IP Library Granted Patent US 12,356,807
Granted Patent B2
US 12,356,807 · App. 16/842,313 · Granted Jul 8, 2025

Display device and light transmissive device

Inventors: Woosik Jeon (Yongin-si, KR); Eonseok Oh (Yongin-si, KR); Hanggochnuri Jo (Yongin-si, KR); Sangyeol Kim (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/126H10K59/124H10K59/1315H10K59/40
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Patent No.
US 12,356,807
App. No.
16/842,313
Granted
Jul 8, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate on which a pixel and a transmissive area are located, the pixel including a display element; a plurality of wirings on the substrate, the wirings being on one side of the transmissive area; a pixel electrode and an emission layer each included in the pixel; an opposite electrode on the emission layer and including an opening corresponding to the transmissive area; and a first metal layer overlapping the wirings, the first metal layer being below the wirings, wherein a lateral surface of the first metal layer has an inverse-tapered shape with respect to a top surface of the substrate.

Claims (32)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate on which a plurality of pixels and a transmissive area are located, each of the plurality of pixels including a display element;

a plurality of wirings on the substrate, the wirings being on one side of the transmissive area in a plan view and including a first wiring, a second wiring, and a third wiring, the second wiring being on a first layer that is on the first wiring, and the third wiring overlapping the second wiring and being on a second layer that is on the second wiring;

a pixel electrode and an emission layer included in the display element;

an opposite electrode on the emission layer and including an opening corresponding to the transmissive area; and

a first metal layer overlapping the first wiring and the second wiring, the first metal layer being below the first wiring and the second wiring,

wherein a lateral surface of the first metal layer has an inverse-tapered shape with respect to a top surface of the substrate,

wherein the transmissive area is an area capable of transmitting light or signals,

wherein the transmissive area is at least partially surrounded by the plurality of pixels, and

wherein the first metal layer is not in contact with the wirings.

2. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a buffer layer over the substrate,

wherein each of the plurality of pixels includes a thin film transistor on the buffer layer, and

the first metal layer is between the substrate and the buffer layer.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the substrate includes a first base layer, a first inorganic layer, a second base layer, and a second inorganic layer that are sequentially stacked.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein

the first metal layer is under the first base layer, between the first base layer and the first inorganic layer, between the first inorganic layer and the second base layer, between the second base layer and the second inorganic layer, or on the second inorganic layer.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the first additional metal layer is under the first base layer, between the first base layer and the first inorganic layer, between the first inorganic layer and the second base layer, between the second base layer and the second inorganic layer, or on the second inorganic layer.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first wiring and the second wiring do not overlap each other, and

the first metal layer includes a first sub-metal layer and a second sub-metal layer, the first sub-metal layer overlapping the first wiring, and the second sub-metal layer overlapping the second wiring.

7. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a second metal layer below the each of the plurality of pixels.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein

a lateral surface of the second metal layer has an inverse-tapered shape.

9. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a functional layer between the pixel electrode and the emission layer, or between the emission layer and the opposite electrode,

wherein a same material as that of the functional layer is in the transmissive area.

10. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an inorganic insulating layer over the substrate,

wherein the inorganic insulating layer includes a first hole corresponding to the transmissive area, and

the opposite electrode is on a lateral wall of the first hole.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 7, 2020
From: JEON, WOOSIK; OH, EONSEOK; JO, HANGGOCHNURI; KIM, SANGYEOL
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 052335/0353 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0055834 · May 13, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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