IP Library Granted Patent US 8,008,855
Granted Patent B2
US 8,008,855 · App. 12/415,161 · Granted Aug 30, 2011

Organic light emitting display with micro-lenses and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,008,855
App. No.
12/415,161
Granted
Aug 30, 2011
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting display includes a base substrate, a driving transistor arranged on the base substrate, a first electrode electrically connected to the driving transistor, an organic light emitting layer arranged on the first electrode to generate a light, a second electrode arranged on the organic light emitting layer, an opposite substrate facing the base substrate and including micro-lenses to disperse the light generated by the organic light emitting layer, and a sub-electrode arranged on at least one of the micro-lenses, the sub-electrode making contact with the second electrode to be electrically connected to the second electrode.

Claims (23)

1. An organic light emitting display comprising:

a base substrate;

a driving transistor arranged on the base substrate;

a first electrode electrically connected to the driving transistor;

an organic light emitting layer arranged on the first electrode to generate a light;

a second electrode arranged on the organic light emitting layer;

an opposite substrate facing the base substrate and including micro-lenses to disperse the light generated by the organic light emitting layer, wherein at least one of the micro-lenses has a thickness that differs from another one of the micro-lenses; and

a sub-electrode arranged on at least one of the micro-lenses, the sub-electrode making contact with the second electrode to be electrically connected to the second electrode

wherein the base substrate comprises a plurality of pixel areas, the first electrode is arranged in each pixel area, and the sub-electrode is arranged between adjacent pixel areas in a plan view,

wherein the micro-lenses comprise:

first micro-lenses protruding from the opposite substrate and each corresponding to a respective one of the pixel areas, wherein each of the first micro-lenses has a first thickness; and

second micro-lenses protruding from the opposite substrate and corresponding to areas between adjacent pixel areas, wherein each of the second micro-lenses has a second thickness that is thicker than the first thickness, and wherein the sub-electrode is arranged on the second micro-lenses.

2. The organic light emitting display of claim 1 , wherein each of the micro-lenses has a convex shape toward the second electrode.

3. The organic light emitting display of claim 1 , wherein the sub-electrode comprises a metallic material.

4. The organic light emitting display of claim 1 , wherein the organic light emitting layer is arranged on an entire surface of the base substrate.

5. A substrate opposing a display substrate of an organic light emitting display, the opposing substrate comprising:

a transparent substrate, wherein one surface of the transparent substrate includes a first plurality of lenses disposed to face respective pixel areas of the display substrate and a second plurality of lenses disposed to face respective spaces between the pixel areas, wherein the first plurality of lenses have a different thickness from the second plurality of lenses; and

a plurality of sub-electrodes contacting with and covering a part of a respective one of the second plurality of lenses,

wherein the sub-electrodes are configured to make an electrical connection with a transparent conductive material of the display substrate.

6. The opposing substrate of claim 5 , wherein the lenses have a convex shape toward the display substrate.

7. The opposing substrate of claim 5 , wherein the sub-electrodes have a convex-concave shape.

8. The opposing substrate of claim 5 , wherein the thickness of the second plurality of lenses is greater than the thickness of the first plurality of lenses.

9. The opposing substrate of claim 5 , wherein the width of the second plurality of lenses is greater than the width of the first plurality of lenses.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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