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Granted Patent B2
US 12,514,066 · App. 17/861,917 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Display device

Inventors: Gi Hoon Yang (Hwaseong-si, KR); Tae Min Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Bong Sung Seo (Suwon-si, KR); Dong Geun Shin (Pyeongtaek-si, KR); Seul Gee Lee (Seoul, KR); Ho Lim (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/122H10K59/873H10K59/879H10K59/38Y10T428/24942
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Patent No.
US 12,514,066
App. No.
17/861,917
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a display portion including a non-light emitting area and a light emitting area adjacent to the non-light emitting area; and a color conversion portion disposed on the display portion. The display portion includes a base portion, and a light emitting device disposed on the base portion in the light emitting area, and the color conversion portion includes wavelength conversion patterns disposed on the light emitting device, an inorganic insulating layer disposed on the wavelength conversion patterns, a first organic insulating layer disposed on the inorganic insulating layer, a color filter layer disposed on the first organic insulating layer, and a second organic insulating layer disposed on the color filter layer.

Claims (75)

1 . A display device comprising:

a display portion including:

a non-light emitting area; and

a light emitting area adjacent to the non-light emitting area; and

a color conversion portion disposed on the display portion, wherein

the display portion includes:

a base portion, and

a light emitting device disposed on the base portion in the light emitting area,

the color conversion portion includes:

wavelength conversion patterns disposed on the light emitting device,

an inorganic insulating layer disposed on the wavelength conversion patterns,

a first organic insulating layer disposed on the inorganic insulating layer,

a color filter layer disposed on the first organic insulating layer, and

a second organic insulating layer disposed on the color filter layer,

the inorganic insulating layer is between the wavelength conversion patterns and the first organic insulating layer,

the first organic insulating layer is between the inorganic insulating layer and the color filter layer,

the color filter layer is between the first organic insulating layer and the second organic insulating layer, and

a portion of the second organic insulating layer overlapping a portion of the light emitting area has a first thickness greater than a second thickness of another portion of the second organic insulating layer overlapping another portion of the light emitting area.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic insulating layer has a refractive index greater than a refractive index of the first organic insulating layer.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the refractive index of the inorganic insulating layer is in a range of about 1.9 to about 2.2.

4 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the refractive index of the first organic insulating layer is in a range of about 1.3 to about 1.8.

5 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second organic insulating layer has a thickness greater than a thickness of the first organic insulating layer.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein

the thickness of the first organic insulating layer is in a range of about 100 nm to about 500 nm, and

the thickness of the second organic insulating layer is in a range of about 3000 nm to about 10000 nm.

7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein

the first organic insulating layer includes a first base material, and

the second organic insulating layer includes a second base material.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein the first base material and the second base material each includes:

where Y and Y′ can independently be O, NR, or (SiO 2/3 R) 4+2n O, n being an integer greater than or equal to 0, and

R is H or F.

9 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein the first base material and the second base material include a same material.

10 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein

the first base material and the second base material are different,

R of the first base material is F, and

R of the second base material is H.

11 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein

the first organic insulating layer includes a first filler,

the second organic insulating layer includes a second filler, and

the first filler and the second filler each include at least one of a hollow silica, a hollow acrylate polymer, a hollow vinyl polymer, a hollow epoxy polymer, and TiO 2 .

12 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the second filler has a size larger than a size of the first filler.

13 . The display device of claim 12 , wherein

the second filler has a diameter in a range of about 50 nm to about 6000 nm, and

the first filler has a diameter in a range of about 50 nm to about 500 nm.

14 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first filler and the second filler each have a content of 50 wt % or less.

15 . A display device comprising:

a display portion including:

a non-light emitting area; and

light emitting areas adjacent to the non-light emitting area, the light emitting areas including a first light emitting area, a second light emitting area, and a third light emitting area; and

a color conversion portion disposed on the display portion, wherein

the display portion includes:

a base portion, and

a light emitting device disposed on the base portion in the light emitting areas, and

the color conversion portion includes:

a first wavelength conversion pattern overlapping the first light emitting area in a plan view;

a second wavelength conversion pattern overlapping the second light emitting area in a plan view;

a light transmission pattern overlapping the third light emitting area in a plan view;

a first inorganic insulating layer disposed on the first wavelength conversion pattern, the second wavelength conversion pattern, and the light transmission pattern;

a first organic insulating layer disposed on the first inorganic insulating layer;

a color filter layer disposed on the first organic insulating layer; and

a second organic insulating layer disposed on the color filter layer;

the first inorganic insulating layer has a refractive index greater than a refractive index of the first organic insulating layer,

the first wavelength conversion pattern, the second wavelength conversion pattern, and the light transmission pattern are disposed on the light emitting device,

the first inorganic insulating layer is between the first wavelength conversion pattern and the first organic insulating layer and is between the second wavelength conversion pattern and the first organic insulating layer,

the first organic insulating layer is between the first inorganic insulating layer and the color filter layer,

the color filter layer is between the first organic insulating layer and the second organic insulating layer, and

a thickness of the second organic insulating layer overlapping the third light emitting area is greater than a thickness of the second organic insulating layer overlapping the first and second light emitting areas.

16 . The display device of claim 15 , wherein the color filter layer includes a yellow color filter.

17 . The display device of claim 16 , wherein the yellow color filter does not overlap the third light emitting area in a plan view.

18 . The display device of claim 17 , wherein the second organic insulating layer directly contacts the first organic insulating layer in an area overlapping the third light emitting area in a plan view.

19 . The display device of claim 15 , further comprising:

a second inorganic insulating layer, wherein

the first inorganic insulating layer does not overlap the third light emitting area in a plan view,

the second inorganic insulating layer in an area overlapping the third light emitting area is disposed on a same layer as the first inorganic insulating layer in another area, and

the second inorganic insulating layer has a refractive index smaller than a refractive index of the first inorganic insulating layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 11, 2022
From: YANG, GI HOON; KIM, TAE MIN; SEO, BONG SUNG; SHIN, DONG GEUN; LEE, SEUL GEE; LIM, HO
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0164630 · Nov 25, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230165062A1 · May 25, 2023
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