Samsung patents method for building displays with inorganic light-emitting elements
Samsung describes a manufacturing process for display panels that uses inorganic light-emitting elements instead of traditional organic ones. The method involves mounting these elements on a substrate, connecting them with a transparent electrode, and sealing them with a protective barrier layer and optical film.
In the filing’s own words
A method of manufacturing a display apparatus includes mounting a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements that respectively a first electrode, a second electrode, and a semiconductor layer configured to emit light based on a voltage being applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, on a mounting surface of a substrate, such that the first electrode faces the mounting surface, forming a light-transmitting electrode layer, which is configured to electrically connect the second electrode of the plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements, respectively, on one side of the plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements opposite the mounting surface, forming a barrier layer configured to cover the light-transmitting electrode layer by depositing a light-transmitting material on one side of the light-transmitting electrode layer opposite the plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements, and covering the barrier layer by attaching an optical film to one side of the barrier layer opposite the light-transmitting electrode layer.
What exactly they claim (claim 1)
1. A method of manufacturing a display apparatus, comprising: mounting a plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements that respectively include a first electrode, a second electrode, and a semiconductor layer that is configured to emit light based on a voltage being applied between the first electrode and the second electrode, on a mounting surface of a substrate, such that the first electrode faces the mounting surface; forming a light-transmitting electrode layer, which is configured to electrically connect the second electrode of the plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements, respectively, on one side of the plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements opposite the mounting surface; forming a barrier layer configured to cover the light-transmitting electrode layer by depositing a light-transmitting material on one side of the light-transmitting electrode layer opposite the plurality of inorganic light-emitting elements; and covering the barrier layer by attaching an optical film to one side of the barrier layer opposite the light-transmitting electrode layer.
Facts
- Company
- Samsung (SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.)
- Official title
- METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPLAY APPARATUS, DISPLAY MODULE, AND DISPLAY APPARATUS
- Publication number
- US20260333984A1
- Application number
- 19704811
- Filed
- Jun 11, 2026
- Published
- Oct 22, 2026
- Inventors
- 5
- Claims
- 15
Classified under
H10H 29/853 Electricity & electronicsH10H 29/012 Electricity & electronicsH10H 29/0362 Electricity & electronicsH10H 29/49 Electricity & electronicsH10H 29/856 Electricity & electronicsMore from Samsung in Chips & hardware
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Summaries are simplified from the filing’s own abstract and first claim. A patent filing is not a product announcement.
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