IP Library Granted Patent US 8,102,338
Granted Patent B2
US 8,102,338 · App. 12/112,684 · Granted Jan 24, 2012

Organic light emitting diode display and method for manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,102,338
App. No.
12/112,684
Granted
Jan 24, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting device including a first pixel, a second pixel and a third pixel displaying different colors from each other according to the present invention, the organic light emitting device includes a reflecting electrode and a translucent member forming a micro-cavity along with the reflecting electrode, wherein a optical path length is an interval between the reflecting electrode and the translucent member, and wherein the light path lengths of at least two pixels among the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel are the same.

Claims (52)

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising a first pixel, a second pixel and a third pixel displaying different colors from each other, the OLED display comprises:

a substrate;

a reflecting electrode on the substrate; and

a translucent member forming a micro-cavity along with the reflecting electrode,

wherein an optical path length is a gap between the reflecting electrode and the translucent member,

wherein the first pixel is a red pixel, the second pixel is a blue pixel, and the third pixel is a green pixel,

wherein optical path lengths of the first pixel and the second pixel are the same, and

where the optical path length of the first pixel is different from an optical path length of the third pixel.

2. The OLED display of claim 1 , further comprising

a transparent member disposed between the reflecting electrode and the translucent member, and the transparent member is formed in a portion of at least one pixel among the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel.

3. The OLED display of claim 2 , wherein

the translucent member includes silver or aluminum, and

the transparent member includes ITO or IZO.

4. The OLED display of claim 2 , wherein

the transparent member is formed in the third pixel and not in the first pixel and the second pixel.

5. The OLED display of claim 4 , wherein

the optical path lengths L 1 of the first pixel and the second pixel satisfy L 1 ≈mλ1/2≈(m+1)λ2/2 and

the optical path length L 2 of the third pixel satisfies L 2 ≈(m+1)λ3/2,

where m is a natural number, λ1 is a wavelength of the red region, λ2 is a wavelength of the blue region, and λ3 is a wavelength of the green region.

6. The OLED display of claim 2 , wherein

the optical path lengths of the first pixel and the second pixel are the same, and

the transparent member is formed in the first pixel and the second pixel and not in the third pixel.

7. The OLED display of claim 2 , further comprising

a transparent electrode disposed between the translucent member and the substrate.

8. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein

the translucent member includes a plurality of layers, wherein the layers include a first layer and a second layer which are alternately deposited and have different refractive indexes, and

at least one layer among the plurality of layers is formed only in some pixels among the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel.

9. The OLED display of claim 8 , wherein

the optical path lengths of the first pixel and the second pixel are the same, and

the at least one layer is formed in the third pixel and is not formed in the first pixel and the second pixel.

10. The OLED display of claim 9 , wherein

the optical path lengths L 1 of the first pixel and the second pixel satisfy L 1 ≈mλ 1 /2≈(m+1)λ 2 /2 and

the optical path length L 2 of the third pixel satisfies L 2 ≈(m+1)λ 3 /2,

where m is a natural number, λ 1 is a wavelength of the red region, λ 2 is a wavelength of the blue region, and λ 3 is a wavelength of the green region.

11. The OLED display of claim 8 , wherein

the optical path lengths of the first pixel and the second pixel are the same, and

the at least one layer is formed in the first pixel and the second pixel and is not formed in the third pixel.

12. The OLED display of claim 11 , wherein

the optical path lengths L 1 of the first pixel and the second pixel satisfy L 1 ≈mλ 1 /2≈(m+1)λ 2 /2 and

the optical path length L 2 of the third pixel satisfies L 2 ≈mλ 3 /2,

where m is a natural number, λ 1 is a wavelength of the red region, λ 2 is a wavelength of the blue region, and λ 3 is a wavelength of the green region.

13. The OLED display of claim 1 , further comprising

a white pixel,

wherein the translucent member is absent in the white pixel.

14. The OLED display of claim 13 , further comprising:

a thin film transistor; and

a passivation layer formed on the thin film transistor,

wherein the passivation layer is absent in the white pixel.

15. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein

the first pixel, the second pixel and the third pixel include a corresponding color filter.

16. The OLED display of claim 15 , further comprising

an emission layer disposed between the reflecting electrode and the translucent member, and the emission layer includes a plurality of sub-emission layers emitting light of different wavelengths and emits a white light by combining the light of the different wavelengths.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 27, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029093/0177 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 30, 2008
From: HWANG, YOUNG-IN; LEE, BACK-WOON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 020880/0880 →