US 12,242,685 B2
Display module
Yong-hwan Park, Cheonan-si (KR); Miyoung Kim, Daegu (KR); and Nayun Kwak, Cheonan-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Nov. 27, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/519,086.
Application 18/519,086 is a continuation of application No. 17/335,322, filed on Jun. 1, 2021, granted, now 11,880,519.
Application 17/335,322 is a continuation of application No. 15/711,277, filed on Sep. 20, 2017, granted, now 11,061,498, issued on Jul. 13, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0127047 (KR), filed on Sep. 30, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2024/0086002 A1, Mar. 14, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. G06F 3/041 (2006.01); G06F 3/044 (2006.01); H10K 50/805 (2023.01); H10K 50/842 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01)
CPC G06F 3/0412 (2013.01) [G06F 3/04164 (2019.05); H10K 50/805 (2023.02); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); G06F 3/0443 (2019.05); G06F 3/0446 (2019.05); H10K 50/8426 (2023.02)] 14 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a base layer comprising a display area and a non-display area disposed outside the display area;
an intermediate inorganic layer disposed on the base layer and overlapping the display area and the non-display area;
an intermediate organic layer disposed on the intermediate inorganic layer to expose a portion of the intermediate inorganic layer within the non-display area in a plan view;
a light emitting diode disposed on the intermediate organic layer and overlapping the display area;
a thin film encapsulation layer disposed on the light emitting diode and comprising a first encapsulation inorganic layer, an encapsulation organic layer on the first encapsulation inorganic layer, and a second encapsulation inorganic layer on the encapsulation organic layer, at least one of the first encapsulation inorganic layer and the second encapsulation inorganic layer comprising a first region overlapping the display area and a second region overlapping the non-display area and having a thickness less than that of the first region;
a first inorganic layer is disposed on the thin film encapsulation layer;
an electrode disposed on the first inorganic layer; and
a second inorganic layer on the first inorganic layer and overlapping the display area and the non-display area,
one of the first inorganic layer or the second inorganic layer contacts the portion of the intermediate inorganic layer exposed by the intermediate organic layer.