IP Library Granted Patent US 8,283,852
Granted Patent B2
US 8,283,852 · App. 12/473,904 · Granted Oct 9, 2012

Organic light emitting device

Assignee: Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,283,852
App. No.
12/473,904
Granted
Oct 9, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting device includes: a substrate; thin film structures formed on the substrate; a pixel electrode including a metal layer formed on the thin film structures, and a transparent conductor layer formed on the metal layer; a common electrode facing the pixel electrode; and an organic light emitting member disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode, wherein the organic light emitting member includes an emission layer and a plurality of auxiliary layers, and the profile thickness of a first layer as at least one layer among the emission layer and the auxiliary layers on the substrate is different from the profile thickness of at least one second layer that is different from the first layer among the emission layer and the auxiliary layers.

Claims (33)

1. An organic light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

thin film structures formed on the substrate;

a pixel electrode comprising a metal layer formed on the thin film structures, and a transparent conductor layer formed on the metal layer;

a common electrode facing the pixel electrode; and

an organic light emitting member disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode,

wherein the organic light emitting member comprises an emission layer and a plurality of auxiliary layers, and a profile thickness of at least a first layer among the emission layer and the auxiliary layers on the substrate is different from a profile thickness of at least a second layer that is different from the first layer among the emission layer and the auxiliary layers,

wherein the profile thickness of the second layer is thicker from a central portion of the substrate to an edge of the substrate.

2. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the profile thickness of the first layer is thinner from the central portion of the substrate to the edge of the substrate.

3. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the profile thickness of the first layer compensates a thickness change of the second layer such that the profile thickness of the first layer is changed in a direction such that a profile thickness uniformity of the organic light emitting member is improved.

4. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary layers comprise an electron transport layer, a hole transport layer, an electron injection layer, and a hole injection layer.

5. The organic light emitting device of claim 4 , wherein the first layer is the hole transport layer.

6. The organic light emitting device of claim 5 , wherein a profile thickness deviation of the hole transport layer is less than about 200 Å.

7. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the first layer is a hole transport layer forming one of the plurality of auxiliary layers.

8. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer comprises a plurality of sub-emission layers emitting light of different wavelengths from each other, and emitting white light by combination of the light of the different wavelengths.

9. The organic light emitting device of claim 8 , wherein the plurality of sub-emission layers comprises a first sub-emission layer emitting a first color, a second sub-emission layer emitting a second color, and a third sub-emission layer emitting a third color, wherein the first sub-emission layer, the second sub-emission layer, and the third sub-emission layer are repeatedly deposited at least twice.

10. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , further comprising a color filter formed between the thin film structures and the pixel electrode.

11. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the pixel electrode further comprises a metal oxide layer formed under the metal layer.

12. The organic light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein the transparent conductor layer and the metal oxide layer comprise one of polycrystalline ITO and polycrystalline IZO.

13. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein the metal layer comprises one of silver and aluminum.

14. An organic light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

thin film structures formed on the substrate;

a pixel electrode comprising a metal layer formed on the thin film structures, and a transparent conductor layer formed on the metal layer;

a common electrode facing the pixel electrode; and

an organic light emitting member disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode,

wherein the organic light emitting member comprises an emission layer and a plurality of auxiliary layers, and a profile thickness of a first layer as at least one layer among the emission layer and the auxiliary layers on the substrate is different from a profile thickness of at least one second layer that is different from the first layer among the emission layer and the auxiliary layers,

wherein the emission layer comprises a first sub-emission layer emitting a first color, a second sub-emission layer emitting a second color, and a third sub-emission layer emitting a third color, wherein the first sub-emission layer, the second sub-emission layer, and the third sub-emission layer are repeatedly deposited at least twice,

wherein the profile thickness of the second layer is thicker from a central portion of the substrate to an edge of the substrate.

15. The organic light emitting device of claim 14 , wherein the profile thickness of the first layer is thinner from the central portion of the substrate to the edge of the substrate.

16. The organic light emitting device of claim 14 , wherein the profile thickness of the first layer compensates a thickness change of the second layer such that the profile thickness of the first layer is changed in a direction such that a profile thickness uniformity of the organic light emitting member is improved.

17. The organic light emitting device of claim 14 , wherein the auxiliary layers comprise an electron transport layer, a hole transport layer, an electron injection layer, and a hole injection layer.

18. The organic light emitting device of claim 17 , wherein the first layer is the hole transport layer.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 17, 2012
From: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029045/0860 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2009
From: LEE, SUNG-SOO; LEE, JOO-HYEON
To: SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 022758/0920 →
Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (1)
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