Organic light-emitting diode display panels
US10707282B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 5, 2018 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 2020 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 7, 2038 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH10K59/8731
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A display may have organic light-emitting diode pixels formed from thin-film circuitry. An organic layer including planarization layers and a pixel definition layer may overlap the thin-film circuitry. Thin-film encapsulation may overlap the organic layer. The thin-film encapsulation may be formed from an organic dielectric layer interposed between two layers of inorganic dielectric material. A strip of peripheral crack-stopper structures may run along an edge of the display and may surround the array of pixels. The crack-stopper structures may include parallel inorganic lines formed from a first inorganic layer such as an inorganic layer of the thin-film circuitry. A strip of the organic layer may overlap the parallel inorganic lines. The crack-stopper structures may have parallel tapered polymer lines. The polymer lines may be overlapped by a second inorganic dielectric layer formed from the inorganic material of the thin-film encapsulation layer.
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