IP Library Patent Application 12025603
Patent Application
App. No. 12/025,603

METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE AND ORGANIC LIGHT-EMITTING DEVICE MANUFACTURED USING THE METHOD

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12/025,603
Abstract

Provided is a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting device, the method including: forming an anode; forming an intermediate layer including an emission layer on the anode; and forming a cathode on the intermediate layer, wherein the forming the cathode includes: thermally depositing indium oxide with plasma generated in a chamber; and surface-treating with plasma an indium oxide layer formed by the thermal depositing of the indium oxide.

Claims (37)

1 . A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting device, the method comprising:

forming an anode;

forming an intermediate layer comprising an emission layer on the anode; and

forming a cathode on the intermediate layer, wherein the forming the cathode comprises:

thermally depositing indium oxide in plasma generated in a chamber; and

surface-treating with plasma an indium oxide layer formed by the thermal depositing of the indium oxide.

2 . The method of claim 1 , wherein the surface treating the indium oxide layer with the plasma comprises lowering an oxygen ratio in the indium oxide layer.

3 . An organic light-emitting device formed by utilizing a method comprising:

forming an anode;

forming an intermediate layer comprising an emission layer on the anode; and

forming a cathode on the intermediate layer, wherein the forming the cathode comprises:

thermally depositing indium oxide in plasma generated in a chamber; and

surface-treating with plasma an indium oxide layer formed by the thermal depositing of the indium oxide.

4 . A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting device, the method comprising:

forming an anode;

forming an intermediate layer comprising an emission layer on the anode; and

forming a cathode on the intermediate layer, wherein the forming the cathode comprises:

thermally depositing indium oxide, and at least one of a metal or a metal oxide to form a transparent conductive layer of indium oxide doped with the at least one of the metal or the metal oxide; and

surface-treating with plasma the transparent conductive layer of the indium oxide doped with the at least one of the metal or the metal oxide formed by the thermal depositing of the indium oxide, and the at least one of the metal or the metal oxide.

5 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the forming the cathode comprises thermally depositing the indium oxide and the at least one of the metal or the metal oxide in plasma generated in a chamber to form the transparent conductive layer of the indium oxide doped with the at least one of the metal or the metal oxide.

6 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the surface treating the transparent conductive layer with the plasma comprises lowering an oxygen ratio in the transparent conductive layer.

7 . The method of claim 4 , wherein an absolute work function value of the at least one of the metal or the metal oxide is lower than that of the indium oxide.

8 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the metal comprises a material selected from the group consisting of ytterbium (Yb), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), samarium (Sm), cesium (Cs), barium (Ba), strontium (Sr), yttrium (Y), lanthanum (La), and combinations thereof.

9 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the metal oxide comprises a material selected from the group consisting of strontium oxide, calcium oxide, cesium oxide, barium oxide, yttrium oxide, lanthanum oxide, and combinations thereof.

10 . The method of claim 4 , wherein the at least one of the metal or the metal oxide utilized to form the transparent conductive layer comprises both the metal and the metal oxide.

11 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the forming the cathode comprises thermally depositing the indium oxide, the metal, and the metal oxide in plasma generated in a chamber to form the transparent conductive layer of the indium oxide doped with the metal and the metal oxide.

12 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the surface treating the transparent conductive layer with the plasma comprises lowering an oxygen ratio in the transparent conductive layer.

13 . The method of claim 10 , wherein absolute work function values of the metal and the metal oxide are each lower than that of the indium oxide.

14 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the metal comprises a material selected from the group consisting of ytterbium (Yb), calcium (Ca), magnesium (Mg), samarium (Sm), cesium (Cs), barium (Ba), strontium (Sr), yttrium (Y), lanthanum (La), and combinations thereof.

15 . The method of claim 10 , wherein the metal oxide comprises a material selected from the group consisting of strontium oxide, calcium oxide, cesium oxide, barium oxide, yttrium oxide, lanthanum oxide, and combinations thereof.

16 . An organic light-emitting device formed utilizing a method comprising:

forming an anode;

forming an intermediate layer comprising an emission layer on the anode; and

forming a cathode on the intermediate layer, wherein the forming the cathode comprises:

thermally depositing indium oxide, and at least one of a metal or a metal oxide to form a transparent conductive layer of indium oxide doped with the at least one of the metal or the metal oxide; and

surface-treating with plasma the transparent conductive layer of the indium oxide doped with the at least one of the metal or the metal oxide formed by the thermal depositing of the indium oxide, and the at least one of the metal or the metal oxide.

17 . The organic light-emitting device of claim 16 , wherein the at least one of the metal or the metal oxide utilized to form the transparent conductive layer comprises both the metal and the metal oxide.

Assignments (3)
MERGER Recorded Aug 20, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028816/0306 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 15, 2008
From: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD., FORMERLY SAMSUNG DISPLAY DEVICES CO., LTD, FORMERLY SAMSUNG ELECTRON DEVICES CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 021981/0529 →
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE APPLICATION NUMBER, FILING DATE, AND TITLE PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 020461 FRAME 0452. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE THE SERIAL NUMBER 11025603, SHOULD READ 12025603. Recorded Mar 17, 2008
From: KIM, YONG-TAK; KIM, WON-JONG; CHOI, JIN-BAEK; LEE, JONG-HYUK; CHO, YOON-HYEUNG; LEE, BYOUNG-DUK; OH, MIN-HO; LEE, SO-YOUNG; LEE, SUN-YOUNG
To: SAMSUNG SDI CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020660/0541 →