IP Library Granted Patent US 9,548,341
Granted Patent B2
US 9,548,341 · App. 14/257,359 · Granted Jan 17, 2017

Organic light emitting diode display

Inventors: Dong-Yoon So (Yongin, KR); Ji-Eun Kim (Yongin, KR); Han-Soo Kim (Yongin, KR); Young-Jun Chung (Yongin, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L27/3246H01L27/3276H01L27/326H01L27/3216H01L27/3218H01L51/5203H01L2227/323
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Patent No.
US 9,548,341
App. No.
14/257,359
Granted
Jan 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

OLED display that includes: a substrate; a plurality of thin film transistors formed on the substrate; a plurality of first electrodes respectively connected to the thin film transistors; a pixel definition layer formed on the substrate and having a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening respectively exposing first, second, and third first electrodes of the plurality of first electrodes; an emission layer formed at the first opening, the second opening, and the third opening; and a second electrode formed on the emission layer, wherein the first opening has a first pair of boundary lines facing each other and a second pair of boundary lines facing each other, and the first pair of boundary lines overlap boundary lines of a pair of boundary lines of the first first electrode or are positioned outside the boundary lines of the pair of boundary lines of the first first electrode.

Claims (46)

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of thin film transistors formed on the substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes respectively connected to the thin film transistors;

a pixel definition layer formed on the substrate and having a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening respectively exposing first, second, and third first electrodes of the plurality of first electrodes;

an emission layer formed at the first opening, the second opening, and the third opening; and

a second electrode formed on the emission layer,

wherein the first opening has a first pair of boundary lines facing each other and a second pair of boundary lines facing each other,

the first pair of boundary lines are coincident with boundary lines of a pair of boundary lines of the first first electrode, and the second pair of boundary lines are positioned within another pair of boundary lines of the first first electrode, and

the first pair of boundary lines are connected with the second pair of boundary lines.

2. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the second pair of boundary lines of the first opening is positioned apart from another pair of boundary lines of the first first electrode by at least 4 μm.

3. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein boundary lines of the second and third openings are respectively positioned within boundary lines of the second and third first electrodes.

4. The OLED display of claim 3 , wherein the boundary lines of the second and third openings are positioned apart from the boundary lines of the second and third first electrodes by at least 4 μm.

5. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein:

the emission layer includes a first emission layer, a second emission layer, and a third emission layer respectively positioned on the first, second, and third first electrodes; and

the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer are respectively positioned in the first, second, and third openings.

6. The OLED display of claim 5 , wherein the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer emit light of different colors.

7. The OLED display of claim 6 , wherein the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer are respectively a blue emission layer, a red emission layer, and a green emission layer.

8. The OLED display of claim 5 , wherein a plurality of the first, second and third emission layers form columns and rows, and

the columns include a first column formed of the first emission layers and a second column formed of the second emission layers and the third emission layers.

9. The OLED display of claim 8 , wherein the first column and the second column are alternately repeated.

10. The OLED display of claim 9 , wherein the second emission layer and the third emission layer are alternately positioned in the second column.

11. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of thin film transistors formed on the substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes respectively connected to the thin film transistors;

a pixel definition layer formed on the substrate and having a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening respectively exposing first, second, and third first electrodes of the plurality of first electrodes;

an emission layer formed in the first opening, the second opening, and the third opening; and

a second electrode formed on the emission layer,

wherein the first opening has a connected boundary line which has a portion coincident with a boundary line of the first first electrode and a portion positioned within the boundary line of the first first electrode, and

the second and third openings respectively have a boundary entirely positioned within the boundary of the second and third first electrodes.

12. The OLED display of claim 11 , wherein:

the emission layer includes a first emission layer, a second emission layer, and a third emission layer for emitting different colors, and

the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer are respectively positioned in the first, second, and third openings.

13. The OLED display of claim 12 , wherein the first emission layer, the second emission layer, and the third emission layer are respectively a blue emission layer, a red emission layer, and a green emission layer.

14. The OLED display of claim 12 , wherein a plurality of the first, second and third emission layers form columns and rows, and

the columns include a first column formed of the first emission layers, and a second column formed of the second emission layers and the third emission layers.

15. The OLED display of claim 14 , wherein the first column and the second column are alternately repeated.

16. The OLED display of claim 15 , wherein the second emission layer and the third emission layer are alternately positioned in the second column.

17. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:

a substrate;

a pixel electrode and formed on the substrate; and

a pixel definition layer having an opening exposing the pixel electrode,

wherein the opening has a connected boundary line,

a portion of the connected boundary line is coincident with a boundary line of the pixel electrode, and

another portion of the connected boundary line is positioned within the boundary line of the pixel electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 21, 2014
From: SO, DONG-YOON; KIM, JI-EUN; KIM, HAN-SOO; CHUNG, YOUNG-JUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 032718/0540 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2013-0096837 · Aug 14, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150048322A1 · Feb 19, 2015