Display device
Disclosed is a display device. In the disclosed display device, an emission-side electrode is constituted by a transmissive electrode structure having different configurations for an emission part and a transmission part such that a uniform potential is maintained at the entirety of the transmissive electrode structure, and the transmissive electrode structure enables the emission part to emit light at high brightness while enabling the transmission part to perform transparent display at high transmissivity.
1. A display device, comprising:
a substrate having a plurality of emission parts and a plurality of transmission parts;
an organic light emitting layer at each of the plurality of emission parts;
a reflective electrode structure at each of the plurality of emission parts between the organic light emitting layer and the substrate; and
a transmissive electrode structure having a first layer disposed over the organic light emitting layer to cover the plurality of emission parts and the plurality of transmission parts, and a second layer in an area except for the plurality of transmission parts and contacting the first layer.
2. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer is disposed at each of the emission parts.
3. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer comprises core portions corresponding to respective emission parts, and connecting portions for connecting adjacent ones of the emission parts.
4. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the second layer includes a metal having translucency; and
the first layer includes a metal having transparency or translucency.
5. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein:
the first layer and the second layer each comprise Ag; and
each of the first and second layers further comprises at least one of Mg or Yb.
6. The display device according to claim 5 , wherein:
the second layer has a thickness of 6 to 15 nm; and
the first layer has a thickness of 4 to 12 nm.
7. The display device according to claim 4 , wherein:
the first layer comprises a transparent oxide having at least one metal selected from indium, titanium, zinc and tin; and
the second layer comprises two or more metals, at least one of the two or more metals is Ag, and the remaining metal of the two or more metals is a metal to prevent aggregation of Ag and having a work function equal to or lower than a work function of Ag.
8. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein the second layer is disposed nearer to the organic light emitting layer than the first layer.
9. The display device according to claim 7 , wherein:
the first layer has a thickness of 30 to 120 nm; and
the second layer has a thickness of 10 to 27 nm.
10. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein:
each of the emission parts comprises first, second and third emission pixels for emitting different colors; and
each of the first, second and third emission pixels of the respective emission part having banks respectively disposed at a corresponding one of boundaries between adjacent ones of the first, second and third emission pixels and a corresponding one of boundaries between the emission part and the transmission part.
11. The display device according to claim 1 , further comprising at least one of a first organic common layer between the organic light emitting layer and the reflective electrode structure, or a second organic common layer between the organic light emitting layer and the transmissive electrode structure, and
wherein the at least one of the first or second organic common layers overly the transmission parts.
12. The display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second layer of the transmissive electrode structure is disposed at the emission parts, and the first layer of the transmissive electrode structure is disposed at the transmission parts.
13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first layer comprises a transparent metal and the second layer comprises a translucent metal or translucent alloy.
14. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first layer is in contact with a side of the second layer.
15. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first layer overlies the second layer in the plurality of emission parts or the second layer overlies the first layer in the plurality of emission parts.
16. A display device, comprising:
a substrate having an emission area and a transmission area;
a reflective electrode structure at the emission area;
an organic light emitting layer over the reflective electrode structure; and
a transmissive electrode structure having a plurality of layers over the organic light emitting layer,
wherein at least one layer among the plurality of layers of the transmissive electrode structure is located at the emission area and the transmission area, and at least the other layer among the plurality of layers is located at the emission area.
17. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein the other layer among the plurality of layers of the transmissive electrode structure comprises core portions corresponding to respective emission areas, and connecting portions for connecting adjacent ones of the emission areas.
18. The display device according to claim 16 , wherein: in the transmissive electrode structure,
the other layer among the plurality of layers includes a metal having translucency; and
the at least one layer among the plurality of layers includes a metal having transparency or translucency.
19. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein:
the at least one layer and the other layer each comprise Ag; and
each of the at least one layer and the other layer further comprises at least one of Mg or Yb.
20. The display device according to claim 19 , wherein:
the at least one layer has a thickness of 4 to 12 nm and
the other layer has a thickness of 6 to 15 nm.
21. The display device according to claim 18 , wherein:
the at least one layer comprises a transparent oxide having at least one metal selected from indium, titanium, zinc and tin; and
the other layer comprises two or more metals, at least one of the two or more metals is Ag, and the remaining metal of the two or more metals is a metal to prevent aggregation of Ag and having a work function equal to or lower than a work function of Ag.
22. The display device according to claim 21 , wherein the other layer is disposed nearer to the organic light emitting layer than the at least one layer.
23. The display device according to claim 21 , wherein:
the at least one layer has a thickness of 30 to 120 nm; and
the other layer has a thickness of 10 to 27 nm.