IP Library Granted Patent US 12,010,891
Granted Patent B2
US 12,010,891 · App. 17/494,352 · Granted Jun 11, 2024

Display device

Inventors: Jong Ho Son (Seoul, KR); Young Gu Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Ji Yun Park (Hwaseong-si, KR); Bong Sung Seo (Suwon-si, KR); Yeon Hee Lee (Asan-si, KR); Baek Kyun Jeon (Yongin-si, KR); Kyung Seon Tak (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/353H10K59/351H10K59/352
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Patent No.
US 12,010,891
App. No.
17/494,352
Granted
Jun 11, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device comprises pixels including a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, a third sub-pixel, a fourth sub-pixel, and a fifth sub-pixel, each sub-pixel including an emission area, wherein the first sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel emit light of a first color, the second sub-pixel and the fifth sub-pixel emit light of a second color, the third sub-pixel emits light of a third color, a first emission area of the first sub-pixel, a second emission area of the second sub-pixel, a fourth emission area of the fourth sub-pixel, and a fifth emission area of the fifth sub-pixel surround a third emission area of the third sub-pixel, and the third emission area of the third sub-pixel has four interior angles equal to or greater than about 180 degrees, and another four interior angles equal to or less than about 90 degrees.

Claims (67)

1. A display device comprising:

pixels including:

a first sub-pixel including a first emission area;

a second sub-pixel including a second emission area;

a third sub-pixel including a third emission area;

a fourth sub-pixel including a fourth emission area; and

a fifth sub-pixel including a fifth emission area, wherein

the first sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel emit light of a first color,

the second sub-pixel and the fifth sub-pixel emit light of a second color,

the third sub-pixel emits light of a third color,

the first emission area of the first sub-pixel, the second emission area of the second sub-pixel, the fourth emission area of the fourth sub-pixel, and the fifth emission area of the fifth sub-pixel each have a quadrangular shape and surround the third emission area of the third sub-pixel,

the third emission area of the third sub-pixel has four interior angles greater than about 180 degrees, and another four interior angles less than about 90 degrees, and

each of edges of the first, second, fourth and fifth emission areas facing toward the third emission area is parallel to an adjacent one of edges of the third emission area and each of edges of the first, second, fourth and fifth emission areas is not parallel to an adjacent one of the edges of the first, second, fourth and fifth emission areas.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first color is red,

the second color is green, and

the third color is blue.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the first emission area and the fifth emission area are disposed adjacent to each other with the third emission area disposed between the first emission area and the third emission area, and

the second emission area and the fourth emission area are adjacent to each other with the third emission area disposed between the second emission area and the fourth emission area.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein each of the first emission area, the second emission area, the fourth emission area, and the fifth emission area has a quadrangular shape having three interior angles equal to or less than about 90 degrees and one interior angle greater than about 90 degrees.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein in each of the first emission area, the second emission area, the fourth emission area, and the fifth emission area, a vertex of the one interior angle greater than about 90 degrees is disposed closer to a central point of the third emission area than each of vertices of the three interior angles equal to or less than about 90 degrees.

6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein in each of the first emission area, the second emission area, the fourth emission area, and the fifth emission area, a vertex of the one interior angle greater than about 90 degrees is aligned on a straight imaginary line passing through a central point of the emission area corresponding to the vertex and a central point of the third emission area.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein

two vertices facing each other among vertices of the four interior angles greater than about 180 degrees, which are included in the third emission area, are aligned on the straight imaginary line passing through the central points of the first and fourth emission areas or the straight imaginary line passing through the central points of the second and fifth emission areas.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the four interior angles greater than about 180 degrees and the another four interior angles less than about 90 degrees, which are included in the third emission area, are alternately arranged in a clockwise direction.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein vertices of the four interior angles greater than about 180 degrees, which are included in the third emission area, are disposed closer to a central point of the third emission area than vertices of the another four interior angles less than about 90 degrees, which are included in the third emission area.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a sum of an area of the first emission area and an area of the fourth emission area is larger than an area of the third emission area, and

a sum of areas of the second emission area and the fifth emission area is larger than the area of the third emission area.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein a ratio of the sum of the areas of the first emission area and the fourth emission area to the area of the third emission area is in a range of about 2 to about 2.7.

12. The display device of claim 10 , wherein a ratio of the sum of the areas of the second emission area and the fifth emission area to the area of the third emission area is in a range of about 2.4 to about 3.13.

13. A display device comprising:

pixels including:

a first sub-pixel including a first emission area;

a second sub-pixel including a second emission area;

a third sub-pixel including a third emission area;

a fourth sub-pixel including a fourth emission area; and

a fifth sub-pixel including a fifth emission area; wherein

the first sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel emit light of a first color,

the second sub-pixel and the fifth sub-pixel emit light of a second color,

the third sub-pixel emits light of a third color,

the first emission area of the first sub-pixel, the second emission area of the second sub-pixel, the fourth emission area of the fourth sub-pixel, and the fifth emission area of the fifth sub-pixel have a triangular shape and surround the third emission area of the third sub-pixel,

the third emission area of the third sub-pixel has four interior angles greater than about 180 degrees and another four interior angles less than about 90 degrees, and

two edges of each of the first, second, fourth, and fifth emission areas are parallel to adjacent ones of edges of the third emission area, respectively.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein each of the first emission area, the second emission area, the fourth emission area, and the fifth emission area has a triangular shape having one interior angle equal to or greater than about 90 degrees and two interior angles less than about 90 degrees.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein in each of the first emission area, the second emission area, the fourth emission area, and the fifth emission area, a vertex of the one interior angle equal to or greater than about 90 degrees is disposed closer to a central point of the third emission area than each of vertices of the two interior angles less than about 90 degrees.

16. The display device of claim 13 , wherein a ratio of a sum of an area of the first emission area and an area of the fourth emission area to an area of the third emission area is in a range of about 2 to about 2.7.

17. The display device of claim 13 , wherein a ratio of a sum of an area of the second emission area and an area of the fifth emission area to an area of the third emission area is in a range of about 2.4 to about 3.13.

18. The display device of claim 13 , wherein

each of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel, and the fifth sub-pixel includes a light emitting element layer, and

the light emitting element layer includes:

a first electrode and a second electrode extending in a direction and arranged parallel to each other and disposed on a substrate;

a light emitting element having a first end and a second end disposed on the first electrode and the second electrode, respectively;

a first connection electrode electrically connected to the first end of the light emitting element; and

a second connection electrode connected to the second end of the light emitting element.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein the light emitting element includes:

a first semiconductor layer;

a second semiconductor layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer;

a light emitting layer disposed between the first semiconductor layer and the second semiconductor layer; and

an insulating layer overlapping the first semiconductor layer, the second semiconductor layer, and the light emitting layer.

20. The display device of claim 18 , wherein

each of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, the third sub-pixel, the fourth sub-pixel, and the fifth sub-pixel includes a wavelength conversion layer disposed on the light emitting element layer, and

the wavelength conversion layer includes:

a first wavelength conversion member disposed in the first sub-pixel and the fourth sub-pixel and converting light of the third color into light of the first color;

a second wavelength conversion member disposed in the second sub-pixel and the fifth sub-pixel and converting light of the third color into light of the second color; and

a light transmission member disposed in the third sub-pixel and transmitting light of the third color.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 5, 2021
From: SON, JONG HO; KIM, YOUNG GU; PARK, JI YUN; SEO, BONG SUNG; LEE, YEON HEE; JEON, BAEK KYUN; TAK, KYUNG SEON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0020038 · Feb 15, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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