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Granted Patent B2
US 12,193,299 · App. 17/651,151 · Granted Jan 7, 2025

Display device including a partition wall having emission layers disposed in openings thereof

Inventors: Hyang Yul Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Hee Seong Jeong (Suwon-si, KR); Hyun-Gue Song (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jong Beom Hong (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/35H10K50/865H10K59/38H10K59/8792H10K59/122H10K59/353
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Patent No.
US 12,193,299
App. No.
17/651,151
Granted
Jan 7, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a partition wall disposed on the substrate and having a plurality of openings, a first emission layer, a second emission layer, and a third emission layer respectively disposed in an opening of the partition wall and emitting light of different colors, a light blocker disposed on the emission layers and including a plurality of openings respectively overlapping the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer, and a color filter disposed in the opening of the light blocker. A separation distance between one edge of the partition wall contacting the second emission layer and the light blocker is greater than a separation distance between the one edge of the partition wall contacting the first emission layer and the light blocker.

Claims (91)

1. A display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a partition wall disposed on the substrate and having a plurality of openings disposed therein;

a first emission layer, a second emission layer, and a third emission layer each disposed in an opening of the plurality of openings of the partition wall and emitting lights of different colors from each other;

a light blocker disposed on the first, second, and third emission layers and including a plurality of openings respectively overlapping the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer; and

a color filter disposed in the plurality of opening of the light blocker,

wherein a separation distance between one edge of the partition wall contacting the second emission layer and the light blocker is greater than a separation distance between one edge of the partition wall contacting the first emission layer and the light blocker.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a separation distance between the one edge of the partition wall contacting the first emission layer and the light blocker is greater than a separation distance between one edge of the partition wall contacting the third emission layer and the light blocker.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

the first emission layer emits red light,

the second emission layer emits green light, and

the third emission layer emits blue light.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein

a separation distance between the one edge of the partition wall contacting the second emission layer and the light blocker is greater than a separation distance between the one edge of the partition wall contacting the first emission layer and the light blocker by 1 μm, and

a separation distance between the one edge of the partition wall contacting the first emission layer and the light blocker is greater than a separation distance between the one edge of the partition wall contacting the third emission layer and the light blocker by 1 μm.

5. The display device of claim 2 , wherein

a difference between a separation distance between one edge of a partition wall contacting the first emission layer and the light blocker and a separation distance between one edge of a partition wall contacting the third emission layer and the light blocker is equal to or less than 5 μm.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a separation distance between the one edge of the partition wall contacting the first emission layer and the light blocker is within a range of 3.5 μm to 5.5 μm.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a difference between a separation distance of the one edge of the partition wall contacting the second emission layer and the light blocker and a separation distance between the one edge of the partition wall contacting the first emission layer and the light blocker is equal to or less than 5 μm.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a separation distance between the one edge of the partition wall contacting the second emission layer and the light blocker and a separation distance between the one edge of the partition wall contacting the first emission layer and the light blocker are within 25% of each other.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a separation distance between the one edge of the partition wall contacting the first emission layer and the light blocker and a separation distance between one edge of the partition wall contacting the third emission layer and the light blocker are within 25% of each other.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the color filter includes:

a first color filter overlapping the first emission layer in a direction that is perpendicular to a side of the substrate;

a second color filter overlapping the second emission layer in the direction that is perpendicular to the side of the substrate; and

a third color filter overlapping the third emission layer in the direction that is perpendicular to the side of the substrate,

wherein the first color filter, the second color filter, and the third color filter have different colors from each other.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein

a width of the light blocker disposed between the first color filter and the second color filter is less than a width of the light blocker disposed between the second color filter and the third color filter.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein

a width of the light blocker disposed between the second color filter and the third color filter is less than a width of the light blocker disposed between the third color filter and the first color filter.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the first color filter is a red color filter,

the second color filter is a green color filter, and

the third color filter is a blue color filter.

