Display device and method of manufacturing
View Patent ↗A display device comprising: a thin film transistor formed on an insulating substrate; a first anode electrically connected to the thin film transistor; a first organic layer formed on the first anode and comprising a first light-emitting layer; a second anode formed on the first organic layer and electrically connected to the thin film transistor; a second organic layer formed on the second anode and comprising a second light-emitting layer; and a cathode formed on the second organic layer.
1. A display device comprising:
a thin film transistor formed on an insulating substrate;
a first anode electrically connected to the thin film transistor;
a first organic layer formed on the first anode and comprising a first light-emitting layer;
a second anode formed on the first organic layer and electrically connected to the thin film transistor;
a second organic layer formed on the second anode and comprising a second light-emitting layer; and
a cathode formed on the second organic layer; and
wherein the first anode and the second anode receive the same electric voltage, and the entire cathode is located outside of a space between the first anode and the second anode.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second anode directly contacts the first organic layer.
3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second organic layer is formed in an overlapping area of the second anode and the cathode, and the second anode does not directly contact the cathode.
4. The display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first organic layer and the second organic layer comprise of a polymer.
5. The display device according to claim 4 , further comprising a wall surrounding the first organic layer and the second organic layer, wherein the first organic layer and the second organic layer are formed by ink-jetting.
6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the first organic layer further comprises a first buffer layer disposed between the first light-emitting layer and the first anode, and the second organic layer further comprises a second buffer layer disposed between the second anode and the second light-emitting layer.
7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein each of the first buffer layer and the second buffer layer includes poly-3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene PEDOT and poly styrenesulfonate PSS.
8. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the second anode comprises a first part disposed on the first organic layer, and a second part formed on the wall and connecting the thin film transistor and the first part.
9. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the cathode comprises a first part disposed on the second organic layer, and a second part formed on the wall and connecting the neighboring first parts to each other.
10. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the cathode comprises one of a Ba/Al double layer, a Ba/Ag double layer, a Ca/Ag double layer, a LiF/Ca/Ag triple layer and a LiF/Ca/Al triple layer.
11. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein the first light-emitting layer and the second light-emitting layer emit light at the same time.
12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first organic layer comprises polymer, and the second organic layer comprises a low molecular material.
13. The display device according to claim 12 , wherein the first organic layer comprises a plurality of sub-layers, and at least one of the sub-layers is formed in an overlapping area of the second anode and the cathode.
14. The display device according to claim 12 , an additional cathode is not disposed between the first anode and the second anode.