IP Library Granted Patent US 12,664,940
Granted Patent B2
US 12,664,940 · App. 19/010,386 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Display device

Inventors: Byeong Hee Won (Incheon, KR); Seong Won Kim (Asan-si, KR); In Seon Yoon (Anyang-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
G09G3/3233G09G3/3266H10K59/131G09G2300/0413G09G2300/0426G09G2300/0819G09G2300/0842H10K59/88
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,664,940
App. No.
19/010,386
Filed
Jan 6, 2025
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2623
USPC
345/690
Abstract

A display device includes a display area, and a dummy area disposed on one side of the display area, where each of the display area and the dummy area includes a first island pattern and a second island pattern disposed to be spaced apart from each other, and a connection pattern connecting the first island pattern and the second island pattern to each other, and the dummy area includes a dummy common electrode and a common connection electrode electrically connected to the dummy common electrode, which are disposed in each of the first island pattern and the second island pattern thereof.

Claims (12)

1 . An electronic device including a display device displaying an image comprising:

wherein the display device includes:

a display area; and

a dummy area disposed on one side of the display area,

wherein each of the display area and the dummy area includes:

a first island portion and a second island portion disposed to be spaced apart from each other; and

a connection portion connecting the first island portion and the second island portion to each other, and

the dummy area includes a dummy electrode and a connection electrode electrically connected to the dummy electrode, which are disposed in each of the first island portion and the second island portion thereof.

2 . The electronic device of claim 1 , wherein the display area includes a light emitting element disposed in in each of the first island portion and the second island portion thereof, wherein the light emitting element includes a first electrode of the light emitting element, an interposition layer disposed on the first electrode of the light emitting element, and a second electrode of the light emitting element disposed on the interposition layer.

3 . The electronic device of claim 2 , wherein the dummy area includes a dummy interposition layer disposed in each of the first island portion and the second island portion thereof, wherein the dummy interposition layer includes a same material as the interposition layer.

4 . The electronic device of claim 3 , wherein the second electrode of the light emitting element is connected to the connection electrode through a contact hole defined through an insulating layer interposed between the second electrode of the light emitting element and the connection electrode.

5 . The electronic device of claim 4 , wherein the contact hole does not overlap the dummy interposition layer.

Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0126048 · Sep 24, 2021 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 18492901 · Oct 24, 2023
Continuation 17951100 · Sep 23, 2022
Related Publication 20250140194A1 · May 1, 2025
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