14. The display device of claim 10 , wherein

a width of the light blocker disposed between the first color filter and the second color filter, a width of the light blocker disposed between the second color filter and the third color filter, and a width of the light blocker disposed between the third color filter and the first color filter are all the same as one another.

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

a plurality of transistors disposed on the substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes respectively connected to the plurality transistors; and

a second electrode disposed on the first emission layer, the second emission layer, the third emission layer, and the partition wall.

16. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the partition wall includes a black material.

17. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the display device does not include a polarization layer.

18. A display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a partition wall disposed the substrate and having a plurality of openings;

a first emission layer, a second emission layer, and a third emission layer respectively disposed in the plurality of openings of the partition wall and emitting different colors of light from each other;

a light blocker disposed on the first, second, and third emission layers and having a plurality of openings respectively overlapping the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer; and

a color filter disposed in the plurality of opening of the light blocker,

wherein the color filter includes

a first color filter overlapping the first emission layer in a direction that is perpendicular to a side of the substrate,

a second color filter overlapping the second emission layer in the direction that is perpendicular to the side of the substrate,

a third color filter overlapping the third emission layer in the direction that is perpendicular to the side of the substrate, and

a width in a horizontal direction of the light blocker disposed between the second color filter and the third color filter is less than a width in the horizontal direction of the light blocker disposed between the third color filter and the first color filter.

19. The display device of claim 18 , wherein

a width in the horizontal direction of the light blocker disposed between the first color filter and the second color filter is less than a width in the horizontal direction of the light blocker disposed between the second color filter and the third color filter.

20. The display device of claim 18 , wherein

a separation distance in a vertical direction between one edge of the partition wall contacting the first emission layer and the light blocker,

a separation distance in the vertical direction between one edge of the partition wall contacting the second emission layer and the light blocker, and

a separation distance in the vertical direction between one edge of the partition wall contacting the third emission layer and the light blocker are the same as one another.

21. A display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a partition wall disposed on the substrate and having a plurality of openings;

a red emission layer, a green emission layer, and a blue emission layer respectively disposed in the plurality of openings of the partition wall; and

a light blocker disposed on the red, green, and blue emission layers and having a plurality of openings respectively overlapping a red emission layer, a green emission layer, and a blue emission layer,

wherein a separation distance between one edge of the partition wall contacting the red emission layer and the light blocker is greater than a separation distance between one edge of the partition wall contacting the blue emission layer and the light blocker.

22. The display device of claim 21 , further comprising

a color filter disposed in the opening of the light blocker,

wherein the color filter includes a red color filter overlapping the red emission layer in a direction that is perpendicular to a side of the substrate,

a green color filter overlapping the green emission layer in the direction that is perpendicular to the side of the substrate, and

a blue color filter overlapping the blue emission layer in the direction that is perpendicular to the side of the substrate,

wherein a width of the light blocker disposed between the green color filter and the blue color filter is greater than a width of the light blocker disposed between the red color filter and the green color filter.

23. The display device of claim 21 , wherein

the partition wall includes a black material, and

the display device does not include a polarization layer.

24. The display device of claim 21 , wherein

a separation distance between the one edge of the partition wall contacting the red emission layer and the light blocker corresponds to a distance between one edge of the partition wall contacting the green emission layer and the light blocker.

25. The display device of claim 21 , wherein

a separation distance between one edge of the partition wall contacting the green emission layer and the light blocker is greater than a separation distance between the one edge of the partition wall contacting the red emission layer and the light blocker.

26. The display device of claim 21 , further comprising:

a plurality of transistors disposed on the substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes respectively connected to the plurality of transistors;

a second electrode disposed on the red emission layer, the green emission layer, the blue emission layer, and the partition wall; and

an encapsulation layer disposed on the second electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 15, 2022
From: KIM, HYANG YUL; JEONG, HEE SEONG; SONG, HYUN-GUE; HONG, JONG BEOM
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Continuity (1)
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