# US 12,604,589 B2 · Display device and method for manufacturing the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,604,589 B2 - Document ID: US12604589B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/045,814 - Filed: 2022-10-11 - Published: 2023-04-13 - Granted: 2026-04-14 - Earliest claimed: 2021-10-13 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., LTD. - Inventors: Jin Wan Kim; Seung Geun Lee; Sang Jo Kim; Hoo Keun Park - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12604589B2 ## CPC - H10H 29/10: Integrated devices comprising at least one light-emitting semiconductor component covered by group H10H20/00 (active-matrix LED displays H10H29/30) - H10H 29/14: comprising multiple light-emitting semiconductor components - H10H 20/01335: {the light-emitting regions comprising nitride materials} - H10H 20/811: having quantum effect structures or superlattices, e.g. tunnel junctions - H10H 20/812: within the light-emitting regions, e.g. having quantum confinement structures - H10H 20/831: characterised by their shape - H10H 20/857: Interconnections, e.g. lead-frames, bond wires or solder balls - H10H 20/01: Manufacture or treatment - H10H 20/032: {of electrodes} - H10H 20/0364: {of interconnections} - H10W 90/00: Package configurations - H10H: INORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING SEMICONDUCTOR DEVICES HAVING POTENTIAL BARRIERS - H10W: GENERIC PACKAGES, INTERCONNECTIONS, CONNECTORS OR OTHER CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF DEVICES COVERED BY CLASS H10 ## Abstract A display device and a method for manufacturing the same are provided. The display device includes a substrate, pixel electrodes on the substrate, and light emitting elements on the pixel electrodes, each of the light emitting elements including a first stack configured to emit first light, a second stack below the first stack, and configured to emit second light, a third stack below the second stack, and configured to emit third light, and tunnel function layers respectively between the first stack and the second stack, and between the second stack and the third stack. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display device comprising: a substrate; pixel electrodes on the substrate; and light emitting elements on the pixel electrodes, each of the light emitting elements comprising: a first stack configured to emit first light; a second stack comprising a second active layer, below the first stack, and configured to emit second light; a third stack comprising a third active layer, below the second stack, and configured to emit third light; and tunnel function layers including a first tunnel function layer between the first stack and the second stack, and a second tunnel function layer between the second stack and the third stack, wherein an area of the first tunnel functional layer is the same as an area of the second active layer of the second stack, and an area of the second tunnel functional layer is the same as an area of the third active layer of the third stack, and the area of the first tunnel functional layer is greater than the area of the second tunnel functional layer. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the first stack comprises a first active layer for emitting the first light, wherein the second active layer is configured to emit the second light, and wherein the third active layer is configured to emit the third light. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display device of claim 1, wherein the first light is blue light, the second light is green light, and the third light is a red light. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, wherein the first stack comprises a first n-type semiconductor layer and a first p-type semiconductor layer, which are spaced apart from each other with the first active layer interposed therebetween, wherein the second stack comprises a second n-type semiconductor layer and a second p-type semiconductor layer, which are spaced apart from each other with the second active layer interposed therebetween, and wherein the third stack comprises a third n-type semiconductor layer and a third p-type semiconductor layer, which are spaced apart from each other with the third active layer interposed therebetween. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, wherein each of the first tunnel function layer and the second tunnel function layer comprises a first tunnel layer comprising an n-type semiconductor, a second tunnel layer comprising an n-type semiconductor, and a third tunnel layer comprising a p-type semiconductor. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the second tunnel layer is between the first tunnel layer and the third tunnel layer, and wherein a thickness of the second tunnel layer is less than a thickness of the first tunnel layer, and is less than a thickness of the third tunnel layer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein a concentration of a p-type dopant doped in the third tunnel layer is lower than a concentration of an n-type dopant doped in the first tunnel layer, and is less than a concentration of an n-type dopant doped in the second tunnel layer. ### Claim 8 (depends on 5) The display device of claim 5, wherein the first tunnel layer of the first tunnel function layer is in contact with the first p-type semiconductor layer of the first stack, wherein the third tunnel layer of the first tunnel function layer is in contact with the second n-type semiconductor layer of the second stack, wherein the first tunnel layer of the second tunnel function layer is in contact with the second p-type semiconductor layer of the second stack, and wherein the third tunnel layer of the second tunnel function layer is in contact with the third n-type semiconductor layer of the third stack. