IP Library Granted Patent US 12677576
Granted Patent B2
US 12677576 · App. 18/545,534 · Granted Jul 7, 2026

Organic light emitting display apparatus

Inventors: SeHong Park (Paju-si, KR); Wonrae Kim (Paju-si, KR); WonSik Lee (Paju-si, KR); Inae Choi (Paju-si, KR); Sejong Seong (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K59/879H10K59/124H10K59/351H10K59/80515H10K59/8791
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Patent No.
US 12677576
App. No.
18/545,534
Granted
Jul 7, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

Discussed in an organic light emitting display apparatus, which can include a plurality of pixels on a substrate, each pixel including a plurality of subpixels, and each of the plurality of subpixels having an emission region, a planarization layer including a light extraction pattern, the light extraction pattern disposed at the emission region of each of the plurality of subpixels and including a plurality of concave portions; and a light emitting device layer on the light extraction pattern of each of the plurality of subpixels. The emission region of each of the plurality of subpixels includes a reference point disposed at a concave portion of the plurality of concave portions. The light extraction pattern of each of the plurality of subpixels has a rotation angle with respect to the reference point.

Claims (46)

1 . An organic light emitting display apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of pixels on the substrate, each pixel including a plurality of subpixels, and each of the plurality of subpixels having an emission region;

a planarization layer including a light extraction pattern, the light extraction pattern disposed at the emission region of each of the plurality of subpixels and including a plurality of concave portions; and

a light emitting device layer on the light extraction pattern of each of the plurality of subpixels,

wherein the emission region of each of the plurality of subpixels includes a reference point disposed at a concave portion of the plurality of concave portions,

wherein the light extraction pattern of each of the plurality of subpixels has a rotation angle with respect to the reference point, and

wherein the rotation angles of the light extraction patterns of the plurality of subpixels are different with respect to the reference points of the emission regions of the plurality of subpixels.

2 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of subpixels comprise a red subpixel, a white subpixel, a green subpixel, and a blue subpixel, and

wherein the rotation angles of the light extraction patterns of two white subpixels adjacent to each other corresponding to adjacent two pixels among the plurality of pixels are approximately equal to each other.

3 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of subpixels comprise a red subpixel, a white subpixel, a green subpixel, and a blue subpixel, and

wherein the light extraction pattern of the white subpixel has the rotation angle based on Fibonacci numbers of 1 or more in order along at least one of a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction.

4 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of subpixels have different sizes, and

wherein the light extraction pattern of a subpixel having a largest size among the plurality of subpixels has a smallest rotation angle from among the rotation angles.

5 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of subpixels have different transmittances, and

wherein the light extraction pattern of a subpixel having a highest transmittance from among the plurality of subpixels has a smallest rotation angle from among the rotation angles.

6 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the rotation angles of the light extraction patterns of the plurality of subpixels in the plurality of pixels are different from each other.

7 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein angle differences between the rotation angles of the light extraction patterns of the plurality of subpixels in the plurality of pixels are approximately equal to one another.

8 . An organic light emitting display apparatus comprising:

a plurality of pixels on a substrate, each pixel including first to fourth subpixels each having an emission region;

a planarization layer including a light extraction pattern disposed at the emission region of each of the first to fourth subpixels, the light extraction pattern including a convex portion and a plurality of concave portions; and

a light emitting device layer on the light extraction pattern,

wherein the emission region of each of the first to fourth subpixels includes a reference point disposed at a concave portion of the plurality of concave portions,

wherein the light extraction pattern at each of the first to fourth subpixels comprises a rotation angle with respect to the reference point,

wherein numbers of the plurality of concave portions of the light extraction patterns of the first to fourth subpixels are different from each other, and

wherein the light extraction pattern of a subpixel including a largest number of the plurality of concave portions among the first to fourth subpixels has a smallest rotation angle from among the rotation angles of the first to fourth subpixels.

9 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the light extraction patterns of each of the first to fourth subpixels have different rotation angles with respect to a center portion of one of the plurality of concave portions within a corresponding emission region of the one of the first to fourth subpixels.

10 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the light extraction pattern at the second subpixel has the rotation angle based on Fibonacci numbers of 1 or more in order along at least one of a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction.

11 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein, among the plurality of pixels, angle differences between rotation angles of the light extraction patterns of two second subpixels adjacent to each other along at least one of a first direction and a second direction intersecting with the first direction are approximately equal to each other.

12 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 11 , wherein the angle differences are greater than 0 degrees and less than approximately 60 degrees.

13 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 12 , wherein the angle differences are approximately 0.5 degrees or approximately 0.7 degrees.

14 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first to fourth subpixels have different sizes,

wherein the second subpixel has a largest size from among the first to fourth subpixels, and

wherein the light extraction pattern of the second subpixel has a smallest rotation angle from among those of the first to fourth subpixels.

15 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the first to fourth subpixels have different transmittances,

wherein the second subpixel has a highest transmittance from among the first to fourth subpixels, and

wherein the light extraction pattern of the second subpixel has a smallest rotation angle from among those of the first to fourth subpixels.

16 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the rotation angles of the light extraction patterns at each of the first to fourth subpixels in the plurality of pixels are different from each other.

17 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein angle differences between the rotation angles of the light extraction patterns at each of the first to fourth subpixels in the plurality of pixels are approximately equal to one another.

18 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 8 , further comprising a color filter layer between the light extraction pattern and the substrate.

19 . The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the planarization layer has a refractive index of less than approximately 1.57, or has a same refractive index as a refractive index of the substrate.

20 . An organic light emitting display apparatus comprising:

at least one pixel on a substrate, the at least one pixel including a plurality of subpixels, and the plurality of subpixels including a plurality of emission regions, respectively, and including a light emitting device layer, respectively; and

a plurality of light extraction patterns disposed in the plurality of emission regions, respectively,

wherein the plurality of light extraction patterns of the plurality of subpixels include reference points that intersect with a first axis and a second axis, respectively, and include rotation angles with respect to the reference points, respectively, and

wherein the rotation angles of the plurality of light extraction patterns are different from each other.