# US 12,765,235 B2 · Display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 12,765,235 B2 - Document ID: US12765235B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 18/485,123 - Filed: 2023-10-11 - Published: 2024-05-23 - Granted: 2026-10-13 - Earliest claimed: 2022-11-23 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Hyunho Kim; Hyeonbum Lee; Donguk Kim; Hyoengki Kim; Hoongi Lee; Chaungi Choi; Jongbeom Hong - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12765235B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/873: {Encapsulations} - H10K 59/122: Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks - H10K 59/126: Shielding, e.g. light-blocking means over the TFTs - H10K 59/8792: {comprising light absorbing layers, e.g. black layers} - H10K 2102/351: {Thickness} - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display apparatus includes: a substrate; a display element on the substrate; a thin-film encapsulation layer on the display element and including a first inorganic encapsulation layer, a first organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer; a first light-shielding layer between the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the first organic encapsulation layer and having a first opening corresponding to an emission area of the display element; and a second light-shielding layer over the thin-film encapsulation layer and having a second opening corresponding to the emission area of the display element. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate; a display element on a surface of the substrate facing in a first direction; a thin-film encapsulation layer above the display element in the first direction and comprising a first inorganic encapsulation layer, a first organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer; a first light-shielding layer between the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the first organic encapsulation layer and having a first opening corresponding to an emission area of the display element; and a second light-shielding layer over the thin-film encapsulation layer and having a second opening corresponding to the emission area of the display element, wherein the first organic encapsulation layer is the nearest organic layer on the display element. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first inorganic encapsulation layer comprises a first sub-layer comprising silicon nitride and a second sub-layer comprising silicon oxycarbide. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein a size of the first opening is less than a size of the second opening. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a pixel-defining layer between the substrate and the thin-film encapsulation layer and having an opening defining the emission area of the display element, wherein a size of the opening in the pixel-defining layer is less than a size of the first opening. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display apparatus of claim 4, further comprising a spacer between the pixel-defining layer and the thin-film encapsulation layer and having a third opening overlapping the opening in the pixel-defining layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The display apparatus of claim 5, wherein the pixel-defining layer comprises a light-shielding material. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The display apparatus of claim 5, wherein the third opening is larger than the first opening and smaller than the second opening. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the thin-film encapsulation layer further comprises: a second organic encapsulation layer on the second inorganic encapsulation layer; and a third inorganic encapsulation layer. ### Claim 9 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a touch sensing layer between the thin-film encapsulation layer and the second light-shielding layer. ### Claim 10 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a color filter in the second opening in the second light-shielding layer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising a reflection control layer in the second opening in the second light-shielding layer, wherein the reflection control layer is configured to absorb light in a first wavelength range from 480 nm to 505 nm and light in a second wavelength range from 585 nm to 605 nm. ### Claim 12 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate; a display element on a surface of the substrate facing in a first direction; a pixel-defining layer having an opening defining an emission area of the display element; a thin-film encapsulation layer above the display element in the first direction and comprising a first inorganic encapsulation layer, a first organic encapsulation layer, and a second inorganic encapsulation layer; a first light-shielding layer between the first inorganic encapsulation layer and the first organic encapsulation layer and having a first opening corresponding to an emission area of the display element; and a second light-shielding layer over the thin-film encapsulation layer and having a second opening corresponding to the emission area of the display element, wherein the first inorganic encapsulation layer comprises a plurality of stacked sub-layers, and wherein the first organic encapsulation layer is the nearest organic layer on the display element. ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein a size of the first opening is greater than a size of the opening in the pixel-defining layer and less than a size of the second opening. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the first inorganic encapsulation layer comprises a first sub-layer and a second sub-layer that are stacked on each other, wherein the first sub-layer and the second sub-layer comprise different materials from each other, and wherein the first inorganic encapsulation layer has between one dyad and ten dyads. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The display apparatus of claim 14, wherein the first sub-layer comprises silicon nitride, and the second sub-layer comprises silicon oxycarbide. ### Claim 16 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a spacer between the pixel-defining layer and the thin-film encapsulation layer and having a third opening overlapping the opening in the pixel-defining layer, wherein the pixel-defining layer comprises a light-shielding material. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the third opening is larger than the first opening and smaller than the second opening. ### Claim 18 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, wherein the thin-film encapsulation layer further comprises: a second organic encapsulation layer on the second inorganic encapsulation layer; and a third inorganic encapsulation layer, and wherein the first inorganic encapsulation layer comprises different materials from the second inorganic encapsulation layer and the third inorganic encapsulation layer. ### Claim 19 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a touch sensing layer between the thin-film encapsulation layer and the second light-shielding layer. ### Claim 20 (depends on 12) The display apparatus of claim 12, further comprising a color filter in the second opening in the second light-shielding layer.