Display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
A display apparatus includes: a display element layer having first to third light-emitting regions and a non-light-emitting region, and including light-emitting elements along one direction and corresponding to the first to third light-emitting regions to provide source light; a light control unit on the display element layer, and including a base resin and scatters, and having openings overlapping with the first and second light-emitting regions; light conversion units in the openings, and including quantum dots; and first to third color filters on the light control unit and the light conversion units, and overlapping with the first to third light-emitting regions. The light control unit includes a first portion overlapping with the non-light-emitting region, and a second portion overlapping with the third light-emitting region, that form a step difference with each other; and a width of the first portion is greater than a thickness of the second portion.
1 . A display apparatus comprising:
a display element layer having first to third light-emitting regions, and a non-light-emitting region surrounding the first to third light-emitting regions, the display element layer comprising a plurality of light-emitting elements located along one direction and corresponding to the first to third light-emitting regions, respectively, each of the light-emitting elements configured to provide source light;
a light control unit on the display element layer, the light control unit comprising a base resin and scatters, and having openings overlapping with the first and second light-emitting regions, respectively;
light conversion units in the openings, respectively, and comprising quantum dots; and
first to third color filters on the light control unit and the light conversion units, and overlapping with the first to third light-emitting regions, respectively,
wherein:
the light control unit comprises a first portion overlapping with the non-light-emitting region, and a second portion overlapping with the third light-emitting region, the first portion and the second portion comprising the same material as each other, and forming a step difference with each other;
a width of the first portion in the one direction is greater than a thickness of the second portion in a thickness direction crossing the one direction;
the first portion and the second portion include a first surface and a second surface, respectively, each of the first surface and the second surface facing the display element layer; and
the second surface of the second portion is spaced farther from the display element layer than the first surface of the first portion in the thickness direction.
2 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein, in a plan view, the width of the first portion corresponds to a distance between one end of the first portion defining an opening adjacent to the second portion and another end of the first portion forming the step difference.
3 . A display apparatus comprising:
a display element layer having first to third light-emitting regions, and a non-light-emitting region surrounding the first to third light-emitting regions, the display element layer comprising a plurality of light-emitting elements located along one direction and corresponding to the first to third light-emitting regions, respectively, each of the light-emitting elements configured to provide source light;
a light control unit on the display element layer, the light control unit comprising a base resin and scatters, and having openings overlapping with the first and second light-emitting regions, respectively;
light conversion units in the openings, respectively, and comprising quantum dots; and
first to third color filters on the light control unit and the light conversion units, and overlapping with the first to third light-emitting regions, respectively,
wherein:
the light control unit comprises a first portion overlapping with the non-light-emitting region, and a second portion overlapping with the third light-emitting region, the first portion and the second portion comprising the same material as each other, and forming a step difference with each other;
a width of the first portion in the one direction is greater than a thickness of the second portion in a thickness direction crossing the one direction; and
the thickness of the second portion is smaller than a thickness of each of the light conversion units.
4 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a difference between the width of the first portion and the thickness of the second portion is about 6 micrometers or more.
5 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first portion surrounds the second portion in a plan view.
6 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light control unit surrounds the light conversion units in a plan view.
7 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least two color filters from among the first to third color filters overlap with each other at the non-light-emitting region.
8 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first to third color filters have different colors from each other.
9 . An electronic apparatus comprising:
a display apparatus comprising:
a display element layer having first to third light-emitting regions, and a non-light-emitting region surrounding the first to third light-emitting regions, the display element layer comprising a plurality of light-emitting elements located along one direction and corresponding to the first to third light-emitting regions, respectively, each of the light-emitting elements configured to provide source light;
a light control unit on the display element layer, the light control unit comprising a base resin and scatters, and having openings overlapping with the first and second light-emitting regions, respectively:
light conversion units in the openings, respectively, and comprising quantum dots; and
first to third color filters on the light control unit and the light conversion units, and overlapping with the first to third light-emitting regions, respectively, wherein:
the light control unit comprises a first portion overlapping with the non-light-emitting region, and a second portion overlapping with the third light-emitting region, the first portion and the second portion comprising the same material as each other, and forming a step difference with each other;
a width of the first portion in the one direction is greater than a thickness of the second portion in a thickness direction crossing the one direction;
the first to third color filters have different colors from each other;
the light conversion units comprise:
a first light conversion unit overlapping with the first light-emitting region, and comprising a first quantum dot configured to convert the source light into a first light; and
a second light conversion unit overlapping with the second light-emitting region, and comprising a second quantum dot configured to convert the source light into a second light different from the first light;
the first light conversion unit overlaps with the first color filter;
the second light conversion unit overlaps with the second color filter; and
the light control unit overlaps with the third color filter.
10 . The electronic apparatus of claim 9 , wherein at least one of the first light conversion unit or the second light conversion unit further comprises scatterers.
11 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a low refractive index layer between the first to third color filters and the light control unit, and covering the first to third color filters.