continuation 16125229 · Sep 7, 2018
Related Publication 20200266390A1 · Aug 20, 2020
Cited By (1)
US 12,682,814