IP Library Granted Patent US 7,939,820
Granted Patent B2
US 7,939,820 · App. 11/905,380 · Granted May 10, 2011

Organic light emitting display (OLED) and its method of fabrication

Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 7,939,820
App. No.
11/905,380
Granted
May 10, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED) and its method of fabrication, is capable of omitting a process of patterning a second pixel electrode by forming a first pixel electrode, forming a pixel-defining layer including an opening on the first pixel electrode, and forming the second pixel electrode and a third pixel electrode in the opening using a shadow mask as a mask. The OLED includes: a substrate; a first pixel electrode disposed on the substrate; a pixel-defining layer having an opening exposing a portion of the first pixel electrode; a second pixel electrode disposed on the first pixel electrode exposed by the opening of the pixel-defining layer and disposed in the opening of the pixel-defining layer; a third pixel electrode disposed on the second pixel electrode and disposed in the opening of the pixel-defining layer; an organic layer disposed on the third pixel electrode and including an emission layer; and an opposite electrode disposed on the organic layer.

Claims (28)

1. An Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED) comprising:

a substrate;

a first pixel electrode arranged on the substrate;

a pixel-defining layer having an opening exposing a portion of a top surface of the first pixel electrode;

a second pixel electrode arranged on the first pixel electrode exposed by the opening of the pixel-defining layer and arranged in the opening of the pixel-defining layer;

a third pixel electrode arranged on the second pixel electrode and arranged in the opening of the pixel-defining layer;

an organic layer arranged on the third pixel electrode and including an emission layer; and

an opposite electrode arranged on the organic layer.

2. The OLED according to claim 1 , wherein the first pixel electrode comprises a material selected from a group consisting of Indium Tin Oxide (Ito), Indium Zinc Oxide (IZO), Tin Oxide (TO), and Zinc Oxide (ZnO).

3. The OLED according to claim 1 , wherein the second pixel electrode comprises a material selected from a group consisting of Al, an Al alloy, Ag, and an Ag alloy.

4. The OLED according to claim 1 , wherein the third pixel electrode comprises a material selected from a group consisting of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), Indium Zinc Oxide (IZO), Tin Oxide (TO), and Zinc Oxide (ZnO).

5. The OLED according to claim 1 , wherein the first pixel electrode has a thickness in a range of 50-100 Å.

6. The OLED according to claim 1 , wherein the second pixel electrode has a thickness in a range of 900-2000 Å.

7. The OLED according to claim 1 , wherein the third pixel electrode has a thickness in a range of 50-100 Å.

8. The OLED according to claim 1 , wherein the pixel-defining layer comprises a material selected from a group consisting of benzocyclobutene (BCB), acryl-based photoresist, phenol-based photoresist, and polyimide-based photoresist.

9. An Organic Light Emitting Display (OLED) comprising:

a substrate;

a thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer having source and drain regions arranged on the substrate, and source and drain electrodes electrically connected to the semiconductor layer;

a first pixel electrode connected to one of the source and drain electrodes;

a pixel-defining layer having an opening exposing a portion of a top surface of the first pixel electrode;

a second pixel electrode arranged on the first pixel electrode exposed by the opening of the pixel-defining layer and arranged in the opening of the pixel-defining layer;

a third pixel electrode arranged on the second pixel electrode and arranged in the opening of the pixel-defining layer;

an organic layer arranged on the third pixel electrode and including an emission layer; and

an opposite electrode arranged on the organic layer.

10. The OLED according to claim 9 , wherein the first pixel electrode comprises a material selected from a group consisting of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), Indium Zinc Oxide (IZO), Tin Oxide (TO), and Zinc Oxide (ZnO).

11. The OLED according to claim 9 , wherein the second pixel electrode comprises a material selected from a group consisting of Al, an Al alloy, Ag, and an Ag alloy.

12. The OLED according to claim 9 , wherein the third pixel electrode comprises a material selected from a group consisting of Indium Tin Oxide (ITO), Indium Zinc Oxide (IZO), Tin Oxide (TO), and Zinc Oxide (ZnO).

13. The OLED according to claim 9 , wherein the pixel-defining layer comprises a material selected from a group consisting of benzocyclobutene (BCB), acryl-based photoresist, phenol-based photoresist, and polyimide-based photoresist.

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 Oct 31, 2007
From: KWON, JUNG-HYUN
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., A CORPORATION CHARTERED IN AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Reel/Frame 020075/0387 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2006-0119898 · Nov 30, 2006 · national
Continuity (1)
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