IP Library Granted Patent US 7,141,517
Granted Patent B2
US 7,141,517 · App. 10/879,490 · Granted Nov 28, 2006

Method of repairing and apparatus for repairing multi-color organic light-emitting display device

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Patent No.
US 7,141,517
App. No.
10/879,490
Granted
Nov 28, 2006
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method and an apparatus for repairing short circuits between electrodes of a multi-color organic light-emitting display device. A multi-color organic light-emitting display device having a color-converting filter section is provided. Then a short-circuited part between electrodes in the device is eliminated by irradiating the short-circuited part with a laser beam. The laser irradiation is carried out from the side of the device on which the color-converting filter section is not present. The method is carried out in an environment in which the moisture content is below a certain threshold value such as a vacuum or a dry nitrogen atmosphere.

Claims (18)

1. A method of repairing a short-circuited part between electrodes in a multi-color organic light-emitting display device, the method comprising the steps of:

(1) providing a multi-color organic light-emitting display device having a color-converting filter section, and

(2) detecting a short-circuited part between electrodes in the device, and eliminating the short-circuited part by irradiating the part with laser irradiation, wherein the laser irradiation is carried out from a side of the device on which the color-converting filter section is not present;

wherein said detecting is performed from a side of the device on which the color-converting filter section is present.

2. The method of repairing a short-circuited part between electrodes according to claim 1 , wherein multi-color organic light-emitting display device is sealed prior to use, the method further comprising carrying out the step of eliminating the short-circuited part in a vacuum or in a dry nitrogen atmosphere, prior to a sealing of the multi-color organic light-emitting display device.

3. A method of repairing a short-circuited part between electrodes in a multi-color organic light-emitting display device, the method comprising the steps of:

providing a multi-color organic light-emitting display device having a cathode, an anode, and a color-converting filter section, the cathode, anode and color-converting section being disposed in different layers;

disposing the multi-color organic light-emitting display device on a lighting means;

activating the lighting means to illuminate the multi-color organic light-emitting display device;

using a microscope to detect a short-circuited part between electrodes in the device;

providing a positioning device, and moving the multi-color organic light-emitting display device to detect the short-circuited part between electrodes in the device; and

eliminating the short-circuited part by irradiating the part with laser irradiation, wherein the laser irradiation is carried out from a side of the device on which the color-converting filter section is not present.

4. The method of repairing a short-circuited part between electrodes according to claim 3 , wherein the microscope is an emission microscope.

5. A method of repairing a short-circuited part between electrodes In a multi-color organic light-emitting display device, the method comprising the steps at

(1) providing a multi-color organic light-emitting display device having a cathode, an anode, and a color-converting filter section, the cathode, anode and color-converting section being disposed in different layers, with the anode being disposed between the cathode and me color-converting filter section; and

(2) detecting a short-circuited part between electrodes in the device, and eliminating the shod-circuited part by irradiating the part with laser irradiation, wherein the laser irradiation is carded out from a direction of the cathode toward the anode, and from a side of the device on which the color-converting filter section is not present.

6. The method of repairing a short-circuited part between electrodes according to claim 5 , wherein multi-color organic light-emitting display device is sealed prior to use, the method further comprising carrying out the step of eliminating the short-circuited part in a vacuum or in a dry nitrogen atmosphere, prior to a mug of the multi-color organic light-emitting display device.

7. The method of repairing a short-circuited part between electrodes according to claim 5 , wherein said detecting is performed from a side of the device on which the color-converting filter section is present.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2012
From: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SHARP KABUSHIKI KAISHA
Reel/Frame 028486/0959 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 26, 2011
From: FUJI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS CO., LTD.
To: FUJI ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026891/0655 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 12, 2004
From: KAWAGUCHI, KOJI; KOBAYASHI, MAKOTO; SAKURAI, KENYA
To: FUJI ELECTRIC HOLDINGS, CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 015884/0469 →