US 12,336,418 B2
Display device
Jongbeom Hong, Seongnam-si (KR); Yongsub Shim, Gwangmyeong-si (KR); Reehyang Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); and Youngjun Yoo, Goyang-si (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Feb. 16, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/443,537.
Application 18/443,537 is a continuation of application No. 17/528,477, filed on Nov. 17, 2021, granted, now 11,943,992.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0024787 (KR), filed on Feb. 24, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2024/0237476 A1, Jul. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. H10K 59/65 (2023.01); H10K 50/80 (2023.01); H10K 50/86 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 59/65 (2023.02) [H10K 50/865 (2023.02); H10K 50/868 (2023.02)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
an optical module which provides a function of the display device;
a light emitting structure;
a substrate including:
a display area, and
in order within the display area:
a first area corresponding to the optical module, and
a second area surrounding the first area;
a light blocking layer in the second area and defining an opening corresponding to the first area;
a light-transmitting filling layer which is in the opening, corresponding to the optical module, and coplanar with the light blocking layer; and
a cover layer which faces the substrate with the light emitting structure and the light blocking layer therebetween, the cover layer and the light-transmitting filling layer having different materials from each other,
wherein a top surface of the light blocking layer contacts the cover layer, and a bottom surface of the light blocking layer faces the substrate.