IP Library Granted Patent US 7,956,351
Granted Patent B2
US 7,956,351 · App. 11/644,049 · Granted Jun 7, 2011

Organic light emitting device and method for fabricating the same

Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,956,351
App. No.
11/644,049
Granted
Jun 7, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting device includes a first electrode disposed on a first substrate and comprising an emission area and an non-emission area, a plurality of barrier ribs located on a portion of the non-emission area of the first electrode, each barrier rib having an overhang structure, auxiliary electrodes disposed on a portion of a lower part of the barrier ribs and electrically contacting the first electrode, an emission layer disposed on the emission area of the first electrode and a second electrode disposed on the emission layer.

Claims (18)

1. An organic light emitting device comprising:

a first electrode disposed on a first substrate, the first electrode comprising an emission area and a non-emission area;

a plurality of barrier ribs located on a portion of the non-emission area of the first electrode, each barrier rib having an overhang structure;

auxiliary electrodes disposed on and contacting the first electrode;

an emission layer disposed on the emission area of the first electrode; and

a second electrode disposed on the emission layer,

wherein the barrier ribs have a shape of an undercut to form a space between the first electrode and the barrier ribs, the emission layer and the second electrode are patterned by the barrier ribs,

wherein the auxiliary electrodes are formed in the space between the first electrode and the barrier ribs,

wherein the auxiliary electrodes are contacted to side walls of barrier ribs.

2. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a second substrate opposite the first substrate and having a plurality of thin film transistors thereon, each thin film transistor comprising a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode corresponding a portion of the semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer disposed between the semiconductor layer and the gate electrode, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to the semiconductor layer,

wherein the drain electrode of the second substrate is electrically connected to the second electrode of the first substrate.

3. The organic light emitting device of claim 2 , wherein the first electrode comprises an anode and a common electrode.

4. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary electrodes comprise a material having a lower electrical resistance than the first electrode.

5. The organic light emitting device of claim 4 , wherein the auxiliary electrodes comprise one or more materials selected from the group consisting of Al, Mo, and Cr.

6. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the auxiliary electrodes is substantially equal to or greater than a sum of thicknesses of the emission layer and the second electrode.

7. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode comprises an anode.

8. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the barrier ribs are provided on the first electrode in a lattice structure to define a plurality of emission regions, and the barrier ribs and the auxiliary electrodes are located outside of the plurality of the emission regions.

9. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein a lower part of the barrier ribs have a shape V.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded May 20, 2008
From: LG PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021006/0571 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 22, 2006
From: CHOI, HEE DONG
To: LG.PHILIPS LCD CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 018743/0433 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2006-0052549 · Jun 12, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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