IP Library Granted Patent US 8,319,234
Granted Patent B2
US 8,319,234 · App. 13/067,027 · Granted Nov 27, 2012

Organic light emitting diode display having a multi-color pixel including a hydrophobic layer

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Patent No.
US 8,319,234
App. No.
13/067,027
Granted
Nov 27, 2012
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display and a fabrication method thereof, the display including a substrate; a thin film transistor on the substrate; and an organic light emitting diode on the substrate, the organic light emitting diode including a pixel electrode, an organic emission layer, and a common electrode, wherein the organic emission layer includes a red (R) pixel, a green (G) pixel, and a blue (B) pixel, the pixel electrode includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode that respectively correspond to the red pixel, the green pixel, and the blue pixel, the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode each have different thicknesses, and the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode each include a first hydrophobic layer.

Claims (29)

1. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising:

a substrate;

a thin film transistor on the substrate; and

an organic light emitting diode on the substrate, the organic light emitting diode including a pixel electrode, an organic emission layer, and a common electrode,

wherein:

the organic emission layer includes a red (R) pixel, a green (G) pixel, and a blue (B) pixel,

the pixel electrode includes a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode that respectively correspond to the red pixel, the green pixel, and the blue pixel,

the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode each have different thicknesses, and

the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode each include a first hydrophobic layer.

2. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

a thickness of the first pixel electrode is greater than a thickness of the second pixel electrode, and

a thickness of the second pixel electrode is greater than a thickness of the third pixel electrode.

3. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the first pixel electrode includes a sequentially stacked first ITO (indium tin oxide) layer, Ag (silver) layer, second ITO layer, third ITO layer, and fourth ITO layer,

the first hydrophobic layer is between the second ITO layer and the third ITO layer, and

the first pixel electrode further includes a second hydrophobic layer, the second hydrophobic layer being between the third ITO layer and the fourth ITO layer.

4. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first ITO layer, the second ITO layer, and the third ITO layer each include polycrystalline ITO.

5. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the second pixel electrode includes a sequentially stacked first ITO layer, Ag layer, second ITO layer, and third ITO layer, and

the first hydrophobic layer is between the second ITO layer and the third ITO layer.

6. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the second pixel electrode further includes a second hydrophobic layer, the second hydrophobic layer being on the third ITO layer.

7. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first ITO layer, the second ITO layer, and the third ITO layer each include polycrystalline ITO.

8. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the third pixel electrode includes a sequentially stacked first ITO layer, Ag layer, and second ITO layer, and

the first hydrophobic layer is on the second ITO layer.

9. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 8 , wherein the first ITO layer and the second ITO layer each include polycrystalline ITO.

10. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first hydrophobic layer has a thickness of about 30 Å to about 50 Å.

11. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the organic emission layer further includes at least one of a hole injection layer, a hole transporting layer, an electron transporting layer, and an electron injection layer.

12. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a reflective layer on the common 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 May 3, 2011
From: JEONG, BEUNG-HWA; KIM, KWANG-NAM; JUNG, YOUNG-RO; HAM, YUN-SIK
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 026272/0960 →