IP Library Granted Patent US 7,710,019
Granted Patent B2
US 7,710,019 · App. 11/557,244 · Granted May 4, 2010

Organic light-emitting diode display comprising auxiliary electrodes

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Patent No.
US 7,710,019
App. No.
11/557,244
Granted
May 4, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display includes a substrate, an auxiliary electrode disposed on the substrate, a first signal line disposed on the substrate, a second signal line crossing the first signal line, a driving voltage line disposed on the substrate, a first thin film transistor connected to the first signal line and the second signal line, a second thin film transistor connected to the first thin film transistor and the driving voltage line, a first electrode connected to the second thin film transistor, a second electrode facing the first electrode, and a light-emitting member disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode. The auxiliary electrode is connected to one of the driving voltage line and the second electrode.

Claims (50)

1. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:

a substrate;

a first auxiliary electrode disposed on the substrate;

a first signal line disposed on the substrate;

a second signal line crossing the first signal line;

a driving voltage line connected to the first auxiliary electrode;

a first thin film transistor connected to the first signal line and the second signal line;

a second thin film transistor connected to the first thin film transistor and the driving voltage line;

a first electrode connected to the second thin film transistor;

a second electrode facing the first electrode; and

a light-emitting member disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the first auxiliary electrode does not overlap the first signal line.

2. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary electrode is disposed on a layer different from the driving voltage line.

3. The OLED display of claim 1 , further comprising a blocking layer disposed on the first auxiliary electrode.

4. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary electrode covers the entire surface of the substrate.

5. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary electrode comprises a transparent or translucent conductor.

6. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary electrode is disposed corresponding to the light-emitting member.

7. The OLED display of claim 6 , wherein the first auxiliary electrode comprises at least one of Al, an Al alloy, Cu, a Cu alloy, Ag, and an Ag alloy.

8. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:

a substrate;

a first auxiliary electrode disposed on the substrate;

a first signal line disposed on the substrate;

a second signal line crossing the first signal line;

a driving voltage line connected to the first auxiliary electrode;

a first thin film transistor connected to the first signal line and the second signal line;

a second thin film transistor connected to the first thin film transistor and the driving voltage line;

a first electrode connected to the second thin film transistor; a second electrode facing the first electrode;

a light-emitting member disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode; and

a second auxiliary electrode spaced apart from the first auxiliary electrode,

wherein the second auxiliary electrode is connected to the second electrode.

9. The OLED display of claim 8 , wherein the first auxiliary electrode and the second auxiliary electrode are disposed on the same layer.

10. The OLED display of claim 8 , wherein the second auxiliary electrode receives a voltage having the same magnitude as what the second electrode receives.

11. The OLED display of claim 8 , further comprising a voltage auxiliary line disposed on the same layer as the first signal line or the second signal line, the voltage auxiliary line being connected to the second electrode and the second auxiliary electrode.

12. The OLED display of claim 8 , wherein the second electrode comprises a transparent or translucent conductor.

13. The OLED display of claim 12 , wherein the second electrode comprises indium tin oxide or indium zinc oxide.

14. The OLED display of claim 8 , further comprising a partition, the light-emitting member being disposed in an opening of the partition.

15. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:

a substrate;

an auxiliary electrode disposed on the substrate;

a first signal line disposed on the substrate;

a second signal line crossing the first signal line;

a first thin film transistor connected to the first signal line and the second signal line;

a second thin film transistor connected to the first thin film transistor;

a first electrode connected to the second thin film transistor;

a second electrode facing the first electrode and

a light-emitting member disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode,

wherein the second electrode is connected to the auxiliary electrode through a connecting member.

16. The OLED display of claim 15 , further comprising a voltage auxiliary line disposed on the same layer as the first signal line or the second signal line, the voltage auxiliary line being connected to the second electrode.

17. The OLED display of claim 15 , wherein the second electrode comprises a transparent or translucent conductor.

18. The OLED display of claim 17 , wherein the second electrode comprises indium tin oxide or indium zinc oxide.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Aug 28, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028859/0785 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 30, 2006
From: JUNG, KWANG-CHUL; CHOI, BEOHM-ROCK; KIM, NAM-DEOG
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018567/0275 →