IP Library Granted Patent US 7,884,542
Granted Patent B2
US 7,884,542 · App. 11/843,210 · Granted Feb 8, 2011

Organic display device with wall including an opening and a contact hole

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Patent No.
US 7,884,542
App. No.
11/843,210
Granted
Feb 8, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

A display device includes; an insulating substrate, a thin film transistor disposed on the insulating substrate and which comprises a drain electrode, a wall disposed on the thin film transistor and which includes an opening and a contact hole which exposes the drain electrode, a pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the contact hole and which comprises a first part in direct contact with the insulating substrate and a second part connected to the first part, an organic layer disposed on the pixel electrode and which comprises an organic emission layer, and a common electrode disposed on the organic layer.

Claims (21)

1. A display device comprising:

an insulating substrate;

a thin film transistor disposed on the insulating substrate and which comprises a drain electrode;

a wall disposed on the thin film transistor and which includes an opening and a contact hole which exposes the drain electrode;

an insulating layer disposed between the insulating substrate and the wall;

a first pixel electrode in direct contact with the insulating substrate and a second pixel electrode connected to the drain electrode through the contact hole, the second pixel electrode being disposed on the first pixel electrode;

an organic layer disposed on the second pixel electrode and which comprises an organic emission layer; and

a common electrode disposed on the organic layer,

wherein at least a portion of the first pixel electrode is disposed between the insulating substrate and the insulating layer.

2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the thin film transistor further comprises an ohmic contact layer disposed below the drain electrode, and

the drain electrode and the ohmic contact layer have substantially the same surface area and are disposed above substantially the same region of the insulating substrate.

3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an edge of the opening is disposed above the first pixel electrode.

4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein an edge of the opening is in direct contact with the insulating substrate.

5. The display device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the wall and the insulating layer are in direct contact with each other.

6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein the thin film transistor further comprises a gate electrode, and

the insulating layer is disposed between the gate electrode and the drain electrode.

7. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein at least a portion of the first pixel electrode is disposed between the insulating substrate and the wall.

8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the at least a portion of the first pixel electrode disposed between the insulating substrate and the wall has a lower resistance than the second pixel electrode.

9. The display device according to claim 6 , wherein the gate electrode comprises a lower transparent layer and an upper metal layer.

10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the common electrode comprises a reflective metal layer.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029093/0177 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE EXECUTION DATE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 019731 FRAME 0340. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE EXECUTION DATE SHOULD BE 08-12-2007. Recorded Jan 3, 2008
From: SUNG, UN-CHEOL; CHUNG, JIN-KOO; RHEE, JUNG-SOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020310/0322 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Aug 22, 2007
From: SUNG, UN-CHEOL; CHUNG, JIN-KOO; RHEE, JUNG-SOO
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 019731/0340 →