IP Library Granted Patent US 8,188,649
Granted Patent B2
US 8,188,649 · App. 12/003,619 · Granted May 29, 2012

Organic light emitting diode display device and method of fabricating the same

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Patent No.
US 8,188,649
App. No.
12/003,619
Granted
May 29, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes a substrate, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, an organic layer including an emission layer disposed on the first electrode, and a second electrode including stacked layers of Yb and Ag on the organic layer. A method of fabricating the organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device includes providing a substrate, forming a first electrode on the substrate, forming an organic layer including an emission layer on the first electrode, and forming a second electrode including stacked layers of Yb and Ag on the organic layer.

Claims (29)

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode arranged on the substrate;

an organic layer comprising an emission layer, the organic layer arranged on the first electrode; and

a second electrode comprising an ytterbium (Yb) only layer arranged on the organic layer and a silver (Ag) only layer arranged on the ytterbium layer, the Yb only layer having a thickness of 20 Å to 30 Å, and the Ag only layer having a thickness of 70 Å to 90 Å, wherein the second electrode has a sheet resistance of 45 ohm/square or less.

2. The device of claim 1 , wherein the second electrode has a transmittance of 46% to 90% within a wavelength range of 380 nm to 765 nm.

3. The device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer is a white light emission layer.

4. The device of claim 3 , the white light emission layer has a structure, in which a plurality of emission layers emitting light of different wavelength regions are stacked.

5. The device of claim 3 , further comprising at least one of a color filter layer and a color conversion layer formed on the second electrode.

6. The device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer is a blue light emission layer.

7. The device of claim 6 , further comprising a color conversion layer formed on the second electrode.

8. The device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer comprises red, green, and blue light emission layers respectively formed in red, green, and blue pixel regions.

9. The device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode comprises a reflective layer and a transparent electrode material arranged on the reflective layer.

10. The device of claim 9 , wherein the reflective layer is comprised of a material selected from a group consisting of silver (Ag), aluminum (Al), chrome (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), tungsten (W), titanium (Ti), gold (Au), palladium (Pd) and an alloy thereof.

11. A top-emitting organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode arranged on the substrate, the first electrode comprising a reflective layer and a transparent electrode material arranged on the reflective layer;

an organic layer comprising an emission layer, the organic layer being arranged on the first electrode; and

a second electrode comprising an ytterbium (Yb) only layer arranged on the organic layer and a silver (Ag) only layer arranged on the ytterbium only layer, the Yb only layer having a thickness of 20 Å to 30 Å, and the Ag only layer having a thickness of 70 Å to 90 Å, wherein the second electrode has a sheet resistance of 45 ohm/square or less.

12. The device of claim 11 , wherein the second electrode has a transmittance of 46% to 90% within a wavelength range of 380 nm to 765 nm.

13. The device of claim 11 , wherein the emission layer is a white light emission layer.

14. A method of manufacturing an OLED display device, comprising:

providing a substrate;

forming a first electrode on the substrate;

forming an organic layer comprising an emission layer on the first electrode; and

forming a second electrode comprising an ytterbium (Yb) only layer on the organic layer and a silver (Ag) only layer on the ytterbium layer, wherein the Yb only layer has a thickness of 20 Å to 30 Å, and the Ag only layer has a thickness of 70 Å to 90 Å, wherein the second electrode has a sheet resistance of 45 ohm/square or less.

15. The method of claim 14 , wherein the second electrode is produced by a process selected from a group consisting of a sputtering process and a vacuum deposition process.

16. The method of 14 , wherein the first electrode is formed by forming a reflective layer on the substrate and stacking a transparent electrode material on the reflective layer.

17. The method of claim 14 , the wherein the emission layer is a white light emission layer.

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 Apr 2, 2008
From: SUNG, YEUN-JOO; KHO, SAM-IL; YOO, BYEONG-WOOK
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., A CORPORATION CHARTERED IN AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Reel/Frame 020768/0114 →