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US 12,677,585 · App. 17/852,036 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Display device including reinforcement and barrier layers

Inventors: Jihye Han (Yongin-si, KR); Eunjin Kwak (Yongin-si, KR); Chulmin Bae (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K77/111H10K59/40H10K59/873
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Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 12,677,585
App. No.
17/852,036
Filed
Jun 28, 2022
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Art Unit
2898
USPC
257/137
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate; a reinforcement layer on the substrate; and a display layer including a barrier layer on the reinforcement layer, wherein a number of hydrogen atoms of the reinforcement layer per unit volume is less than a number of hydrogen atoms of the barrier layer per unit volume.

Claims (20)

1 . A display device comprising:

a substrate having a tensile force;

a reinforcement layer on the substrate; and

a display layer comprising a barrier layer on the reinforcement layer,

wherein a number of hydrogen atoms of the reinforcement layer per unit volume is less than a number of hydrogen atoms of the barrier layer per unit volume such that the reinforcement layer has a compressive force offsetting the tensile force of the substrate.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement layer has a stress resistance of 650 MPa or less.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a number of hydrogen atoms contained in the reinforcement layer per unit volume is 6.42×10 20 or less.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcement layer comprises a silicon oxide.

5 . A display device comprising:

a substrate having a tensile force;

a reinforcement layer on the substrate; and

a display layer comprising a barrier layer on the reinforcement layer,

wherein the reinforcement layer comprises a silicon nitride, and

a ratio of a bond between nitrogen and hydrogen of the silicon nitride to a bond between silicon and hydrogen per unit volume is 22 or less such that the reinforcement layer has a compressive force offsetting the tensile force of the substrate.

6 . The display device of claim 5 , wherein a ratio of the nitrogen to the silicon per unit volume is 1.1 or less.

7 . The display device of claim 1 or 5 , wherein the reinforcement layer comprises:

a first reinforcement layer on the substrate; and

a second reinforcement layer between the first reinforcement layer and the barrier layer.

8 . The display device of claim 1 or 5 , wherein a thickness of the reinforcement layer is 5,000 Å or less.

9 . The display device of claim 1 or 5 , wherein a thickness of the reinforcement layer is less than a thickness of the barrier layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 26, 2026
From: HAN, JIHYE; KWAK, EUNJIN; BAE, CHULMIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 075791/0877 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 16, 2022
From: HAN, JIHYE; KWAK, EUNJIN; BAE, CHULMIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 060527/0278 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2021-0090896 · Jul 12, 2021 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20230008950A1 · Jan 12, 2023
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