IP Library Granted Patent US 7,394,446
Granted Patent B2
US 7,394,446 · App. 11/019,574 · Granted Jul 1, 2008

Organic electroluminescence device

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Patent No.
US 7,394,446
App. No.
11/019,574
Granted
Jul 1, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electroluminescence device includes: first and second substrates spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance; a plurality of array elements having TFTs formed on the first substrate; organic electroluminescent diodes each having a first electrode acting as a common electrode, an organic electroluminescent layer formed under the first electrode, and a second electrode patterned for a sub-pixel, which are sequentially formed on the second substrate; and conductive spacers for electrically connecting the array elements and corresponding organic electroluminescent diodes, wherein the array elements are arranged on the first substrate in a matrix configuration, and power lines for supplying voltages to the array elements are formed in a mesh configuration.

Claims (41)

1. A organic electroluminescence device comprising:

First and second substrates spaced apart from each other by a predetermined distance;

a plurality of array elements formed on the first substrate;

organic electroluminescent diodes formed on the second substrate; and

conductive spacers for electrically connecting the array elements and corresponding organic electroluminescent diodes,

wherein the array elements are arranged on the first substrate in a matrix configuration, and power lines for supplying a voltages to the array elements are formed in a mesh configuration and electrically connected to each other,

wherein the power lines include:

a first power line arranged in parallel with the data line and spaced apart from the data line by a predetermined distance; and

a second power line arranged in parallel with the gate line and spaced apart from the gate line by another predetermined distance, the second power line intersecting the first power line.

2. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein each array element is within a sub-pixel defined by a gate line formed in a first direction and a data line formed in a second direction that crosses the first direction.

3. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the first power line and the second power line are electrically connected at an intersection thereof a contact hole.

4. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the second power line is formed of the same metal material and in the same layer as the data line.

5. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the second power line is formed of the same metal material and in the same layer as the gate line.

6. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 1 , wherein the first or second power line is formed of a metal having a low resistance.

7. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 6 , wherein the metal having the low resistance is Cu.

8. An organic electroluminescence device comprising:

a first substrate having a plurality of array elements formed in a matrix configuration at regions defined by gate lines and data lines, the gate lines being arranged in a first direction, the data lines being formed arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction;

a second substrate on which organic electroluminescent diodes having organic electroluminescent layers are formed; and

a conductive spacer for electrically connecting the array elements and corresponding organic electroluminescent diodes,

wherein a first power line is arranged in parallel with the data lines and spaced apart from one of the data lines by a predetermined distance, and a second power line is arranged in parallel with the gate lines and spaced apart from one of the gate lines, the second power line intersecting with the first power line.

9. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 8 , wherein the first power line and the second power line are electrically connected at an intersection thereof through a contact hole.

10. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 8 , wherein the first power line is formed of the same metal material and in the same layer as the data lines.

11. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 8 , wherein the second power line is formed of the same metal material and in the same layer as the gate lines.

12. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 8 , wherein the first or second power line is formed of a metal having a low resistance.

13. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 12 , wherein the metal having the low resistance is Cu.

14. The organic electroluminescence device according to claim 8 , further comprising:

a switching TFT formed at an intersection of the gate lines and the data lines;

a storage capacitor connected to the switching TFT and the first power line; and

a driving TFT electrically connected to the storage capacitor, the first power line and one of the organic electroluminescent diodes.

15. A method of making an organic electroluminescence device comprising:

a forming a plurality of array elements on a first substrate in a matrix configuration defined by gate lines and data lines, the gate lines being arranged in a first direction, the data lines being arranged in a second direction intersecting with the first direction;

forming a first power line on the first substrate in parallel with the data lines and spaced apart from one of the data lines by a predetermined distance, and a second power line on the first substrate in parallel with the gate lines and spaced apart from one of the gate lines, the second power line intersecting with the first power line;

forming organic electroluminescent diodes on a second substrate; and

providing a conductive spacer for electrically connecting the array elements and the corresponding organic electroluminescent diodes.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the first power line and the second power line are electrically connected at an intersection thereof through a contact hole.

17. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the first power line is formed of the same metal material and in the same layer as the data lines.

18. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the second power line is formed of the same metal material and in the same layer as the gate lines.

19. The method according to claim 15 , wherein forming a plurality of array elements includes:

forming switching TFT formed at an intersection of the gate lines and the data lines;

forming a storage capacitor connected to the switching TFT and the first power line; and

forming a driving TFT electrically connected to the storage capacitor, the first power line and one of the organic electroluminescent diodes.

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 Dec 23, 2004
From: PARK, JAE YONG
To: L.G. PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016118/0935 →