Pixel structure, display apparatus including the pixel structure, and method of manufacturing the pixel structure for increasing efficiency of light emission

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12506129-B2
Application number	US-202217936842-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Sep 29, 2022
Priority date	Jul 11, 2016
Publication date	Dec 23, 2025
Grant date	Dec 23, 2025

Abstract

A pixel structure of a display apparatus includes an electrode line, at least one ultra small light-emitting diode, and a connection electrode. The electrode line includes a second electrode separated from a first electrode and at a same level as the first electrode on a base substrate. The at least one ultra small light-emitting diode is on the base substrate and has a length less than a distance between the first and second electrodes. A connection electrode includes a first contact electrode connecting the first electrode to the ultra small light-emitting diode and a second contact electrode connecting the second electrode to the ultra small light-emitting diode.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A pixel structure of a display apparatus, the pixel structure comprising:
a base substrate; a first electrode on the base substrate and comprising a first main electrode and a first finger electrode; a second electrode on the base substrate and comprising a second main electrode and a second finger electrode; light-emitting diodes located between the first main electrode and the second main electrode and having a length of 0.5 μm to 10 μm, the light-emitting diodes comprising a first end facing the first main electrode, and a second end facing the second main electrode; a first contact electrode directly on the first main electrode, and electrically connecting the first main electrode and the first end of one of the light-emitting diodes; and a second contact electrode directly on the second finger electrode, and electrically connecting the second main electrode and the second end of the one of the light-emitting diodes, wherein the first main electrode and the second main electrode extend in a first direction and are separated from each other, wherein the first finger electrode extends in a second direction crossing the first direction and is connected to the first main electrode, wherein the second finger electrode extends in the second direction and is connected to the second main electrode, wherein the light-emitting diodes extend in the second direction, and wherein closest ones of the light-emitting diodes in respective rows adjacent in the first direction are offset in the second direction with respect to one another.

2 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first contact electrode and the second contact electrode are transparent electrodes.

3 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first finger electrode comprises a first sub-finger electrode extending toward one of the light-emitting diodes, and a second sub-finger electrode extending parallel to the first sub-finger electrode, and
wherein the second finger electrode comprises a third sub-finger electrode extending toward the one of the light-emitting diodes, and a fourth sub-finger electrode extending parallel to the third sub-finger electrode.

4 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein lengths of the first sub-finger electrode and the third sub-finger electrode in the second direction are different along the first direction.

5 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the first sub-finger electrode comprises a central portion and an outer portion, and
wherein a length of the central portion in the second direction is greater than a length of the outer portion in the second direction.

6 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first sub-finger electrode and the third sub-finger electrode have a triangular shape.

7 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first sub-finger electrode and the third sub-finger electrode have a quadrangular shape.

8 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first finger electrode and the second finger electrode comprise a reflective surface to reflect light provided from the light-emitting diodes.

9 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 8 , wherein an angle of the reflection surface relative to the base substrate is less than 90 degrees.

10 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting diodes comprise a first light-emitting diode and a second light-emitting diode spaced from the first light-emitting diode in the first direction,
wherein the first light-emitting diode is located between the first main electrode and the second finger electrode, and wherein the second light-emitting diode is located between the second main electrode and the first finger electrode.

11 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first light-emitting diode and the first finger electrode overlap along the first direction, and
wherein the second light-emitting diode and the second finger electrode overlap along the first direction.

12 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the first finger electrode comprises a reflective surface to reflect light emitted from the first light-emitting diode, and
wherein the second finger electrode comprises a reflective surface to reflect light emitted from the second light-emitting diode.

13 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first finger electrode and the second finger electrode have a thickness greater than that of the light-emitting diodes.

14 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first main electrode and the first finger electrode are electrically connected to each other, and
wherein the second main electrode and the second finger electrode are electrically connected to each other.

15 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting diodes have a cylindrical shape.

16 . The pixel structure as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a length of one of the light-emitting diodes in the second direction is less than a distance between a first part of the first electrode adjacent to the first end in the second direction and a second part of the second electrode adjacent to the second end in the second direction, such that the one of the light-emitting diodes is spaced apart from the first electrode and the second electrode in the second direction.

17 . A pixel structure of a display apparatus, the pixel structure comprising:
a base substrate; a first electrode on the base substrate and comprising a first main electrode and a first finger electrode; a second electrode on the base substrate and comprising a second main electrode and a second finger electrode; and a light-emitting diode located between the first main electrode and the second main electrode and having a length of 0.5 μm to 10 μm, wherein the first main electrode and the second main electrode extend in a first direction and are separated from each other, wherein the first finger electrode extends in a second direction crossing the first direction and is connected to the first main electrode, wherein the second finger electrode extends in the second direction and is connected to the second main electrode, wherein the light-emitting diode comprises a first light-emitting diode and a second light-emitting diode spaced from the first light-emitting diode in the first direction, wherein the first finger electrode comprises a first sub-finger electrode extending toward the light-emitting diode, and a second sub-finger electrode extending parallel to the first sub-finger electrode, wherein the second finger electrode comprises a third sub-finger electrode extending toward the light-emitting diode, and a fourth sub-finger electrode extending parallel to the third sub-finger electrode, wherein an end of the first light-emitting diode is connected to the first main electrode, and an other end of the first light-emitting diode is connected to the third sub-finger electrode, and wherein an end of the second light-emitting diode is connected to the second main electrode, and an other end of the second light-emitting diode is connected to the first sub-finger electrode.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Daehyun
• Im Hyundeok
• Cho Hyunmin
• Kang Jonghyuk
• Hong Sungjin
• Lee Jooyeol
• Cho Chio

Classifications

• H10W72/0198

  batch processes · CPC title

• H10P72/50

  for positioning, orientation or alignment · CPC title

• H10W90/00 Primary

  Package configurations · CPC title

• H10D86/441

  Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines · CPC title

• H10D86/60

  wherein the TFTs are in active matrices · CPC title