IP Library Granted Patent US 12,446,414
Granted Patent B2
US 12,446,414 · App. 17/444,618 · Granted Oct 14, 2025

Display device and electronic apparatus

Inventors: Yongsub Shim (Yongin-si, KR); Younho Han (Yongin-si, KR); Jongbeom Hong (Yongin-si, KR); Reehyang Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Youngjun Yoo (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/126H10K50/858H10K50/865H10K59/121H10K59/80516
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Patent No.
US 12,446,414
App. No.
17/444,618
Granted
Oct 14, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a display device including a substrate including a first display area, a second display area including transmission areas, and a non-display area, main pixel electrodes above the first display area, auxiliary pixel electrodes above the second display area, and a shield layer between the substrate and the auxiliary pixel electrodes, including a first metal layer, and at least one reflection reduction layer overlapping the first metal layer, and defining an opening overlapping the transmission areas.

Claims (32)

1. A display device comprising:

a substrate comprising a first display area, a second display area comprising transmission areas, and a non-display area;

main pixel electrodes above the first display area;

auxiliary pixel electrodes above the second display area;

auxiliary emission layers respectively above the auxiliary pixel electrodes;

auxiliary counter electrodes respectively above the auxiliary emission layers; and

a shield layer between the substrate and the auxiliary pixel electrodes, overlapping an entirety of the auxiliary counter electrodes, defining openings respectively overlapping the transmission areas, and comprising:

a first metal layer; and

at least one reflection reduction layer overlapping the first metal layer, and comprising:

a second metal layer under the first metal layer, and having a thickness in a thickness direction that is perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate of about 10 nm or less; and

an inorganic material layer comprising a retarder between the first metal layer and the second metal layer.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one reflection reduction layer comprises a light-absorbing layer between the first metal layer and the substrate, and having a light absorption rate that is greater than a light absorption rate of the first metal layer.

3. The display device of claim 2 , wherein the light-absorbing layer comprises amorphous silicon.

4. The display device of claim 2 , wherein, when viewed in the thickness direction, an edge of the first metal layer is aligned with an edge of the light-absorbing layer.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the second metal layer in the thickness direction is less than a thickness of the first metal layer in the thickness direction.

6. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the first metal layer and the second metal layer comprise a same material.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the at least one reflection reduction layer further comprises a light-absorbing layer between the first metal layer and the inorganic material layer, and having a light absorption rate that is greater than a light absorption rate of the first metal layer.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the light-absorbing layer comprises amorphous silicon.

9. The display device of claim 7 , wherein, when viewed in the thickness direction, an edge of the first metal layer is aligned with an edge of the light-absorbing layer and with an edge of the inorganic material layer.

10. An electronic apparatus comprising:

a display panel comprising a first display area, a second display area comprising transmission areas, and a non-display area; and

a component overlapping the second display area,

wherein the display panel comprises:

a substrate;

main pixel electrodes above the first display area;

auxiliary pixel electrodes above the second display area;

auxiliary emission layers respectively above the auxiliary pixel electrodes;

auxiliary counter electrodes respectively above the auxiliary emission layers; and

a shield layer between the substrate and the auxiliary pixel electrodes, overlapping an entirety of the auxiliary counter electrodes, defining openings respectively overlapping the transmission areas, and comprising a first metal layer, and at least one reflection reduction layer overlapping the first metal layer and comprising:

a second metal layer under the first metal layer, and having a thickness in a thickness direction that is perpendicular to an upper surface of the substrate of about 10 nm or less; and

an inorganic material layer comprising a retarder between the first metal layer and the second metal layer.

11. The electronic apparatus of claim 10 , wherein the at least one reflection reduction layer comprises a light-absorbing layer between the first metal layer and the substrate, and having a light absorption rate that is greater than a light absorption rate of the first metal layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 6, 2021
From: SHIM, YONGSUB; HAN, YOUNHO; HONG, JONGBEOM; KIM, REEHYANG; YOO, YOUNGJUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0147092 · Nov 5, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220140014A1 · May 5, 2022
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