# US 2022/0285657 A1 · Electronic device

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- Number: US 2022/0285657 A1
- Document ID: US20220285657A1
- Status: Published application
- Kind: A1
- Application number: 17/528,541
- Filed: 2021-11-17
- Published: 2022-09-08
- Earliest claimed: 2021-03-04
- Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: SANG MIN HONG; HYUN-GUE SONG; NARI HEO
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20220285657A1

## CPC

- G02B 5/22: Absorbing filters {(G02B5/201 - G02B5/208 take precedence)}
- G02B 5/003: {Light absorbing elements}
- G02B 5/201: {in the form of arrays}
- H10K 59/38: comprising colour filters or colour changing media [CCM]
- H10K 59/40: OLEDs integrated with touch screens
- H10K 59/8731: {multilayered coatings having a repetitive structure, e.g. having multiple organic-inorganic bilayers}
- H10K 59/8792: {comprising light absorbing layers, e.g. black layers}
- H10K 77/111: {Flexible substrates}
- G06F 3/0412: {Digitisers structurally integrated in a display}
- G06F 3/0446: {using a grid-like structure of electrodes in at least two directions, e.g. using row and column electrodes}
- G06F 2203/04102: Flexible digitiser, i.e. constructional details for allowing the whole digitising part of a device to be flexed or rolled like a sheet of paper
- G06F 2203/04111: Cross over in capacitive digitiser, i.e. details of structures for connecting electrodes of the sensing pattern where the connections cross each other, e.g. bridge structures comprising an insulating layer, or vias through substrate
- G06F 2203/04112: Electrode mesh in capacitive digitiser: electrode for touch sensing is formed of a mesh of very fine, normally metallic, interconnected lines that are almost invisible to see. This provides a quite large but transparent electrode surface, without need for ITO or similar transparent conductive material
- H10K 59/12: Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays
- H10K 59/8794: {Arrangements for heating and cooling}
- H10K 2102/311: {Flexible OLED}
- G02B: OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
- H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)

## Abstract

An electronic device includes an optical member including a light blocking layer including a first light emitting opening and a second light emitting opening each defined by adjacent side surfaces, a first color filter overlapping the first light emitting opening, and a second color filter overlapping the second light emitting opening, and a display panel including a first pixel configured to provide the first light emitting opening with light of a first color, and a second pixel configured to provide the second light emitting opening with light of a second color different from the light of the first color, and a surface area of the first light emitting opening is different from a surface area of the second light emitting opening.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device comprising:
an optical member comprising a light blocking layer including a first light emitting opening and a second light emitting opening each defined by adjacent side surfaces, a first color filter overlapping the first light emitting opening, and a second color filter overlapping the second light emitting opening; and
a display panel comprising a first pixel configured to provide the first light emitting opening with light of a first color, and a second pixel configured to provide the second light emitting opening with light of a second color different from the light of the first color,
wherein a surface area of the first light emitting opening is different from a surface area of the second light emitting opening.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein
the first light emitting opening is defined by first side surfaces of a portion of the light blocking layer overlapping the first pixel, and
the second light emitting opening is defined by second side surfaces of a portion of the light blocking layer overlapping the second pixel,
wherein a width between the first side surfaces is, in a cross-section, smaller than a width between the second side surfaces.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The electronic device of claim 2, wherein
the light of the first color is blue light, and
the light of the second color is any of green light and red light.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The electronic device of claim 3, wherein an amount of the light of the first color passing through the first light emitting opening is less than an amount of the light of the second color passing through the second light emitting opening.

### Claim 5 (depends on 2)

The electronic device of claim 2, wherein
the light of the first color is any of green light and red light, and
the light of the second color is blue light.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein
the optical member further comprises a third light emitting opening defined in the light blocking layer, and a third color filter overlapping the third light emitting opening, and
the display panel further comprises a third pixel configured to provide light of a third color different from the light of the first color and the light of the second color.

### Claim 7 (depends on 6)

The electronic device of claim 6, wherein a surface area of the third light emitting opening is the same as the surface area of the second light emitting opening and is larger than the surface area of the first light emitting opening.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The electronic device of claim 7, wherein a first width of a portion of the light blocking layer arranged between the second pixel and the third pixel is, in a cross-section, smaller than a second width of a portion of the light blocking layer arranged between the first pixel and the second pixel.

### Claim 9 (depends on 8)

The electronic device of claim 8, wherein the second width is about 20% to about 30% greater than the first width.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising an input sensing panel configured to sense an external input and arranged between the display panel and the optical member.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the input sensing panel comprises a plurality of sensing insulating layers and conductive patterns arranged between the insulating layers,
wherein at least one of the conductive patterns is configured as mesh lines.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the input sensing panel is directly arranged on the display panel.

### Claim 13 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:
a window on the optical member; and
an adhesive layer configured to bond the window to the optical member.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising a protection member on a lower portion of the display panel,
wherein the protection member comprises any of a light blocking pattern, a heat dissipation layer, and a cushion layer.

### Claim 15 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein the display panel comprises a folding area that is foldable about an imaginary folding axis extending in a first direction, and non-folding areas spaced apart from each other in a direction crossing the first direction with the folding area therebetween.

### Claim 16

An electronic device comprising:
an optical member comprising a light blocking layer including first to third light emitting openings, and first to third color filters each overlapping a corresponding light emitting opening of the first to third light emitting openings; and
a display panel comprising first to third pixels each configured to provide light to a corresponding light emitting opening of the first to third light emitting openings,
wherein a width between side surfaces of the light blocking layer defining the first light emitting opening is different from a width between side surfaces of the light blocking layer defining each of the second and third light emitting openings.

### Claim 17 (depends on 16)

The electronic device of claim 16, wherein the first pixel overlapping the first light emitting opening is configured to provide blue light.

### Claim 18 (depends on 16)

The electronic device of claim 16, wherein a surface area of the first light emitting opening is smaller than a surface area of each of the second and third light emitting openings.

### Claim 19 (depends on 16)

The electronic device of claim 16, wherein a first width of a portion of the light blocking layer arranged between the second pixel and the third pixel is, in a cross-section, smaller than a second width of a portion of the light blocking layer arranged between the first pixel and the second pixel.

### Claim 20 (depends on 19)

The electronic device of claim 19, wherein the second width is about 20% to about 30% greater than the first width.
