US 12,114,528 B2
Display panel with reduced external reflection and improved light efficiency
Sun-Kyu Joo, Suwon-si (KR); Byung-Chul Kim, Suwon-si (KR); Inok Kim, Osan-si (KR); Jaecheol Park, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jaemin Seong, Suwon-si (KR); Inseok Song, Pocheon-si (KR); Keunchan Oh, Hwaseong-si (KR); Gak Seok Lee, Hwaseong-si (KR); Jieun Jang, Suwon-si (KR); and Chang-Soon Jang, Seoul (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si (KR)
Filed by Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-Si (KR)
Filed on Sep. 13, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/943,270.
Application 17/943,270 is a continuation of application No. 16/847,506, filed on Apr. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,469,403.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2019-0057410 (KR), filed on May 16, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0006184 A1, Jan. 5, 2023
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H10K 50/86 (2023.01); H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01); H10K 59/38 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/865 (2023.02) [H10K 50/844 (2023.02); H10K 59/122 (2023.02); H10K 59/38 (2023.02)] 12 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A display panel comprising:
a base substrate including a plurality of pixel regions and a peripheral region adjacent to the plurality of pixel regions;
a pixel defining film disposed on the base substrate and having a plurality of openings, each of the plurality of openings corresponding to a respective one of the plurality of pixel regions;
a plurality of light emitting elements disposed on the base substrate corresponding to the plurality of openings and configured to generate first color light having a first color;
an encapsulation layer disposed on the plurality of light emitting elements;
a light shield pattern disposed on the encapsulation layer and overlapping the peripheral region when viewed in a plan view; and
a light control layer disposed on the encapsulation layer and the light shield pattern, the light control layer including a separation wall section spaced apart from the light shield pattern and overlapping the light shield pattern when viewed in a plan view and a plurality of light control parts disposed in regions corresponding to the plurality of pixel regions,
wherein the light shield pattern comprises a second material having a second color that is different from the first color.