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Granted Patent B2
US 12,137,600 · App. 17/511,964 · Granted Nov 5, 2024

Display apparatus

Inventors: Dongjin Kang (Yongin-si, KR); Changhee Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K65/00H10K39/32H10K59/12H10K59/38G06V40/1318
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Patent No.
US 12,137,600
App. No.
17/511,964
Granted
Nov 5, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes: a first unit pixel including a plurality of light-emitting diodes, and a second unit pixel including a plurality of light-emitting diodes and a photodetector diode. Each of the plurality of light-emitting diodes includes a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and the photodetector diode includes a third electrode, a fourth electrode facing the third electrode, an active layer disposed between the third electrode and the fourth electrode, and a color filter layer disposed between the fourth electrode and the active layer.

Claims (41)

1. A display apparatus comprising:

a first unit pixel comprising a plurality of light-emitting diodes; and

a second unit pixel comprising a plurality of light-emitting diodes and a photodetector diode,

wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting diodes comprises a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and

the photodetector diode comprises a third electrode, a fourth electrode facing the third electrode, an active layer disposed between the third electrode and the fourth electrode, and a color filter layer disposed between the fourth electrode and the active layer.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second unit pixel comprises a second-1 unit pixel and a second-2 unit pixel,

the color filter layer of the photodetector diode of the second-1 unit pixel comprises a first-color color filter layer which transmits only light of a wavelength in a first wavelength band, and

the color filter layer of the photodetector diode of the second-2 unit pixel comprises a second-color color filter layer which transmits only light of a wavelength in a second wavelength band.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the first wavelength band is about 630 nanometers (nm) to about 850 nm, and

the second wavelength band is about 495 nm to about 570 nm.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in a plan view, an area of the first unit pixel is the same as an area of the second unit pixel.

5. The display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein each of the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel comprises a first-color light-emitting area, a second-color light-emitting area, and a third-color light-emitting area, and

in the plan view, an area of the second-color light-emitting area of the first unit pixel is greater than an area of the second-color light-emitting area of the second unit pixel.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the active layer comprises a bulk heterojunction (BHJ) structure.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode and the third electrode are disposed in a same layer and comprises a same material, and

the second electrode and the fourth electrode are disposed in a same layer and comprises a same material.

8. The display apparatus of claim 7 , wherein the second electrode and the fourth electrode are integrally provided.

9. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting diodes comprises at least one of a first common layer disposed between the first electrode and the emission layer and a second common layer disposed between the second electrode and the emission layer, and

the photodetector diode comprises at least one of a third common layer disposed between the third electrode and the active layer and a fourth common layer disposed between the fourth electrode and the active layer.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the first common layer and the third common layer are integrally provided, and

the second common layer and the fourth common layer are integrally provided.

11. A display apparatus comprising:

a first unit pixel comprising a plurality of light-emitting diodes; and

a second unit pixel comprising a plurality of light-emitting diodes and a photodetector diode,

wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting diodes comprises a first electrode, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and an emission layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, and

the photodetector diode comprises a third electrode, a fourth electrode facing the third electrode, an active layer disposed between the third electrode and the fourth electrode, and a color filter layer disposed directly on the fourth electrode.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the second unit pixel comprises a second-1 unit pixel and a second-2 unit pixel,

the color filter layer of the photodetector diode of the second-1 unit pixel comprises a first-color color filter layer which transmits only light of a wavelength in a first wavelength band, and

the color filter layer of the photodetector diode of the second-2 unit pixel comprises a second-color color filter layer which transmits only light of a wavelength in a second wavelength band.

13. The display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the first wavelength band is about 630 nm to about 850 nm, and

the second wavelength band is about 495 nm to about 570 nm.

14. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein, in a plan view, an area of the first unit pixel is the same as an area of the second unit pixel.

15. The display apparatus of claim 14 , wherein each of the first unit pixel and the second unit pixel comprises a first-color light-emitting area, a second-color light-emitting area, and a third-color light-emitting area, and,

in the plan view, an area of the second-color light-emitting area of the first unit pixel is greater than an area of the second-color light-emitting area of the second unit pixel.

16. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the active layer comprises a bulk heterojunction (BHJ) structure.

17. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the first electrode and the third electrode are disposed in a same layer and comprises a same material, and

the second electrode and the fourth electrode are disposed in a same layer and comprises a same material.

18. The display apparatus of claim 17 , wherein the second electrode and the fourth electrode are integrally provided.

19. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein each of the plurality of light-emitting diodes comprises at least one of a first common layer disposed between the first electrode and the emission layer and a second common layer disposed between the second electrode and the emission layer, and

the photodetector diode comprises at least one of a third common layer disposed between the third electrode and the active layer and a fourth common layer disposed between the fourth electrode and the active layer.

20. The display apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the first common layer and the third common layer are integrally provided, and the second common layer and the fourth common layer are integrally provided.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 27, 2021
From: KANG, DONGJIN; LEE, CHANGHEE
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0033595 · Mar 15, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
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