IP Library Granted Patent US 7,965,034
Granted Patent B2
US 7,965,034 · App. 11/417,017 · Granted Jun 21, 2011

Organic electroluminescence display device comprising a contact electrode with elasticity and fabricating method thereof

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Patent No.
US 7,965,034
App. No.
11/417,017
Granted
Jun 21, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic electro-luminescence display device includes at least one light emission device, the organic light emission device having a first electrode; at least one thin film transistor for driving the light emission device, a pixel electrode being connected to the at least one thin film transistor; a conductive layer formed of a conductive polymer material to electrically connect the light emission device and the pixel electrode.

Claims (24)

1. An organic electroluminescence display device, comprising:

a light emission array having a color filter array on a first substrate, a first and second electrodes formed on the color filter array and an organic light emitting layer formed between the first and second electrodes, wherein the organic light emitting layer includes a hole injecting/transporting layer, a light emitting layer and an electron injecting/transporting layer;

a thin film transistor array having a pixel electrode connected to a thin film transistor on a second substrate for controlling the light emission array;

a contact supporting part formed on the pixel electrode, wherein the contact supporting part is formed of a photo-resist; and

a contact electrode formed of a conductive polymer material comprising any one of polypyrole and polythiopene to have elasticity, and positioned between the pixel electrode of the thin film transistor array and the second electrode of the light emission array to electrically connect the pixel electrode to the second electrodes formed of a metal material,

wherein the contact electrode has a surface energy lower than the second electrode,

wherein the second electrode of the light emission array is formed between the electron injecting/transporting layer and the contact electrode, and connected to the contact electrode having elasticity,

wherein the thin film transistor array further comprises:

a semiconductor layer formed on the second substrate, the semiconductor layer having a source area, a drain area and a channel area between the source area and the drain area;

a gate electrode overlapped with the channel area of the semiconductor layer with a gate insulating film therebetween;

a source electrode connected to the source area of the semiconductor layer through a source contact hole which penetrates the gate insulating film and an interlayer insulating film that is deposited on the gate insulating film; and

a drain electrode connected to the drain area of the semiconductor layer through a drain contact hole which penetrates the gate insulating film and the interlayer insulating film,

wherein the pixel electrode is connected to the drain electrode through a pixel contact hole which penetrates the interlayer insulating film and a passivation film that is deposited on the source electrode and the drain electrode,

wherein the contact electrode and the contact supporting part are formed on a part of the pixel electrode, wherein the part of the pixel electrode is positioned on the passivation film, and

wherein the contact electrode is formed to cover a top surface and side surfaces of the contact supporting part and connected to the second electrode.

2. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 1 , wherein the light emission array further comprises:

a barrier rib formed on the first electrode for dividing the organic light emitting layer and the second electrode to define a pixel area,

wherein the first electrode is formed between the color filter array and the hole injecting/transporting layer.

3. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 2 , wherein the color filter array further comprises:

a black matrix formed at a location corresponding to the barrier rib on the first substrate;

a plurality of color filters formed with the black matrix therebetween;

an auxiliary color layer formed on the color filter; and

an overcoat layer formed on the first substrate where the auxiliary color layer is formed.

4. The organic electroluminescence display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second substrates are bonded together by a sealant.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 21, 2008
From: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020985/0675 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 4, 2006
From: CHAE, GEE SUNG; KIM, JIN WUK
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 017835/0921 →