IP Library Granted Patent US 8,816,579
Granted Patent B2
US 8,816,579 · App. 13/356,902 · Granted Aug 26, 2014

Organic light-emitting device and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,816,579
App. No.
13/356,902
Granted
Aug 26, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light-emitting device includes a first pixel electrode disposed on a substrate, a first bank covering an edge of the first pixel electrode, the first bank having a first opening exposing a portion of the first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode covering the exposed portion of the first pixel electrode through the first opening, the second pixel electrode covering at least a portion of the first bank, an organic light-emitting layer covering the second pixel electrode, and an opposite electrode covering the organic light-emitting layer.

Claims (40)

1. An organic light-emitting device, comprising:

a first pixel electrode disposed on a substrate;

a first bank covering an edge of the first pixel electrode, the first bank having a first opening exposing a portion of the first pixel electrode;

a second pixel electrode covering the exposed portion of the first pixel electrode through the first opening, the second pixel electrode covering at least a portion of the first bank;

a second bank on the first bank, the second bank including a second opening wider than the first opening and exposing the second pixel electrode;

an organic light-emitting layer covering the second pixel electrode; and

an opposite electrode covering the organic light-emitting layer,

wherein the second pixel electrode includes a center portion directly contacting the first pixel electrode and a side portion extending from the center portion, the side portion of the second pixel electrode including an end disposed on an upper surface of the first bank exposed through the second opening.

2. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first pixel electrode and the second pixel electrode include materials having different refractive indices.

3. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the second pixel electrode is directly between the first pixel electrode and the organic light emitting layer, the first and second pixel electrodes being in direct surface contact.

4. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein first respective parts of the first and second pixel electrodes are in direct contact with each other, and a portion of the first bank is between respective second parts of the first and second pixel electrodes.

5. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first bank is about 1 μm or less.

6. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first bank and the second bank include a same organic material.

7. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second pixel electrode includes at least one of ITO, IZO, ZnO, In 2 O 3 , IGO, and IZO.

8. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 7 , wherein a thickness of the second pixel electrode is about 100 nm or less.

9. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second pixel electrode includes a metallic material.

10. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a thickness of the second pixel electrode is about 10 nm or less.

11. A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting device, the method comprising:

forming a first pixel electrode on a substrate;

forming a first bank covering an edge of the first pixel electrode, the first bank having a first opening exposing a portion of the first pixel electrode;

forming a second pixel electrode covering the exposed portion of the first pixel electrode through the first opening, the second pixel electrode covering at least a portion of the first bank;

forming a second bank on the first bank, such that the second bank has a second opening that is wider than the first opening and the organic light-emitting layer covers the second pixel electrode in a region defined by the second opening;

forming an organic light-emitting layer covering the second pixel electrode; and

forming an opposite electrode covering the organic light-emitting layer,

wherein the second pixel electrode includes a center portion directly contacting the first pixel electrode and a side portion extending from the center portion, such that the side portion of the second pixel electrode includes an end disposed on an upper surface of the first bank exposed through the second opening.

12. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein forming the first bank and the second bank includes forming the first bank and the second bank simultaneously using a half-tone mask and a same organic material.

13. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein forming the second pixel electrode includes using a material having a different refractive index than a material of the first pixel electrode.

14. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein forming the organic light-emitting layer includes applying a liquid organic material to the second pixel electrode, and drying.

15. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein forming the second pixel electrode includes using at least one of ITO, IZO, ZnO, In 2 O 3 , IGO, and IZO.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein forming the second pixel electrode includes applying material to a thickness of about 100 nm or less.

17. The method as claimed in claim 11 , wherein forming the second pixel electrode includes using a metallic material.

18. The method as claimed in claim 17 , wherein forming the second pixel electrode includes applying a material to a thickness of about 10 nm or less.

19. An organic light-emitting device, comprising:

a first pixel electrode disposed on a substrate;

a first bank covering an edge of the first pixel electrode, the first bank having a first opening exposing a portion of the first pixel electrode;

a second pixel electrode covering the exposed portion of the first pixel electrode through the first opening, the second pixel electrode covering at least a portion of the first bank;

a second bank on the first bank, the second bank including a second opening wider than the first opening and exposing the second pixel electrode;

an organic light-emitting layer covering the second pixel electrode; and

an opposite electrode covering the organic light-emitting layer,

wherein a width of the second pixel electrode is narrower than a width of the second opening.

Assignments (1)
MERGER Recorded Sep 11, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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