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US 12,408,543 · App. 17/672,333 · Granted Sep 2, 2025

Display device having multi-width hole area

Inventors: Jong Duk Roh (Yongin-si, KR); Kwang Min Lee (Goyang-si, KR); Sang Ik Lee (Gwangmyeong-si, KR); Jae Ku Han (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 12,408,543
App. No.
17/672,333
Granted
Sep 2, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device including a substrate and a stacked structure on the substrate. The substrate has a first hole, and the stacked structure has a second hole. The second hole partially overlaps the first hole and has an edge outside the first hole in a plan view. The substrate has a substrate exposed portion exposed to the second hole, and the substrate exposed portion is partially depressed in an edge direction of the second hole.

Claims (43)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate having a first hole; and

a stacked structure on the substrate, the stacked structure having a second hole and an edge outside the first hole in a cross-sectional view,

wherein the first hole partially overlaps the second hole,

wherein the substrate has a substrate exposed portion exposed to the second hole, and

wherein the substrate exposed portion is partially depressed in an edge direction of the second hole,

wherein the substrate exposed portion has a first portion having a first distance from a side surface of the substrate exposed portion defining the first hole to a side surface of the stacked structure defining the second hole in a plan view and a second portion having a second distance from the side surface of the substrate exposed portion to the side surface of the stacked structure in the plan view, and

wherein the second distance is smaller than the first distance.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first portion and the second portion of the substrate exposed portion are alternately arranged.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the side surface of the first portion and the side surface of the second portion have a curved shape in the plan view, and

wherein a curvature of the side surface of the first portion is smaller than a curvature of the side surface of the second portion.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a dihedral angle between the side surface of the second portion and the side surface of the first portion is an obtuse angle.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate has a hole area overlapping the second hole, an active area at least partially extending around the hole area and being for displaying an image, and an encapsulation area between the hole area and the active area,

wherein in the active area, the stacked structure comprises a circuit element layer on the substrate, a via layer on the circuit element layer and having a contact hole, a first electrode on the via layer and connected to the circuit element layer through the contact hole, a pixel defining layer on the first electrode and having an opening, a light emitting layer in the opening, a second electrode on the pixel defining layer and the light emitting layer, a first inorganic layer on the second electrode, a second inorganic layer on the first inorganic layer, and a first organic layer between the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer, and

wherein in the encapsulation area, the stacked structure comprises a dam structure on the substrate, the first inorganic layer on the dam structure, the second inorganic layer on the first inorganic layer, and a second organic layer on the second inorganic layer.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the dam structure comprises a first structure on the substrate and on the same layer as the via layer and a second structure on the first structure and on the same layer as the pixel defining layer.

7. The display device of claim 5 , wherein a top surface of the second organic layer in the encapsulation area is on the same plane as a top surface of the second inorganic layer in the active area.

8. The display device of claim 5 , further comprising a carbide on the substrate exposed portion.

9. The display device of claim 8 , wherein the stacked structure further comprises a polarization member on the second inorganic layer in the active area and on the second organic layer in the encapsulation area, and

wherein the carbide is a material in which at least one of a material included in the second organic layer or a material included in the polarization member is carbonized.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a width of the second hole increases as it goes away from the substrate.

11. A display device comprising:

a substrate having a first hole; and

a stacked structure on the substrate, the stacked structure having a second hole and an edge outside the first hole in a cross-sectional view,

wherein the first hole partially overlaps the second hole,

wherein the substrate has a substrate exposed portion exposed to the second hole, and

wherein the substrate exposed portion is partially-depressed in an edge direction of the second hole,

wherein a bottom surface of the substrate exposed portion opposite to a surface on which the stacked structure is arranged and a side surface of the substrate exposed portion defining the first hole form a first angle, and

wherein a top surface of the substrate exposed portion opposite to the bottom surface and a side surface of the stacked structure defining the second hole form a second angle smaller than the first angle.

12. A display device comprising:

a substrate having a first hole and a substrate exposed portion adjacent to the first hole; and

a stacked structure on the substrate, the stacked structure having a second hole, the first hole partially overlapping the second hole,

wherein a first angle formed by a side surface of the substrate exposed portion defining the first hole and a bottom surface of the substrate exposed portion is greater than a second angle formed by a side surface of the stacked structure defining the second hole and a top surface of the substrate exposed portion.

13. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the substrate has a hole area overlapping the second hole, an active area at least partially extending around the hole area and being for displaying an image, and an encapsulation area between the hole area and the active area,

wherein in the active area, the stacked structure comprises a circuit element layer on the substrate, a via layer on the circuit element layer and having a contact hole, a first electrode on the via layer and connected to the circuit element layer through the contact hole, a pixel defining layer on the first electrode and including an opening, a light emitting layer in the opening, a second electrode on the pixel defining layer and the light emitting layer, a first inorganic layer on the second electrode, a second inorganic layer on the first inorganic layer, and a first organic layer between the first inorganic layer and the second inorganic layer, and

wherein in the encapsulation area, the stacked structure comprises a dam structure on the substrate, the first inorganic layer on the dam structure, the second inorganic layer on the first inorganic layer, and a second organic layer on the second inorganic layer.

14. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the stacked structure further comprises a polarization member on the second inorganic layer in the active area and on the second organic layer in the encapsulation area, and

wherein a third angle formed by a bottom surface of the polarization member adjacent to the second inorganic layer and a side surface of the polarization member defining the second hole is smaller than the first angle.

15. The display device of claim 14 , further comprising a carbide on the substrate exposed portion,

wherein the carbide is a material in which at least one of a material included in the second organic layer or a material included in the polarization member is carbonized.

16. The display device of claim 13 , wherein the dam structure comprises a first structure on the substrate and on the same layer as the via layer and a second structure on the first structure and on the same layer as the pixel defining layer.

17. The display device of claim 12 , wherein a width of the first hole is smaller than a width of the second hole.

18. The display device of claim 12 , wherein the substrate exposed portion does not overlap the stacked structure.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 16, 2022
From: ROH, JONG DUK; LEE, KWANG MIN; LEE, SANG IK; HAN, JAE KU
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059369/0447 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0021701 · Feb 18, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220263050A1 · Aug 18, 2022
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