IP Library Granted Patent US 8,872,207
Granted Patent B2
US 8,872,207 · App. 13/446,407 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same

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Patent No.
US 8,872,207
App. No.
13/446,407
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate; a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate; a counter electrode disposed on the pixel electrode and capable of transmitting light; an organic emission layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode so as to emit light toward at least the counter electrode; and a light-transmitting layer disposed on the counter electrode along a path of light emitted from the organic emission layer and including at least one inorganic film and organic films separated by the inorganic film. At least two of the organic films each include a first material having a first refractive index and a second material having a second refractive index. The first refractive index is greater than the second refractive index, and the first material is dispersed in the second material in the form of plurality of particles.

Claims (39)

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

a substrate;

a pixel electrode disposed on the substrate;

a counter electrode disposed on the pixel electrode and capable of transmitting light;

an organic emission layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode for emitting light toward at least the counter electrode; and

a light-transmitting layer disposed on the counter electrode along a path of the light emitted from the organic emission layer and including at least one inorganic film and a plurality of organic films separated by said at least one inorganic film, wherein at least two of the organic films each comprise a first material having a first refractive index and a second material having a second refractive index, wherein the first refractive index is greater than the second refractive index, and wherein the first material is dispersed in the second material.

2. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said plurality of organic films included in the light-transmitting layer comprise:

a first organic film disposed adjacent to the counter electrode and including the first and second materials; and

a second organic film disposed uppermost among the organic films and including the first and second materials;

wherein said at least one inorganic film comprises an inorganic film disposed between the first and second organic films.

3. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein said at least one inorganic film included in the light-transmitting layer comprises a plurality of inorganic films, and the plurality of inorganic films and the plurality of organic films are alternately disposed; and

wherein the organic films each comprise the first and second materials.

4. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first material has a refractive index greater than 1.5.

5. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first material has a particle diameter in a range of 0.1 μm to 5 μm.

6. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the first material comprises at least one of zirconium (Zr), tungsten (W), and silicon (Si).

7. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the light-transmitting layer has a thickness not greater than 50 μm.

8. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising a protective layer disposed between the counter electrode and the light-transmitting layer.

9. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising an optical member disposed on the light-transmitting layer.

10. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is a flexible substrate.

11. A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus, the method comprising the steps of:

forming a pixel electrode on a substrate;

forming an organic emission layer on the pixel electrode;

forming a counter electrode, capable of transmitting light, on the organic emission layer; and

forming a light-transmitting layer, including at least one inorganic film and a plurality of organic films separated by said at least one inorganic film, on the counter electrode along a path of light emitted from the organic emission layer, wherein at least two of the organic films each comprise a first material having a first refractive index and a second material having a second refractive index, wherein the first refractive index is greater than the second refractive index, and wherein the first material is dispersed in the second material.

12. The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of forming the light-transmitting layer comprises:

forming a first organic film, including the first and second materials, on the counter electrode;

forming an inorganic film on the first organic film; and

forming a second organic film, including the first and second materials, on the inorganic film.

13. The method of claim 11 , wherein the step of forming the light-transmitting layer comprises alternately forming a plurality of inorganic films and a plurality of organic films, each comprising the first and second materials.

14. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first material has a refractive index greater than 1.5.

15. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first material has a particle diameter in a range of 0.1 μm to 5 μm.

16. The method of claim 11 , wherein the first material comprises at least one of zirconium (Zr), tungsten (W), and silicon (Si).

17. The method of claim 11 , wherein the light-transmitting layer has a thickness not greater than 50 μm.

18. The method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of forming a protective layer on the counter electrode after the counter electrode is formed.

19. The method of claim 11 , further comprising the step of forming an optical member on the light-transmitting layer after the light-transmitting layer is formed.

20. The method of claim 11 , wherein the substrate is a flexible substrate, and

wherein the method further comprises the steps of:

forming the substrate on a supporting substrate before the pixel electrode is formed on the substrate; and

removing the supporting substrate from the substrate after the light-transmitting layer is formed.

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 May 18, 2012
From: JEONG, HEE-SEONG; PARK, SOON-RYONG; KIM, SUN-HWA
To: SAMSUNG MOBILE DISPLAY CO., LTD., A CORPORATION CHARTERED IN AND EXISTING UNDER THE LAWS OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA
Reel/Frame 028284/0175 →