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US 12,396,346 · App. 17/204,255 · Granted Aug 19, 2025

Display device with emission region having multiple emission layers

Inventors: Hyomin Ko (Suwon-si, KR); Beomjoon Kim (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/35H10K50/15H10K50/16H10K50/171H10K50/818H10K59/122H10K59/12H10K59/80518H10K59/87H10K59/873H10K59/876
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Patent No.
US 12,396,346
App. No.
17/204,255
Granted
Aug 19, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a base layer including first and second emission regions, first and second electrodes, a first organic layer in the first emission region, and a second organic layer in the second emission region. The first organic layer includes a first electron transport layer, a first auxiliary layer on the first electron transport layer, a first emission layer on the first auxiliary layer, a second auxiliary layer on the first emission layer, and a first hole transport layer on the second auxiliary layer. The second organic layer includes a second electron transport layer, a third auxiliary layer on the second electron transport layer, a second emission layer on the third auxiliary layer, a fourth auxiliary layer on the second emission layer, and a second hole transport layer on the fourth auxiliary layer.

Claims (64)

1. A display device comprising:

a base layer, the base layer including a first emission region and a second emission region;

a circuit layer disposed on the base layer and including a plurality of transistors;

a first electrode disposed on the base layer;

a second electrode disposed on the first electrode and facing the first electrode;

a first organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and disposed in the first emission region; and

a second organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and disposed in the second emission region, wherein

the first organic layer comprises:

a first electron transport layer disposed on the first electrode;

a first auxiliary layer disposed on the first electron transport layer;

a first emission layer disposed on the first auxiliary layer and emitting first light;

a second auxiliary layer disposed on the first emission layer; and

a first hole transport layer disposed on the second auxiliary layer, and

the second organic layer comprises:

a second electron transport layer disposed on the first electrode;

a third auxiliary layer disposed on the second electron transport layer;

a second emission layer disposed on the third auxiliary layer and emitting second light having a wavelength different from a wavelength of the first light;

a fourth auxiliary layer disposed on the second emission layer; and

a second hole transport layer disposed on the fourth auxiliary layer; and

wherein each auxiliary layer includes a carrier transport layer, wherein

the first electrode is a reflective electrode,

the second electrode is a transflective electrode or a transmissive electrode, and

the first light and the second light are emitted in a direction from the first electrode to the second electrode,

the first electron transport layer is disposed closer to the circuit layer than the first hole transport layer in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate,

the second electron transport layer is disposed closer to the circuit layer than the second hole transport layer in a direction perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate,

at least one of the plurality of transistors is an NMOS transistor,

the first electrode is electrically connected to the NMOS transistor,

a thickness of the first organic layer is in a range of about 250 nm to about 290 nm,

a thickness of the second organic layer is in a range of about 210 nm to about 250 nm,

a thickness of the first auxiliary layer and a thickness of the third auxiliary layer are different from each other, and

a thickness of the second auxiliary layer and a thickness of the fourth auxiliary layer are different from each other.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first auxiliary layer and the third auxiliary layer include an electron transporting material, and

the second auxiliary layer and the fourth auxiliary layer include a hole transporting material.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the center wavelength of the first light is in a range of about 625 nm to about 675 nm, and

the center wavelength of the second light is in a range of about 500 nm to about 570 nm.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first organic layer comprises a first electron injection layer disposed between the first electrode and the first electron transport layer, and

the second organic layer comprises a second electron injection layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electron transport layer.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first organic layer comprises a first hole injection layer disposed between the second electrode and the first hole transport layer, and

the second organic layer comprises a second hole injection layer disposed between the second electrode and the second hole transport layer.

6. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a third organic layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and disposed on a third emission region in the base layer, wherein

the third organic layer comprises:

a third electron transport layer disposed on the first electrode;

a third emission layer disposed on the third electron transport layer and emitting third light; and

a third hole transport layer disposed on the third emission layer, and

the thickness of the third organic layer is in a range of about 160 nm to about 200 nm.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the center wavelength of the third light is in a range of about 410 nm to about 480 nm.

8. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a capping layer disposed on the second electrode, wherein

the capping layer has a refractive index of about 1.6 or more.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first electron transport layer and the second electron transport layer are integral with each other, and

the first hole transport layer and the second hole transport layer are integral with each other.

10. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a pixel defining film disposed on the base layer, openings being defined in the pixel defining film corresponding to the first emission region and the second emission region, wherein

at least a portion of each of the first electron transport layer, the second electron transport layer, the first hole transport layer, and the second hole transport layer is disposed on the pixel defining film.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein

a first opening corresponding to the first emission region and a second opening corresponding to the second emission region are defined in the pixel defining film;

the first auxiliary layer, the first emission layer, and the second auxiliary layer are disposed in the first opening, and

the third auxiliary layer, the second emission layer, and the fourth auxiliary layer are disposed in the second opening.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein

the first electrode is configured such that electrons are injected from the first electrode through the electron transport region to the emission layer, and

the second electrode is configured such that holes are injected from the second electrode through the hole transport region to the emission layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2021
From: KO, HYOMIN; KIM, BEOMJOON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055632/0043 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0098787 · Aug 6, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220045296A1 · Feb 10, 2022
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