US 12,016,202 B2
Display device and method of providing the same
Jungi Kim, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jin-Su Byun, Seoul (KR); Woongsik Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR); and Jeong Won Kim, Gyeonggi-do (KR)
Assigned to SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/892,229.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2021-0137386 (KR), filed on Oct. 15, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0122766 A1, Apr. 20, 2023
Int. Cl. G09G 3/20 (2006.01); G06F 3/041 (2006.01); H10K 50/858 (2023.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.01); H10K 71/00 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/858 (2023.02) [G06F 3/0412 (2013.01); H10K 59/40 (2023.02); H10K 71/00 (2023.02); H10K 59/1201 (2023.02); H10K 59/122 (2023.02)] 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display device comprising:
a display area including a light emitting element comprising a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode facing the first electrode with the emission layer therebetween;
a light transmission area corresponding to a functional module providing a function to the display device;
a boundary area between the light transmission area and the display area;
a first refractive layer having a first refractive index, the first refractive layer comprising:
a refractive pattern which overlaps the emission layer of the light emitting element, in the display area, and
an overcoat layer in the boundary area; and
a second refractive layer on the first refractive layer and having a second refractive index less than the first refractive index of the first refractive layer.