IP Library › Granted Patent US 12,302,731
Granted Patent B2
US 12,302,731 · App. 17/201,375 · Granted May 13, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Soodong Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sunyoung Kwon (Seoul, KR); Songyi Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jinwon Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Kyoungwon Park (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/38H10K50/858H10K59/12
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Patent No.
US 12,302,731
App. No.
17/201,375
Granted
May 13, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display element configured to generate a first color light, an encapsulation member on the display element and including an inorganic layer at an outermost portion thereof, a color conversion layer on the encapsulation member and including a first color conversion part configured to transmit the first color light, a second color conversion part configured to convert the first color light into a second color light, and a third color conversion part configured to convert the first color light into a third color light, and a buffer layer between the encapsulation member and the color conversion layer, wherein a difference in refractive index between the buffer layer and the inorganic layer is about 0.5 or less.

Claims (30)

1. A display device comprising:

a display element configured to generate a first color light;

an encapsulation member on the display element and comprising an inorganic layer at an outermost portion thereof;

a color conversion layer on the encapsulation member and comprising a second color conversion part configured to convert the first color light into a second color light, and a third color conversion part configured to convert the first color light into a third color light; and

a buffer layer between the encapsulation member and the color conversion layer, wherein a difference in refractive index between the buffer layer and the inorganic layer is about 0.5 or less,

wherein the buffer layer contacts the encapsulation,

wherein the buffer layer comprises:

a bottom surface contacting the encapsulation member; and

a top surface adjacent to the color conversion layer and comprising an uneven pattern.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein an internal space in a vacuum state is defined between the buffer layer and the color conversion layer.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the buffer layer contacts at least one of the second color conversion part or the third color conversion part.

4. A display device comprising:

a display element;

a color conversion layer on the display element and comprising a second color conversion part and third color conversion parts each of which comprises a quantum dot and that are located to be spaced apart from each other;

an encapsulation member between the display element and the color conversion layer comprising an inorganic layer;

a buffer layer between the encapsulation member and the color conversion layer, the buffer layer having a refractive index of 1.5 to 2.0;

a first capping layer on a top surface of the color conversion layer; and

a second capping layer between the buffer layer and the color conversion layer,

wherein the first capping layer is formed of an inorganic material.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the color conversion layer further comprises a first color conversion part configured to transmit the first color light, and

wherein the second color conversion part has a thickness greater than each of those of the first color conversion part and the third color conversion part, and the third color conversion part has a thickness greater than that of the first color conversion part in a plane.

6. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the color conversion layer further comprises a first color conversion part configured to transmit the first color light, and

wherein the second color conversion part has an area greater than each of those of the first color conversion part and the third color conversion part, and the third color conversion part has an area greater than that of the first conversion part in a plane.

7. The display device of claim 4 , wherein a difference in refractive index between the buffer layer and the inorganic layer is 0.5 or less.

8. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the buffer layer comprises:

a bottom surface contacting the encapsulation member; and

a top surface adjacent to the color conversion layer and comprising an uneven pattern,

wherein an internal space in a vacuum state is defined between the buffer layer and the color conversion layer.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the color conversion layer further comprises a first color conversion part configured to transmit the first color light, and

wherein the internal space is defined between each of the buffer layer and the first color conversion part and between the buffer layer and the third color conversion part.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 6, 2021
From: KIM, SOODONG; KWON, SUNYOUNG; KIM, SONGYI; KIM, JINWON; PARK, KYOUNGWON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056155/0290 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2018-0075827 · Jun 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 16415263 · May 17, 2019
Related Publication 20210202590A1 · Jul 1, 2021
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