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) The display device of claim 4, wherein the first n-type semiconductor layer of the first stack is a common layer located continuously in the light emitting elements. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) The display device of claim 2, wherein each of the first active layer, the second active layer, and the third active layer comprises indium, wherein an indium content of the third active layer is greater than that of the second active layer, and wherein an indium content of the second active layer is greater than that of the first active layer. ### Claim 11 An electronic device comprising: a substrate; pixel electrodes on the substrate; light emitting elements on the pixel electrodes, each of the light emitting elements comprising: a first stack comprising a first n-type semiconductor layer and a first p-type semiconductor layer with a first active layer for emitting first light therebetween; a second stack below the first stack, and comprising a second n-type semiconductor layer and a second p-type semiconductor layer with a second active layer for emitting second light therebetween; a third stack below the second stack, and comprising a third n-type semiconductor layer and a third p-type semiconductor layer with a third active layer for emitting third light therebetween; tunnel function layers respectively between the first stack and the second stack, and between the second stack and the third stack; and connection electrodes connecting the pixel electrodes with the light emitting elements, the connection electrodes comprising: a first connection electrode connected to the first p-type semiconductor layer of the first stack; a second connection electrode connected to the second p-type semiconductor layer of the second stack; a third connection electrode connected to the third p-type semiconductor layer of the third stack; and a common connection electrode connected to the first n-type semiconductor layer of the first stack. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The electronic device of claim 11, wherein the first stack is configured to be driven by driving signals applied to the first connection electrode and the common connection electrode, wherein the second stack is configured to be driven by driving signals applied to the first connection electrode and the second connection electrode, and wherein the third stack is configured to be driven by driving signals applied to the second connection electrode and the third connection electrode. ### Claim 13 A display device comprising: a substrate; pixel electrodes on the substrate; and light emitting elements on the pixel electrodes, each of the light emitting elements comprising: a first stack for emitting first light in accordance with a first driving current; a second stack comprising a second active layer, for emitting second light in accordance with a second driving current; a third stack comprising a third active layer, for emitting third light in accordance with a third driving current; and tunnel function layers including a first tunnel function layer between the first stack and the second stack, a second tunnel function layer and between the second stack and the third stack, wherein an area of the first tunnel functional layer is the same as an area of the second active layer of the second stack, and an area of the second tunnel functional layer is the same as an area of the third active layer of the third stack, and the area of the first tunnel functional layer is greater than the area of the second tunnel functional layer. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The display device of claim 13, wherein a current density of the first driving current is maintained uniformly regardless of a gray scale of the first stack, wherein a current density of the second driving current is maintained uniformly regardless of a gray scale of the second stack, and wherein a current density of the third driving current is maintained uniformly regardless of a gray scale of the third stack. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display device of claim 14, wherein an application period of the first driving current is configured to be adjusted in accordance with the gray scale of the first stack, wherein an application period of the second driving current is configured to be adjusted in accordance with the gray scale of the second stack, and wherein an application period of the third driving current is configured to be adjusted in accordance with the gray scale of the third stack. ### Claim 16 (depends on 13) The display device of claim 13, wherein a first light emission area for emitting the first light is partitioned by a planar size of the first stack, wherein a second light emission area for emitting the second light is partitioned by a planar size of the second stack, and wherein a third light emission area for emitting the third light is partitioned by a planar size of the third stack. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display device of claim 16, wherein a size of the first light emission area is larger than that of the second light emission area, and wherein a size of the second light emission area is larger than that of the third light emission area.