US 11,997,885 B2
Display device with metal layer between pixel defining layer and opposite electrode
Minsu Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Deokhoi Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Sungin Ro, Yongin-si (KR); Soomin Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Changyong Lee, Yongin-si (KR); Sanghyun Lim, Yongin-si (KR); and Soonmyung Hong, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Jan. 30, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/103,143.
Application 18/103,143 is a continuation of application No. 16/880,517, filed on May 21, 2020, granted, now 11,569,313.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0138769 (KR), filed on Nov. 1, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0180535 A1, Jun. 8, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10K 59/122 (2023.01); H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/131 (2023.01); H10K 102/10 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/122 (2023.02) [H10K 50/844 (2023.02); H10K 59/131 (2023.02); H10K 2102/103 (2023.02)] 23 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
sub-pixels disposed on a substrate, the sub-pixels each including:
a pixel electrode;
an opposite electrode facing the pixel electrode;
an emission layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the opposite electrode; and
a pixel-defining layer completely surrounding outmost sides of the emission layer of each sub-pixel such that the pixel defining layer separates each sub-pixel from other sub-pixels; and
a metal layer disposed between the pixel-defining layer and the opposite electrode, the metal layer contacting the opposite electrode.