IP Library Granted Patent US 10,388,913
Granted Patent B2
US 10,388,913 · App. 16/125,229 · Granted Aug 20, 2019

Organic light emitting display device

Inventors: Soonil Jung (Cheonan-si, KR); Haeyoung Yun (Suwon-si, KR); Junghyun Cho (Seoul, KR); Sanghyun Choi (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L51/5275H01L27/323H01L27/3216H01L27/3246H01L51/5209H01L51/5253
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Patent No.
US 10,388,913
App. No.
16/125,229
Granted
Aug 20, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting display device includes: a substrate; a first electrode on the substrate; a pixel defining layer on the substrate, the pixel defining layer defining a first opening which exposes at least a part of the first electrode; an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode; a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer; a thin film encapsulation layer on the second electrode; a sensing electrode on the thin film encapsulation layer; a low refractive index layer on the sensing electrode, the low refractive index layer defining a second opening which overlaps the first opening; and a high refractive index layer on the thin film encapsulation layer. A gap between an edge of the first opening and an edge of the second opening is constant irrespective of direction.

Claims (42)

1. An organic light emitting display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a first electrode on the substrate;

a pixel defining layer on the substrate, the pixel defining layer defining a first opening which exposes at least a part of the first electrode;

an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode;

a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer;

a thin film encapsulation layer on the second electrode;

a sensing electrode on the thin film encapsulation layer;

a low refractive index layer on the sensing electrode, the low refractive index layer defining a second opening that overlaps the first opening; and

a high refractive index layer on the thin film encapsulation layer,

wherein a gap between an edge of the first opening and an edge of the second opening is constant irrespective of direction.

2. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first opening has a shape substantially the same as a shape of the second opening on a plane.

3. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein a size of the first opening is less than a size of the second opening on a plane.

4. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

each of the edge of the first opening and the edge of the second opening forms a closed loop, and

the closed loop has a substantially circular, rhombic or octagonal shape on a plane.

5. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the gap between the edge of the first opening and the edge of the second opening is between about 0.5 μm to about 5.0 μm on a plane.

6. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the gap between the edge of the first opening and the edge of the second opening is about 1 μm on a plane.

7. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein an interface between the low refractive index layer and the high refractive index layer forms an angle between about 40° to about 70° with respect to a straight line parallel to the substrate.

8. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the low refractive index layer overlaps the pixel defining layer.

9. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the high refractive index layer is on the low refractive index layer.

10. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the high refractive index layer has a height substantially equal to a height of the low refractive index layer.

11. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the low refractive index layer has a refractive index between about 1.40 to about 1.59.

12. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the high refractive index layer has a refractive index between about 1.60 to about 1.80.

13. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the sensing electrode includes a first sensing electrode and a second sensing electrode crossing each other on a plane.

14. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the sensing electrode has a mesh shape on a plane.

15. An organic light emitting display device, comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of first electrodes on the substrate;

a pixel defining layer on the substrate, the pixel defining layer defining a plurality of first openings which expose at least a part of the plurality of first electrodes, respectively;

a red light emitting layer, a green light emitting layer, and a blue light emitting layer respectively on the plurality of first electrodes;

a second electrode on the red light emitting layer, the green light emitting layer, and the blue light emitting layer;

a thin film encapsulation layer on the second electrode;

a sensing electrode on the thin film encapsulation layer;

a low refractive index layer on the sensing electrode, the low refractive index layer defining a plurality of second openings which overlap the plurality of first openings, respectively; and

a high refractive index layer on the thin film encapsulation layer,

wherein each of a first gap between an edge of the first opening overlapping the red light emitting layer and an edge of the second opening overlapping the red light emitting layer, a second gap between an edge of the first opening overlapping the green light emitting layer and an edge of the second opening overlapping the green light emitting layer, and a third gap between an edge of the first opening overlapping the blue light emitting layer and an edge of the second opening overlapping the blue light emitting layer is constant irrespective of direction.

16. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein each of the first gap, the second gap, and the third gap is between about 0.5 μm to about 5.0 μm.

17. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein a ratio between the first gap, the second gap, and the third gap is about 1:1:1.

18. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 17 , wherein each of the first gap, the second gap, and the third gap is about 1 μm.

19. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein a ratio between the first gap, the second gap, and the third gap is about 1:2:1.

20. The organic light emitting display device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein an interface between the low refractive index layer and the high refractive index layer forms an angle from about 40° to about 70° with respect to a straight line parallel to the substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 7, 2018
From: JUNG, SOONIL; YUN, HAEYOUNG; CHO, JUNGHYUN; CHOI, SANGHYUN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 046818/0256 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2017-0160991 · Nov 28, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20190165061A1 · May 30, 2019
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