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US 12,461,620 · App. 18/765,160 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Display device having organic layers with different sizes of openings

Inventors: Hyeong Jun Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Ji Ryun Park (Yongin-si, KR); Chi Wook An (Yongin-si, KR); Mi Ran Ji (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0412G06F3/0443H10K50/858H10K50/86H10K50/865H10K59/122H10K59/38H10K59/40H10K59/879H10K59/8792H10K2102/351
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Patent No.
US 12,461,620
App. No.
18/765,160
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a pixel defining layer on a substrate and having a first opening defining a light emission area, a light emitting element layer in the light emission area and including an anode electrode, a sensing electrode on the pixel defining layer and having a second opening overlapping the first opening, and a first organic layer covering the sensing electrode and having a third opening overlapping the first opening, wherein a width of the second opening is greater than a width of the first opening in a plan view.

Claims (23)

1 . A display device comprising:

a pixel defining layer on a substrate and having a first opening defining a light emission area;

a light emitting element layer in the light emission area and comprising an anode electrode;

a sensing electrode on the pixel defining layer and having a second opening overlapping the first opening; and

a first organic layer covering the sensing electrode and having a third opening overlapping the first opening,

wherein a width of the second opening is greater than a width of the first opening in a plan view,

wherein a width of the third opening is greater than the width of the first opening and is smaller than the width of the second opening in the plan view, and

wherein a width of the anode electrode is greater than the width of the first opening and is smaller than the width of the third opening in the plan view.

2 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel defining layer overlaps the third opening.

3 . The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

an anti-reflection layer on the first organic layer and comprising:

a color filter overlapping the light emission area; and

a second organic layer on the color filter and comprising a fourth opening overlapping the first opening,

wherein a width of the fourth opening is greater than the width of the third opening and is smaller than the width of the second opening in the plan view.

4 . The display device according to claim 3 , further comprising:

a third organic layer filled in the third opening and covering the first organic layer; and

an insulating layer between the pixel defining layer and the first organic layer,

wherein the sensing electrode is interposed between the insulating layer and the first organic layer.

5 . The display device according to claim 4 , further comprising a fourth organic layer filled in the fourth opening and covering the second organic layer.

6 . The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second opening is a mesh hole corresponding to the light emission area.

7 . The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the third opening has a planar shape identical to a planar shape of the mesh hole of the sensing electrode.

8 . The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the mesh hole has the planar shape of a rhombus, and

wherein the third opening has the planar shape of a circle.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 5, 2025
From: KIM, HYEONG JUN; PARK, JI RYUN; AN, CHI WOOK; JL, MI RAN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 071023/0919 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0079643 · Jul 2, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17676035 · Feb 18, 2022
Continuation 16814833 · Mar 10, 2020
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