IP Library Granted Patent US 9,966,554
Granted Patent B2
US 9,966,554 · App. 15/347,507 · Granted May 8, 2018

Organic light emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Joonsuk Lee (Seoul, KR); SeJune Kim (Paju-si, KR); JeongHyeon Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L51/5212H01L27/326H01L27/3246H01L27/3276H01L51/0031H01L51/5206H01L51/5215H01L51/5218H01L51/5228H01L51/56H01L2251/5315
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Patent No.
US 9,966,554
App. No.
15/347,507
Granted
May 8, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting display device is disclosed, which comprises an anode electrode provided in a light emitting area on a substrate having a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a light emitting area and a transmissive area; an organic light emitting layer on the anode electrode; a cathode electrode on the organic light emitting layer; an auxiliary electrode connected with the cathode electrode; and a connection electrode connected with the anode electrode and provided in the transmissive area of the substrate.

Claims (43)

1. An organic light emitting display device comprising:

a substrate having a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a light emitting area and a transmissive area;

an anode electrode in the light emitting area;

an organic light emitting layer on the anode electrode;

a cathode electrode on the organic light emitting layer;

an auxiliary electrode connected with the cathode electrode; and

a connection electrode connected with the anode electrode and provided in the transmissive area,

wherein the anode electrode includes a first anode electrode and a second anode electrode connected with the first anode electrode through a contact hole, and

wherein the connection electrode is connected with the first anode electrode on the same layer as the first anode electrode.

2. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first anode electrode includes a first lower anode electrode and a first upper anode electrode, and a first cover anode electrode, and

wherein the connection electrode is connected with the first cover anode electrode.

3. The organic light emitting display device of claim 2 , wherein the first cover anode electrode is disposed to cover an upper surface and a side of the first upper anode electrode.

4. The organic light emitting display device of claim 2 , wherein an oxidation of the first lower anode electrode and the first cover anode electrode is smaller than that of the first upper anode electrode, and wherein a resistance of the first upper anode electrode is lower than that of each of the first lower anode electrode and the first cover anode electrode.

5. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary electrode includes a first auxiliary electrode and a second auxiliary electrode connected with the first auxiliary electrode through a contact hole.

6. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the first anode electrode and the first auxiliary electrode are disposed on a same layer, and wherein the second anode electrode and the second auxiliary electrode are disposed on a same layer.

7. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein a width of the first auxiliary electrode is greater than that of the first anode electrode.

8. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the first auxiliary electrode is overlapped with the second anode electrode.

9. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the first auxiliary electrode and the first anode electrode are formed of a same material, and wherein the second auxiliary electrode and the second anode electrode are formed of a same material.

10. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the first auxiliary electrode includes a first lower auxiliary electrode and a first upper auxiliary electrode and a first cover auxiliary electrode.

11. The organic light emitting display device of claim 10 , wherein the first cover auxiliary electrode is disposed to cover an upper surface and a side of the first upper auxiliary electrode.

12. The organic light emitting display device of claim 10 , wherein an oxidation of the first lower auxiliary electrode and the first cover auxiliary electrode is smaller than that of the first upper auxiliary electrode, and wherein a resistance of the first upper auxiliary electrode is lower than that of each of the first lower auxiliary electrode and the first cover auxiliary electrode.

13. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the connection electrode is made of a transparent conductive material.

14. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the connection electrode overlaps an anode electrode of a corresponding one of sub pixels of an adjacent pixel so as to repair the anode electrode by connecting the connection electrode and the anode electrode of the corresponding one of sub pixels of the adjacent pixel, when the anode electrode has a defect.

15. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , further comprising

a bank on one side and another side of the auxiliary electrode, and

a partition wall spaced apart from the bank on the auxiliary electrode,

wherein the cathode electrode is connected with the auxiliary electrode through a spaced area between the bank and the partition wall.

16. A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display device, the method comprising:

forming a first anode electrode and a first auxiliary electrode spaced apart from the first anode electrode, in a light emitting area on a substrate having a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a light emitting area and a transmissive area;

forming a planarization layer on the first anode electrode and the first auxiliary electrode and respectively forming contact holes, which externally expose the first anode electrode and the first auxiliary electrode, by removing a predetermined area of the planarization layer; and

forming a second anode electrode and a second auxiliary electrode on the planarization layer, the second anode electrode being connected with the first anode electrode and the second auxiliary electrode being connected with the second auxiliary electrode,

wherein a connection electrode connected with the first anode electrode is formed in the transmissive area when forming the first anode electrode and the first auxiliary electrode.

17. The method of claim 16 , wherein the forming the first anode electrode and the first auxiliary electrode includes:

forming a first lower anode electrode and a first lower auxiliary electrode;

forming a first upper anode electrode and a first upper auxiliary electrode on the first lower anode electrode and the first auxiliary electrode, respectively; and

forming a first cover anode electrode and a first cover auxiliary electrode on the first upper anode electrode and the first upper auxiliary electrode, respectively,

wherein the connection electrode is formed together with the first cover anode electrode and the first cover auxiliary electrode when forming the first cover anode electrode and the first cover auxiliary electrode.

18. The method of claim 16 , wherein the connection electrode overlaps a second anode electrode of a corresponding one of sub pixels of an adjacent pixel so as to repair the second anode electrode by connecting the connection electrode and the second anode electrode of the corresponding one of sub pixels of the adjacent pixel, when the second anode electrode has a defect.

19. The method of claim 16 , further comprising:

forming a bank on one side and another side of the second auxiliary electrode and forming a partition wall on the second auxiliary electrode;

forming an organic light emitting layer on the second anode electrode; and

forming a cathode electrode connected with the second auxiliary electrode on the organic light emitting layer,

wherein the organic light emitting layer is not deposited on a spaced area between the bank and the partition wall, and the cathode electrode is deposited on the spaced area between the bank and the partition wall.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 10, 2016
From: LEE, JOONSUK; KIM, SEJUNE; CHOI, JEONGHYEON
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 040276/0210 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0157090 · Nov 10, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
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