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Granted Patent B2
US 12,352,984 · App. 18/381,354 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Display device including a lens array and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Yi Joon Ahn (Seoul, KR); Beom Shik Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Jung Hun Noh (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G02B30/29H10K50/858H10K59/12H10K59/38H10K59/879H10K71/00H10K59/1201H10K59/131
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Patent No.
US 12,352,984
App. No.
18/381,354
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a first substrate; thin-film transistors disposed on a first surface of the first substrate; light emitting elements connected to corresponding ones of the thin-film transistors, respectively, and disposed on the thin-film transistors; and a lens array including lenses disposed on a second surface of the first substrate opposite to the first surface of the first substrate, wherein the light emitting elements emit light toward the first substrate.

Claims (19)

1. A display device comprising:

a first substrate;

thin-film transistors disposed on a first surface of the first substrate;

light emitting elements connected to corresponding ones of the thin-film transistors, respectively, and disposed on the thin-film transistors; and

a lens array comprising lenses disposed on a second surface of the first substrate opposite to the first surface of the first substrate,

wherein the light emitting elements emit light toward the first substrate,

wherein the thin-film transistors are disposed between the light emitting elements and the first substrate, and

wherein a lens of the lenses overlaps N (N is an integer greater than 1) light emitting elements among the light emitting elements.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the lens array contacts the second surface of the first substrate.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the first substrate includes a polymer resin.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the lens array includes glass.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the light emitting elements comprises:

a first electrode connected to a thin-film transistor of the thin-film transistors;

a light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode; and

a second electrode disposed on the light emitting layer,

wherein the first electrode includes a conductive material that transmits light, and the second electrode includes a conductive material that reflects light.

6. The display device of claim 5 , further comprising a second substrate disposed on the second electrode.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the lenses has a half-cylindrical shape or a hemispherical shape.

8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the lenses curves outwards from the second surface of the first substrate.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0037584 · Mar 27, 2020 · national
Continuity (2)
Division 17137892 · Dec 30, 2020
Related Publication 20240049503A1 · Feb 8, 2024
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