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Granted Patent B2
US 9,600,111 · App. 14/334,999 · Granted Mar 21, 2017

Display device

Inventors: Sang-Min Hong (Yongin, KR); Hyun-Min Hwang (Yongin, KR); Go-Eun Lee (Yongin, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
G06F3/0412H01L27/323H01L27/3244H01L51/5246
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Patent No.
US 9,600,111
App. No.
14/334,999
Granted
Mar 21, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes: a substrate on which a display unit is formed and an encapsulation unit for sealing the substrate; a touch screen panel formed on the encapsulation unit; a window cover provided on the touch screen panel; an alignment key for aligning positions of the display panel and the window cover; and a sealing portion disposed between the substrate and encapsulation unit. An area expansion portion is formed in a position of the sealing portion corresponding to the alignment key.

Claims (50)

1. A display device, comprising:

a display panel including a substrate on which a display unit is formed and an encapsulation unit for scaling the substrate;

a touch screen panel formed on the encapsulation unit;

a window cover provided on the touch screen panel;

an alignment key for aligning positions of the display panel and the window cover; and

a sealing portion disposed between the substrate and the encapsulation unit;

wherein an area expansion portion is formed in a part of the sealing portion corresponding to the alignment key,

wherein the sealing portion comprises a first portion extending from a position adjacent to the display unit in a direction of the display panel, and a second portion extending from the first portion in a width direction thereof and extending from an exterior of the display panel in a direction of the display panel;

wherein the alignment key is provided on the first portion;

wherein the area expansion portion comprises a first area expansion portion protruding from the first portion and a second area expansion portion protruding from the second portion; and

wherein the first area expansion portion and the second area expansion portion have different sizes.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first portion and the second portion are integrally formed as one line.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein an area of the first area expansion portion is greater than an area of the second area expansion portion.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first area expansion portion and the second area expansion portion are semicircles.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the sealing portion is a consecutive line formed along edges of the display panel.

6. A display device, comprising:

a display panel including a substrate on which a display unit is formed and an encapsulation unit for sealing the substrate;

a touch screen panel formed on the encapsulation unit;

a window cover provided on the touch screen panel;

an alignment key for aligning positions of the display panel and the window cover; and

a sealing portion disposed between the substrate and the encapsulation unit;

wherein an area expansion portion is formed in a part of the sealing portion corresponding to the alignment key,

wherein the touch screen panel comprises a plurality of electrode pattern units formed on the encapsulation unit and at least one insulating layer that separates the plurality of electrode pattern units from each other; and

wherein the alignment key is formed on a same surface as a surface of the encapsulation unit in which a touch screen panel wiring electrically connected to the plurality of electrode pattern units is formed.

7. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the substrate comprises an active region in which the display unit is formed, a circuit region extending to an outside of the active region, and a sealing region extending to an outside of the circuit region and in which the sealing portion is formed;

wherein the touch screen panel wiring is formed on the encapsulation unit in correspondence to the circuit region; and

wherein the alignment key is formed on the encapsulation unit in correspondence to the sealing region.

8. The display device of claim 6 , wherein the sealing portion comprises a glass fit.

9. A display device, comprising:

a display panel including a substrate on which a display unit is formed and an encapsulation unit for sealing the substrate;

a touch screen panel formed on the encapsulation unit;

a window cover provided on the touch screen panel;

an alignment key for aligning positions of the display panel and the window cover; and

a sealing portion disposed between the substrate and the encapsulation unit, wherein the sealing portion is formed along an edge of the display panel in a consecutive line including glass frit;

wherein an area expansion portion is formed in a part of the sealing portion corresponding to the alignment key.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the alignment key is formed on a part of the encapsulation unit corresponding to the sealing portion in a direction perpendicular to a direction in which the display panel is disposed.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the sealing portion and the alignment key overlap with each other, and

wherein the area expansion portion is formed by expanding an area of the sealing portion in a portion that overlaps with the alignment key.

12. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the area expansion portion is formed by expanding a width of the sealing portion in the portion that overlaps with the alignment key so as to be greater than a width of the sealing portion in another portion that does not overlap with the alignment key.

13. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the area expansion portion is formed so as to have a size corresponding to a contraction area of the sealing portion in the portion that overlaps with the alignment key after performing laser sealing.

14. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the sealing portion extends in a direction of the display panel; and

wherein area expansion portions extend from both edges of the sealing portion in a width direction of the sealing portion in the portion that overlaps with the alignment key.

15. The display device of claim 14 , wherein the area expansion portions formed in both edges of the sealing portion are asymmetrical with respect to each other.

16. The display device of claim 11 , wherein the area expansion portion is integrally formed with the sealing portion.

17. The display device of claim 5 , wherein the sealing portion extends by changing a path in corner portions of the display panel, and an area of the sealing portion further expands in the corner portions.

18. The display device of claim 5 , wherein a plurality of the alignment keys and a plurality of the area expansion portions are formed in corners of the display panel.

19. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the alignment key formed of a conductive material.

20. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the display unit comprises:

a thin film transistor (TFT); and

an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) electrically connected to the TFT, and including an intermediate layer comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, and an emissive layer formed between the first electrode and the second electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2014
From: HONG, SANG-MIN; HWANG, HYUN-MIN; LEE, GO-EUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 033362/0303 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0031164 · Mar 17, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150261365A1 · Sep 17, 2015