IP Library Granted Patent US 7,455,564
Granted Patent B2
US 7,455,564 · App. 11/287,067 · Granted Nov 25, 2008

Display device and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,455,564
App. No.
11/287,067
Granted
Nov 25, 2008
Kind
B2
Abstract

A method for manufacturing a display device with an organic light-emitting element includes the steps of providing a first electrode on a substrate, providing on the first electrode a mixture layer having two or more organic materials differing in glass transition point, heating the mixture layer at a temperature higher and lower than respectively the lowest and highest of the glass transition points of the organic materials, providing a light-emitting layer on the mixture layer, thereby providing a organic layer having at least the mixture layer and the light-emitting layer, and finally providing a second electrode on the organic layer.

Claims (22)

1. A method for manufacturing a display device comprising a first electrode, an organic layer including a light-emitting layer, and a second electrode which are sequentially arranged on a substrate, said method comprising the steps of

providing a first electrode on a substrate,

providing on said first electrode a mixture layer comprising two or more organic materials differing in glass transition point,

heating said mixture layer at a temperature higher and lower than respectively the lowest and highest of the glass transition points of said organic materials,

providing a light-emitting layer on said mixture layer, thereby providing an organic layer having at least said mixture layer and said light-emitting layer, and finally

providing a second electrode on said organic layer.

2. The method for manufacturing a display device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the organic material is a hole transporting material or a hole injection material.

3. The method for manufacturing a display device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the organic material having the lowest glass transition point is an amine-based one and the organic material having the highest glass transition point is a non-amine-based one.

4. The method for manufacturing a display device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the difference between the highest glass transition point and the lowest glass transition point of the organic materials is not smaller than 50° C.

5. The method for manufacturing a display device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the lowest glass transition point of the organic material is no higher than 150° C. and the highest glass transition point of the organic material is no lower than 200° C.

6. The method for manufacturing a display device as defined in claim 1 , wherein the mixture layer has a thickness between 1 nm and 100 nm.

7. The method for manufacturing a display device as defined in claim 1 ,

wherein

in the step of providing the first electrode, the auxiliary electrode for the second electrode is formed on the substrate in such a way that it is isolated from the first electrode,

in the step of providing the mixture layer, the mixture layer is formed over the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode,

in the step of providing the organic layer, the organic layer is formed on at least a portion of the mixture layer covering the first electrode, and

in the step of providing the second electrode, the second electrode is formed over at least a portion of the auxiliary electrode.

8. The method for manufacturing a display device as defined in claim 1 , which further comprises

a step of providing a first charge transporting layer of organic material on the mixture layer after the step of providing the mixture layer and before the mixture layer undergoes heat treatment, and

wherein

in the step of performing heat treatment on the mixture layer, the first charge transporting layer undergoes heat treatment at the same time, and

in the step of providing the organic layer, a second charge transporting layer is formed on the first charge transporting layer from the same organic material as used for the first charge transporting layer and subsequently the light-emitting layer is formed on the second charge transporting layer.

Assignments (6)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 15, 2015
From: SONY CORPORATION
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 036106/0355 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 25, 2005
From: MATSUMOTO, TOSHIKI; YAMADA, HIROKAZU
To: SONY CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 017289/0301 →