Display apparatus with increased self-alignment efficiency

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11114582-B2
Application number	US-202016889123-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 1, 2020
Priority date	Jul 12, 2016
Publication date	Sep 7, 2021
Grant date	Sep 7, 2021

Abstract

A display apparatus includes a substrate, a first electrode on the substrate, the first electrode including a first portion that has a flat upper surface and a second portion that protrudes from the first portion and has an inclined surface, a second electrode facing the first electrode in parallel on the substrate, the second electrode including a first portion that has a flat upper surface and a second portion that protrudes from the first portion and has an inclined surface, and a plurality of light-emitting devices separate from each other on the first electrode and the second electrode, the light-emitting devices each having a first end contacting the upper surface of the first portion of the first electrode and a second end contacting the upper surface of the first portion of the second electrode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate;
a first electrode on the substrate;
a second electrode on the substrate and being opposite the first electrode;
a plurality of light-emitting devices on the first electrode and the second electrode;
a third electrode on the first electrode and contacting the first electrode; and
a fourth electrode on the second electrode and contacting the second electrode,
wherein each of the light-emitting devices is between the first and second electrodes and the third and fourth electrodes, and
wherein one end of each of the light-emitting devices is between the first electrode and the third electrode.

2. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a partition wall around the first electrode and the second electrode.

3. The display apparatus of claim 2 , wherein the partition wall comprises an organic material.

4. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:
a first electrode line connected to the first electrode; and
a second electrode line connected to the second electrode.

5. The display apparatus of claim 4 , further comprising a partition wall overlapping the first electrode line.

6. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a distance between the first electrode and the second electrode is less than a length of each of the plurality of light-emitting devices.

7. The display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein two sides of each of the light-emitting devices face a part of the first electrode and a part of the second electrode, respectively.

8. The display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a partition wall around the light-emitting devices.

9. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate;
a first electrode on the substrate;
a second electrode on the substrate and being opposite the first electrode;
a plurality of light-emitting devices on the first electrode and the second electrode;
a third electrode on the first electrode and contacting the first electrode;
a fourth electrode on the second electrode and contacting the second electrode; and
a thin film transistor comprising a semiconductor layer comprising a source area and a drain area, a source electrode being connected to the source area and a drain electrode being connected to the drain area,
wherein each of the light-emitting devices is between the first and second electrodes and the third and fourth electrodes.

10. The display apparatus of claim 9 , wherein the source electrode or the drain electrode is connected to the first electrode or the second electrode.

11. The display apparatus of claim 9 , further comprising an insulation layer between the thin film transistor and the light-emitting devices.

12. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the insulation layer includes a contact hole, and the first electrode or the second electrode is connected to the source electrode or the drain electrode of the thin film transistor through the contact hole.

13. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the insulation layer comprises an organic material.

14. The display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the insulation layer comprises an inorganic material.

15. A display apparatus comprising:
a substrate;
a first electrode on the substrate;
a second electrode on the substrate and being opposite the first electrode;
a plurality of light-emitting devices on the first electrode and the second electrode;
a third electrode on the first electrode and contacting the first electrode; and
a fourth electrode on the second electrode and contacting the second electrode,
wherein each of the light-emitting devices is between the first and second electrodes and the third and fourth electrodes, and
wherein the third electrode and the fourth electrode are on the light-emitting devices.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Cho Hyunmin
• Kim Daehyun
• Kim Sungchul
• Kang Jonghyuk
• Song Keunkyu
• Lee Jooyeol
• Im Hyundeok
• Cho Chio
• Chu Hyeyong
• Hong Sungjin

Classifications

• H10W72/0198

  batch processes · CPC title

• H10W90/00 Primary

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H10H20/831 Primary

  characterised by their shape · CPC title

• H10H20/01

  Manufacture or treatment · CPC title

• H10H20/032

  of electrodes · CPC title