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Granted Patent B2
US 12,733,373 · App. 18/529,039 · Granted Sep 8, 2026

Display device and method of manufacturing the same

Inventor: Doyeong Park (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/8723H10K59/1201H10K59/121H10K59/38
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Patent No.
US 12,733,373
App. No.
18/529,039
Granted
Sep 8, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes a substrate including a first deposition region, a second deposition region adjacent to the first deposition region in a first direction, and an overlapping region between the first and second deposition regions, a first vertical separator disposed on the first deposition region and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction, a first common layer disposed on the first deposition region and disconnected by the first vertical separator, a second common layer disposed on the second deposition region and disconnected from the first common layer in the overlapping region, and a common electrode disposed on the first and second common layers and connected in the overlapping region.

Claims (64)

1 . A display device comprising:

a substrate including:

a first deposition region;

a second deposition region adjacent to the first deposition region in a first direction; and

an overlapping region disposed between the first deposition region and the second deposition region;

a first vertical separator disposed on the first deposition region of the substrate and extending in a second direction intersecting the first direction;

a first common layer disposed on the first deposition region of the substrate and disconnected by the first vertical separator;

a second common layer disposed on the second deposition region of the substrate and disconnected from the first common layer in the overlapping region; and

a common electrode disposed on the first common layer and the second common layer and connected in the overlapping region.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising:

a first upper electron transport layer disposed on the first common layer and extending to the overlapping region; and

a second upper electron transport layer disposed on the second common layer, extending to the overlapping region, and contacting the first upper electron transport layer in the overlapping region.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first common layer includes:

a first hole transport layer;

a blue emission layer disposed on the first hole transport layer;

a first electron transport layer disposed on the blue emission layer;

a first charge generation layer disposed on the first electron transport layer;

a second hole transport layer disposed on the first charge generation layer;

a red emission layer disposed on the second hole transport layer;

a second charge generation layer disposed on the red emission layer;

a third hole transport layer disposed on the second charge generation layer; and

a green emission layer disposed on the third hole transport layer.

4 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein

a first pixel and a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel in the second direction are disposed in the first deposition region, and

the first pixel includes:

a first pixel electrode;

a second pixel electrode adjacent to the first pixel electrode in the first direction with the first vertical separator interposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode; and

a third pixel electrode adjacent to the first pixel electrode in the second direction.

5 . The display device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a first horizontal separator disposed between the first pixel and the second pixel, and extending in the first direction; and

a second horizontal separator disposed between the first pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode, and extending in the first direction.

6 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein no separator is disposed in the overlapping region.

7 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a first pixel, a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel in the second direction, a third pixel adjacent to the second pixel in the second direction, and a fourth pixel adjacent to the third pixel in the second direction are disposed in the first deposition region.

8 . The display device of claim 7 , further comprising:

horizontal separators disposed between the first to fourth pixels and extending in the first direction.

9 . A method of manufacturing a display device, the method comprising:

forming a first vertical separator on a first deposition region of a substrate, the substrate including the first deposition region, a second deposition region adjacent to the first deposition region in a first direction, and an overlapping region disposed between the first deposition region and the second deposition region;

forming a first common layer on the first deposition region of the substrate, the first common layer disconnected by the first vertical separator;

forming a second common layer on the second deposition region of the substrate, the second common layer disconnected from the first common layer in the overlapping region; and

forming a common electrode on the first common layer and the second common layer, the common electrode connected in the overlapping region.

10 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

forming a first upper electron transport layer on the first common layer extending to the overlapping region; and

forming a second upper electron transport layer on the second common layer extending to the overlapping region,

wherein the second upper electron transport layer contacts the first upper electron transport layer in the overlapping region.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the first common layer, the first upper electron transport layer, the second common layer, and the second upper electron transport layer are sequentially formed.

12 . The method of claim 11 , wherein

the first common layer is formed through a first fine metal mask, and

the first upper electron transport layer is formed through a second fine metal mask.

13 . The method of claim 12 , wherein a width of an open portion of the second fine metal mask is greater than a width of an open portion of the first fine metal mask by twice of a width of the overlapping region, in the first direction.

14 . The method of claim 12 , wherein

the second common layer is formed through a third fine metal mask, and

the second upper electron transport layer is formed through a fourth fine metal mask.

15 . The method of claim 14 , wherein

an area of an open portion of the third fine metal mask and an area of an open portion of the first fine metal mask are substantially same in a plan view, and

an area of an open portion of the fourth fine metal mask and an area of an open portion of the second fine metal mask are substantially same in a plan view.

16 . The method of claim 14 , wherein the second fine metal mask and the fourth fine metal mask are loaded such that an open portion of the second fine metal mask and an open portion of the fourth fine metal mask overlap each other in the overlapping region in a plan view.

17 . The method of claim 9 , wherein the common electrode is formed through an open mask.

18 . The method of claim 9 , further comprising:

forming a first pixel in the first deposition region by forming a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode adjacent to the first pixel electrode in the first direction with the first vertical separator interposed between the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode adjacent to the first pixel electrode in a second direction intersecting the first direction; and

forming a second pixel adjacent to the first pixel in the second direction in the first deposition region.

19 . The method of claim 18 , further comprising:

forming a first horizontal separator between the first pixel and the second pixel; and

forming a second horizontal separator between the first pixel electrode and the third pixel electrode.

20 . The method of claim 9 , wherein no separator is formed in the overlapping region.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 5, 2023
From: PARK, DOYEONG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 065763/0220 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0024664 · Feb 23, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240292710A1 · Aug 29, 2024
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