IP Library Granted Patent US 7,541,097
Granted Patent B2
US 7,541,097 · App. 10/779,874 · Granted Jun 2, 2009

Organic electroluminescent device and method for fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 7,541,097
App. No.
10/779,874
Granted
Jun 2, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

Disclosed are an organic electroluminescent device and a method for fabricating the same. The device includes a substrate, a first electrode formed on the substrate, an emission layer formed over the first electrode, and having a first emission area, a second emission area, and a third emission area, a hole blocking layer formed on the emission layer, the hole blocking layer being formed of the same substance as that of the third emission area, and a second electrode formed over the hole blocking layer.

Claims (39)

1. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode formed on the substrate;

an emission layer formed over the first electrode, the emission layer comprising a green emission layer formed in a first emission area, a red emission layer formed in a second emission area, and a blue emission layer formed in a third emission area;

a hole blocking layer formed over the green, red, and blue emission layers, the hole blocking layer being formed of substantially a same substance as that of the blue emission layer; and

a second electrode formed over the hole blocking layer,

wherein the green, red, and blue emission layers are substantially coplanar layers, and

wherein the hole blocking layer is formed of any one of a plurality of substances listed below:

2. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a hole injection layer and a hole transport layer between the first electrode and the green, red, and blue emission layers.

3. The device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

at least one of an electron transport layer or an electron injection layer between the hole blocking layer and the second electrode.

4. The device according to claim 1 , wherein at least one of the green emission area or the red emission area is formed of a phosphorescent substance, and the blue emission layer is formed of a fluorescent substance.

5. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the blue emission layer is formed from a plurality of substances and wherein the hole blocking layer is formed from one of the plurality of substances forming the blue emission area.

6. The device according to cliam 1 , wherein the hole blocking layer is formed directly on the green, red, and blue emission layers.

7. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the red and green emission layers are in contact with one another and the red and blue emission layers are in contact with one another.

8. A method for fabricating an organic electroluminescent device, comprising:

forming a first electrode on a substrate;

forming a green emission layer in a first emission area over the first electrode;

forming a red emission layer in a second emission area over the first electrode;

forming a blue emission layer in a third emission area over the first electrode;

forming a hole blocking layer over the green, red, and blue emission layers by using a substance of the blue emission layer; and

forming a second electrode over the hole blocking layer, wherein the green, red, and blue emission layers are substantially coplanar layers,

wherein the hole blocking layer is formed of any one of a plurality of substances listed below:

9. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

sequentially forming a hole injection layer and a hole transport layer between the first electrode and the green, red, and blue emission layers.

10. The method according to claim 8 , further comprising:

forming at least one of an electron transport layer or an electron injection layer between the hole blocking layer and the second electrode.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein at least one of the green emission layer or the red emission layer is formed of a phosphorescent substance, and the blue emission layer is formed of a fluorescent substance.

12. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the blue emission layer is formed from a plurality of substances and wherein the hole blocking layer is formed from one of the plurality of substances forming the blue emission layer.

13. The device according to claim 1 , wherein the hole blocking layer is formed directly on the green, red, and blue emission layers.

14. An organic electroluminescent device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode formed on the substrate;

a green emission layer formed in a first emission area, a red emission layer formed in a second emission area, and a blue emission layer formed in a third emission area;

a hole blocking layer formed over the green, red, and blue emission layers, the hole blocking layer being formed from at least one of a plurality of substances forming the blue emission layer; and

a second electrode formed over the hole blocking layer, wherein the green, red, and blue emission layers are substantially coplanar layers,

wherein the hole blocking layer is formed of any one of a plurality of substances listed below:

15. The device according to claim 14 , wherein the hole blocking layer is formed one of a plurality of substances forming the blue emission layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 9, 2008
From: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021090/0886 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 18, 2004
From: SEO, JEONG DAE; KIM, HEE JUNG; LEE, KYUNG HOON; OH, HYOUNG YUN; KIM, MYUNG SEOP; PARK, CHUN GUN
To: LG ELECTRONICS INC.
Reel/Frame 015001/0313 →