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Granted Patent B2
US 12,588,350 · App. 18/811,657 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Suk Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Hyoungwook Jang (Yongin-si, KR); Sung-Soo Bae (Yongin-si, KR); Jae-Kyoung Kim (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K39/34G06V40/1318G09G3/3233H10K59/771G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0842G09G2300/0861G09G2310/08G09G2360/14H10K2101/40
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Patent No.
US 12,588,350
App. No.
18/811,657
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a base layer; a circuit layer on the base layer; and an element layer on the circuit layer and including a light emitting element and a hybrid element, wherein the hybrid element includes: a hybrid anode electrode; a light receiving stack on the hybrid anode electrode; a light emitting stack on the light receiving stack; and a hybrid cathode electrode on the light emitting stack, wherein the light emitting element is configured to be turned on to emit a first color light in a light emitting mode and a light receiving mode, wherein the hybrid element is configured to be turned on to output a second color light in the light emitting mode, and wherein the hybrid element is configured to be turned on to receive the first color light in the light receiving mode.

Claims (76)

1 . A display device comprising:

a base layer;

a circuit layer on the base layer; and

an element layer on the circuit layer and including a light emitting element and a hybrid element,

wherein the hybrid element includes:

a hybrid anode electrode;

a light receiving stack on the hybrid anode electrode;

a light emitting stack on the light receiving stack; and

a hybrid cathode electrode on the light emitting stack,

wherein the light emitting element is configured to be turned on to emit a first color light in a light emitting mode and a light receiving mode,

wherein the hybrid element is configured to be turned on to output a second color light in the light emitting mode,

wherein the hybrid element is configured to be turned on to receive the first color light in the light receiving mode, and

wherein the first color light and the second color light are lights having a same color wavelength range.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element includes a first light emitting layer,

wherein the light receiving stack includes a photoelectric conversion layer, and

wherein the light emitting stack includes a second light emitting layer.

3 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the light receiving stack further includes:

an electron blocking layer between the hybrid anode electrode and the photoelectric conversion layer;

a hole blocking layer between the photoelectric conversion layer and the second light emitting layer; and

an electron transport layer between the hole blocking layer and the second light emitting layer.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the electron blocking layer has a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) energy level higher than that of the photoelectric conversion layer, and

wherein the hole blocking layer has a highest occupied molecular orbital (HOMO) energy level lower than that of the photoelectric conversion layer.

5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein an LUMO energy level difference of the electron blocking layer and the photoelectric conversion layer is in a range of 3.0 eV or more, and

wherein an HOMO energy level difference of the hole blocking layer and the photoelectric conversion layer is in a range of −3.0 eV or more.

6 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the light emitting stack further includes:

a common hole transport layer between the electron transport layer and the second light emitting layer; and

a common electron transport layer between the second light emitting layer and the hybrid cathode electrode.

7 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the hybrid element further includes:

a charge generating layer between the light receiving stack and the light emitting stack.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , wherein the charge generating layer includes:

an n-type charge generation layer on the light receiving stack; and

a p-type charge generation layer on the n-type charge generation layer.

9 . The display device of claim 2 , wherein the light emitting element further includes:

an anode electrode; and

a cathode electrode, and

wherein the first light emitting layer is between the anode electrode and the cathode electrode.

10 . The display device of claim 9 , wherein a distance between the anode electrode and the first light emitting layer is equal to a distance between the hybrid anode electrode and the second light emitting layer.

11 . The display device of claim 10 , wherein the first and second color lights are lights in a green wavelength range.

12 . The display device of claim 10 , further comprising:

a color filter layer on the element layer,

wherein the color filter layer includes:

a first color filter corresponding to the light emitting element; and

a second color filter corresponding to the hybrid element, and

wherein the first and second color filters have a same color.

13 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element is identical to the hybrid element in size and in shape.

14 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the circuit layer includes:

a pixel circuit connected to the light emitting element;

a pixel circuit unit connected to the hybrid element and being identical to the pixel circuit in circuit structure; and

a sensor circuit unit connected to the hybrid element and the pixel circuit unit.

15 . The display device of claim 14 , wherein the sensor circuit unit includes:

a reset transistor including a first electrode configured to receive a reset voltage, a second electrode connected to the hybrid anode electrode, and a third electrode configured to receive a reset control signal;

an amplification transistor including a first electrode configured to receive a sensing driving voltage, a second electrode connected to the hybrid anode electrode, and a third electrode connected to a sensing node; and

an output transistor including a first electrode connected to the sensing node, a second electrode connected to a readout line, and a third electrode configured to receive an output control signal.

16 . An electronic device comprising:

a base layer;

a circuit layer on the base layer;

an element layer on the circuit layer and including a light emitting element and a hybrid element; and

a color filter layer on the element layer and including a first color filter corresponding to the light emitting element and a second color filter corresponding to the hybrid element,

wherein the circuit layer includes:

a pixel circuit connected to the light emitting element;

a pixel circuit unit connected to the hybrid element, the pixel circuit unit having a circuit structure identical to a circuit structure of the pixel circuit; and

a sensor circuit unit connected to the hybrid element and the pixel circuit unit, and

wherein the hybrid element includes:

a light emitting unit configured to be turned on by the pixel circuit unit in a reverse bias state; and

a light receiving unit configured to be turned on by the sensor circuit unit in a forward bias state,

wherein the first and second color filters have a same color.

17 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the hybrid element includes:

a hybrid anode electrode;

a light receiving stack on the hybrid anode electrode;

a light emitting stack on the light receiving stack; and

a hybrid cathode electrode on the light emitting stack.

18 . The electronic device of claim 17 , wherein the light emitting unit is defined by the hybrid anode electrode, the light emitting unit, and the hybrid cathode electrode, and

wherein the light receiving unit is defined by the hybrid anode electrode, the light receiving stack, and the hybrid cathode electrode.

19 . The electronic device of claim 18 , wherein the light emitting element is configured to be turned on to emit a first color light in a light emitting mode and a light receiving mode,

wherein the light emitting unit of the hybrid element is configured to output a second color light in the light emitting mode, and

wherein the light receiving unit of the hybrid element is configured to receive the first color light in the light receiving mode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2024
From: KIM, SUK; JANG, HYOUNGWOOK; BAE, SUNG-SOO; KIM, JAE-KYOUNG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 068519/0876 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0132320 · Oct 5, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
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