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Granted Patent B2
US 12,364,129 · App. 17/197,970 · Granted Jul 15, 2025

Organic light-emitting display device

Inventors: Jin Young Choi (Hwaseong-si, KR); Sang Hoon Yim (Suwon-si, KR); Dong Hoon Kim (Suwon-si, KR); Jin Sook Bang (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jin Wook Jeong (Asan-si, KR); Eun Jeong Hong (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H10K59/35H10K50/12H10K50/15H10K50/16H10K50/171H10K50/17H10K59/876H10K2101/20
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Patent No.
US 12,364,129
App. No.
17/197,970
Granted
Jul 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light-emitting display device includes: a plurality of pattern electrodes; a hole-transporting layer disposed on the plurality of pattern electrodes; a plurality of emission layers disposed on the hole-transporting layer and overlapping the plurality of pattern electrodes, respectively; a common electrode disposed on the emission layers; and a first auxiliary layer disposed between a first one of the pattern electrodes and a first one of the emission layers, wherein the first emission layer forms an interface with the hole-transporting layer or the first auxiliary layer, the interface having a hole barrier equal to or less than about 0.1 eV, wherein the hole-transporting layer and the first auxiliary layer have a hole mobility equal to or less than about 1.0×10 −3 cm 2 /V·s.

Claims (30)

1. An organic light-emitting display device comprising:

a plurality of pattern electrodes;

a hole-transporting layer disposed on the plurality of pattern electrodes;

a plurality of emission layers disposed on the hole-transporting layer and overlapping the plurality of pattern electrodes, respectively;

a common electrode disposed on the emission layers; and

a first auxiliary layer disposed between a first one of the pattern electrodes and a first one of the emission layers,

wherein the hole-transporting layer HTL and the first auxiliary layer include organic materials without a metallic dopant,

wherein the first one of the emission layers comprises a host and a dopant to emit a green light,

wherein the first one of the emission layers forms an interface with the hole-transporting layer HTL or the first auxiliary layer, the interface having a hole barrier equal to or less than about 0.1 eV,

wherein the hole-transporting layer and the first auxiliary layer have a hole mobility equal to or less than about 1.0×10 −4 cm 2 /V·s,

wherein the first one of the emission layers has a hole mobility of greater than about 1.0×10 −7 cm 2 /V·s and less than about 1.0×10 −5 cm 2 /V·s,

wherein one of the hole-transporting layer and the first auxiliary layer, which forms the interface with the first one of the emission layers, consists of the following HT3:

wherein the first one of the emission layers includes at least one of compounds represented by the following H39 and H45:

2. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the hole-transporting layer and the first auxiliary layer exclude a p-dopant.

3. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the hole mobility of the first one of the emission layers is about 5.0×10 −6 cm 2 /V·s to about 5.0×10 −7 cm 2 /V·s.

4. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the hole-transporting layer and the first auxiliary layer are formed from substantially the same material.

5. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , further comprising a hole-injection layer disposed between the plurality of pattern electrodes and the hole-transporting layer.

6. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the first auxiliary layer is disposed between the hole-transporting layer and the hole-injection layer.

7. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary layer is disposed between the hole-transporting layer and the first one of the emission layers to at least partially contact the first one of the emission layers.

8. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , further comprising an electron-transporting layer disposed between the common electrode and the emission layers.

9. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 8 , further comprising an electron-injection layer disposed between the electron-transporting layer and the common electrode.

10. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein a second one of the emission layers overlaps a second one of the pattern electrodes and comprises a host and a dopant to emit a red light, and a third one of the emission layers overlaps a third one of the pattern electrodes and comprises a host and a dopant to emit a blue light.

11. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 10 , further comprising a second auxiliary layer disposed between the second pattern electrode and the second one of the emission layers and including a hole-transporting material.

12. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the hole-transporting layer has a thickness of about 100 Å to about 1,000 Å.

13. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layers have a thickness of about 100 Å to about 1,000 Å.

14. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , the hole-transporting layer and the first auxiliary layer have a hole mobility equal to or less than about 1.0×10 −5 cm 2 /V·s.

15. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , the interface has an electron barrier equal to or less than about 0.3 eV.

16. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 15 , wherein the electron barrier of the interface is about 0.1 eV to about 0.2 eV.

17. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the hole-transporting layer and the first auxiliary layer have a hole concentration equal to or less than about 2.0×10 18 /cm 3 .

18. The organic light-emitting display device of claim 17 , wherein the hole concentration of the hole-transporting layer and the first auxiliary layer is equal to or less than about 1.0×10 18 /cm 3 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2021
From: CHOI, JIN YOUNG; YIM, SANG HOON; KIM, DONG HOON; BANG, JIN SOOK; JEONG, JIN WOOK; HONG, EUN JEONG
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 055553/0776 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0039612 · Apr 1, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20210313536A1 · Oct 7, 2021
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