IP Library Granted Patent US 8,383,431
Granted Patent B2
US 8,383,431 · App. 12/701,836 · Granted Feb 26, 2013

Organic light-emitting diode and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,383,431
App. No.
12/701,836
Granted
Feb 26, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) including: a substrate; a reflection layer on the substrate and including metal; a first electrode on the reflection layer and including a light transparent aluminum zinc oxide (AZO); an organic layer on the first electrode and including an emitting layer; and a second electrode on the organic layer and including a semi-transparent reflection layer.

Claims (30)

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

a substrate;

a first reflection layer on the substrate and comprising metal;

a first electrode on the first reflection layer and comprising a light transparent aluminum zinc oxide (AZO);

an organic layer on the first electrode and comprising an emitting layer;

a second electrode on the organic layer and comprising a semi-transparent reflection layer; and

a thin film transistor on the substrate and electrically coupled to the first reflection layer.

2. The OLED of claim 1 , wherein the organic layer further comprises a first layer between the emitting layer and the first electrode, wherein a thickness of the first layer is in a range of about 40 nm to about 120 nm.

3. The OLED of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode has a thickness in a range of about 30 nm to about 140 nm.

4. The OLED of claim 1 , wherein the light transparent AZO has an absorption constant in a range of about 1×10 −3 to about 2×10 −2 .

5. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) comprising:

a substrate;

a first reflection layer on the substrate and comprising metal;

a first electrode on the first reflection layer and comprising a light transparent aluminum zinc oxide (AZO);

an organic layer on the first electrode and comprising an emitting layer;

a second electrode on the organic layer and comprising a semi-transparent reflection layer; and

a thin film transistor and a contact layer between the first reflection layer and the substrate and comprising an AZO, wherein the contact layer contacts the thin film transistor.

6. A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting diode (OLED), the method comprising:

forming a first reflection layer comprising metal and on a substrate;

forming a first electrode comprising a light transparent aluminum zinc oxide (AZO) and on the first reflection layer, wherein the first electrode is formed by depositing an aluminum oxide on the first reflection layer and depositing a zinc oxide on the first reflection layer;

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

forming a second electrode comprising a semi-transparent reflection layer and on the organic layer.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein the depositing of the aluminum oxide and the depositing of the zinc oxide are concurrently performed.

8. The method of claim 6 , wherein the forming of the first electrode comprises depositing the aluminum oxide and the zinc oxide in a weight ratio of between from about 1:99 and about 10:90.

9. The method of claim 6 , wherein the depositing of the aluminum oxide and the zinc oxide are performed at a temperature ranging from about 100° C. to about 450° C.

10. The method of claim 6 , further comprising forming a thin film transistor on the substrate, wherein the first reflection layer is electrically coupled to the thin film transistor.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising forming a contact layer comprising AZO to contact the thin film transistor before forming the first reflection layer, wherein the first reflection layer is on the contact layer.

12. The method of claim 6 , wherein the organic layer further comprises a first layer between the emitting layer and the first electrode, wherein the first layer has a thickness in a range of about 40 nm to about 120 nm.

13. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first electrode has a thickness in a range of about 30 nm to about 140 nm.

14. The method of claim 6 , wherein the first electrode and the first reflection layer are concurrently patterned.

Assignments (2)
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 Feb 8, 2010
From: KIM, WON-JONG; LEE, CHANG-HO; LEE, JONG-HYUK; SONG, YOUNG-WOO; KIM, YONG-TAK; CHOI, JIN-BAEK; LEE, JOON-GU; CHO, SE-JIN; KO, HEE-JOO; OH, IL-SOO; LEE, HYE-LIM; HWANG, KYU-HAWN
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 023911/0829 →