IP Library Granted Patent US 8,569,947
Granted Patent B2
US 8,569,947 · App. 12/725,306 · Granted Oct 29, 2013

Organic light emitting diode display for reducing reflection of external light

Inventors: Hee-Chul Jeon (Yongin, KR); Noh-Min Kwak (Yongin, KR); Eun-Ah Kim (Yongin, KR); Soon-Ryong Park (Yongin, KR); Joo-Hwa Lee (Yongin, KR); Woo-Suk Jung (Yongin, KR); Chul-Woo Jeong (Yongin, KR); Hee-Seong Jeong (Yongin, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
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Patent No.
US 8,569,947
App. No.
12/725,306
Granted
Oct 29, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display includes a pixel having a plurality of sub-pixels. Each of the plurality of sub-pixels includes a first sub-pixel having a first anode and a first organic emission layer, a second sub-pixel having a second anode and a second organic emission layer, and a third sub-pixel having a third anode and a third organic emission layer. The first, second, and third anodes satisfy the following condition: W ⁢ ⁢ 1 + W ⁢ ⁢ 2 < 2 ⁢ W ⁢ ⁢ 3 < 2 3 ⁢ P where W 1 , W 2 , and W 3 respectively denote the width of the first anode, the width of the second anode, and the width of the third anode measured along a direction traversing the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel and where P denotes a width of the pixel measure along the direction traversing the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel.

Claims (47)

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising a pixel having a plurality of sub-pixels and a pixel defining layer,

wherein the plurality of sub-pixels comprises:

a first sub-pixel comprising a first anode and a first organic emission layer;

a second sub-pixel comprising a second anode and a second organic emission layer; and

a third sub-pixel comprising a third anode and a third organic emission layer,

wherein the first anode, the second anode, and the third anode satisfy the following condition:

W

1

+

W

2

<

2

W

3

<

2

3

P

wherein W 1 , W 2 , and W 3 respectively denote a width of the first anode, a width of the second anode, and a width of the third anode measured along a direction traversing the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel, and wherein P denotes a width of the pixel measured along the direction traversing the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel; and

wherein the pixel defining layer is on edge portions of the first, second, and third anodes and has a first opening exposing a portion of the first anode, a second opening exposing a portion of the second anode, and a third opening exposing a portion of the third anode, and

wherein the first anode, the second anode, the third anode, and the pixel defining layer satisfy the following condition:

w 1 +w 2+12 μm< W 1 +W 2

wherein w 1 and w 2 respectively denote a width of the first opening and a width of the second opening measured along the direction traversing the first, second, and third sub-pixels; and

wherein the first, second, and third anodes are reflective electrodes.

2. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the widths of the first, second, and third anodes are gradually decreased in the order of the third anode, the first anode, and the second anode.

3. The OLED display of claim 2 , wherein the widths of the first, second, and third openings are gradually decreased in the order of the third opening, the first opening, and the second opening.

4. The OLED display of claim 3 , wherein the widths of the first, second, and third openings are respectively smaller than those of the first, second, and third anodes, and the edge portions of the first, second, and third anodes that are overlapped with the pixel defining layer have a constant width.

5. The OLED display of claim 4 , wherein the constant width of each of the edge portions of the first, second, and third anodes that are overlapped with the pixel defining layer is greater than 3 μm.

6. The OLED display of claim 4 , wherein the second anode comprises an externally extended via hole region, and the second organic emission layer is on the second anode, excluding the via hole region.

7. The OLED display of claim 4 , wherein each of the first and third anodes has a polygonal shape region and a via hole region therein, and each of the first and third organic emission layers has a partially concave portion at the via hole region.

8. The OLED display of claim 7 , wherein the second anode has a polygonal shape region and an externally extended via hole region extending out of the polygonal shape region, and the second organic emission layer is only on the polygonal shape region of the second anode.

9. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the width of the third anode is larger than the width of the first anode, and the width of the first anode is larger than the width of the second anode.

10. The OLED display of claim 9 , wherein the width of the third opening is larger than the width of the first opening, and the width of the first opening is larger than the width of the second opening.

11. The OLED display of claim 1 , further comprising a black-colored planarization layer, wherein the first, second, and third anodes are between the black-colored planarization layer and the first, second, and third organic emission layers.

12. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the first organic emission layer is an organic emission layer for a red color.

13. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the second organic emission layer is an organic emission layer for a green color.

14. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the third organic emission layer is an organic emission layer for a blue color.

15. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the first organic emission layer is an organic emission layer for a red color, the second organic emission layer is an organic emission layer for a green color, and the third organic emission layer is an organic emission layer for a blue color.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Aug 23, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 028840/0224 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 17, 2010
From: JEON, HEE-CHUL; KWAK, NOH-MIN; KIM, EUN-AH; PARK, SOON-RYONG; LEE, JOO-HWA; JUNG, WOO-SUK; JEONG, CHUL-WOO; JEONG, HEE-SEONG
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 024093/0339 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2009-0023646 · Mar 19, 2009 · national
Continuity (1)
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