IP Library Granted Patent US 7,335,923
Granted Patent B2
US 7,335,923 · App. 11/138,322 · Granted Feb 26, 2008

Electroluminescence display device

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Patent No.
US 7,335,923
App. No.
11/138,322
Granted
Feb 26, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

An electroluminescence display device that includes a thin film transistor layer formed on a substrate, at least one insulating layer formed on the thin film transistor layer, and a pixel layer, disposed on the insulating layer and including a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an intermediate layer having at least an emitting layer interposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer. The pixel layer includes a reflection layer that contacts either a source or drain electrode of the thin film transistor layer and is disposed below the first electrode layer, and the reflection layer includes a through hole through which the first electrode layer contacts either the source electrode or the drain electrode.

Claims (19)

1. An electroluminescence display device, comprising:

a thin film transistor layer on a substrate;

at least one insulating layer on the thin film transistor layer; and

a pixel layer that includes a first electrode layer, a second electrode layer, and an intermediate layer having at least an emitting layer interposed between the first electrode layer and the second electrode layer, and is disposed on the insulating layer,

wherein the pixel layer further includes a reflection layer that contacts either a source electrode or a drain electrode of the thin film transistor layer, and is disposed below the first electrode layer, and

wherein the reflection layer includes a through hole through which the first electrode layer contacts either the source electrode or the drain electrode.

2. The electroluminescence display device of claim 1 , wherein a contact area between the first electrode layer and either the source electrode or the drain electrode is greater than a contact area between the reflection layer and either the source electrode or the drain electrode.

3. The electroluminescence display device of claim 1 , wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode include at least one of Mo or Al.

4. The electroluminescence display device of claim 1 , wherein the insulating layer includes a via hole which exposes either the source electrode or the drain electrode, and wherein a size of the via hole is larger than that of the through hole.

5. An electroluminescence display device, comprising:

a plurality of pixels in a display region; and

a thin film transistor and a light emitter in a pixel, the light emitter including a reflective layer and a first electrode layer;

wherein the light emitter is coupled to an electrode of the thin film transistor through a via hole in an insulating layer,

wherein the reflective layer and the first electrode layer contact the electrode of the thin film transistor.

6. The electroluminescence display device of claim 5 , wherein the reflective layer contacts the electrode of the thin film transistor through the via hole, and the first electrode layer contacts the electrode of the thin film transistor through a through hole in the reflective layer.

7. The electroluminescence display device of claim 6 , wherein a contact area between the first electrode layer and the electrode of the thin film transistor is greater than a contact area between the reflection layer and the electrode of the thin film transistor.

8. The electroluminescence display device of claim 7 , wherein the light emitter further comprises an intermediate layer formed on the first electrode layer and having at least an emitting layer, and a second electrode layer formed on the emitting layer.

9. The electroluminescence display device of claim 6 , wherein the via hole and the through hole have a circular shape at a lower surface of via hole.

10. The electroluminescence display device of claim 6 , wherein a size of the via hole is larger than that of the through hole.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 29, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028868/0425 →
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 May 27, 2005
From: KANG, TAE-WOOK; SEO, CHANG-SU; PARK, MOON-HEE; KANG, HO-JIN
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 016604/0537 →