# US 2020/0286964 A1 · Organic light emitting diode display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2020/0286964 A1 - Document ID: US20200286964A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 16/714,217 - Filed: 2019-12-13 - Published: 2020-09-10 - Earliest claimed: 2019-03-04 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: WONJE CHO - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20200286964A1 ## CPC - H10K 59/121: characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements - H10K 59/122: Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks - H10K 59/353: {characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels} - H10K 59/65: OLEDs integrated with inorganic image sensors - H10K 59/80521: {characterised by their shape} - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract An organic light emitting diode display device includes a lower substrate, a plurality of lower electrodes, a light emitting layer, an upper electrode, and a first functional module. The lower substrate includes a first module region that includes sub-pixel regions and transmissive regions, and a display region that surrounds the first module region and includes the sub-pixel regions. The lower electrodes are respectively disposed on the lower substrate in the sub-pixel regions in the first module region. The light emitting layer is disposed on the lower electrodes, and includes a first opening between two adjacent lower electrodes. The upper electrode is disposed on the light emitting layer, and includes a second opening that overlaps the first opening. The first functional module is disposed on a bottom surface of the lower substrate in the first module region. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An organic light emitting diode display device, comprising: a lower substrate that includes a first module region and a display region that surrounds the first module region, wherein the first module region includes sub-pixel regions and transmissive regions and the display region includes the sub-pixel regions; a plurality of lower electrodes respectively disposed on a top surface of the lower substrate in the sub-pixel regions in the first module region; a light emitting layer disposed on the lower electrodes, wherein the light emitting layer includes a first opening formed between two adjacent lower electrodes; an upper electrode disposed on the light emitting layer, wherein the upper electrode includes a second opening that overlaps the first opening; and a first functional module disposed on a bottom surface of the lower substrate in the first module region. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1, wherein the first and second openings are located in the transmissive regions in the first module region. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1, further comprising: a planarization layer disposed on the lower substrate; and a pixel defining layer disposed on the planarization layer and that covers both sides of each of the lower electrodes in the first module region, wherein the pixel defining layer includes an opening that exposes a top surface of the planarization layer in each of the transmissive regions in the first module region. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 3, wherein the first and second openings expose the top surface of the planarization layer in each of the transmissive regions in the first module region. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 3, further comprising a lower spacer disposed on the planarization layer in each of the transmissive regions in the first module region. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 5, wherein the first and second openings expose a top surface of the lower spacer, the top surface of the lower spacer is located at a same level as a top surface of the pixel defining layer, and the light emitting layer and the upper electrode are disposed on at least a part of a side surface of the lower spacer. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 5, further comprising an upper spacer disposed on the lower spacer, wherein the first and second openings expose a top surface of the upper spacer, the top surface of the upper spacer is located at a higher level than a top surface of the pixel defining layer, and the light emitting layer and the upper electrode are disposed on at least a part of a side surface of each of the lower and upper spacers. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1, wherein the lower substrate further includes a second module region spaced apart from the first module region and that includes the transmissive region, and the display region surrounds the second module region. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 8, further comprising a second functional module disposed on the bottom surface of the lower substrate in the second module region, wherein the transmissive region of the second module region corresponds to the second functional module. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 9, wherein the first functional module is one of a face recognition sensor module, a pupil recognition sensor module, an acceleration sensor module, a proximity sensor module, an infrared sensor module, or an illuminance sensor module, and the second functional module is a camera module. ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 9, wherein the light emitting layer includes a third opening formed in the second module region, and the upper electrode includes a fourth opening in the second module region that overlaps the third opening, wherein organic light emitting diode display device further includes: a planarization layer disposed on the lower substrate; and a pixel defining layer disposed on the planarization layer in the display region adjacent to the second module region. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 11, wherein the third and fourth openings expose a top surface of the planarization layer in the second module region. ### Claim 13 (depends on 11) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 11, further comprising a lower structure disposed on the planarization layer in the second module region. ### Claim 14 (depends on 13) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 13, wherein the third and fourth openings expose a top surface of the lower structure, the top surface of the lower structure is located at a same level as a top surface of the pixel defining layer, and the light emitting layer and the upper electrode are disposed on at least a part of a side surface of the lower structure. ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 13, further comprising an upper structure disposed on the lower structure, wherein the first and second openings expose a top surface of the upper structure, the top surface of the upper structure is located at a higher level than a top surface of the pixel defining layer, and the light emitting layer and the upper electrode are disposed on at least a part of a side surface of each of the lower and upper structures. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 8, wherein an image is displayed in the first module region and the display region, and no image is displayed in the second module region. ### Claim 17 (depends on 8) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 8, further comprising a plurality of semiconductor elements disposed between the lower substrate and the light emitting layer, wherein no semiconductor elements are disposed in the transmissive regions and the second module region. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1, further comprising: a gate insulating layer disposed on the lower substrate; an insulating interlayer disposed on the gate insulating layer; a planarization layer disposed on the insulating interlayer; and an upper substrate disposed on the planarization layer and that faces the lower substrate, wherein external light is incident onto the first functional module by propagating through the upper substrate, the first and second openings, the planarization layer, the insulating interlayer, the gate insulating layer, and the lower substrate in the first module region. ### Claim 19 An organic light emitting diode display device, comprising: a lower substrate that includes a first module region, a second module region and a display region that surrounds the first module region and the second module region, wherein the first module region includes sub-pixel regions and transmissive regions, the second module region includes the transmissive region, and the display region includes the sub-pixel regions; a plurality of lower electrodes respectively disposed on a top surface of the lower substrate in the sub-pixel regions in the first module region; a light emitting layer disposed on the lower electrodes, wherein the light emitting layer includes a first opening formed between two adjacent lower electrodes; and an upper electrode disposed on the light emitting layer, wherein the upper electrode includes a second opening that overlaps the first opening, wherein the first and second openings are located in the transmissive regions in the first module region. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 19, further comprising: a first functional module disposed on a bottom surface of the lower substrate in the first module region; and second functional module disposed on the bottom surface of the lower substrate in the second module region, wherein the second module region is spaced apart from the first module region, and the transmissive region of the second module region corresponds to the second functional module.