IP Library Patent Application 11941798
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App. No. 11/941,798

ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME

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11/941,798
Abstract

An organic light emitting display device and a method of fabricating the same capable of improving driving voltage and luminous efficiency. The OLED includes a substrate; a first electrode disposed on the substrate; an organic layer disposed on the first electrode and including an organic emission layer; and a second electrode disposed on the organic layer, and including a first metal layer and a second metal layer.

Claims (38)

1 . An organic light emitting display device comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode disposed on the substrate;

an organic layer disposed on the first electrode, and including an organic emission layer; and

a second electrode disposed on the organic layer, and including a first metal layer and a second metal layer.

2 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first metal layer is formed of an Mg—Ag alloy.

3 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 2 , wherein the Mg—Ag alloy has an atomic ratio of Mg:Ag ranging from 9:1 to 1:9.

4 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second metal layer is formed of a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Ag, Ti, Mo, and Pd.

5 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first metal layer is formed to have a thickness ranging from about 50 Å to about 500 Å.

6 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second metal layer is formed to have a thickness ranging from about 300 Å to about 3000 Å.

7 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first metal layer is between the second metal layer and the organic layer.

8 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second electrode is a cathode.

9 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein the organic layer further comprises at least one layer selected from the group consisting of an electron injection layer, an electron transport layer, a hole injection layer, and a hole transport layer.

10 . A method of fabricating an organic light emitting display device, the method comprising:

providing a substrate;

forming a first electrode on the substrate;

forming an organic layer including an organic emission layer on the first electrode;

sequentially forming a first metal layer and a second metal layer on the organic layer.

11 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first metal layer is formed by co-depositing Mg and Ag.

12 . The method according to claim 10 , wherein the first metal layer is formed of Mg and Ag with an atomic ratio of Mg:Ag ranging from 9:1 to 1:9.

13 . An organic light emitting display device comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode disposed on the substrate;

a first organic layer disposed on the first electrode, and including a first organic emission layer;

a second electrode disposed on the first organic layer, and including a first metal layer and a second metal layer;

a second organic layer disposed on the second electrode, and including a second organic emission layer; and

a third electrode disposed on the second organic layer.

14 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 13 , wherein the first metal layer is formed of an Mg—Ag alloy.

15 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 14 , wherein the Mg—Ag alloy has an atomic ratio of Mg:Ag of 9:1 to 1:9.

16 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 13 , wherein the second metal layer is formed of a metal selected from the group consisting of Al, Ag, Ti, Mo, and Pd.

17 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 13 , wherein the first metal layer is formed to have a thickness ranging from about 50 Å to about 500 Å.

18 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 13 , wherein the second metal layer is formed to have a thickness ranging from about 300 Å to about 3000 Å.

19 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 13 , wherein the first metal layer is between the second metal layer and the organic layer.

20 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 13 , wherein the third electrode is formed of a material selected from the group consisting of ITO, IZO and ZnO.

21 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 13 , wherein the second electrode is a cathode.

22 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 13 , further comprising a thin film transistor electrically connected to the first electrode.

23 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 13 , wherein the first electrode is electrically connected to the third electrode.

24 . The organic light emitting display device according to claim 13 , further comprising a thin film transistor electrically connected to the first electrode and the third electrode to drive both the first electrode and the third electrode.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 23, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028840/0224 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 12, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021973/0313 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2007
From: KIM, MI-KYUNG; CHUN, MIN-SEUNG
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020245/0422 →