IP Library Granted Patent US 7,872,256
Granted Patent B2
US 7,872,256 · App. 11/727,324 · Granted Jan 18, 2011

Organic light emitting display and fabrication method of the same

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Patent No.
US 7,872,256
App. No.
11/727,324
Granted
Jan 18, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting display that includes a substrate, a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a corresponding plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels including red pixels, blue pixels and green pixels, a hole injection layer arranged on the first electrodes arranged on the substrate, the hole injection layer having different respective thicknesses in correspondence with the pixels, a hole transport layer entirely covering the hole injection layer, a white light emitting layer entirely covering the hole transport layer, an electron transport layer arranged on the white light emitting layer, a second electrode arranged on the electron transport layer and a color filter arranged on the second electrode.

Claims (35)

1. An organic light emitting display, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes arranged in a corresponding plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels including red pixels, blue pixels and green pixels;

a hole injection layer arranged on the first electrodes arranged on the substrate, the hole injection layer having different respective thicknesses in correspondence with the pixels;

a hole transport layer entirely covering the hole injection layer;

a white light emitting layer entirely covering the hole transport layer;

an electron transport layer arranged on the white light emitting layer;

a second electrode arranged on the electron transport layer; and

a color filter arranged on the second electrode,

wherein the hole injection layer includes:

a first hole injection layer entirely covering a display region of the organic light emitting display that includes the first electrodes arranged on the substrate; and

a patterned second hole injection layer arranged on the first hole injection layer and arranged separately over ones of the plurality of pixels, wherein the second hole injection layer is arranged only above ones of the first electrodes and not between ones of the first electrodes, and wherein the first hole injection layer is arranged both above ones of the first electrodes and on exposed portions of the substrate in between neighboring ones of the pixels.

2. The organic light emitting display of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the second hole injection layer over red pixels is greater than a thickness of the second hole injection layer over green pixels.

3. The organic light emitting display of claim 1 , further comprising an electron injection layer arranged between the electron transport layer and the second electrode.

4. The organic light emitting display of claim 1 , wherein the hole injection layer comprises:

the first hole injection layer covering an entirety of a display region of the display, the first hole injection layer being a blanket layer; and

the second hole injection layer arranged on the first hole injection layer and being a patterned layer arranged separately only over ones of the plurality of first. electrodes.

5. A method of fabricating an organic light emitting display, comprising:

patterning a plurality of first electrodes on a substrate, the plurality of first electrodes being arranged in a corresponding plurality of pixels, the plurality of pixels including red pixels, blue pixels and green pixels;

forming a hole injection layer haying a different respective thicknesses in correspondence with the pixels;

forming a hole transport layer on the hole injection layer;

forming a white light emitting layer on the hole transport layer;

forming an electron transport layer on the white light emitting layer;

forming an electron injection layer on the electron transport layer;

forming a second electrode on the electron injection layer; and

arranging a color filter on the second electrode,

wherein the formation of the hole injection layer comprises:

forming a first hole injection layer on the substrate, the first hole injection layer entirely covering a display region of the light emitting display that includes the first electrodes arranged on the substrate and regions in between ones of the first electrodes; and

separately forming a second hole injection layer on the first hole injection layer over each of the red, green and blue pixels.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein in he formation of the second hole injection layer, the second hole injection layer is separately formed for each of the red, green and blue pixels.

7. The method of claim 6 , the second hole injection layer is formed to be thicker over the red pixels than over the green pixels.

8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the formation of the hole injection layer is performed by separately patterning the hole injection layer over each of red, green, and blue pixels.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the formation of the hole injection layer is performed via a laser induced thermal imaging (LITI) process.

10. The method of claim 5 , wherein the formation of the hole injection layer is performed via a vacuum evaporation process.

11. The method of claim 5 , the forming of the hole injection layer consists of just two patterning steps.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029087/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 18, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022034/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 26, 2007
From: SUNG, YEUN-JOO; JEONG, HEE-SEONG; YOO, BYEONG-WOOK; OH, JUN-SIK; KHO, SAM-IL
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., A CORPORATION ORGANIZED UNDER THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Reel/Frame 019118/0847 →