IP Library Granted Patent US 7,002,302
Granted Patent B2
US 7,002,302 · App. 10/673,152 · Granted Feb 21, 2006

Flat panel display

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Patent No.
US 7,002,302
App. No.
10/673,152
Granted
Feb 21, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention discloses an organic light emitting diode capable of obtaining proper luminance and long life cycle by controlling an amount of current flowing through an organic electroluminescent device per unit pixel. The organic light emitting diode includes a luminescent device and first and second transistors for driving the luminescent device, wherein the first and second transistors have different resistance values. The first transistor is a driving transistor for driving the luminescent device. The second transistor is a switching transistor for switching on and off the driving transistor. The driving transistor may have a higher resistance value than the switching transistor.

Claims (19)

1. A flat panel display, comprising:

a luminescent device;

a driving transistor for driving the luminescent device;

a switching transistor for switching on and off the driving transistor,

wherein the driving transistor has a higher resistance than the switching transistor.

2. The flat panel display according to claim 1 , wherein the driving transistor includes multiple gates, a semiconductor layer having the high concentration source/drain regions, and an offset region formed on the semiconductor layer between the multiple gates.

3. The flat panel display according to claim 1 , wherein the driving transistor includes a gate electrode, high concentration source/drain regions formed on both sides of the gate electrode, and an offset region formed between the gate electrode and the drain region.

4. The flat panel display according to claim 2 or claim 3 , wherein the offset region is a high resistance region comprised of a low concentration impurity region on which low concentration impurities having the same conductivity type as the high concentration source/drain regions are doped as a whole or partially doped, or a high resistance region comprised of an intrinsic region on which impurities are not doped.

5. The flat panel display according to claim 2 or claim 3 , wherein the offset region is a high resistance region having a zigzag shape.

6. The flat panel display according to claim 1 , wherein the driving transistor includes high concentration source/drain region having different geometrical structure to have different resistance values, and a region connected to the luminescent device in the high concentration source/drain regions has a higher resistance value compared with other region in the high concentration source/drain regions.

7. The flat panel display according to claim 1 , wherein the driving transistor includes high concentration source/drain regions having different sizes to have different resistance values, and a region connected to the luminescent device in the high concentration source/drain regions has a smaller size compared with the other region in the high concentration source/drain regions.

8. The flat panel display according to claim 7 , wherein the region connected to the luminescent device in the high concentration source/drain regions of the driving transistor has the same width and a longer length, or the same length and a narrower width compared with the other region in the high concentration source/drain regions.

9. A flat panel display comprising R, G and B unit pixels, wherein at least one unit pixel of the R, G and B unit pixels includes a driving transistor for driving the luminescent device and a switching transistor for switching on and off the driving transistor, each having source/drain regions, wherein the drain region of the driving transistor has a higher resistance value than the drain region of the switching transistor.

10. The flat panel display according to claim 9 , wherein the drain region of the driving transistor has a higher resistance value than the drain region of the switching transistor by doping concentration difference.

11. The flat panel display according to claim 10 , wherein the drain region of the driving transistor comprises a region which is the same conductivity type as the drain region of the other transistor, and on which low concentration impurities are doped as a whole or partially, or comprises a region on which impurities are not doped.

12. The flat panel display according to claim 9 , wherein drain regions of the driving transistor has a higher resistance value than the drain region of the switching transistor by shape difference of the drain regions.

13. The flat panel display according to claim 12 , wherein the drain region of the driving transistor is formed in a zigzag shape.

14. The flat panel display according to claim 12 , wherein the drain region of the driving transistor has the same width and a longer length, or the same length and a narrower width compared with the drain region of the switching transistor.

15. The flat panel display according to claim 10 , wherein the drain region of the driving transistor includes an offset region of high resistance.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 29, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028884/0108 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022024/0026 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 30, 2003
From: PARK, SANG-II; KOO, JAE-BON
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 014555/0760 →