IP Library Granted Patent US 10,396,314
Granted Patent B2
US 10,396,314 · App. 15/810,436 · Granted Aug 27, 2019

Manufacturing method for organic electroluminescent panel and organic electroluminescent panel

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Patent No.
US 10,396,314
App. No.
15/810,436
Granted
Aug 27, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

There is provided a manufacturing method for an organic electroluminescent panel that includes an organic electroluminescent element for each sub-pixel. The manufacturing method includes an application step of recoating a first organic material layer and a second organic material layer, which include principal components common to each other, to manufacture the organic electroluminescent element. At the application step, after the first organic material layer is applied, an insolubilization process is performed for the first organic material layer to provide a change to a structure of molecules included in the first organic material layer, and the second organic material layer is applied to the first organic material layer after the insolubilization process is performed.

Claims (30)

1. A manufacturing method for an organic electroluminescent panel that includes an organic electroluminescent element for each sub-pixel, the manufacturing method comprising:

recoating a first organic material layer and a second organic material layer to manufacture the organic electroluminescent element, wherein the first organic material layer and the second organic material layer include common principal components,

wherein, after the first organic material layer is recoated, an insolubilization process is performed for the first organic material layer to provide a change to a structure of molecules included in the first organic material layer, and the second organic material layer is recoated to the first organic material layer after the insolubilization process is performed,

forming a plurality of line banks and a plurality of banks on a substrate,

wherein each line bank of the plurality of line banks extends in a row direction on the substrate and is parallel to each other,

wherein each bank of the plurality of banks extends in a column direction on the substrate such that the each bank of the plurality of banks connects end portions of at least two line banks of the plurality of line banks, and

wherein the first organic material layer and the second organic material layer are recoated in a gap between two line banks of the plurality of line banks.

2. The manufacturing method for the organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the organic electroluminescent element includes a hole transport layer, an organic light emitting layer, and an electron transport layer, and

wherein the hole transport layer, the organic light emitting layer or the electron transport layer is formed by the recoating.

3. The manufacturing method for the organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 2 , wherein the hole transport layer, the first organic material layer, the second organic material layer, and the electron transport layer are stacked on the substrate of the organic electroluminescent element, when the organic light emitting layer comprises the first organic material layer, and the second organic material layer.

4. The manufacturing method for the organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 , wherein the first organic material layer and the second organic material layer are configured from ink common to each other.

5. The manufacturing method for the organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein, in the first organic material layer, at least one of a principal component or a component other than the principal component includes a material having a thermal dissociable soluble group, a crosslinkable group or a removable protecting group, and

as the insolubilization process, a process for accelerating a thermal dissociation reaction of the thermal dissociable soluble group, a polymerization reaction of the crosslinkable group or a desorption reaction of the removable protecting group is used.

6. The manufacturing method for the organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 , wherein the gap has a size of 50 μm or less than 50 μm.

7. The manufacturing method for the organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 , wherein the gap has such a size that a definition is 150 ppi or more than 150 ppi, where sub-pixels are arrayed in a stripe array.

8. The manufacturing method for the organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first organic material layer and the second organic material layer are recoated by discharging of liquid droplets of ink using an ink jet device, and

wherein a discharge interval between the liquid droplets is two times or more of a diameter of the liquid droplets.

9. The manufacturing method for the organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 1 , wherein the organic electroluminescent panel further comprises a region surrounded by two line banks of the plurality of line banks and the plurality of banks that are at opposite ends of the two line banks, and wherein the region forms a grooved portion.

10. The manufacturing method for the organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 9 , wherein the organic electroluminescent element of each sub-pixel with a same color is arranged in the grooved portion.

11. An organic electroluminescent panel, comprising:

an organic electroluminescent element provided for each sub-pixel,

wherein the organic electroluminescent element includes a hole transport layer, an organic light emitting layer, and an electron transport layer, and at least one of the hole transport layer, the organic light emitting layer, or the electron transport layer includes a first organic material layer and a second organic material layer that are stacked on each other, and wherein the first organic material layer and the second organic material layer include common principal components; and

a plurality of line banks and a plurality of banks on a substrate,

wherein each line bank of the plurality of line banks extends in a row direction on the substrate and is parallel to each other,

wherein each bank of the plurality of banks extends in a column direction on the substrate such that the each bank of the plurality of banks connects end portions of at least two line banks of the plurality of line banks, and

wherein the first organic material layer and the second organic material layer are recoated in a gap between two line banks of the plurality of line banks.

12. The organic electroluminescent panel according to claim 11 , wherein at least one of the first organic material layer and the second organic material layer includes a material having a thermal dissociable soluble group, a crosslinkable group or a removable protecting group.

Assignments (5)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 18, 2025
From: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
To: MAGNOLIA BLUE CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 072039/0656 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 31, 2024
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JDI DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT G.K.
Reel/Frame 066382/0619 →
CORRECTION BY AFFIDAVIT FILED AGAINST REEL/FRAME 063396/0671 Recorded Jun 12, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: JOLED, INC.
Reel/Frame 064067/0723 →
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Apr 20, 2023
From: JOLED, INC.
To: INCJ, LTD.
Reel/Frame 063396/0671 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 29, 2017
From: TAKATA, MASAKAZU
To: JOLED INC.
Reel/Frame 044547/0285 →