IP Library Granted Patent US 9,281,351
Granted Patent B2
US 9,281,351 · App. 13/243,324 · Granted Mar 8, 2016

Organic light-emitting display apparatus

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Patent No.
US 9,281,351
App. No.
13/243,324
Granted
Mar 8, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light-emitting display apparatus may include a substrate; a thin-film transistor (TFT) disposed on the substrate, and having an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode; a signal line formed on the same layer as the source electrode and the drain electrode; a first insulating layer covers the signal line, the source electrode, and the drain electrode; a pixel electrode formed on the first insulating layer, and electrically connected to the TFT; a pixel-defining layer formed on the first insulating layer, includes an opening exposing the pixel electrode; an intermediate layer formed on the pixel electrode, and includes a light-emitting layer; and an opposite electrode formed on the intermediate layer. The intermediate layer is formed on the pixel-defining layer so as to overlap with the signal line.

Claims (23)

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

a substrate;

a thin-film transistor (TFT) which is disposed on the substrate, and which has an active layer and a gate electrode insulated from each other, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to each other;

a signal line formed on a same layer as the source electrode and the drain electrode;

a first insulating layer which covers the signal line, the source electrode and the drain electrode;

a pixel electrode which is formed on the first insulating layer, and which is electrically connected to the TFT;

a pixel-defining layer which is formed on the first insulating layer, and which comprises an opening exposing the pixel electrode;

a first common layer and a second common layer which are commonly formed on the pixel-defining layer and the pixel electrode, the first common layer and the second common layer overlapping the signal line, the first common layer contacting the pixel-defining layer and the pixel electrode;

a light-emitting layer interposed between the first common layer and the second common layer, the light-emitting layer formed on the pixel electrode so as to extend on a portion of the pixel-defining layer, the portion overlapping the signal line; and

an opposite electrode which is formed on the second common layer.

2. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first common layer has a hole injection layer (HIL) and a hole transport layer (HTL) which are sequentially stacked.

3. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the second common layer has an electron transport layer (ETL) and an electron injection layer (EIL) which are sequentially stacked.

4. An organic light-emitting display apparatus, comprising:

a substrate;

a thin-film transistor (TFT) which is disposed on the substrate, and which has an active layer and a gate electrode insulated from each other, and a source electrode and a drain electrode electrically connected to each other;

a signal line formed on a same layer as the source electrode and the drain electrode;

a pixel electrode which is formed on a same layer as the gate electrode, and which is electrically connected to the TFT;

a pixel-defining layer which covers the signal line, the source electrode and the drain electrode, and which has an opening exposing the pixel electrode;

a first common layer and a second common layer which are commonly formed on the pixel-defining layer and the pixel electrode, the first common layer and the second common layer overlapping the signal line, the first common layer contacting the pixel-defining layer and the pixel electrode;

a light-emitting layer interposed between the first common layer and the second common layer, the light-emitting layer formed on the pixel electrode so as to extend on a portion of the pixel-defining layer, the portion overlapping the signal line; and

an opposite electrode which is formed on the second common layer.

5. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the first common layer has a hole injection layer (HIL) and a hole transport layer (HTL) which are sequentially stacked.

6. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 4 , wherein the second common layer comprises an electron transport layer (ETL) and an electron injection layer (EIL) which are sequentially stacked.

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029241/0599 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 23, 2011
From: KIM, KI-WOOK; PARK, DONG-WOOK
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD., A CORPORATION CHARTERED IN AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Reel/Frame 027392/0234 →