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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2026
Filed:
Aug. 19, 2022
Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si, KR;
Jaehun Lee, Seongnam-si, KR;
Hye Sun Kim, Goyang-si, KR;
Junho Sim, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Sanghyun Lee, Hwaseong-si, KR;
Yang-Ho Jung, Seoul, KR;
Pil Soon Hong, Seoul, KR;
SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Gyeonggi-Do, KR;
Abstract
A display device includes a display area including a display element including a pixel electrode and a driving element connected to the display element, a planarization layer on the driving element, and a pixel defining layer on the planarization layer and defining an opening corresponding to the pixel electrode of the display element. The pixel defining layer includes a bank portion defining the opening and extending from the pixel electrode, and including a flat portion and a first protrusion which protrudes from an upper surface of the flat portion and is adjacent to the pixel electrode, and a second protrusion which protrudes from the upper surface of the flat portion of the bank portion and is further from the opening than the first protrusion.