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Granted Patent B2
US 12,225,774 · App. 17/353,815 · Granted Feb 11, 2025

Display device and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Pilsoon Hong (Yongin-si, KR); Jungi Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Junho Sim (Yongin-si, KR); Jaehun Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Yangho Jung (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/122H10K50/844H10K50/865H10K71/00
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Patent No.
US 12,225,774
App. No.
17/353,815
Granted
Feb 11, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, a first pixel-defining layer disposed on the first electrode, the first pixel-defining layer having a first opening exposing at least a portion of the first electrode and including a pigment, and a second pixel-defining layer disposed on the first pixel-defining layer and including a dye.

Claims (32)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode disposed on the substrate;

a first pixel-defining layer disposed on the first electrode, the first pixel-defining layer having a first opening exposing at least a portion of the first electrode and comprising a negative photosensitive material and a black pigment; and

a second pixel-defining layer disposed on the first pixel-defining layer and comprising a positive photosensitive material and a black dye, wherein the first pixel-defining layer has an optical density of 1 or more, and

an optical density of the second pixel-defining layer is less than an optical density of the first pixel-defining layer.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein:

the first pixel-defining layer comprises a plurality of particles, and

an average size of the plurality of particles is about 200 nm or less.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second pixel-defining layer has a second opening exposing at least a portion of the first electrode.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein a width of the first opening is greater than a width of the second opening.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the second pixel-defining layer covers an upper surface and a side surface of the first pixel-defining layer.

6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the second pixel-defining layer is in direct contact with the first electrode.

7. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a spacer disposed on the second pixel-defining layer,

wherein the spacer comprises a same material as the second pixel-defining layer.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the first pixel-defining layer and the spacer are formed of different materials from each other.

9. The display device of claim 3 , further comprising:

an intermediate layer comprising an emission layer filling the second opening; and

a second electrode disposed on the intermediate layer.

10. The display device of claim 9 , further comprising a thin-film encapsulation layer disposed on the second electrode, the thin-film encapsulation layer comprising at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer.

11. The display device of claim 10 , further comprising an optical functional layer disposed on the thin-film encapsulation layer, the optical functional layer comprising a color filter at least partially overlapping the first opening and a black matrix surrounding the color filter.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the black matrix at least partially overlaps the first pixel-defining layer.

13. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the black matrix at least partially overlaps the second pixel-defining layer.

14. A display device comprising:

a plurality of pixels, each pixel comprising a pixel electrode; and

a pixel-defining layer disposed between the plurality of pixels to define the plurality of pixels,

wherein the pixel-defining layer comprises:

a first pixel-defining layer disposed to at least partially cover the pixel electrode and comprising a negative photosensitive material and a black pigment; and

a second pixel-defining layer disposed on the first pixel-defining layer to at least partially cover the pixel electrode and comprising a positive photosensitive material and a black dye,

the first pixel-defining layer has an optical density of 1 or more, and

an optical density of the second pixel-defining layer is less than an optical density of the first pixel-defining layer.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein a light transmittance of the first pixel-defining layer is substantially equal to or less than a light transmittance of the second pixel-defining layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 22, 2021
From: HONG, PILSOON; KIM, JUNGI; SIM, JUNHO; LEE, JAEHUN; JUNG, YANGHO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056610/0632 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0168715 · Dec 4, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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