IP Library Granted Patent US 8,780,099
Granted Patent B2
US 8,780,099 · App. 13/064,500 · Granted Jul 15, 2014

Organic light emitting diode display and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,780,099
App. No.
13/064,500
Granted
Jul 15, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a method of manufacturing the same are provided. The OLED display includes: a first substrate; a second substrate; a thin film transistor and a driving driver on the first substrate; an organic light emitting element including a pixel electrode, an organic emission layer, and a common electrode; a pixel defining layer; a thermal conductive layer covering the driving driver; and a first sealant along an outer edge of the first substrate and the second substrate.

Claims (41)

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

a first substrate;

a second substrate facing the first substrate;

a thin film transistor on the first substrate in a display area;

a driving driver on the first substrate in a non-display area;

an organic light emitting element on the thin film transistor, the organic light emitting element including a pixel electrode, an organic emission layer, and a common electrode;

a pixel defining layer (PDL) on the thin film transistor, the PDL exposing a part of the pixel electrode;

a thermal conductive layer covering the driving driver, the thermal conductive layer and the PDL being made of the same material; and

a first sealant between the first substrate and the second substrate, the first sealant along an outer edge of the first substrate and the second substrate.

2. The OLED display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the common electrode covers the PDL.

3. The OLED display as claimed in claim 2 , further comprising:

a second sealant covering the common electrode,

the thermal conductive layer being between the first substrate and the second substrate.

4. The OLED display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the second sealant comprises an epoxy resin and a metal oxide, and

the metal oxide is an oxide of any one of copper (Cu), aluminum (Al), silver (Ag), and iron (Fe).

5. The OLED display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the second sealant comprises an epoxy resin and talc.

6. The OLED display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the common electrode covers the PDL and the thermal conductive layer.

7. The OLED display as claimed in claim 6 , further comprising a second sealant covering the common electrode, the second sealant between the first substrate and the second substrate.

8. The OLED display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first sealant comprises an epoxy resin.

9. The OLED display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second substrate is made of glass or metal.

10. A method of manufacturing an OLED display, the method comprising:

forming a thin film transistor and a driving driver on a first substrate;

forming a pixel electrode on the thin film transistor;

forming a thermal conductive layer that covers the driving driver and a pixel defining layer (PDL) that exposes a part of the pixel electrode on the thin film transistor, the thermal conductive layer and the PDL being made simultaneously of the same material;

forming an organic emission layer on the pixel electrode;

forming a common electrode to cover the PDL and the organic emission layer;

applying a first sealant along an outer edge of the first substrate; and

bonding the first substrate and a second substrate through the first sealant.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 , further comprising:

applying a second sealant after applying the first sealant, the second sealant covering the common electrode and the thermal conductive layer.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein the second sealant includes:

an epoxy, and

the epoxy includes talc or a metal oxide,

the metal oxide being an oxide of any one of copper (Cu), aluminum (Al), silver (Ag), and iron (Fe).

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising thermosetting the second sealant.

14. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the common electrode is formed to cover the thermal conductive layer.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising:

applying a second sealant after applying the first sealant, the second sealant covering the common electrode.

16. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the first sealant includes an epoxy resin.

17. The method as claimed in claim 16 , further comprising ultraviolet (UV) curing the first sealant.

18. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the second substrate is made of glass or metal.

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 29, 2011
From: CHOI, JUNG-MI
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026123/0574 →