Display device utilizing a thin film encapsulation layer having a plurality of sub-layers
US10347868B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 25, 2016 |
| Grant date | Jul 9, 2019 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 3, 2037 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10K59/1201
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A display device includes a display substrate including at least one step portion, and a thin film encapsulation layer above the display substrate, the thin film encapsulation layer including a buffer layer configured to reduce a height difference due to the at least one step portion and a barrier layer above the buffer layer, the buffer layer including a plurality of sub-layers and interfaces between the plurality of sub-layers, and the interfaces including a curved surface changing from a concave shape to a convex shape toward a portion overlapping the step portion from an outer portion of the step portion.
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