IP Library Granted Patent US 10,134,993
Granted Patent B2
US 10,134,993 · App. 13/929,296 · Granted Nov 20, 2018

Substrate for an organic light-emitting device and method for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Yeon Keun Lee (Daejeon, KR); Jae Min Moon (Daejeon, KR); Joon Koo Kang (Daejeon, KR); Mun Kyu Joo (Daejeon, KR); Kyoung Sik Moon (Daejeon, KR); Seong Su Jang (Daejeon, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L51/0024G02B5/0242G02B5/0278H01L51/0096H01L51/5268H01L51/5275Y02E10/549
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Patent No.
US 10,134,993
App. No.
13/929,296
Granted
Nov 20, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is a substrate for an organic light emitting diode including a base substrate, a high refractive scattering layer formed on the base substrate, and having a scattering particle scattering light in a high refractive material, and an adhesive layer formed between the base substrate and the high refractive scattering layer to laminate the base substrate with the high refractive scattering layer, wherein the high refractive scattering layer has a structure in which the scattering particle is immersed in the high refractive material, an average thickness of the high refractive scattering layer is smaller than an average diameter of the scattering particle, a surface of the high refractive scattering layer laminated with the base substrate by the adhesive layer has unevenness formed by the scattering particle, the opposite surface of the high refractive scattering layer laminated with the base substrate by the adhesive layer has a planarized surface, and a method for manufacturing the same. The substrate may have an excellent degree of planarization and improved light extraction efficiency without degradation in performance of the diode, and low process and material costs and mass-production of the substrate may be easily achieved.

Claims (32)

1. A substrate for an organic light emitting diode, comprising:

a base substrate;

a high refractive scattering layer formed on the base substrate, and having a scattering particle scattering light in a high refractive material;

an adhesive layer formed between the base substrate and the high refractive scattering layer to laminate the base substrate with the high refractive scattering layer; and

a high refractive material coating layer,

wherein an average diameter of the scattering particle is in a range of 3 to 20 μm,

wherein the high refractive scattering layer has a structure in which the scattering particle is immersed in the high refractive material, a surface of the high refractive scattering layer laminated with the base substrate by the adhesive layer has unevenness formed by the scattering particle, the unevenness formed by the scattering particle is formed between the high refractive scattering layer and the adhesive layer, and

the opposite surface of the surface of the high refractive scattering layer laminated with the base substrate by the adhesive layer has a planarized surface which has a maximum height roughness of 0.001 to 0.3 μm in a 10×10 μm 2 region,

wherein the high refractive scattering layer has an average thickness in a range of 30% to 80% of an average diameter of the scattering particle,

wherein the high refractive material has a refractive index of 1.7 to 3 with respect to light having a wavelength of 400 nm,

wherein the high refractive material coating layer is formed on the planarized surface of the high refractive scattering layer, and has a thickness of 0.1 to 5μm, and

wherein a refractive index of the high refractive material (Na), a refractive index of the scattering particle (Nb), a refractive index of the base substrate (Nc), and a refractive index of the adhesive layer (Nd) satisfy any one of the relationships represented by Equations 1 and 2:

0.3 ≤|Na−Nb|≤ 1.5,  [Equation 1]

and

0.01 ≤|Nc−Nd|≤ 0.2.  [Equation 2]

2. A substrate for an organic light emitting diode, comprising:

a base substrate;

a high refractive scattering layer formed on the base substrate, and having a scattering particle scattering light in a high refractive material;

an adhesive layer formed between the base substrate and the high refractive scattering layer to laminate the base substrate with the high refractive scattering layer; and

a high refractive material coating layer,

wherein an average diameter of the scattering particle is in a range of 3 to 20 μm,

wherein the high refractive material includes a binder and a nano particle having an average diameter in a range of 1 to 100 nm,

wherein the high refractive scattering layer has a structure in which the scattering particle is immersed in the high refractive material, a surface of the high refractive scattering layer laminated with the base substrate by the adhesive layer has unevenness formed by the scattering particle, the unevenness formed by the scattering particle is formed between the high refractive scattering layer and the adhesive layer, and the opposite surface of the surface of the high refractive scattering layer laminated with the base substrate by the adhesive layer has a planarized surface which has a maximum height roughness of 0.001 to 0.3 μm in a 10×10 μm 2 region,

wherein the high refractive scattering layer has an average thickness in a range of 30% to 80% of an average diameter of the scattering particle,

wherein the high refractive material has a refractive index of 1.7 to 3 with respect to a light having a wavelength of 400 nm,

wherein the high refractive material coating layer is formed on the planarized surface of the high refractive scattering layer, and has a thickness of 0.1 to 5 μm, and

wherein a refractive index of the high refractive material (Na), a refractive index of the scattering particle (Nb), a refractive index of the base substrate (Nc), and a refractive index of the adhesive layer (Nd) satisfy any one of the relationships represented by Equations 1 and 2:

0.3 ≤|Na−Nb|≤ 1.5,  [Equation 1]

and

0.01 ≤|Nc−Nd|≤ 0.2.  [Equation 2 ]

3. The substrate of claim 1 , wherein a refractive index of the high refractive material (Na), a refractive index of the scattering particle (Nb), a refractive index of the base substrate (Nc), and a refractive index of the adhesive layer (Nd) satisfy both Equation 1 and Equation 2.

4. The substrate of claim 2 , wherein a refractive index of the high refractive material (Na), a refractive index of the scattering particle (Nb), a refractive index of the base substrate (Nc), and a refractive index of the adhesive layer (Nd) satisfy both Equation 1 and Equation 2.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 28, 2016
From: LG CHEM, LTD.
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038264/0250 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 29, 2014
From: LEE, YEON KEUN; MOON, JAE MIN; KANG, JOON KOO; JOO, MUN KYU; MOON, KYOUNG SIK; JANG, SEONG SU
To: LG CHEM, LTD.
Reel/Frame 033414/0745 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2010-0135620 · Dec 27, 2010 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 13928161 · Jun 26, 2013
Continuation PCTKR2011010165 · Dec 27, 2011
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