IP Library Granted Patent US 8,937,315
Granted Patent B2
US 8,937,315 · App. 12/929,994 · Granted Jan 20, 2015

Organic light emitting diode display and manufacturing method thereof

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Patent No.
US 8,937,315
App. No.
12/929,994
Granted
Jan 20, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display includes a substrate main body, a semiconductor layer and a first capacitor electrode on the substrate main body, bottom surfaces of the semiconductor layer and first capacitor electrode being substantially coplanar, and each of the semiconductor layer and first capacitor electrode including an impurity-doped polysilicon layer, a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor layer and the first capacitor electrode, a gate electrode on the semiconductor layer with the gate insulating layer therebetween, and a second capacitor electrode on the first capacitor electrode with the gate insulating layer therebetween, the second capacitor electrode including a convex electrode portion and a concave electrode portion, the concave electrode portion being thinner than each of the convex electrode portion and the gate electrode.

Claims (32)

1. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising:

a substrate main body;

a semiconductor layer and a first capacitor electrode on the substrate main body, bottom surfaces of the semiconductor layer and first capacitor electrode being substantially coplanar, and each of the semiconductor layer and first capacitor electrode including an impurity-doped polysilicon layer;

a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor layer and the first capacitor electrode;

a gate electrode on the semiconductor layer with the gate insulating layer therebetween; and

a second capacitor electrode on the first capacitor electrode with the gate insulating layer therebetween, the second capacitor electrode including a first electrode portion and a second electrode portion,

wherein the second electrode portion is thinner than each of the first electrode portion and the gate electrode.

2. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the gate electrode and the second capacitor electrode include a same metal, the metal including at least one of molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), and tungsten (W).

3. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 2 , wherein:

the gate electrode has a thickness of about 170 nm or more, and

the second electrode portion of the second capacitor electrode has a thickness larger than 0 nm and smaller than 75% of the thickness of the gate electrode.

4. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first electrode portion of the second capacitor electrode has the same thickness as the gate electrode.

5. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first capacitor electrode includes an implantation region overlapping the second electrode portion of the second capacitor electrode and an expanded implantation region adjacent to the implantation region, the expanded implantation region extending laterally from the implantation region.

6. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first electrode portion of the second capacitor electrode has a width that is larger than zero and smaller than or equal to twice a width of the expanded implantation region, the width of the expanded implantation region extending from the implantation region in a direction parallel to the first capacitor electrode.

7. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the second electrode portion of the second capacitor electrode has a thickness within a range of about 10 nm to about 140 nm.

8. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a width of the second electrode portion is equal to or larger than a width of the first electrode portion, the widths extending in parallel to the bottom surface of the second capacitor electrode.

9. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising:

a substrate main body;

a semiconductor layer and a first capacitor electrode on the substrate main body, bottom surfaces of the semiconductor layer and first capacitor electrode being substantially coplanar, and each of the semiconductor layer and first capacitor electrode including an impurity-doped polysilicon layer;

a gate insulating layer on the semiconductor layer and the first capacitor electrode;

a gate electrode on the semiconductor layer with the gate insulating layer therebetween; and

a second capacitor electrode on the first capacitor electrode with the gate insulating layer therebetween, the second capacitor electrode including a plurality of first electrode portions and a plurality of second electrode portions,

wherein each of the second electrode portions are thinner than each of the first electrode portions and thinner than the gate electrode.

10. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the second electrode portions and the first electrode portions of the second capacitor electrode are integral with each other to define a seamless structure having a stripe pattern or a lattice pattern, a top surface of the first electrode portions extending above a top surface of the second electrode portions.

11. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the second electrode portions and the first electrode portions of the second capacitor electrode have coplanar bottom surfaces contacting the gate insulating layer and defining the bottom surface of the second capacitor electrode, and are arranged alternately to overlap an entire length of the first capacitor electrode.

12. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the gate electrode and the second capacitor electrode include a same metal, the metal including at least one of molybdenum (Mo), chromium (Cr), and tungsten (W).

13. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 12 , wherein:

the gate electrode has a thickness of about 170 nm or more, and

the second electrode portions of the second capacitor electrode each have a thickness larger than 0 nm and smaller than 75% of the thickness of the gate electrode.

14. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first electrode portions of the second capacitor electrode each have the same thickness as the gate electrode.

15. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the second electrode portions of the second capacitor electrode each have a thickness within a range of about 10 nm to about 140 nm.

16. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a width of each of the second electrode portions is equal to or larger than a width of each of the first electrode portions, the widths extending in parallel to the bottom surface of the second capacitor electrode.

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 Mar 1, 2011
From: KWON, OH-SEOB; KIM, DEUK-JONG; KO, MOO-SOON
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 025915/0774 →