# US 2025/0169341 A1 · Display apparatus > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2025/0169341 A1 - Document ID: US20250169341A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 18/758,707 - Filed: 2024-06-28 - Published: 2025-05-22 - Earliest claimed: 2023-11-20 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Haechan Park; Soohye Ryu; Hongjo Park; Baekmin Oh; Haeju Yun; Eunggyu Lee; Hyemin Lee; Eunje Jang - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20250169341A1 ## CPC - H10K 59/121: characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements - H10K 59/8792: {comprising light absorbing layers, e.g. black layers} - H10K 59/38: comprising colour filters or colour changing media [CCM] - H10K 59/8791: {Arrangements for improving contrast, e.g. preventing reflection of ambient light} - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract A display apparatus of which configuration may be simple and in which reflection of external light can be effectively reduced, the display apparatus including a substrate including a component area and a main area, the component area including sub-display areas and transmission areas, the main display area at least partially surrounding the component area, main pixel electrodes located in the main display area and spaced apart from one another, sub-pixel electrodes located in the sub-display areas and spaced apart from one another, three color filter layers stacked on each other in the main display area to correspond to a space between the main pixel electrodes, and two color filter layers stacked on each other in the component area to correspond to a space between the transmission areas. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A display apparatus comprising: a substrate comprising a component area and a main display area, the component area including sub-display areas and transmission areas, the main display area at least partially surrounding the component area; main pixel electrodes located in the main display area and spaced apart from one another; sub-pixel electrodes located in the sub-display areas and spaced apart from one another; three color filter layers stacked on each other in the main display area to correspond to a space between the main pixel electrodes; and two color filter layers stacked on each other in the component area to correspond to a space between the transmission areas. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the three color filter layers comprise: a blue main color filter layer through which blue light passes; a red main color filter layer through which red light passes; and a green main color filter layer through which green light passes. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The display apparatus of claim 2, wherein the blue main color filter layer, the red main color filter layer, and the green main color filter layer are sequentially stacked on each other in a direction away from the substrate. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The display apparatus of claim 3, wherein in the main display area: a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel are included, each of the red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel and the blue sub-pixel comprises one of the main pixel electrodes, the blue main color filter layer has first main openings exposing a center of a one of the main pixel electrodes corresponding to the red sub-pixel and a center of a one of the main pixel electrodes corresponding to the green sub-pixel, the red main color filter layer is disposed on the blue main color filter layer and fills a one of the first main openings corresponding to the red sub-pixel, the red main color filter layer has second main openings exposing a center of a one of the main pixel electrodes corresponding to the blue sub-pixel and the center of the one of the main pixel electrodes corresponding to the green sub-pixel, the green main color filter layer is disposed on the red main color filter layer and fills a one of the first main openings corresponding to the green sub-pixel and a one of the second main openings corresponding to the green sub-pixel, and the green main color filter layer has third main openings exposing the center of the one of the main pixel electrodes corresponding to the blue sub-pixel and the center of the one of the main pixel electrodes corresponding to the red sub-pixel. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The display apparatus of claim 4, wherein an area of a one of the third main openings corresponding to the red sub-pixel is greater than an area of the one of the first main openings corresponding to the red sub-pixel, an area of the one of the second main openings corresponding to the green sub-pixel is greater than an area of the one of the first main openings corresponding to the green sub-pixel, and an area of the a one of the third main openings corresponding to the blue sub-pixel is greater than an area of a one of the second main openings corresponding to the blue sub-pixel. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) The display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the two color filter layers comprise: a blue sub-color filter layer through which blue light passes; and a red sub-color filter layer through which red light passes. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The display apparatus of claim 6, wherein the blue sub-color filter layer and the red sub-color filter layer are sequentially stacked on each other in a direction away from the substrate. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The display apparatus of claim 7, wherein in the component area: a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel are included, each of the red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel and the blue sub-pixel comprises one of the sub-pixel electrodes, the blue sub-color filter layer has first sub-openings exposing the transmission areas and a center of a one of the sub-pixel electrodes corresponding to the red sub-pixel and a center of a one of the sub-pixel electrodes corresponding to the green sub-pixel, and the red sub-color filter layer is disposed on the blue sub-color filter layer and fills a one of the first sub-openings corresponding to the red sub-pixel, the red sub-color filter layer having second sub-openings exposing the transmission areas and a center of a one of the sub-pixel electrodes corresponding to the blue sub-pixel and the center of the one of the sub-pixel electrodes corresponding to the green sub-pixel. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The display apparatus of claim 8, further comprising in the component area, a green sub-color filter layer filling a one of the first sub-openings corresponding to the green sub-pixel and a one of the second sub-openings corresponding to the green sub-pixel. ### Claim 10 (depends on 9) The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the green sub-color filter layer extends to a space between the green sub-pixel and a one of the transmission areas adjacent to the green sub-pixel. ### Claim 11 (depends on 10) The display apparatus of claim 10, wherein a distal end of the green sub-color filter layer in a direction to the one of the transmission areas adjacent to the green sub-pixel is disposed on the red sub-color filter layer. ### Claim 12 (depends on 10) The display apparatus of claim 10, wherein the green sub-color filter layer is disposed on the red sub-color filter layer in a space between the green sub-pixel and the one of the transmission areas adjacent to the green sub-pixel. ### Claim 13 (depends on 9) The display apparatus of claim 9, wherein the green sub-color filter layer has an island shape in a plan view. ### Claim 14 (depends on 8) The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein a width of the blue sub-color filter layer is greater than a width of the red sub-color filter layer in an area between ones of the transmission areas. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein in the transmission areas, an area of each of the second sub-openings is greater than an area of each of the first sub-openings. ### Claim 16 (depends on 8) The display apparatus of claim 8, wherein in the main display area: the three color filter layers comprise a blue main color filter layer through which blue light passes, a red main color filter layer through which red light passes, and a green main color filter layer through which green light passes, a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel, and a blue sub-pixel are included, each of the red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel and the blue sub-pixel comprises one of the main pixel electrodes, the blue main color filter layer, the red main color filter layer, and the green main color filter layer are sequentially stacked on each other in a direction away from the substrate, the blue main color filter layer has first main openings exposing a center of a one of the main pixel electrodes corresponding to the red sub-pixel and a center of a one of the main pixel electrodes corresponding to the green sub-pixel, the red main color filter layer is disposed on the blue main color filter layer and fills a one of the first main openings corresponding to the red sub-pixel, the red main color filter layer has second main openings exposing a center of a one of the main pixel electrodes corresponding to the blue sub-pixel and the center of the one of the main pixel electrodes corresponding to the green sub-pixel, the green main color filter layer is disposed on the red main color filter layer and fills a one of the first main openings corresponding to the green sub-pixel and a one of the second main openings corresponding to the green sub-pixel, and the green main color filter has third main openings exposing the center of the one of the main pixel electrodes corresponding to the blue sub-pixel and the center of the one of the main pixel electrodes corresponding to the red sub-pixel. ### Claim 17 (depends on 16) The display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the blue main color filter layer and the blue sub-color filter layer are integral with each other as a single body, and the red main color filter layer and the red sub-color filter layer are integral with each other as a single body. ### Claim 18 (depends on 16) The display apparatus of claim 16, wherein the main display area surrounds the component area. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The display apparatus of claim 18, wherein the green main color filter layer has a component opening corresponding to the component area. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The display apparatus of claim 19, further a plurality of green sub-color filter layers that are located in the component opening and spaced apart from one another in a plan view.