Electronic device including display and camera

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11930685-B2
Application number	US-202318094455-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 9, 2023
Priority date	May 11, 2020
Publication date	Mar 12, 2024
Grant date	Mar 12, 2024

Abstract

An electronic device may include: a housing; a display viewable through a portion of the housing; and a camera overlapping the display and configured to capture an image based on external light passing through the display. The display may include: a first area overlapping at least a portion of the camera and a second area not overlapping the camera; a substrate; a pixel layer disposed in a first direction from the substrate and comprising organic light-emitting diode (OLED) type pixels; wherein a color filter layer may include first color filters overlapping pixels of the first area, second color filters overlapping pixels of the second area, and a black matrix disposed between the second color filters.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electronic device comprising:
a housing;
a display viewable through a portion of the housing; and
a camera overlapping the display and configured to capture an image based on external light passing through the display;
wherein the display comprises:
a first area overlapping at least a portion of the camera and a second area not overlapping the camera,
a substrate;
a pixel layer disposed in a first direction from the substrate and comprising organic light-emitting diode (OLED) type pixels;
an organic encapsulation layer disposed in the first direction from the pixel layer; and
a color filter layer disposed in the first direction from the organic encapsulation layer,
wherein no polarizer layer is disposed in the first direction from the organic encapsulation layer,
wherein the color filter layer comprises first color filters overlapping pixels of the first area, second color filters overlapping pixels of the second area, a first black matrix disposed between at least the second color filters, and
wherein no black matrix is disposed between the first color filters.

2. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises colorless and/or transparent glass.

3. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a colorless, transparent, and flexible substrate.

4. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein no air layer is disposed between the pixel layer and the organic encapsulation layer.

5. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic encapsulation layer comprises a first inorganic layer, an organic layer, and a second inorganic layer, which are disposed in this order in the first direction.

6. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate and the organic encapsulation layer contact each other at least in an area between the pixels of the first area.

7. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the organic encapsulation layer disposed in the first area is substantially even.

8. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein a surface of the organic encapsulation layer is substantially even from the first area to the second area.

9. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic layer has a first variation in height in the first area, and the organic layer has a second variation in height in the second area, the second variation in height being is less than the first variation in height.

10. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein in the first area, the organic layer has a first height in an area corresponding to the pixels of the first area, and the organic layer has a second height greater than the first height in an area between the pixels of the first area.

11. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the color filter layer further comprises third color filters disposed in the transmission area, and
wherein an area of the third color filters is less than the area of the first color filters and is less than the area of the second color filters.

12. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the color filter layer further comprises a second black matrix arranged irregularly between at least the third color filters in the transmission area.

13. The electronic device according to claim 1 , wherein the display further comprises a black mask disposed overlapping the pixels of the first area.

Assignees

• Samsung Electronics Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shin Sungyoung
• Uhm Minsuk

Classifications

• H10K59/8794

  Arrangements for heating and cooling · CPC title

• H10K59/8792

  comprising light absorbing layers, e.g. black layers · CPC title

• H10K59/873

  Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K59/8722

  Peripheral sealing arrangements, e.g. adhesives, sealants · CPC title

• H10K59/38 Primary

  comprising colour filters or colour changing media [CCM] · CPC title