IP Library Granted Patent US 8,809,842
Granted Patent B2
US 8,809,842 · App. 13/437,555 · Granted Aug 19, 2014

Donor film, method for manufacturing organic light emitting diode display using the same, and organic light emitting diode display manufactured by using the method

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Patent No.
US 8,809,842
App. No.
13/437,555
Granted
Aug 19, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a donor film, an organic light emitting diode display manufacturing method using the same, and an organic light emitting diode display manufactured by using the method, the donor film includes a donor substrate and a transfer layer formed on the donor substrate. The donor substrate includes a base film, a light-to-heat conversion (LTHC) layer disposed on the base film, and a curved interlayer film provided on the light-to-heat conversion layer and having a wrinkled side. The transfer layer includes an organic emission layer which is formed so as to be curved along a shape of the wrinkled side of the curved interlayer film.

Claims (26)

1. A donor film, comprising:

a donor substrate, comprising:

a base film;

a light-to-heat conversion (LTHC) layer provided on the base film; and

a curved interlayer film provided on the light-to-heat conversion layer and having a wrinkled side; and

a transfer layer formed on the donor substrate, the transfer layer comprising:

an assistance layer formed on the curved interlayer film; and

an organic emission layer interposed between the curved interlayer film and the assistance layer and curved along a shape of the wrinkled side of the curved interlayer film,

a surface roughness of an interface between the organic emission layer and the assistance layer being less than a surface roughness of an interface between the curved interlayer film and the organic emission layer.

2. The donor film of claim 1 , wherein the transfer layer further includes one of a charge generation layer (CGL) and an organic intermediate layer formed on the assistance layer, and the assistance layer is interposed between the organic emission layer and said one of the charge generation layer (CGL) and the organic intermediate layer.

3. The donor film of claim 2 , wherein a surface roughness of an interface between the assistance layer and said one of the charge generation layer and the organic intermediate layer is relatively less than the surface roughness of the interface between the organic emission layer and the assistance layer.

4. The donor film of claim 1 , wherein the curved interlayer film is made of one of acrylic resin, an alkyd resin, and a silicone polymer.

5. A method for manufacturing an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device, comprising the steps of:

forming a first electrode on a display substrate;

providing a donor substrate including a base film, a light-to-heat conversion (LTHC) layer provided on the base film, and a curved interlayer film provided on the light-to-heat conversion layer and having a wrinkled side;

forming a donor film by forming a transfer layer on the donor substrate, the transfer layer comprising an assistance layer formed on the curved interlayer film and an organic emission layer interposed between the curved interlayer film and the assistance layer and curved along a shape of the wrinkled side of the curved interlayer film, a surface roughness of an interface between the organic emission layer and the assistance layer being less than a surface roughness of an interface between the curved interlayer film and the organic emission layer;

disposing the donor film on the display substrate so that the transfer layer faces the first electrode;

transferring the transfer layer onto the first electrode by irradiating laser beams onto the donor film; and

separating the donor substrate from the transfer layer.

6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the transfer layer further includes one of a charge generation layer (CGL) and an organic intermediate layer formed on the assistance layer, and the assistance layer is interposed between the organic emission layer and said one of the charge generation layer (CGL) and the organic intermediate layer.

7. The method of claim 6 , wherein a surface roughness of an interface between the assistance layer and one of the charge generation layer and the organic intermediate layer is relatively less than the surface roughness of the interface between the organic emission layer and the assistance layer.

8. The method of claim 5 , further comprising the step, before transferring the transfer layer, of forming at least one of a hole injection layer (HIL) and a hole transport layer (HTL) on the first electrode.

9. The method of claim 5 , wherein the curved interlayer film is made of one of an acrylic resin, an alkyd resin, and a silicone polymer.

10. The method of claim 5 , further comprising the step, after separating the donor substrate, of forming a second electrode on the organic emission layer.

11. The method of claim 10 , further comprising the step, before the second electrode is formed, of forming at least one of an electron transport layer (ETL) and an electron injection layer (EIL) on the organic emission layer.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein a surface roughness of an interface between the second electrode and said at least one of the electron transport layer (ETL) and the electron injection layer (EIL) is relatively less than a curve of an interface between the organic emission layer and said at least one of the electron transport layer (ETL) and the electron injection layer (EIL).

Assignments (2)
MERGER Recorded Sep 21, 2012
From: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD.
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 029087/0636 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 18, 2012
From: SONG, HA-JIN; PYO, SANG-WOO; YOO, BYEONG-WOOK; KIM, HYO-YEON; KWON, JI-YOUNG; SHIM, HYE-YEON; LEE, KWAN-HEE
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD., A CORPORATION CHARTERED IN AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Reel/Frame 028284/0169 →