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US 12,279,475 · App. 18/357,463 · Granted Apr 15, 2025

Organic light-emitting diode having color distances between pixel electrodes and organic emission layers and light-emitting display apparatus comprising the same

Inventors: Sungwook Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Kyungsik Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Seulong Kim (Yongin-si, KR); Tsuyoshi Naijo (Yongin-si, KR); Sungsoo Bae (Yongin-si, KR); Dongchan Lee (Yongin-si, KR); Hyein Jeong (Yongin-si, KR); Hyewon Choi (Yongin-si, KR); Seungjin Chu (Yongin-si, KR); Jaeweon Hur (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H10K50/852H10K59/12H10K2102/351
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Patent No.
US 12,279,475
App. No.
18/357,463
Granted
Apr 15, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light-emitting display apparatus including; a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, a third pixel electrode; a first lower functional layer, a second lower functional layer, and a third lower functional layer; a first organic emission layer for emitting a first color, a second organic emission layer for emitting a second color, and a third organic emission layer for emitting a third color; an opposite electrode; and a first upper functional layer, a second upper functional layer, and a third upper functional layer respectively disposed between the opposite electrode and the first organic emission layer, the second organic emission layer, and the third organic emission layer and each having a thickness that is equal to or greater than about 1300 Å and less than or equal to about 1800 Å.

Claims (42)

1. An organic light-emitting display apparatus, comprising:

a first pixel electrode, a second pixel electrode, and a third pixel electrode;

an opposite electrode disposed on the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode, and the opposite electrode facing the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode;

a first organic emission layer disposed for emitting a first color, the first organic emission layer between the first pixel electrode and the opposite electrode;

a second organic emission layer for emitting a second color, the second organic emission layer disposed between the second pixel electrode and the opposite electrode;

a third organic emission layer for emitting a third color, the third organic emission layer disposed between the third pixel electrode and the opposite electrode;

a first lower functional layer disposed between the first pixel electrode and the first organic emission layer;

a second lower functional layer disposed between the second pixel electrode and the second organic emission layer;

a third lower functional layer disposed between the third pixel electrode and the third organic emission layer;

a first upper functional layer disposed between the first organic emission layer and the opposite electrode;

a second upper functional layer disposed between the second organic emission layer and the opposite electrode;

a third upper functional layer disposed between the third organic emission layer and the opposite electrode,

wherein the second organic emission layer emits green light,

a thickness of the second upper functional layer is equal to or greater than 1300 Å and less than or equal to 1800 Å,

a thickness of the second lower functional layer is equal to or greater than 1300 Å and less than or equal to 1800 Å, and

the thickness of the second lower functional layer is different than a corresponding thickness of the first lower functional layer.

2. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 ,

a distance between an upper surface of the second pixel electrode and a lower surface of the opposite electrode is a first prescribed distance in which a third resonance of the green light is produced, and

a distance between the upper surface of the second pixel electrode and a lower surface of the second organic emission layer is a second prescribed distance in which a second resonance of the green light is produced.

3. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein a ratio of a thickness of the first upper functional layer to a thickness of the first lower functional layer is different from a ratio of the thickness of the second upper functional layer to the thickness of the second lower functional layer.

4. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the second upper functional layer to the thickness of the second lower functional layer has a ratio of 1:1 to 1:1.02.

5. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the first organic emission layer emits red light, and

a thickness of the first upper functional layer equal to or greater than 1300 Å and less than or equal to 1800 Å.

6. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein:

a thickness of the first lower functional layer is equal to or greater than 1800 Å and less than or equal to 2600 Å.

7. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 5 , wherein the thickness of the first upper functional layer to a thickness of the first lower functional layer has a ratio of 1:1.2 to 1:1.4.

8. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein:

the third organic emission layer emits blue light, and

a thickness of the third upper functional layer equal to or greater than 1300 Å and less than or equal to 1800 Å.

9. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein

a thickness of the third lower functional layer is equal to or greater than about 1000 Å and less than or equal to about 1600 Å.

10. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 8 , wherein the thickness of the third upper functional layer to a thickness of the third lower functional layer has a ratio of 1:0.7 to 1:0.9.

11. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein each of the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode includes a reflective electrode, and the opposite electrode includes a light-transmissive electrode.

12. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a capping layer disposed on the first pixel electrode, the second pixel electrode, and the third pixel electrode.

13. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein the thickness of the second lower functional layer is different than a corresponding thickness of the third lower functional layer.

14. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 13 , wherein the thickness of the first lower functional layer is different than the corresponding thickness of the third lower functional layer.

15. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 1 , wherein

the thickness of the second lower functional layer equal to or greater than 1300 Å and less than or equal to 1800 Å defines an available thickness range of the second lower functional layer;

the available thickness range of the second lower functional layer is different than a corresponding available thickness range of the first lower functional layer.

16. The organic light-emitting display apparatus of claim 15 , wherein the available thickness range of the second lower functional layer is different than a corresponding available thickness range of the third lower functional layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 24, 2023
From: KIM, SUNGWOOK; KIM, KYUNGSIK; KIM, SEULONG; NAIJO, TSUYOSHI; BAE, SUNGSOO; LEE, DONGCHAN; JEONG, HYEIN; CHOI, HYEWON; CHU, SEUNGJIN; HUR, JAEWEON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2019-0080317 · Jul 3, 2019 · national
Continuity (3)
Continuation 17900007 · Aug 31, 2022
Continuation 16851174 · Apr 17, 2020
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