Display Subpixel Electrode Configuration for Luminance Uniformity

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Solution Overview

Problem

Existing display devices face challenges in achieving uniform luminance across different pixel locations due to variations in the number of light-emitting elements and electrode configurations within subpixels.

Innovation Solution

A display device is designed with subpixels having different electrode configurations and a specific arrangement of first-type and second-type subpixels, where the second-type subpixels have a different number of electrodes, allowing for more light-emitting elements per unit area and fewer electrodes in the emission area compared to the first-type subpixels.

Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles

VSEngineering Contradiction Analysis

1Illumination intensity

If subpixels have different electrode configurations and numbers of light-emitting elements, then luminance uniformity across display areas is improved, but device complexity increases

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminance uniformityVSAvoidelectrode configuration complexity
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSDevice complexity

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies local quality by configuring different electrode arrangements and light-emitting element densities in different display areas (first display area vs. second display area). Specifically, subpixels in the first display area have a first electrode configuration with a certain number of light-emitting elements, while subpixels in the second display area have a second electrode configuration with a different number of light-emitting elements. This localized differentiation allows each area to be optimized for its specific luminance requirements, achieving overall luminance uniformity across the display while managing complexity through targeted rather than universal design changes.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #3Local quality

2Illumination intensity

If more light-emitting elements are placed per unit area, then luminance output is improved, but manufacturing precision requirements increase

Engineering Contradiction:
Improveluminance outputVSAvoidlight-emitting element arrangement precision
Core Design Contradiction:
Illumination intensityVSManufacturing precision

Solution Approach 1:

The patent applies segmentation by dividing the display into multiple display areas (first display area, second display area, and potentially third display area), each with its own electrode configuration and light-emitting element density. Instead of uniformly increasing light-emitting elements across the entire display, the invention segments the display into zones where higher density is applied only where needed to achieve luminance uniformity. This segmentation reduces the overall manufacturing precision burden compared to a uniform high-density design, as each segment can be optimized independently with precision requirements matched to its specific luminance targets.

Inventive Principle:
Principle #1Segmentation

Data Source

PatentUS20250133928A1Display device
Publication Date: 2025.04.24 SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO LTD
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AI summary

A display device includes a plurality of subpixels arranged along a first direction and a second direction crossing the first direction, where each of the subpixels includes an emission area, a plurality of electrodes located in the emission area, extending in the first direction and spaced from one another in the second direction, and a plurality of light-emitting elements located on electrodes spaced from one another in the second direction, and where the subpixels include a plurality of first-type subpixels and a plurality of second-type subpixels, the second-type subpixels having a different number of electrodes in the emission area from the first-type subpixels.