OLED with a flattening layer between two barrier layers
According to one embodiment, an organic semiconductor device includes a supporting substrate, a plurality of organic EL light emitting elements, a first barrier layer, a flattening layer, and a second barrier layer. The flattening layer exists sporadically and makes gentle in inclination steep elevation change present in the surface of the first barrier layer. The first barrier layer and the second barrier layer are made of moisture penetration preventive material.
1. An organic electroluminescent display device comprising:
a substrate comprising an active area in which a plurality of organic electroluminescent light emitting elements are disposed, and an outside area surrounding the active area;
a rib layer including ribs and formed on the substrate, and the ribs in the rib layer delimiting the plurality of organic electroluminescent light emitting elements between the ribs and a first rib of the rib layer extending from the active area to the outside area;
a first barrier layer formed on the first rib and comprising a first surface, an inclined surface extending from the first surface at the outside area, and a second surface extending from the inclined surface;
a second barrier layer formed on the first barrier layer; and
a flattening layer which is located between the first barrier layer and the second barrier layer at a boundary portion between the inclined surface and the second surface,
wherein the first barrier layer is in contact with the second barrier layer on the first surface.
2. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first rib has a sloped surface at the outside area.
3. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 2 , wherein the inclined surface of the first barrier layer is on the sloped surface of the first rib.
4. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first rib has a convex shape, and
one side surface of the convex shape is the sloped surface of the first rib.
5. An organic electroluminescent display device comprising:
a substrate comprising an active area in which a plurality of organic electroluminescent light emitting elements are disposed, and an outside area surrounding the active area;
a first insulating layer formed on the substrate and comprising a first surface, an inclined surface extending from the first surface at the outside area, and a second surface extending from the inclined surface;
a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer;
a third insulating layer formed between the substrate and the first insulating layer and including insulating portions, the insulating portions of the third insulating layer delimiting the plurality of organic electroluminescent light emitting elements between the insulating portions, and a first portion of the insulating portions extending from the active area to the outside area; and
an organic layer which is located between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer at a boundary portion between the inclined surface and the second surface,
wherein the first insulating layer is in contact with the second insulating layer on the first surface.
6. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 5 , wherein the first portion has a sloped surface at the outside area.
7. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 6 , wherein the inclined surface of the first insulating layer is on the sloped surface of the first portion.
8. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first portion has a convex shape, and
one side surface of the convex shape is the sloped surface of the first portion.
9. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 5 , wherein the first insulating layer is in contact with the second insulating layer on the second surface.
10. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first insulating layer is in contact with the second insulating layer on the second surface.
11. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 6 , wherein the first insulating layer includes at least one of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, and silicon oxynitride, and
the second insulating layer includes at least one of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, and silicon oxynitride.
12. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 10 , wherein the first insulating layer includes at least one of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, and silicon oxynitride, and
the second insulating layer includes at least one of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, and silicon oxynitride.
13. An organic electroluminescent display device comprising:
a substrate comprising an active area in which a plurality of organic electroluminescent light emitting elements are disposed, and an outside area surrounding the active area;
a first insulating layer formed on the substrate and comprising a first surface, an inclined surface extending from the first surface at the outside area, and a second surface extending from the inclined surface;
a second insulating layer formed on the first insulating layer;
a third insulating layer formed between the substrate and the first insulating layer and including insulating portions, the insulating portions of the third insulating layer delimiting the plurality of organic electroluminescent light emitting elements between the insulating portions, and a first portion of the insulating portions extending from the active area to the outside area; and
an organic layer which is located between the first insulating layer and the second insulating layer, and which is on the inclined surface and the second surface,
wherein the first insulating layer is in contact with the second insulating layer on the first surface.
14. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 13 , wherein the first portion has a sloped surface at the outside area.
15. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 14 , wherein the inclined surface of the first insulating layer is on the sloped surface of the first portion.
16. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 15 , wherein the first portion has a convex shape, and
one side surface of the convex shape is the sloped surface of the first portion.
17. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 15 , wherein the organic layer is on a first portion of the second surface, and
the first insulating layer is in contact with the second insulating layer on a second portion of the second surface.
18. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 17 , wherein
the first insulating layer includes at least one of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, and silicon oxynitride, and
the second insulating layer includes at least one of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, and silicon oxynitride.
19. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 13 , wherein the organic layer is on a first portion of the second surface, and
the first insulating layer is in contact with the second insulating layer on a second portion of the second surface.
20. The organic electroluminescent display device according to claim 13 , wherein the first insulating layer includes at least one of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, and silicon oxynitride, and
the second insulating layer includes at least one of silicon nitride, silicon oxide, and silicon oxynitride.