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Granted Patent B2
US 12,514,097 · App. 17/578,879 · Granted Dec 30, 2025

Display device and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Jungi Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Woongsik Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jeong Won Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Donghwan Bae (Seoul, KR); Jin-Su Byun (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K50/858H10K59/122H10K59/40H10K71/00
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Patent No.
US 12,514,097
App. No.
17/578,879
Granted
Dec 30, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate, an emission structure disposed on the substrate, a first refraction pattern disposed on the emission structure, a second refraction pattern disposed on the first refraction pattern and covering the first refraction pattern, where the second refraction pattern includes an inorganic material, and a third refraction pattern disposed on the second refraction pattern and having a refractive index less than a refractive index of the first refraction pattern.

Claims (31)

1 . A display device comprising:

a substrate;

an emission structure disposed on the substrate;

a first refraction pattern disposed on the emission structure, wherein the first refraction pattern has a trapezoidal cross-sectional shape;

a second refraction pattern disposed on the first refraction pattern and covering the first refraction pattern, wherein the second refraction pattern includes an inorganic material; and

a third refraction pattern disposed on the second refraction pattern and having a refractive index less than a refractive index of the first refraction pattern,

wherein a thickness of the second refraction pattern is less than a thickness of the first refraction pattern.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second refraction pattern is disposed between the first refraction pattern and the third refraction pattern.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second refraction pattern contacts the first refraction pattern and the third refraction pattern.

4 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the second refraction pattern contacts a side surface of the first refraction pattern.

5 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the first refraction pattern and the third refraction pattern do not contact each other.

6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a refractive index of the second refraction pattern is greater than the refractive index of the first refraction pattern.

7 . The display device of claim 6 , wherein the refractive index of the first refraction pattern is in a range of about 1.6 to about 1.7.

8 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a refractive index of the second refraction pattern is greater than the refractive index of the third refraction pattern.

9 . The display device of claim 8 , wherein the refractive index of the third refraction pattern is in a range of about 1.4 to about 1.6.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the emission structure includes:

a first electrode;

a pixel defining layer disposed on the first electrode, wherein an opening exposing the first electrode is defined in the pixel defining layer;

an emission layer disposed in the opening; and

a second electrode disposed on the emission layer, and

wherein the first refraction pattern overlaps the opening.

11 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a touch electrode disposed on the emission structure; and

a cover pattern disposed in a same layer as the second refraction pattern and covering the touch electrode.

12 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a touch electrode disposed on the emission structure, and

wherein the second refraction pattern further covers the touch electrode.

13 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a fourth refraction pattern disposed between the second refraction pattern and the third refraction pattern.

14 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein a refractive index of the fourth refraction pattern is greater than the refractive index of the first refraction pattern, a refractive index of the second refraction pattern, and the refractive index of the third refraction pattern.

15 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the first refraction pattern and the third refraction pattern includes an organic material.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 1, 2023
From: KIM, JUNGI; KIM, WOONGSIK; KIM, JEONG WON; BAE, DONGHWAN; BYUN, JIN-SU
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0103762 · Aug 6, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230042183A1 · Feb 9, 2023
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