IP Library Granted Patent US 9,245,936
Granted Patent B2
US 9,245,936 · App. 13/952,473 · Granted Jan 26, 2016

Multi-display apparatus

Inventors: Jun-Ho Choi (Yongin, KR); Jin-Koo Chung (Yongin, KR); Sang-Hoon Yim (Yongin, KR); Seong-Min Kim (Yongin, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3267H01L27/3244H01L27/3293
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Patent No.
US 9,245,936
App. No.
13/952,473
Granted
Jan 26, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a multi-display apparatus. The multi-display apparatus includes a first display including a region configured to allow external light to pass therethrough, a first module electrically coupled to the first display unit, a second display coupled to the first display, the second display overlapping the first module and being configured to not allow external light to pass therethrough, and a second module electrically coupled to the second display.

Claims (49)

1. A multi-display apparatus comprising:

a first display comprising a region configured to allow external light to pass through the first display;

a first module electrically coupled to the first display;

a second display coupled to the first display, the second display overlapping the first module and being configured to not allow external light to pass therethrough; and

a second module electrically coupled to the second display.

2. The multi-display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first display and the second display are alternately arranged in a direction and coupled to each other, and the first module is coupled to a pad at an edge of the first display that is coupled to the second display.

3. The multi-display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the direction is a vertical direction, and the first module is behind the second display.

4. The multi-display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the direction is a vertical direction, and the first module and the second module are behind the second display.

5. The multi-display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the second display covers the first module and the second module.

6. The multi-display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein a plurality of the first displays are successively arranged in a horizontal direction, and a plurality of the second displays are successively arranged in the horizontal direction, and the first and second displays are alternately arranged in a vertical direction.

7. The multi-display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first module is at a lower edge of the first display in the vertical direction, and is behind the second display that is coupled to the first display in the vertical direction.

8. The multi-display apparatus of claim 6 , wherein the first module and the second module are at lower edges of the first display and the second display in the vertical direction, respectively, and the first module and the second module are behind the second display.

9. The multi-display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein a height of the first display is greater than a height of the second display.

10. The multi-display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the second display covers the first module and the second module.

11. The multi-display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first module and the second module comprise flexible circuit boards that are electrically coupled to a pad of the first display and a pad of the second display, respectively.

12. A multi-display apparatus comprising:

a first display comprising a region configured to allow external light to pass therethrough;

a first module electrically coupled to the first display;

a second display coupled to the first display, the second display overlapping the first module and being configured to not allow external light to pass therethrough; and

a second module electrically coupled to the second display,

wherein the first display comprises a transparent organic light emitting display apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

an encapsulation unit on the substrate;

a plurality of pixels on the substrate, wherein each of the pixels comprises:

a first region comprising a light emission region; and

a second region comprising a transmission region configured to allow external light to pass therethrough; and

an organic light emitting device at the light emission region of the pixels, and comprising a first electrode, a light emission layer, and a second electrode.

13. The multi-display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein each of the pixels comprises:

a pixel circuit comprising a thin film transistor (TFT) at the first region;

a first insulating layer covering the pixel circuit; and

a second insulating layer on the first insulating layer, covering edges of the first electrode electrically coupled to the pixel circuit, and comprising a transmission window at the second region.

14. The multi-display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the first region of each of the pixels comprises a light emission region and a circuit region, the TFT is at the circuit region, the first electrode is at the light emission region, and the light emission region and the circuit region are adjacent to each other in each of the pixels.

15. The multi-display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the second region is independently formed in each of the pixels.

16. The multi-display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the second regions of at least two adjacent pixels are coupled to each other.

17. The multi-display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the transmission window comprises a portion of the second insulating layer removed at a location corresponding to the second region.

18. A multi-display apparatus comprising:

a first display comprising a region configured to allow external light to pass therethrough;

a first module electrically coupled to the first display;

a second display coupled to the first display, the second display overlapping the first module and being configured to not allow external light to pass therethrough; and

a second module electrically coupled to the second display,

wherein the second display comprises an opaque organic light emitting display, and the opaque organic light emitting display comprises:

a substrate;

an encapsulation unit on the substrate;

a thin film transistor (TFT) on the substrate, the TFT comprising a semiconductor active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, and a plurality of insulating layers between the electrodes; and

an organic light emitting device electrically coupled to the TFT comprising a first electrode, an organic emission layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the organic emission layer in each of pixels, wherein the opaque organic light emitting display is configured to not allow external light to pass therethrough.

19. The multi-display apparatus of claim 18 , further comprising:

a plurality of pixels at the substrate, wherein the pixels comprise a light emission region and a non-emission region, and

a reflective layer at a surface of the encapsulation unit facing the substrate, wherein the reflective layer comprises openings corresponding to the light emission region and a reflective surface formed around the openings and corresponding to the non-emission region.

20. The multi-display apparatus of claim 19 , wherein the non-emission region further comprises a transmission region overlapping the reflective surface.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER 13/592,473 TO 13/952,473 PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 030887 FRAME 0698. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE CORRECT APPLICATION NUMBER IS 13/952,473. Recorded Jul 30, 2013
From: CHOI, JUN-HO; CHUNG, JIN-KOO; YIM, SANG-HOON; KIM, SEONG-MIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 030937/0924 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 26, 2013
From: CHOI, JUN-HO; CHUNG, JIN-KOO; YIM, SANG-HOON; KIM, SEONG-MIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 030887/0698 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2012-0131106 · Nov 19, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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