IP Library Granted Patent US 8,686,443
Granted Patent B2
US 8,686,443 · App. 13/222,625 · Granted Apr 1, 2014

Organic light-emitting display device

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Patent No.
US 8,686,443
App. No.
13/222,625
Granted
Apr 1, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light-emitting display device comprises a substrate including a plurality of light-emitting regions separated by a non-light-emitting region, an organic light-emitting element disposed on each of the light-emitting regions, and a photoactive element disposed on the non-light-emitting region.

Claims (49)

1. An organic light-emitting display device, comprising:

a substrate including a plurality of light-emitting regions separated by a non-light-emitting region;

an organic light-emitting element disposed on each of the light-emitting regions; and

a photoactive element generating electricity when the photoactive element is exposed to light, disposed on the non-light-emitting region.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the organic light-emitting element comprises;

a first pixel electrode formed on each light-emitting region of the substrate;

an organic light-emitting layer formed on the first pixel electrode; and

a second pixel electrode formed on the organic light-omitting layer.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the photoactive element comprises:

a first common electrode formed on the non-light-emitting region of the substrate;

a first photoactive layer formed on the first common electrode; and

a second common electrode formed on the first photoactive layer.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the organic light-emitting element comprises a pixel electrode formed on each fight-emitting region of the substrate and an organic light-emitting layer formed on the pixel electrode, and wherein the photoactive element comprises a first Common electrode formed on the non-light-emitting region of the substrate, a first photoactive layer formed on the first common electrode, and a second common electrode formed on the organic light-emitting layer and the first photoactive layer.

5. The display device of claim 4 , further comprising:

a second photoactive layer formed on the second common electrode; and

a third common electrode formed on the second photoactive layer.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a proportion of an area of the non-light-emitting region to a total area of the light-emitting regions and the non-light-emitting region falls within a range of 20 to 90%.

7. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising an auxiliary power supply portion for receiving power from the photoactive element and for supplying the power to the organic light-emitting element.

8. The display device of claim 1 , further comprising a thin-film transistor formed between the substrate and the organic light-emitting element, wherein the thin-film transistor is overlapped by the organic light-emitting element.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is one of a transparent material and a semi-transparent material.

10. An organic light-emitting display device, comprising:

a substrate including a plurality of light-emitting regions separated by a non-light-emitting region;

a photoactive element disposed as a common layer on the light-emitting regions and the non-light-emitting region; and

an organic light-emitting element disposed on each light-emitting region of the substrate and interposed between the substrate and the photoactive element.

11. The display device of claim 10 , wherein the organic light-emitting element comprises a pixel electrode formed on each light-emitting region of the substrate and an organic light-emitting layer formed on the pixel electrode, and wherein the photoactive element comprises a first common electrode disposed on the organic light-emitting layer and formed on a whole surface of the light-emitting regions and the non-light-emitting region of the substrate, a photoactive layer formed on the first common electrode, and a second common electrode formed on the photoactive layer.

12. The display device of claim 10 , wherein a proportion of an area of the non-light-emitting region to a total area of the light-emitting regions and the non-light-emitting region falls within as range of 20 to 90%.

13. The display device of claim 10 , further comprising an auxiliary power supply portion for receiving power from the photoactive element and for supplying the power to the organic light-emitting element.

14. The display device of claim 10 , further comprising a thin-film transistor formed between the substrate and the organic light-emitting element, wherein the thin-film transistor is overlapped by the organic light-emitting element.

15. An organic light-emitting display device, comprising:

substrate;

a region defining film disposed on the substrate and defining a plurality of light-emitting regions and a photoactive region by exposing portions of the substrate through a plurality of apertures thereof,

an organic light-emitting element disposed on each of the light-emitting regions; and

a photoactive element generating electricity when the photoactive element is exposed to light, disposed on the photoactive region.

16. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the organic light-emitting element comprises:

a first pixel electrode formed on each light-emitting region of the substrate;

an organic light-emitting layer formed on the first pixel electrode; and

a second pixel electrode formed on the organic light-emitting layer.

17. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the photoactive element comprises:

a first common electrode formed on the photoactive region of the substrate;

a first photoactive layer formed on the first common electrode; and

a second common electrode formed on the first photoactive layer.

18. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the organic light-emitting element comprises a pixel electrode formed on each light-emitting region of the substrate and an organic light-emitting layer formed on the pixel electrode, and wherein the photoactive element composes a first common electrode formed on the photoactive region of the substrate, a first photoactive layer formed on the first common electrode, and a second common electrode formed on the organic light-emitting layer and the first photoactive layer.

19. The display device of claim 15 , further comprising:

as second photoactive layer formed on the second common electrode; and

a third common electrode formed on the second photoactive layer.

20. The display device of claim 15 , wherein a proportion of an area of the non-light-emitting region to a total area of the light-emitting regions and the photoactive region falls within a range of 20 to 90%.

21. The display device of claim 15 , further comprising an auxiliary power supply portion for receiving power from the photoactive element and for supplying the power to the organic light-emitting element.

22. The display device of claim 15 , further comprising a thin-film transistor formed between the substrate and the organic light-emitting element, wherein the thin-film transistor is overlapped by the organic light-emitting element.

23. The display device of claim 15 , wherein the substrate is one of a transparent material and a semi-transparent material.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029564/0873 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2011
From: HAN, BYUNG-UK
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD., A CORPORATION CHARTERED IN AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Reel/Frame 027090/0840 →