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Granted Patent B2
US 12,035,567 · App. 17/676,035 · Granted Jul 9, 2024

Display device having anti-reflection layer

Inventors: Hyeong Jun Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Ji Ryun Park (Yongin-si, KR); Chi Wook An (Yongin-si, KR); Mi Ran Ji (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K50/858G06F3/0443H10K50/86H10K50/865H10K59/122H10K59/38H10K59/40H10K2102/351
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Patent No.
US 12,035,567
App. No.
17/676,035
Granted
Jul 9, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate having a light emission area, a light emitting element layer including a light emitting element on the light emission area, and an sensing layer on the light emitting element layer and including a sensing electrode having a first opening overlapping the light emission area, a first refraction layer directly on the sensing electrode and having a second opening overlapping the light emission area, and a second refraction layer on the light emitting element layer and the first refraction layer, a first optical refractive index of the first refraction layer being less than a second optical refraction index of the second refraction layer.

Claims (32)

1. A display device comprising:

a pixel defining layer on a substrate and defining a light emission area;

a light emitting element layer in the light emission area;

a sensing electrode on the pixel defining layer;

a first organic layer covering the sensing electrode and having sidewalls defining an opening therebetween corresponding to the light emission area;

an anti-reflection layer on the first organic layer; and

a second organic layer between the first organic layer and the anti-reflection layer and filled in the opening of the first organic layer, the second organic layer contacting the sidewalls of the first organic layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the anti-reflection layer comprises a color filter.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the sensing electrode has a mesh hole corresponding to the light emission area, and

wherein the mesh hole of the sensing electrode is greater in size than the opening of the first organic layer in a plan view.

4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the opening of the first organic layer is greater in size than the light emission area.

5. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the opening of the first organic layer has a planar shape identical to a planar shape of the mesh hole of the sensing electrode.

6. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the opening of the first organic layer has a planar shape different from a planar shape of the mesh hole of the sensing electrode.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the mesh hole has the planar shape of a rhombus, and

wherein the opening has the planar shape of a circle.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein a size of the opening is based on a color of light to be emitted from the light emitting element layer.

9. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an insulating layer between the pixel defining layer and the first organic layer,

wherein the sensing electrode is interposed between the insulating layer and the first organic layer.

10. The display device according to claim 9 , further comprising:

a conductive layer between the insulating layer and the pixel defining layer and electrically connected to the sensing electrode.

11. The display device according to claim 10 , wherein the insulating layer is located entirely on the substrate.

12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an inclination angle of a side surface of the first organic layer in the opening is within a range of about 60 degrees to about 85 degrees with respect to an upper surface of the substrate.

13. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first organic layer directly covers the sensing electrode.

14. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein the second organic layer is directly on the first organic layer.

15. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein a first optical refractive index of the first organic layer is less than a second optical refractive index of the second organic layer.

16. The display device according to claim 15 , wherein the second optical refractive index of the second organic layer is greater than the first optical refractive index of the first organic layer by 0.2 to 0.4.

17. The display device according to claim 13 , wherein each of the first organic layer and the second organic layer comprises at least one of an acryl resin, an epoxy resin, a phenolic resin, a polyamide resin, and a polyimide resin.

18. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the anti-reflection layer comprises a phase retarder and a polarizer.

19. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first organic layer has a thickness of about 1 μm to about 3 μm.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2023
From: KIM, HYEONG JUN; PARK, JI RYUN; AN, CHI WOOK; JI, MI RAN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 062437/0468 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0079643 · Jul 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16814833 · Mar 10, 2020
Related Publication 20220173362A1 · Jun 2, 2022
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