IP Library Granted Patent US 12,588,402
Granted Patent B2
US 12,588,402 · App. 17/882,374 · Granted Mar 24, 2026

Electronic device

Inventors: Taeho Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Hyeoji Kang (Seoul, KR); Ohjeong Kwon (Hwaseong-si, KR); Hongyeon Lee (Suwon-si, KR); Seungyeon Jeong (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K65/00G06V40/1318H10K39/32H10K59/122H10K59/40H10K59/8792
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Patent No.
US 12,588,402
App. No.
17/882,374
Granted
Mar 24, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electronic device includes: a base layer; a display element layer on the base layer; and a reflection control layer on the display element layer and comprising a dye, the display element layer comprising: a pixel definition layer having first, second, and third openings formed therethrough; a first light emitting element corresponding to the first opening and emitting a first light; a second light emitting element corresponding to the second opening and emitting a second light different from the first light; a light receiving element corresponding to the third opening; and an inorganic absorbing layer on the first and second light emitting elements, and wherein the reflection control layer overlaps the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element.

Claims (40)

1 . An electronic device comprising:

a base layer;

a display element layer on the base layer; and

a reflection control layer on the display element layer and comprising a dye, the display element layer comprising:

a pixel definition layer having first, second, and third openings formed therethrough;

a first light emitting element corresponding to the first opening and emitting a first light;

a second light emitting element corresponding to the second opening and emitting a second light different from the first light;

a light receiving element corresponding to the third opening; and

an inorganic absorbing layer on the first and second light emitting elements, and

wherein the reflection control layer overlaps the first light emitting element and the second light emitting element.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the reflection control layer comprises a first dye having a maximum absorption wavelength within a range of 420 nm to 500 nm and a second dye having a maximum absorption wavelength within a range of 560 nm to 620 nm.

3 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the reflection control layer comprises at least one of a porphyrin-based dye or a tetraazaporphyrin-based dye.

4 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the reflection control layer further comprises at least one of an infrared absorber or an ultraviolet absorber.

5 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the reflection control layer has an opening pattern formed therethrough, and the opening pattern overlaps the light receiving element in a plan view.

6 . The electronic device of claim 5 , further comprising an organic pattern portion in the opening pattern, wherein the organic pattern portion comprises at least one of a green dye or a yellow dye.

7 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the organic pattern portion comprises at least one of a phthalocyanine-based dye or a quinophthalone-based dye.

8 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the organic pattern portion further comprises an infrared absorber, and the infrared absorber comprises at least one of a diimmonium-based compound, a squarylium-based compound, a cyanine-based compound, a phthalocyanine-based compound, or a dithiolene-based compound.

9 . The electronic device of claim 6 , wherein the organic pattern portion further comprises an ultraviolet absorber, and the ultraviolet absorber comprises at least one of a triazine-based compound or a benzotriazole-based compound.

10 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the display element layer further comprises a low adhesion pattern on the light receiving element, and the inorganic absorbing layer does not overlap the low adhesion pattern in a plan view.

11 . The electronic device of claim 10 , wherein the low adhesion pattern comprises a fluorine-based compound.

12 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the display element layer further comprises a capping layer on or under the inorganic absorbing layer, and the capping layer overlaps the first and second light emitting elements and the light receiving element in a plan view.

13 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the display element layer further comprises a capping layer between the inorganic absorbing layer and the first and second light emitting elements, and the capping layer does not overlap the light receiving element in a plan view.

14 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the inorganic absorbing layer comprises a transition metal, a post-transition metal, a lanthanide metal, or an alloy of two or more metals selected from the transition metal, the post-transition metal, and the lanthanide metal.

15 . The electronic device of claim 1 , further comprising:

an input sensing layer between the display element layer and the reflection control layer; and

a light blocking layer on the input sensing layer and having upper openings formed therethrough, wherein the input sensing layer comprises:

a first conductive layer on the display element layer;

a second conductive layer on the first conductive layer; and

a sensing insulating layer between the first conductive layer and the second conductive layer, and the upper openings overlap the first, second, and third openings, respectively.

16 . An electronic device comprising:

a display element layer comprising a light emitting area, a transmission area, and a non-light-emitting area surrounding the light emitting area and the transmission area; and

a reflection control layer on the display element layer and comprising a dye, the display element layer comprising:

a light emitting element in the light emitting area;

a light receiving element in the transmission area;

a low adhesion pattern on the light receiving element; and

an inorganic absorbing layer on the light emitting element, wherein the inorganic absorbing layer has a transmission opening formed therethrough to overlap the low adhesion pattern in a plan view.

17 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the display element layer further comprises a capping layer under the inorganic absorbing layer and overlapping the light emitting area and the transmission area, and the low adhesion pattern is on the capping layer.

18 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the display element layer further comprises a capping layer under the inorganic absorbing layer and provided with an opening defined therethrough to overlap the transmission area, and the low adhesion pattern is in the opening of the capping layer.

19 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the display element layer further comprises a capping layer on the inorganic absorbing layer and overlapping the light emitting area and the transmission area, and the capping layer covers the low adhesion pattern.

20 . The electronic device of claim 16 , wherein the reflection control layer has an opening pattern defined therethrough, and the opening pattern overlaps the transmission opening in a plan view.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 30, 2022
From: KIM, TAEHO; KANG, HYEOJI; KWON, OHJEONG; LEE, HONGYEON; JEONG, SEUNGYEON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060937/0433 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0119869 · Sep 8, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230076553A1 · Mar 9, 2023
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