IP Library Granted Patent US 10,340,314
Granted Patent B2
US 10,340,314 · App. 15/434,159 · Granted Jul 2, 2019

Organic light-emitting diode display panel, electronic device and manufacturing method

Inventors: Yuji Hamada (Shanghai, CN); Wanming Hua (Shanghai, CN); Xiangcheng Wang (Shanghai, CN); Wei He (Shanghai, CN); Jinghua Niu (Shanghai, CN); Zhihong Lei (Shanghai, CN)
Assignees: Shanghai Tianma AM-OLED Co., Ltd.; Tianma Micro-Electronics Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3211H01L51/0021H01L51/5004H01L51/5016H01L51/5203H01L51/5234H01L51/56H01L51/005H01L51/0059H01L51/0072H01L51/0081H01L51/0085H01L51/5265H01L2251/301H01L2251/5315H01L2251/552H01L2251/558
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Patent No.
US 10,340,314
App. No.
15/434,159
Filed
Feb 16, 2017
Granted
Jul 2, 2019
Kind
B2
Examiner
TRAN, LONG K
Art Unit
2829
USPC
257/40
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an OLED display panel, an electronic device, and a manufacturing method. The OLED display panel comprises a substrate, and a plurality of pixel regions formed on the substrate to emit light of different colors. A pixel region includes a first electrode, a light-emitting function layer, and a second electrode, configured facing away from the substrate. The second electrode is a light-emitting side electrode of the OLED display panel. Differences in transmittances at different wavelengths of the second electrode satisfy the following equations: |T(450 nm)−T(530 nm)|≤15%, |T(610 nm)−T(530 nm)|≤15%, and |T(400 nm)−T(700 nm)|≤50%, where T(Xnm) is a transmittance at a wavelength of Xnm of the second electrode.

Claims (81)

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

a substrate; and

a plurality of pixel regions formed on the substrate to emit light of different colors, wherein:

a pixel region includes a first electrode, a light-emitting function layer, and a second electrode, configured facing away from the substrate;

the second electrode is a light-emitting side electrode of the OLED display panel;

a light coupling organic layer is formed on a side of the second electrode facing away from the substrate and a refractive index of the light coupling organic layer is greater than a refractive index of the second electrode;

differences in transmittances at different wavelengths of the second electrode satisfy the following equations:

| T (450 nm)− T (530 nm)|≤15%,

| T (610 nm)− T (530 nm)|≤15%, and

| T (400 nm)− T (700 nm)|≤50%,

where T(Xnm) is a transmittance at a wavelength of Xnm of the second electrode;

a micro-cavity structure is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode in each pixel region and the micro-cavity structures corresponding to the pixel regions of different emission colors have different effective cavity lengths, wherein the effective cavity length of the micro-cavity structure refers to an optical path length in the micro-cavity structure;

the second electrode is made of Ag or a metal alloy containing Ag; and

the metal alloy containing Ag has an Ag content greater than or equal to about 90% by weight percentage.

2. The OLED display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:

the differences in the transmittance at different wavelengths of the second electrode satisfy the following equations:

| T (450 nm)− T (530 nm)|≤10%;

| T (610 nm)− T (530 nm)|≤10%; and

| T (400 nm)− T (700 nm)|≤40%.

3. The OLED display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:

a lowest transmittance over the visible light range of the second electrode is greater than or equal to about 40%.

4. The OLED display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:

the metal alloy containing Ag also contains at least one of Mg element, Yb element, an alkali metal element, an alkali earth metal element, or a rare earth element.

5. The OLED display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:

the second electrode has a thickness ranging approximately between 10 nm and 25 nm.

6. The OLED display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:

the light-emitting function layer includes a first auxiliary function layer, a light emitting material layer, and a second auxiliary function layer.

7. The OLED display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:

the light-emitting function layer includes a light-emitting material layer;

the light-emitting material layer corresponding to a red light-emitting pixel region and the light emitting material layer corresponding to a green light-emitting pixel region each is made of a material containing phosphorescent material; and

the light emitting material corresponding to a blue light-emitting pixel region is made of a material containing fluorescent material.

8. The OLED display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:

a combined total transmittance of the second electrode and the light coupling organic layer is greater than or equal to about 60%.

9. The OLED display panel according to claim 1 , wherein:

the light-emitting function layer includes a light-emitting material layer;

at least one of the light-emitting material layer corresponding to a red light emitting pixel region and the light-emitting material layer corresponding to a blue light-emitting pixel region include one or two host materials; and

the light-emitting material corresponding to a green light emitting pixel region includes at least two host materials.

