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Granted Patent B2
US 12,207,516 · App. 17/162,106 · Granted Jan 21, 2025

Organic light-emitting display device

Inventors: Sang Eok Jang (Seoul, KR); Seung Chan Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sun Ho Kim (Seongnam-si, KR); Dong Hwan Shim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sun Hee Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Gun Hee Kim (Seoul, KR); Tae Hoon Yang (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/353H10K50/15H10K50/16H10K50/171H10K59/131H10K59/65
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Patent No.
US 12,207,516
App. No.
17/162,106
Granted
Jan 21, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light-emitting display device includes: a display panel having a first display area and a second display area, the first and second display areas having different light transmittances from each other in a unit area, wherein the display panel includes a plurality of organic light-emitting diodes disposed in the first display area and the second display area, wherein a first organic light-emitting diode disposed in the first display area and a second organic light-emitting diode disposed in the second display area each include at least one light emitter, and the number of the light emitter included in the second organic light-emitting diode is greater than the number of the light emitter included in the first organic light-emitting diode.

Claims (38)

1. An organic light-emitting display device comprising:

a display panel having a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area, the first and second display areas having unit areas with different light transmittances, the light transmittance of the unit area of the second display area being greater than the light transmittance of the unit area of the first display area, and the third display area having a unit area with greater light transmittance than those of the first display area and the second display area;

a sensor module overlapping the second display area;

a camera module overlapping the third display area; and

a plurality of organic light-emitting diodes disposed in the first display area and the second display area,

wherein:

a first organic light-emitting diode disposed in the first display area and a second organic light-emitting diode disposed in the second display area each include at least one light emitter, and the number of the light emitter included in the second organic light-emitting diode is greater than the number of the light emitter included in the first organic light-emitting diode;

the second display area includes a pixel area and a light-transmitting area, which are alternately arranged; and the second organic light-emitting diode is disposed in the pixel area of the second display area; and

the second organic light-emitting diode is disposed in the pixel area of the second display area.

2. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one light emitter comprises a light-emitting structure unit having at least an emission layer and at least one of a hole-transporting layer, a hole-injection layer, an electron-transporting layer and an electron-injection layer.

3. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first organic light-emitting diode has a single light-emitting structure, and the second organic light-emitting diode has a multiple light-emitting structure.

4. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first organic light-emitting diode includes two light-emitting structure units, and the second organic light-emitting diode includes at least three light-emitting structure units.

5. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the second display area comprises a first color subpixel area and a second color subpixel area, and wherein:

the first color subpixel area comprises a first sub-diode of the second organic light-emitting diode,

the second color subpixel area comprises a second sub-diode of the second organic light-emitting diode, and

the number of a light emitter of the second sub-diode in the second color subpixel area is smaller than the number of a light emitter of the first sub-diode in the first color subpixel area.

6. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the display panel includes:

a first driving element configured to supply a first driving voltage to the first organic light-emitting diode;

a second driving element configured to supply a second driving voltage to the second organic light-emitting diode; and

power wirings configured to transfer a power voltage to the first and second driving elements, wherein:

a first power wiring electrically connected to the first driving element is configured to receive a first constant voltage, and

a second power wiring electrically connected to the second driving element is configured to receive a second constant voltage different from the first constant voltage.

7. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the second organic light-emitting diode is configured to generate a light having a greater brightness than the first organic light-emitting diode.

8. An organic light-emitting display device comprising:

a display panel including a substrate and having a first display area and a second display area, the first and second display areas having unit areas with different light transmittances and being spaced apart from each other in a direction along a surface of the substrate; and,

a plurality of organic light-emitting diodes disposed in the first display area and the second display area on the surface of the substrate;

wherein a first organic light-emitting diode disposed in the first display area has a first emission layer and a second organic light-emitting diode disposed in the second display area has a second emission layer configured to emit a light with a same color as the first emission layer, and the first and second emission layers comprising chemically different materials such that the second emission layer includes a dopant that is not included in the first emission layer,

wherein the first emission layer includes either a fluorescence dopant or a phosphorescence dopant,

wherein, when the first emission layer includes the fluorescence dopant from among the fluorescence dopant or the phosphorescence dopant, the second emission layer includes a phosphorescence dopant, and

wherein, when the first emission layer includes the phosphorescence dopant from among the fluorescence dopant or the phosphorescence dopant, the second emission layer includes a thermally activated delayed fluorescence dopant.

9. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 8 , wherein the second display area comprises a pixel area and a light-transmitting area, which are alternately arranged, wherein the second organic light-emitting diode is disposed in the pixel area of the second display area.

10. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 8 , further comprising a functional module overlapping the second display area, the functional module including at least one of a camera module and a sensor module.

11. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 8 , wherein the display panel further comprises a third display area having a unit area with greater light transmittance than those of the first display area and the second display area.

12. An organic light-emitting display device comprising:

a display panel including a first display area, a second display area, and a third display area, the first and second display areas having unit areas with different light transmittances, and the third display area having a unit area with greater light transmittance than those of the first display area and the second display area;

a sensor module overlapping the second display area and a camera module overlapping the third display area; and

a plurality of organic light-emitting diodes disposed in the first display area and the second display area,

wherein a first organic light-emitting diode disposed in the first display area has a first emission layer and a second organic light-emitting diode disposed in the second display area has a second emission layer configured to emit a light with a same color as the first emission layer, and the first and second emission layers comprising chemically different materials.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 29, 2021
From: JANG, SANG EOK; LEE, SEUNG CHAN; KIM, SUN HO; SHIM, DONG HWAN; LEE, SUN HEE; KIM, GUN HEE; YANG, TAE HOON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0018185 · Feb 14, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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