Samsung patents quantum dot screen layer for better light control
Samsung has patented a design for quantum dot displays that uses a specific mix of two polymer materials in the layer between the electrode and the light-emitting dots. This 'hole auxiliary layer' is engineered with precise energy levels to help move electrical charges more efficiently through the device.
In the filing’s own words
A quantum dot quantum dot device includes a first electrode and a second electrode, a light emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode and including quantum dots, and a first hole auxiliary layer between the first electrode and the light emitting layer, wherein the first hole auxiliary layer includes a first hole auxiliary material and a second hole auxiliary material having a greater bandgap energy than a bandgap energy of the first hole auxiliary material, a difference between a HOMO energy level of the second hole auxiliary material and a HOMO energy level of the first hole auxiliary material is about 0.1 eV and less than about 0.8 eV, and a difference between a LUMO energy level of the second hole auxiliary material and a LUMO energy level of the first hole auxiliary material is greater than or equal to about 0.3 eV.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A quantum dot device, comprising a first electrode and a second electrode, a light emitting layer between the first electrode and the second electrode, the light emitting layer comprising quantum dots, and a first hole auxiliary layer between the first electrode and the light emitting layer, wherein the first hole auxiliary layer comprises a first hole auxiliary material, and a second hole auxiliary material having a greater bandgap energy than a bandgap energy of the first hole auxiliary material, wherein a difference between a highest occupied molecular orbital energy level of the second hole auxiliary material and a highest occupied molecular orbital energy level of the first hole auxiliary material is 0.1 electronvolts to less than 0.8 electronvolts, a difference between a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the second hole auxiliary material and a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the first hole auxiliary material is greater than or equal to 0.3 electronvolts, the highest occupied molecular orbital energy level of the second hole auxiliary material is less than the highest occupied molecular orbital energy level of the first hole auxiliary material, the highest occupied molecular orbital energy level of the first hole auxiliary material is 5.1 electronvolts to 5.6 electonvolts, the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the second hole auxiliary material is less than the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the first hole auxiliary material, the first hole auxiliary layer comprises less of the second hole auxiliary material than the first hole auxiliary material on a mole basis, each of the first hole auxiliary material and the second hole auxiliary material is a polymer semiconductor, the second hole auxiliary material comprising the polymer semiconductor comprising a triphenylamine moiety, and the lowest unoccupied molecular orbital energy level of the second hole auxiliary material is 1.2 electronvolts to 2.0 electronvolts.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- Quantum dot device and electronic device
- Patent number
- US12745507B2
- Application number
- 17495162
- Filed
- Oct 6, 2021
- Granted
- Sep 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 7
- Claims
- 17
Classified under
H10K 50/11 Electricity & electronicsH10K 50/115 Electricity & electronicsH10K 50/15 Electricity & electronicsH10K 85/10 Electricity & electronicsH10K 2101/30 Electricity & electronicsH10K 2101/40 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
- Samsung patents chip that combines camera and screen Oct 13, 2026
- Samsung patents faster chip testing using machine learning Sep 1, 2026
- Samsung patents radar method to pinpoint target direction more accurately Sep 1, 2026
- Samsung patents memory chip that searches data by content, not address Sep 1, 2026
- Samsung patents chip design that skips empty data to speed up AI Sep 1, 2026
Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
Patent data and drawings: U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). Nebula is not affiliated with or endorsed by the USPTO.