IP Library › Granted Patent US 11,916,171
Granted Patent B2
US 11,916,171 · App. 17/327,192 · Granted Feb 27, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Hyun Wook Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Ki Bum Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jin Taek Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Jung Eun Hong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L33/387H01L27/156H01L33/62
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Patent No.
US 11,916,171
App. No.
17/327,192
Granted
Feb 27, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a first electrode and a second electrode which are spaced apart from each other in a second direction, light-emitting elements spaced apart from each other in the first direction, a first contact electrode electrically contacting the light-emitting elements, and a second contact electrode electrically contacting the light-emitting elements. The first contact electrode electrically contacts the first electrode through a first contact portion disposed on the first electrode, the second contact electrode electrically contacts the second electrode through a second contact portion disposed on the second electrode, the first contact portion is disposed on an end portion in the first direction of the first contact electrode, and the second contact portion is disposed on an end portion in the first direction of the second contact electrode.

Claims (53)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode and a second electrode which are disposed on the substrate, extend in a first direction, and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction;

a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode and spaced apart from each other in the first direction;

a first contact electrode disposed on the first electrode and electrically contacting the plurality of light-emitting elements; and

a second contact electrode disposed on the second electrode and electrically contacting the plurality of light-emitting elements, wherein

the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode are spaced apart from each other in the second direction,

the first contact electrode electrically contacts the first electrode through a first contact portion disposed on the first electrode,

the second contact electrode electrically contacts the second electrode through a second contact portion disposed on the second electrode,

the first contact portion and the second contact portion are spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and spaced apart from the plurality of light-emitting elements in the first direction, and

the plurality of light-emitting elements are not disposed between the first contact portion and the second contact portion spaced apart from each other in the second direction.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a light-emitting element area is an area in which the plurality of light-emitting elements are disposed, and

the first contact portion and the second contact portion are spaced apart from the light-emitting element area in the first direction.

3. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an interlayer insulating layer disposed on the substrate; and

a plurality of banks disposed between the interlayer insulating layer and the first and second electrodes,

wherein the first electrode and the second electrode each include a first portion disposed directly on the interlayer insulating layer and a second portion connected to the first portion and disposed directly on the plurality of banks.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein

the first contact electrode is disposed on the first portion of the first electrode,

the second contact electrode is disposed on the first portion of the second electrode, and

the first contact portion and the second contact portion are disposed on the first portion of the first electrode and the first portion of the second electrode, respectively.

5. The display device of claim 3 , wherein

the first electrode and the second electrode each include a third portion that connects the first portion and the second portion, and

a length of the first portion in the first direction is greater than a length of the third portion in the first direction.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein a distance between the first portion of the first electrode and the first portion of the second electrode is smaller than a distance between the second portion of the first electrode and the second portion of the second electrode.

7. The display device of claim 3 , wherein a width of the first electrode and the second electrode is greater than a width of the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode.

8. The display device of claim 3 , wherein a distance between the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode is smaller than a distance between the first portion of the first electrode and the first portion of the second electrode.

9. The display device of claim 3 , wherein a distance between the first portion of the first electrode and the first portion of the second electrode is smaller than a length of the light-emitting element in the second direction.

10. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a first insulating layer that partially overlaps the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the first contact portion and the second contact portion penetrate through the first insulating layer to expose a portion of the first electrode and a portion of the second electrode, respectively.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the plurality of light-emitting elements are disposed directly on the first insulating layer.

12. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of banks disposed on the substrate;

a first electrode and a second electrode which are respectively disposed on the plurality of banks that are different from each other, extend in a first direction, and are spaced apart from each other in a second direction;

a plurality of light-emitting elements disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode and spaced apart from each other in the first direction;

a first contact electrode disposed on the first electrode and electrically contacting the plurality of light-emitting elements; and

a second contact electrode disposed on the second electrode and electrically contacting the plurality of light-emitting elements, wherein

the first contact electrode electrically contacts the first electrode through a first contact portion disposed on the first electrode,

the second contact electrode electrically contacts the second electrode through a second contact portion disposed on the second electrode,

the first contact portion and the second contact portion are spaced apart from the plurality of light-emitting elements in a direction between the first direction and the second direction,

the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode are spaced apart from each other in the second direction, and

the plurality of light-emitting elements are not disposed between the first contact portion and the second contact portion spaced apart from each other in the second direction.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the first electrode and the second electrode each include a first portion disposed directly on an interlayer insulating layer and a second portion connected to the first portion and disposed directly on the plurality of banks, and

the first contact portion and the second contact portion are disposed on the second portion of the first electrode and the second portion of the second electrode, respectively.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein

the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode each include:

a contact electrode extension part disposed on the first portion;

a contact electrode contact part disposed on the first contact portion or the second contact portion; and

a contact electrode connection part that electrically connects the contact electrode extension part and the contact electrode contact part, and

the contact electrode connection part of each of the first and second contact electrodes is spaced apart from the plurality of light-emitting elements in the first direction.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 22, 2021
From: LEE, HYUN WOOK; KIM, KI BUM; KIM, JIN TAEK; HONG, JUNG EUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056321/0098 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2020-0063105 · May 26, 2020 · national
KR 10-2020-0138175 · Oct 23, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210376196A1 · Dec 2, 2021
Cited By (1)
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