Organic light emitting diode display
View Patent ↗An organic light emitting diode display includes a first substrate, the first substrate including at least one organic light emitting diode and a pixel defining layer having an opening portion defining a light emitting region of the organic light emitting diode, protruding portions increasingly protruding on the pixel defining layer as the protruding portions approach the edges of the first substrate, a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate, a sealing member bonding the first substrate to the second substrate, and filler in a space between the first substrate and the second substrate.
1. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising:
a first substrate, the first substrate including at least one organic light emitting diode, a pixel defining layer having an opening portion defining a light emitting region of the organic light emitting diode, and spacers protruding from the pixel defining layer, the spacers increasingly protruding-en from the pixel defining layer as the spacers approach corner regions of the first substrate such that spacers protruding from the pixel defining layer at corner regions of the pixel defining layer have a greater volume than spacers protruding from the pixel defining layer at all other regions of the pixel defining layer;
wherein the all other regions of pixel defining layer include peripheral edge regions of the first substrate between the corner region;
a second substrate disposed opposite to the first substrate;
a sealing member bonding the first substrate to the second substrate; and
filler in a space between the first substrate and the second substrate.
2. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in 1 , wherein the spacers are configured to maintain an interval between the first substrate and the second substrate.
3. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 2 , wherein:
the first substrate includes a plurality of organic light emitting diodes, the organic light emitting diodes being arranged in a plurality of rows and columns on the first substrate, and
the spacers include spacers having a first volume and spacers having a relatively larger volume than the first volume, the spacers having the relatively larger volume being present only at the corner regions of the first substrate and being disposed in a row direction or a column direction between the organic light emitting diodes in the corner regions.
4. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 2 , wherein:
the first substrate includes a plurality of organic light emitting diodes, the organic light emitting diodes being arranged in a plurality of rows and columns on the first substrate, and
the spacers include spacers having a first volume and spacers having a relatively larger volume than the first volume, the spacers having the relatively larger volume being present only at the corner regions of the first substrate and being formed in a cross shape between the organic light emitting diodes in the corner regions.
5. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 2 , wherein:
the first substrate includes a plurality of organic light emitting diodes, the organic light emitting diodes being arranged in a plurality of rows and columns on the first substrate, and
the spacers include spacers having a first volume and spacers having a relatively larger volume than the first volume, the spacers having the relatively larger volume being present only at the corner regions of the first substrate and being formed in a combination of a cross shape and a straight shape between the organic light emitting diodes in the corner regions.
6. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the spacers have a longer length as they approach the corner regions of the first substrate.
7. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:
the first substrate includes a plurality of organic light emitting diodes, the organic light emitting diodes being arranged in a plurality of rows and columns on the first substrate, and
the spacers include spacers having a first volume and spacers having a relatively larger volume than the first volume, the spacers having the relatively larger volume being present only at the corner regions of the first substrate and being disposed in a row direction or a column direction between the organic light emitting diodes in the corner regions.
8. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:
the first substrate includes a plurality of organic light emitting diodes, the organic light emitting diodes being arranged in a plurality of rows and columns on the first substrate, and
the spacers include spacers having a first volume and spacers having a relatively larger volume than the first volume, the spacers having the relatively larger volume being present only at the corner regions of the first substrate and being formed in a cross shape between the organic light emitting diodes in the corner regions.
9. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 6 , wherein:
the first substrate includes a plurality of organic light emitting diodes, the organic light emitting diodes being arranged in a plurality of rows and columns on the first substrate, and
the spacers include spacers having a first volume and spacers having a relatively larger volume than the first volume, the spacers having the relatively larger volume being present only at the corner regions of the first substrate and being formed in a combination of a cross shape and a straight shape between the organic light emitting diodes in the corner regions.
10. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the spacers are integrally formed with the pixel defining layer.
11. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sealing member is frit.