IP Library Granted Patent US 12,456,717
Granted Patent B2
US 12,456,717 · App. 17/731,821 · Granted Oct 28, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Hyung Il Jeon (Yongin-si, KR); Byung Choon Yang (Yongin-si, KR); Tae Hee Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Joo Woan Cho (Yongin-si, KR); Byeong Hwa Choi (Yongin-si, KR); Jin Woo Choi (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L25/167H01L24/05H10D86/441H10D86/60H10H20/832H01L2224/05013H01L2224/05016H01L2224/05082H01L2224/05123H01L2224/05124H01L2224/05155H01L2224/05163H01L2224/05164H01L2224/05166H01L2224/05169H01L2224/05171H01L2224/05178H01L2224/0518H01L2224/0519H01L2224/05553H01L2224/05561H01L2224/05611H01L2224/05639H01L2224/05644H01L2224/05647H01L2924/0106H01L2924/0133H01L2924/0549H01L2924/0635H01L2924/066H01L2924/0665H01L2924/0695H01L2924/07025H10H20/821H10H20/825
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Patent No.
US 12,456,717
App. No.
17/731,821
Granted
Oct 28, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a base layer; a pixel circuit layer disposed on the base layer, the pixel circuit layer including a first transistor; and an insulating layer overlapping the first transistor; a first electrode disposed on the pixel circuit layer, the first electrode electrically connected to the first transistor via a contact hole of the insulating layer; a cover layer disposed on the first electrode, the cover layer overlapping at least a portion of the first electrode; a light emitting element including a first end and a second end electrically connected to the first electrode; a second electrode disposed on the light emitting element, the second electrode electrically connected to the second end of the light emitting element; and a third electrode disposed on the cover layer, the third electrode electrically contacting at least a portion of the first electrode.

Claims (27)

1. A display device comprising:

a base layer;

a pixel circuit layer disposed on the base layer, the pixel circuit layer including:

a first transistor; and

an insulating layer overlapping the first transistor;

a first electrode disposed on the pixel circuit layer, the first electrode electrically connected to the first transistor via a contact hole of the insulating layer;

a cover layer disposed on the first electrode and at least partially filling a contact hole region within the contact hole, the cover layer overlapping at least a portion of the first electrode;

a light emitting element including a first end and a second end, the first end electrically connected to the first electrode;

a second electrode disposed on the light emitting element, the second electrode electrically connected to the second end of the light emitting element; and

a third electrode disposed on the cover layer, the third electrode electrically contacting at least a portion of the first electrode, wherein

the cover layer has a flat upper surface above the contact hole region so as to planarize an upper surface of the third electrode,

an upper surface of the third electrode is substantially flat,

the third electrode directly contacts the first electrode at plural sides of the cover layer, and

the first end of the light emitting element is electrically connected to the first electrode via the third electrode.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein

the first end of the light emitting element is disposed on the third electrode, and

the first end of the light emitting element directly contacts the third electrode.

3. The display device according to claim 2 , wherein

the third electrode and the first electrode have a same potential.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first electrode comprises a transparent conductive material.

5. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the third electrode comprises a metal or at least one of copper, gold, tin, and an alloy thereof.

6. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the third electrode electrically connects the first electrode and the first end of the light emitting element.

7. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element comprises:

a first semiconductor layer;

an active layer disposed on a first surface of the first semiconductor layer; and

a second semiconductor layer disposed on a first surface of the active layer.

8. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first end of the light emitting element disposed on the contact hole of the insulating layer directly contacts the third electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 28, 2022
From: JEON, HYUNG IL; YANG, BYUNG CHOON; LEE, TAE HEE; CHO, JOO WOAN; CHOI, BYEONG HWA; CHOI, JIN WOO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0056002 · Apr 29, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220352134A1 · Nov 3, 2022
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