Display device and method for manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2025366290-A1
Application number	US-202519188379-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Apr 24, 2025
Priority date	May 24, 2024
Publication date	Nov 27, 2025
Grant date	—

Abstract

A display device includes a pixel electrode and a common electrode disposed on a substrate. An organic layer is disposed on the pixel electrode and the common electrode. A light emitting element is disposed on the organic layer and includes a semiconductor stack and a first and second contact electrode. A first connection electrode connects the first contact electrode and the pixel electrode. A second connection electrode connects the second contact electrode and the common electrode. First and second side electrodes are disposed on a side of the light emitting element and a top surface of the connection electrodes. First and second slope inclined layers are disposed on a side surface of the side electrodes and a second slope inclined layer. The side electrodes have downwardly concave structures between the side surface of the light emitting element and the slope inclined layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . A display device, comprising:
a substrate; a pixel electrode and a common electrode disposed on the substrate; an organic layer disposed on the pixel electrode and the common electrode; a light emitting element disposed on the organic layer and including a semiconductor stack, a first contact electrode, and a second contact electrode, wherein the first and second contact electrodes are disposed on one surface of the semiconductor stack; a first connection electrode connected to the first contact electrode and the pixel electrode; a second connection electrode connected to the second contact electrode and the common electrode; a first side electrode disposed on a first side of the light emitting element and a top surface of the first connection electrode; a second side electrode disposed on a second side of the light emitting element and a top surface of the second connection electrode; a first slope inclined layer disposed on a side surface of the first side electrode; and a second slope inclined layer disposed on a side surface of the second side electrode, wherein the first side electrode and the second side electrode have a downwardly concave structure between the first side of the light emitting element and the first slope inclined layer and between the second side of the light emitting element and the second slope inclined layer.

2 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the concave structure is a structure in which a separation distance between a top surface of the light emitting element and the first side electrode is longer than a distance between an extension of the top surface of the light emitting element and the first slope inclined layer.

3 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting element further comprises,
a conductive layer disposed between the organic layer and the semiconductor stack; and a protective film disposed on at least one side of the conductive layer and sides of the semiconductor stack, wherein the first contact electrode is disposed on the protective film and is connected to an exposed portion of the conductive layer that is not covered by the protective film, and wherein the second contact electrode is disposed on the protective film and in a hole penetrating a portion of the conductive layer and the semiconductor stack.

4 . The display device of claim 3 , wherein the semiconductor stack further comprises:
a first semiconductor layer disposed on the organic layer and including a semiconductor material layer doped with a first conductivity type dopant; an active layer disposed on the first semiconductor layer; and a second semiconductor layer disposed on the active layer and including a semiconductor material layer doped with a second conductivity type dopant, wherein a hole penetrating a portion of the semiconductor stack exposes the second semiconductor layer, and wherein the second contact electrode is in contact with the exposed second semiconductor layer.

5 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the first connection electrode is disposed between the first contact electrode and the organic layer and extends onto the pixel electrode on which the organic layer is not disposed and,
wherein the second connection electrode is disposed between the second contact electrode and the organic layer and extends onto a common electrode on which the organic layer is not disposed.

6 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the first side electrode and the second side electrode are disposed on an entire side surface of the conductive layer and the first semiconductor layer and an entire side surface of the active layer, and on a portion of the side surface of the second semiconductor layer.

7 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the first side electrode and the second side electrode are disposed on entire side surfaces of the conductive layer, the first semiconductor layer, and the active layer, and
wherein an entire side surface of the second semiconductor layer is exposed.

8 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the first side electrode and the second side electrode are disposed on an entire side surface of the conductive layer and the first semiconductor layer and expose an entire side surface of the active layer and an entire side surface of the second semiconductor layer.

9 . The display device of claim 4 , wherein the semiconductor stack further comprises a third semiconductor layer disposed on the second semiconductor layer and containing a lower level of a second conductive dopant than the second semiconductor layer, and
wherein the third semiconductor layer further includes light extraction patterns formed in a concave cross-sectional shape on a top surface of the third semiconductor layer.

10 . The display device of claim 1 , wherein a width of each of the first slope inclined layer and the second slope inclined layer decreases upwardly, and an amount of decrease in width decreases or increases upwardly.

11 . The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a first dummy electrode disposed on a first side surface of the organic layer and on a top surface of the first connection electrode, and a second dummy electrode disposed on a second side surface of the organic layer and on a top surface of the second connection electrode.

12 . The display device of claim 11 , wherein the first connection electrode, the second connection electrode, the first dummy electrode, and the second dummy electrode include a same material.

13 . The display device of claim 12 , comprising a first dummy inclined layer disposed on a side surface and a top surface of the first dummy electrode, and a second dummy inclined layer disposed on a side surface and a top surface of the second side electrode.

14 . The display device of claim 13 , wherein the first slope inclined layer, the second slope inclined layer, the first dummy inclined layer, and the second dummy inclined layer include the same material.

15 . A method of manufacturing a display device, comprising:
transferring light emitting elements including a first contact electrode and a second contact electrode disposed on one surface of a semiconductor stack onto a first connection electrode and a second connection electrode of a substrate; sequentially forming an electrode material layer and an insulating material layer on a first connection electrode and a second connection electrode, in regions thereof where said light emitting elements are not disposed and are exposed; forming a first slope inclined layer and a second slope inclined layer on a side surface of the light emitting elements by etching the insulating material layer; and etching the electrode material layer to form a first side electrode and a second side electrode, wherein the first side electrode and the second side electrode have a structure in which the first side electrode and the second side electrode are concave downward between a side surface of the light emitting elements and the first and second slope inclined layers.

16 . The method of claim 15 , wherein a pixel electrode and a common electrode are disposed on the substrate, and an organic layer is disposed on the pixel electrode and the common electrode,
wherein the first connection electrode is disposed on the pixel electrode and the organic layer, the second connection electrode is disposed on the common electrode and the organic layer, and wherein the first connection electrode and the second connection electrode are spaced apart from each other.

17 . The method of

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Shin Hyun Eok
• Lee Gwang Geun
• Jung In Young

Classifications

• H10H29/0364

  of interconnections · CPC title

• H10H29/032

  of electrodes · CPC title

• H10H29/8321

  characterised by their shape · CPC title

• H10H29/41

  Insulating layers formed between the driving transistors and the LEDs · CPC title

• H10H29/39 Primary

  Connection of the pixel electrodes to the driving transistors · CPC title