IP Library Granted Patent US 7,521,858
Granted Patent B2
US 7,521,858 · App. 11/562,687 · Granted Apr 21, 2009

Organic EL display and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 7,521,858
App. No.
11/562,687
Granted
Apr 21, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic EL display includes a substrate, and organic EL elements arranged on the substrate. Each organic EL element includes an anode, a cathode, an emitting layer made of an organic material and interposed therebetween, and a hole transporting layer made of an organic material and interposed between the emitting layer and the anode. The hole transporting layer includes a first layer and a second layer facing the substrate with the first layer interposed therebetween. The second layer is equal in compositions with the first layer and different in degrees of crystallinity from the first layer.

Claims (27)

1. An organic EL display comprising:

a substrate; and

organic EL elements arranged on the substrate, each of the organic EL elements comprising an anode, a cathode, an emitting layer made of an organic material and interposed between the anode and the cathode, and a hole transporting layer made of an organic material and interposed between the emitting layer and the anode, the hole transporting layer including a first layer and a second layer facing the substrate with the first layer interposed therebetween, and the second layer being equal in compositions with the first layer and different in degrees of crystallinity from the first layer.

2. The display according to claim 1 , wherein the first layer is lower in degrees of crystallinity than the second layer.

3. The display according to claim 1 , wherein a thickness d 1 of the first layer is smaller than a thickness d 2 of the second layer.

4. The display according to claim 3 , wherein a ratio d 2 /d 1 of the thickness d 2 to the thickness d 1 is equal to or less than 7.

5. The display according to claim 1 , wherein the organic EL elements includes first to third organic EL elements differing in emitting colors from one another, the first to third organic EL elements being different in thickness of the hole transporting layer from one another and equal in thickness of the first layer to one another.

6. The display according to claim 5 , wherein the first to third organic EL elements are equal in compositions and degrees of crystallinity of the first layer and compositions and degrees of crystallinity of the second layer to one another, and the first and second layers are different in degrees of crystallinity from each other in each of the first to third organic EL elements.

7. An organic EL display comprising:

a substrate; and

organic EL elements arranged on the substrate, each of the organic EL elements comprising an anode, a cathode, an emitting layer made of an organic material and interposed between the anode and the cathode, and a hole transporting layer made of an organic material and interposed between the emitting layer and the anode, the hole transporting layer including a first layer and a second layer facing the substrate with the first layer interposed therebetween, and the second layer being equal in compositions with the first layer and different in hole mobility from the first layer.

8. The display according to claim 7 , wherein hole mobility μ 1 of the first layer is lower than hole mobility μ 2 of the second layer.

9. The display according to claim 8 , wherein a ratio μ 2 /μ 1 of the hole mobility μ 2 to the hole mobility μ 1 falls within a range from 4 to 20.

10. The display according to claim 7 , wherein a thickness d 1 of the first layer is smaller than a thickness d 2 of the second layer.

11. The display according to claim 10 , wherein a ratio d 2 /d 1 of the thickness d 2 to the thickness d 1 is equal to or less than 7.

12. The display according to claim 7 , wherein the organic EL elements includes first to third organic EL elements differing in emitting colors from one another, the first to third organic EL elements being different in thickness of the hole transporting layer from one another and equal in thickness of the first layer to one another.

13. The display according to claim 12 , wherein the first to third organic EL elements are equal in compositions and degrees of crystallinity of the first layer and compositions and degrees of crystallinity of the second layer to one another, and the first and second layers are different in degrees of crystallinity from each other in each of the first to third organic EL elements.

14. A method of manufacturing the organic EL display according to claim 1 , comprising:

in a period from starting a deposition of the first layer to starting a deposition of the second layer, decreasing a degree of crystallinity in the first layer.

15. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the degree of crystallinity is decreased by expanding and contracting the substrate in an in-plane direction parallel to a main surface of the substrate.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein expanding and contracting the substrate is carried out by subjecting the substrate to a heat treatment.

17. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the first and second layers are equal in compositions to each other.

18. The method according to claim 14 , wherein the first layer is made to have a degree of crystallinity lower than that of the second layer.

19. A method of manufacturing the organic EL display according to claim 1 , comprising:

in a period from starting a deposition of the first layer to starting a deposition of the second layer, expanding and contracting the substrate in an in-plane direction parallel to a main surface of the substrate or subjecting the substrate to a heat treatment.

20. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the substrate is expanded and contracted in the in-plane direction.

21. The method according to claim 19 , wherein the substrate is subjected to the heat treatment.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
To: MAGNOLIA WHITE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072209/0001 →
MERGER AND CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 2, 2025
From: JAPAN DISPLAY EAST INC.; JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY INC.
Reel/Frame 071787/0434 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2012
From: TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
To: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028339/0273 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jun 8, 2012
From: TOSHIBA MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: JAPAN DISPLAY CENTRAL INC.
Reel/Frame 028339/0316 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 22, 2006
From: KUBOTA, HIROFUMI; MAEDA, NORIHISA; OOTA, MASUYUKI; MITSUI, KENJI
To: TOSHIBA MATSUSHITA DISPLAY TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018547/0455 →