IP Library Granted Patent US 12,349,547
Granted Patent B2
US 12,349,547 · App. 17/515,731 · Granted Jul 1, 2025

Electroluminescent display device

Inventors: Sang-Bin Lee (Paju-si, KR); In-Sun Yoo (Paju-si, KR); Jeong-Mook Choi (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/122H10K50/131H10K59/38
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Patent No.
US 12,349,547
App. No.
17/515,731
Granted
Jul 1, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electroluminescent display device includes first and second substrates on which a pixel including first, second, and third sub-pixels are defined, a light-emitting diode disposed at each of the first, second, and third sub-pixels on the first substrate and including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode, and a bank between adjacent sub-pixels along a first direction, wherein the light-emitting layer includes first, second, and third light-emitting layers, wherein each of the first and second light-emitting layers includes first and second light-emitting material layers, and the third light-emitting layer includes a second light-emitting material layer, and wherein a height of the first light-emitting material layer of each of the first and second light-emitting layer increases as it approaches the bank, and the second light-emitting material layers of the first, second, and third light-emitting layers are disposed on top and side surfaces of the bank.

Claims (40)

1. An electroluminescent display device, comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate on which a pixel including first, second, and third sub-pixels are defined;

a light-emitting diode disposed at each of the first, second, and third sub-pixels on an inner surface of the first substrate and including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode; and

a bank between adjacent sub-pixels along a first direction among the first, second, and third sub-pixels,

wherein the light-emitting layer includes first, second, and third light-emitting layers corresponding to the first, second, and third sub-pixels, respectively,

wherein each of the first and second light-emitting layers includes a first light-emitting material layer and a second light-emitting material layer, and the third light-emitting layer includes a second light-emitting material layer,

wherein a height of the first light-emitting material layer of each of the first and second light-emitting layer increases as it approaches the bank, and the second light-emitting material layers of the first, second, and third light-emitting layers are disposed on top and side surfaces of the bank,

wherein each of the first and second sub-pixels includes a plurality of portions, and the third sub-pixel has a plurality of sides arranged to face the plurality of portions of the first and second sub-pixels, respectively,

wherein each of the first and second sub-pixels includes a first portion and a second portion having different shapes from each other, and the third sub-pixel has first, second, third, and fourth sides, and

wherein the first and second sides of the third sub-pixel are arranged to face the first and second portions of the first sub-pixel, respectively, and the third and fourth sides of the third sub-pixels are arranged to face the first and second portions of the second sub-pixel, respectively.

2. The electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first and second light-emitting layers further includes a charge generation layer between the first light-emitting material layer and the second light-emitting material layer.

3. The electroluminescent display device of claim 2 , wherein the third light-emitting layer further includes a charge generation layer between the first electrode and the second light-emitting material layer.

4. The electroluminescent display device of claim 3 , wherein the charge generation layers of the first, second, and third light-emitting layers are disposed on the top and side surfaces of the bank.

5. The electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , further comprising a color filter on an inner surface of the second substrate,

wherein the color filter includes a red color filter and a green color filter disposed in the first and second sub-pixels, respectively.

6. An electroluminescent display device, comprising:

a first substrate and a second substrate on which a pixel including first, second, and third sub-pixels are defined;

a light-emitting diode disposed at each of the first, second, and third sub-pixels on an inner surface of the first substrate and including a first electrode, a light-emitting layer and a second electrode; and

a bank between adjacent sub-pixels along a first direction among the first, second, and third sub-pixels,

wherein the light-emitting layer includes first, second, and third light-emitting layers corresponding to the first, second, and third sub-pixels, respectively,

wherein each of the first and second light-emitting layers includes a first light-emitting material layer and a second light-emitting material layer, and the third light-emitting layer includes a second light-emitting material layer,

wherein a height of the first light-emitting material layer of each of the first and second light-emitting layer increases as it approaches the bank, and the second light-emitting material layers of the first, second, and third light-emitting layers are disposed on top and side surfaces of the bank,

wherein each of the first and second sub-pixels includes a plurality of portions, and the third sub-pixel has a plurality of sides arranged to face the plurality of portions of the first and second sub-pixels, respectively,

wherein the bank is not provided between the first light-emitting layer and another first light-emitting layer along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the first light-emitting layer and the another first light-emitting layer are connected to each other and formed as one body, and

wherein the bank is not provided between the second light-emitting layer and another second light-emitting layer along the second direction, and the second light-emitting layer and the another second light-emitting layer are connected to each other and formed as one body.

7. The electroluminescent display device of claim 6 , wherein the bank is further provided between the third light-emitting layer and another third light-emitting layer along the second direction, and the third light-emitting layer and the another third light-emitting layer are spaced apart from each other.

8. The electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the third light-emitting layer further includes a first light-emitting material layer between the first electrode and the second light-emitting material layer.

9. The electroluminescent display device of claim 8 , wherein each of the first, second, and third light-emitting layers further includes a charge generation layer between the first light-emitting material layer and the second light-emitting material layer.

10. The electroluminescent display device of claim 9 , wherein the first light-emitting material layer of the first and third light-emitting layers is a red light-emitting material layer, the first light-emitting material layer of the second light-emitting layer is a green light-emitting material layer, and the second light-emitting material layer of the first, second, and third light-emitting layers is a blue light-emitting material layer.

11. The electroluminescent display device of claim 10 , further comprising a color filter on an inner surface of the second substrate,

wherein the color filter includes red, green, and blue color filters disposed in the first, second, and third sub-pixels, respectively.

12. The electroluminescent display device of claim 8 , wherein the pixel includes one first sub-pixel, two second sub-pixels, and one third sub-pixel, and

wherein the first sub-pixel and the third sub-pixels are arranged adjacent to each other along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, the first sub-pixel and one of the second sub-pixels are arranged adjacent to each other along the first direction, and the third sub-pixel and the other of the second sub-pixels are arranged adjacent to each other along the first direction.

13. The electroluminescent display device of claim 12 , wherein the first light-emitting layer of the first sub-pixel and the third light-emitting layer of the third sub-pixel adjacent to each other along the second direction are connected to each other and formed as one body, and the second light-emitting layers of the second sub-pixels adjacent to each other along the second direction are connected to each other and formed as one body.

14. The electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the bank includes a hydrophobic bank.

15. The electroluminescent display device of claim 14 , wherein the bank further includes a hydrophilic bank between adjacent sub-pixels along a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

16. The electroluminescent display device of claim 14 , wherein the hydrophilic bank and the hydrophobic bank are formed as one body.

17. The electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , further comprising at least one thin film transistor between the substrate and the first electrode, and the first electrode is connected to the at least one thin film transistor.

18. The electroluminescent display device of claim 1 , wherein the first portion has a right-angled trapezoidal shape, and the second portion has a rectangular shape.

19. The electroluminescent display device of claim 18 , wherein the first portion includes a first base of a first width and a second base of a second width smaller than the first width, and the second portion has short sides of the second width.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 1, 2021
From: LEE, SANG-BIN; YOO, IN-SUN; CHOI, JEONG-MOOK
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 057985/0343 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0166767 · Dec 2, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220173180A1 · Jun 2, 2022
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