IP Library Granted Patent US 9,536,936
Granted Patent B2
US 9,536,936 · App. 12/929,390 · Granted Jan 3, 2017

Organic light emitting diode display

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Patent No.
US 9,536,936
App. No.
12/929,390
Granted
Jan 3, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display includes a display substrate, a sealing member disposed to face the display substrate, a sealant disposed between the display substrate and the sealing member, the sealant being configured to attach the display substrate and the sealing member to each other, a plurality of conductive wires on the display substrate, the conductive wires overlapping the sealant, and at least one short-circuit blocking layer between the conductive wires.

Claims (26)

1. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising:

a display substrate;

a sealing member disposed to face the display substrate;

a sealant disposed between the display substrate and the sealing member, the sealant to attach the display substrate and the sealing member to each other;

a plurality of conductive wires on the display substrate, the conductive wires directly overlapping the sealant; and

at least one short-circuit blocking layer between the conductive wires,

wherein the short-circuit blocking layer has a double layer structure including a lower blocking layer and an upper blocking layer, the lower blocking layer and the conductive wires including substantially a same material and the upper blocking layer including a different material than the conductive wires,

wherein the lower blocking layer and the upper blocking layer do not electrically connect to any of the conductive wires,

wherein each of the upper blocking layer and conductive wires directly contacts the sealant, and

wherein a total thickness of the short-circuit blocking layer is greater than a total thickness of the conductive wires, the thicknesses of the short-circuit blocking layer and the conductive wires being measured along a normal to the display substrate.

2. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the short-circuit blocking layer overlaps the sealant.

3. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 2 , wherein each of a plurality of short-circuit blocking layers extends along a first direction to parallel the conductive wires and completely overlaps the sealant in the first direction, a longitudinal direction of the sealant being perpendicular to the first direction.

4. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein at least one of the short-circuit blocking layers is positioned between two adjacent conductive wires, the short-circuit blocking layer being spaced apart from the conductive wires along the longitudinal direction of the sealant.

5. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the short-circuit blocking layers have a rectangular shape.

6. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the short-circuit blocking layers have a circular shape.

7. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein each of the plurality of short circuit blocking layers includes a plurality of sub-short-circuit layers spaced apart from each other along a width direction of the sealant.

8. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the sub-short-circuit blocking layers have an angular shape with a concave corner portion.

9. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lower blocking layer is completely enclosed between the upper blocking layer and the display substrate.

10. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 9 , further comprising:

a thin film transistor disposed in a display area of the display substrate; and

a driving circuit chip disposed on an edge of the display substrate and configured to transmit a driving signal to the thin film transistor, the conductive wires electrically connecting the driving circuit chip with the thin film transistor.

11. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the lower blocking layer and the conductive wires include at least one of aluminum (Al), chromium (Cr), molybdenum (Mo), titanium (Ti), tantalum (Ta), Al—Ni—La alloy, or Al—Nd alloy.

12. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an organic light emitting diode, the upper blocking layer of the short-circuit blocking layer and an electrode of the organic light emitting diode including a substantially same material.

13. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a distance from a bottom surface of the short-circuit blocking layer to a top surface of the display substrate equals a distance from a bottom surface of the conductive wires to the top surface of the display substrate, the bottom surfaces of the short-circuit blocking layer and conductive wires being coplanar and facing the display substrate.

14. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the short-circuit blocking layer includes a semiconducting material between adjacent conductive wires.

15. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the upper blocking layer of the short-circuit blocking layer includes a semiconducting material.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Oct 16, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029227/0419 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 20, 2011
From: LHEE, ZAIL; BAEK, JI-YEON; YANG, SEUNG-YO
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025718/0142 →