IP Library Granted Patent US 6,972,517
Granted Patent B2
US 6,972,517 · App. 10/608,472 · Granted Dec 6, 2005

Organic electro luminescent display device with contact hole within insulating layer

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Patent No.
US 6,972,517
App. No.
10/608,472
Granted
Dec 6, 2005
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electro luminescent (EL) display device includes a substrate composed of an array unit and a ground unit; an organic luminescent unit in the array unit and having an organic emitting layer, a first electrode and a second electrode; a ground line in the ground unit directly contacted to the second electrode of the organic luminescent unit; and an insulating layer on the organic emitting layer and exposing a part of the ground line such that the second electrode is directly connected to the ground line.

Claims (16)

1. An organic electro luminescent (EL) display device comprising:

a substrate having an array unit and a ground unit;

a first insulating layer in the array unit;

an organic luminescent unit in the array unit and having a first electrode under the first insulating layer, an organic emitting layer on both the first electrode and the first insulating layer, a second insulating layer on both the organic emitting layer and the first insulating layer, and a second electrode on the second insulating layer;

a ground line in the ground unit; and

the second electrode of the organic luminescent unit directly connected to the ground line.

2. The organic EL display device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode is an anode electrode.

3. The organic EL display device of claim 1 , wherein the second electrode is a cathode electrode.

4. The organic EL display device of claim 1 , wherein the organic emitting layer includes an electron transport layer, an emitting layer, a hole transport layer, and a hole injection layer.

5. The organic EL display device of claim 1 , wherein the second insulating layer is formed of at least one of LiF and LiO 2 .

6. The organic EL display device of claim 1 , wherein the second electrode is contacted to the ground line through a ground contact hole formed at the ground line.

7. The organic EL display device of claim 1 , wherein the array unit further includes a thin film transistor and a capacitor.

8. The organic EL display device of claim 7 , wherein the thin film transistor comprises:

an active layer including source/drain regions in which impurities are doped with high concentration and a channel region formed at a middle part thereof,

a gate electrode formed by forming a gate insulating layer on the channel region of the active layer; and

source and drain electrodes respectively connected to the source and drain regions.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 19, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021147/0009 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 30, 2003
From: PARK, JAE-YONG
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 014255/0260 →