IP Library Granted Patent US 12,740,296
Granted Patent B2
US 12,740,296 · App. 18/461,142 · Granted Sep 15, 2026

Display apparatus having a light-emitting device

Inventors: You Yong Jin (Paju-si, KR); Young Bok Lee (Paju-si, KR); Sung Woo Kim (Paju-si, KR); Keong Jin Lee (Paju-si, KR); Yong Ku Lee (Paju-si, KR); Chi Yong Kim (Paju-si, KR); Won Sik Lee (Paju-si, KR); Se Wan Oh (Paju-si, KR); Seok Ho Ki (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/879H10K59/8792H10K59/12H10K59/40
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Patent No.
US 12,740,296
App. No.
18/461,142
Granted
Sep 15, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display apparatus includes a substrate with a plurality of pixel areas. The display apparatus includes a light-emitting device formed in a pixel area for emitting light. An encapsulation unit is formed on the light-emitting device. The display apparatus includes a black matrix on the encapsulation unit, where an opening in the black matrix overlaps with the light-emitting device in a first direction. An upper surface of the control insulating layer is formed with a groove that is a recessed portion toward the substrate. An optical lens is disposed above the groove in the control insulating layer.

Claims (22)

1 . A display apparatus, comprising:

a substrate with a pixel area;

a light-emitting device formed in the pixel area for emitting light;

an encapsulation unit on the light-emitting device;

a first black matrix on the encapsulation unit, the first black matrix formed with a first opening, the first opening in the first black matrix overlapping with the light-emitting device in a first direction;

an insulating layer on the first black matrix, an upper surface of the insulating layer formed with a groove that is a recessed portion toward the substrate, the groove overlapping with the first opening in the first black matrix in the first direction;

a second black matrix on the insulating layer, the second black matrix formed with a second opening, the second opening of the second black matrix overlapping with the light-emitting device and the first opening in the first direction, the groove formed within the second opening; and

an optical lens disposed above the groove in the insulating layer.

2 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a refractive index of the optical lens is greater than a refractive index of the insulating layer.

3 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein at least a part of the optical lens has a convex shape or a semicircular shape.

4 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion is filled with at least a portion of the optical lens.

5 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion is formed with at least a first surface inclined in a second direction and a second surface inclined in a third direction different from the second direction.

6 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a shape of the recessed portion of the groove is at least one of a conical shape, a pyramid shape, or a prism shape.

7 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting device includes a first electrode, a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode, and wherein a size of an emission area of the light-emitting device where the first electrode, the light-emitting layer, and the second electrode overlap is larger than an area of the opening of the black matrix.

8 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a size of the recessed portion is smaller than an area of the opening in the black matrix, and wherein an end of the optical lens contacts a side surface of the black matrix in the opening.

9 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a surface of the recessed portion of the groove is curved.

10 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a bottom surface of the recessed portion is substantially flat, and a side surface of the recessed portion is perpendicular to the bottom surface of the recessed portion.

11 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion is formed with at least a first surface inclined in a second direction and a second surface inclined in a third direction different from the second direction, and a third surface perpendicular to the upper surface of the insulating layer.

12 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the recessed portion is filled with an optical insulating layer, and the optical lens is disposed on the optical insulating layer, and wherein a refractive index of the optical insulating layer is between a refractive index of the optical lens and a refractive index of the insulating layer.

13 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a lens passivation layer covering the optical lens, wherein a refractive index of the lens passivation layer is equal to or greater than a refractive index of the optical lens.

14 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a first width of the recessed portion of the groove from a first distance from the substrate is wider than a second width of the recessed portion of the groove from a second distance smaller than a first distance from the substrate.

15 . The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the optical lens is disposed on at least a portion of the black matrix.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 5, 2023
From: JIN, YOU YONG; LEE, YOUNG BOK; KIM, SUNG WOO; LEE, KEONG JIN; LEE, YONG KU; KIM, CHI YONG; LEE, WON SIK; OH, SE WAN; KI, SEOK HO
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2023-0006262 · Jan 16, 2023 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240244937A1 · Jul 18, 2024
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