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App. No. 11/071,764

Organic light-emitting device display having a plurality of passive polymer layers

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11/071,764
Abstract

An organic light-emitting display is disclosed, wherein the organic light-emitting display includes a thin film transistor portion including an array of thin film transistors, and a light-emitting portion including an array of organic light-emitting elements in electrical communication with the array of thin film transistors, wherein the light-emitting portion is formed from a plurality of layers of materials, and wherein the plurality of layers of materials in the light-emitting portion includes a plurality of passive polymer layers each formed from a single polymer material. Systems and methods for forming organic light-emitting displays are also disclosed.

Claims (32)

1 . An organic light-emitting display, comprising:

a thin film transistor portion including an array of thin film transistors; and

a light-emitting portion including an array of organic light-emitting elements in electrical communication with the array of thin film transistors, wherein the light-emitting portion is formed from a plurality of layers of materials, and wherein the plurality of layers of materials in the light-emitting portion includes a plurality of passive polymer layers each formed from a single polymer material.

2 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 1 , wherein the polymer material is formed by transport polymerization.

3 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 1 , wherein the polymer material has a repeating unit of —CF 2 C 6 H 4 CF 2 —.

4 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 1 , wherein the polymer material has a crystallinity of at least 10%.

5 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of passive polymer layers includes a barrier layer, and wherein the barrier layer is disposed between an electrode layer and an organic light-emitting layer.

6 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of passive polymer layers includes an encapsulant layer for protecting the organic light-emitting display from an external atmosphere.

7 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of passive polymer layers includes a layer for defining structures for holding and separating organic light emitting materials of different colors.

8 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 1 , further comprising an inter-metal dielectric layer disposed between the thin film transistor portion and the light-emitting portion, wherein the inter-metal dielectric layer is made from the same polymer material as the passive polymer layers in the light-emitting portion.

9 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of passive polymer layers includes a planarization layer.

10 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 1 , further comprising a color filter layer and an anti-reflective layer, and plurality of passive polymer layers includes a protective layer disposed between the color filter layer and the antireflective layer.

11 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 1 , wherein the polymer material has a repeat unit of —CZZ′C 6 H 4-y X y CZ″Z′″-, wherein Z, Z′, Z″ and Z′″ are similar or different and each is H, a halogen, or a phenyl moiety;

y is 0 or an integer equal to or between 1 and 4; and

X is H or a halogen.

12 . An organic light-emitting display, comprising:

a thin film transistor portion including a plurality of thin film transistors;

a light-emitting portion including a plurality of organic light-emitting elements in electrical communication with the plurality of thin film transistors, wherein the light-emitting portion is formed from a plurality of layers of materials, the plurality of layers of materials including a plurality of passive polymer layers; and

a polymer dielectric layer disposed between the thin film transistor portion and the light-emitting portion, wherein the polymer dielectric layer disposed between the thin film transistor portion and the light-emitting portion and at least one of the plurality of passive polymer layers in the light-emitting portion are formed from the same polymer material.

13 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 2 , wherein the polymer material is formed via transport polymerization of a thermally-produced diradical intermediate.

14 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 2 , wherein the polymer material is selected from the group of polymer materials having a repeating unit of —CZZ′ArCZ″Z′″, wherein Z, Z′, Z″ and Z′″ are similar or different and each is H, a halogen, or a phenyl moiety;

Ar is an aromatic moiety

y is 0 or an integer equal to or between 1 and 4; and

X is H or a halogen.

15 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 14 , wherein the polymer material has a repeating unit of —CF 2 C 6 H 4 CF 2 —.

16 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 15 , wherein the polymer material has a crystallinity of at least 10%.

17 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of passive polymer layers includes a barrier layer disposed between an electrode layer and an organic light-emitting layer.

18 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of passive polymer layers includes an encapsulant layer for protecting the organic light-emitting display from an external atmosphere.

19 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of passive polymer layers includes a layer for defining structures for holding and separating organic light emitting materials of different colors.

20 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 2 , further comprising a color filter layer and an antireflective layer, wherein the plurality of passive polymer layers includes a protective layer disposed between the color filter layer and the antireflective layer.

21 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 2 , wherein the polymer dielectric layer disposed between the thin film transistor portion and the light-emitting portion and all of the plurality of passive polymer layers in the light-emitting portion are formed from a same polymer material.

22 . The organic light-emitting display of claim 2 , wherein the plurality of passive polymer layers includes a planarization layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 26, 2005
From: DIELECTRIC SYSTEMS, INC.
To: INTERNATIONAL DISPLAY SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 016687/0955 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 2, 2005
From: LEE, CHUNG J.; CHEN, CHIEH; PIKOVSKY, YURI; KUMAR, ATUL
To: DIELECTRIC SYSTEMS, INC.
Reel/Frame 016356/0098 →