Display device and method of fabricating the same
A method of fabricating a display device includes: preparing a substrate including emission areas and a non-emission area between the emission areas; forming a bank on the non-emission area to a first height; forming light conversion patterns on the emission areas to a height equal to or less than the first height; polishing a surface of a light conversion layer including the bank and the light conversion patterns so that the surface of the light conversion layer is flat; and forming a filler layer on a surface of the substrate on which the light conversion layer is provided. The polishing of the light conversion layer includes planarizing the surface of the light conversion layer so that the bank and the light conversion patterns have a second height through chemical mechanical polishing utilizing a metallic slurry.
1. A display device comprising:
a base layer comprising a display area;
a plurality of pixels arranged in the display area and comprising respective emission areas;
a light conversion layer comprising light conversion patterns on the emission areas of the pixels, and a bank between the light conversion patterns to be around side surfaces of the light conversion patterns; and
a filler layer between the light conversion layer and a surface of the base layer on which the pixels are on,
wherein the light conversion layer has a flat surface facing the pixels,
wherein at least one of the light conversion patterns comprises microcavities disposed only on a surface thereof, wherein the light conversion patterns and the filler layer are in contact with each other,
wherein the microcavities on the surface of the at least one of the light conversion patterns are in contact with the filler layer, and
wherein the filler layer overlaps with a center of each of the microcavities and extends continuously along the surface.
2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein surfaces of the light conversion patterns facing the pixels are the same as a surface of the bank facing the pixels in height with respect to the base layer.
3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light conversion patterns are the same as the bank in thickness.
4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the light conversion patterns comprises at least one selected from color conversion particles and light scattering particles.
5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the microcavities are less than or equal to the color conversion particles or the light scattering particles in size.
6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the pixels comprise a first color pixel, a second color pixel, and a third color pixel, and the light conversion patterns comprise:
a first light conversion pattern on an emission area of the first color pixel and comprising first color conversion particles;
a second light conversion pattern on an emission area of the second color pixel and comprising second color conversion particles; and
a third light conversion pattern on an emission area of the third color pixel and comprising light scattering particles.
7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the filler layer has a thickness of about 1.5 βm to about 3 βm.
8. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the bank has a tapered shape or an inverted tapered shape.
9. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a color filter layer on the light conversion layer; and
an encapsulation substrate on the color filter layer.
10. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
a color filter layer on the light conversion layer.
11. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:
an encapsulation substrate on the light conversion layer.