10. The OLED display panel according to claim 1 , wherein the light-emitting function layer further includes:

the light-emitting function layer further includes a first auxiliary function layer including one or more of a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, and an electron blocking layer;

a light-emitting material layer; and

a second auxiliary function layer including one or more of an electron transport layer, an electron injection layer, and a hole blocking layer,

wherein the hole injection layer has a thickness of about 900 Å and is formed of 4,4′,4″-tris[(3-methylphenyl)phenylamino]triphenylamine (m-MTDATA),

the hole transport layer has a thickness of about 300 Å and is formed of N,N′-diphenyl-N,N′-bis(3-methylphenyl)-1,1′-biphenyl-4,4′-diamine (TPD),

the light-emitting material layer has a thickness of about 300 Å and a host-guest doping structure, and a ratio of a host material over a guest material is about 5% by volume, and

the electron transport layer has a thickness of about 300 Å and is formed of 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum.

11. An electronic device, comprising an OLED display panel, wherein the OLED display panel comprising:

a substrate; and

a plurality of pixel regions formed on the substrate to emit light of different colors, wherein:

a pixel region includes a first electrode, a light-emitting function layer, and a second electrode, configured facing away from the substrate;

the second electrode is a light-emitting side electrode of the OLED display panel;

a light coupling organic layer is formed on a side of the second electrode facing away from the substrate and a refractive index of the light coupling organic layer is greater than a refractive index of the second electrode;

differences in transmittances at different wavelengths of the second electrode satisfy the following equations:

| T (450 nm)− T (530 nm)|≤15%,

| T (610 nm)− T (530 nm)|≤15%, and

| T (400 nm)− T (700 nm)|≤50%,

where T(Xnm) is a transmittance at a wavelength of Xnm of the second electrode;

a micro-cavity structure is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode in each pixel region and the micro-cavity structures corresponding to the pixel regions of different emission colors have different effective cavity lengths, wherein the effective cavity length of the micro-cavity structure refers to an optical path length in the micro-cavity structure;

the second electrode is made of Ag or a metal alloy containing Ag; and

the metal alloy containing Ag has an Ag content greater than or equal to about 90% by weight percentage.

12. A method for manufacturing a light emitting display panel, comprising:

forming a first electrode on a substrate including a plurality of pixel regions having different emission colors;

forming a light-emitting function layer on the first electrode; and

forming a second electrode layer on the light-emitting function layer,

forming a light coupling organic layer on a side of the second electrode facing away from the substrate, wherein a refractive index of the light coupling organic layer is greater than a refractive index of the second electrode;

wherein differences in transmittances at different wavelengths of the second electrode satisfy the following equations:

| T (450 nm)− T (530 nm)|≤15%;

| T (610 nm)− T (530 nm)|≤15%; and

| T (400 nm)− T (700 nm)|≤50%,

where T(Xnm) is a transmittance at a wavelength of Xnm of the second electrode;

a micro-cavity structure is formed between the first electrode and the second electrode in each pixel region and the micro-cavity structures corresponding to the pixel regions of different emission colors have different effective cavity lengths, wherein the effective cavity length of the micro-cavity structure refers to an optical path length in the micro-cavity structure;

the second electrode is made of Ag or a metal alloy containing Ag; and

the metal alloy containing Ag has an Ag content greater than or equal to about 90% by weight percentage.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein:

the differences in the transmittance at different wavelengths of the second electrode satisfy the following equations:

| T (450 nm)− T (530 nm)|≤10%;

| T (610 nm)− T (530 nm)|≤10%; and

| T (400 nm)− T (700 nm)|≤40%.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein:

the metal alloy containing Ag also contains at least one of Mg element, Yb element, an alkali metal element, an alkali earth metal element, or a rare earth element.

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein:

the second electrode is formed on the light-emitting function layer by a vacuum deposition method to mix Ag with other metals.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 7, 2022
From: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO.,LTD.; TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: WUHAN TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.; WUHAN TIANMA MICROELECTRONICS CO., LTD.SHANGHAI BRANCH; TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 059619/0730 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 16, 2017
From: HAMADA, YUJI; HUA, WANMING; WANG, XIANGCHENG; HE, WEI; NIU, JINGHUA; LEI, ZHIHONG
To: SHANGHAI TIANMA AM-OLED CO., LTD.; TIANMA MICRO-ELECTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 041270/0956 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2016 1 1050888 · Nov 24, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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