Organic light emitting display and method for fabricating the same

1. An organic light emitting display comprising:

a substrate having first to third sub-pixels;

first and second electrodes formed on the substrate, the first and second electrodes facing each other;

a red light emitting layer formed in the first sub-pixel between the first and second electrodes;

a green light emitting layer formed in the second sub-pixel between the first and second electrodes; and

a blue common light emitting layer formed in the first to third sub-pixels between the first and second electrodes,

wherein a thin film layer formed between the first electrode and the blue common light emitting layer and contacting the blue common light emitting layer comprises a blue host.

2. The organic light emitting display according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a hole injection layer on the first electrode;

a hole transport layer on the hole injection layer; and

a buffer layer formed between each of the red light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel, the green light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel and the hole transport layer of the third sub-pixel, and the blue common light emitting layer such that the buffer layer contacts the blue common light emitting layer,

wherein the buffer layer comprises a blue light emitting host as the blue host and a buffer host.

3. The organic light emitting display according to claim 2 , wherein the hole transport layer has a triplet energy higher than triplet energies of the red and green light emitting layers, and

wherein a content of the blue light emitting host in the buffer layer is 10 to 15% by weight.

4. The organic light emitting display according to claim 2 , wherein the blue common light emitting layer comprises a blue light emitting host,

the blue light emitting host in the buffer layer is the same as or different from the blue light emitting host in the blue common light emitting layer and comprises a phosphorescent material including carbazole, Firpic, UGH or CBP, or a fluorescent material including BAlq or LiPBO,

the buffer host is a single host including a hole transport material or an electron transport material, or a mixed host including a mixture of the hole transport material and the electron transport material, and

the mixed host comprises a buffer material including benzimidazole, phenanthroline, 1,3,4-oxadizole or 1,2,4-triazole and the single host comprises the hole transport material including carbazole (dimer, monomer or oligomer), triphenylamine or aryl silane, or the electron transport material including 1,3,5-triazine, 1,3,4-oxadiazolorphenyl phosphineoxide.

5. The organic light emitting display according to claim 1 , further comprising a buffer layer formed between each of the red light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel, the green light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel and the hole transport layer of the third sub-pixel, and the blue common light emitting layer such that buffer layer contacts the blue common light emitting layer,

wherein the buffer layer comprises a blue hole transport host as the blue host and a buffer host,

the blue common light emitting layer comprises a blue electron transport host and a blue dopant, and

a content of the blue electron transport host in the blue common light emitting layer is 2 to 20% by weight.

6. The organic light emitting display according to claim 5 , wherein the blue hole transport host comprises a single material, or a mixture of a blue light emitting host and a hole transport host,

the blue hole transport host present as the single material comprises N,N′-dicarbazolyl-3,5-benzene or 4,4′,4″-tris(N-carbazolyl) triphenylamine[TCTA], and

the hole transport host present as the mixture comprises carbazole (dimer, monomer or oligomer), triphenylamine or aryl silane, and

wherein the blue electron transport host comprises a single material, or a mixture of a blue light emitting host and an electron transport host,

the blue electron transport host present as the single material comprises 1,3,5-tri(m-pyrid-3-yl-phenyl)benzene [TmPyPb] or 2-(diphenylphosphoryl) spirofluorene, and

the blue light emitting host present as the mixture comprises 1,3,5-triazine, 1,3,4-oxadiazolorphenyl phosphineoxide, and

wherein the blue light emitting host comprises a phosphorescent material including carbazole, Firpic, UGH or CBP, or a fluorescent material including BAlq or LiPBO.

7. The organic light emitting display according to claim 5 , further comprising an electron transport layer formed between the second electrode and the blue common light emitting layer,

wherein the electron transport layer is doped with 0 to 10% of an n-type dopant including a compound containing an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, carbonate or a transition metal, or a compound containing an ion including —BF 4 , —PF 4 , —Li, —Na, —K, Rb or Cs.

8. The organic light emitting display according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a hole injection layer on the first electrode; and

a hole transport layer formed between each of the red light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel, the green light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel and the blue common light emitting layer of the third sub-pixel, and the hole injection layer, such that hole transport layer contacts the blue common light emitting layer,

wherein the blue common light emitting layer comprises a blue electron transport host, a blue hole transport host and a blue dopant, and

the hole transport layer comprises the same blue host as the blue hole transport host.

9. The organic light emitting display according to claim 8 , wherein the blue hole transport host comprises a single material or a mixture of a blue light emitting host and a hole transport host,

The blue hole transport host present as the single material comprises N,N′-dicarbazolyl-3, 5-benzene or 4,4′,4″-tris(N-carbazolyl) triphenylamine [TCTA], and

The hole transport host present as the mixture comprises carbazole (dimer, monomer or oligomer), triphenylamine or aryl silane, and

wherein the blue electron transport host comprises a single material, or a mixture of a blue light emitting host and an electron transport host,

the blue electron transport host present as the single material comprises 1,3,5-tri(m-pyrid-3-yl-phenyl) benzene [TmPyPb] or 2-(diphenylphosphoryl) spirofluorene, and

the blue light emitting host present as the mixture comprises 1,3,5-triazine, 1,3,4-oxadiazol, orphenyl phosphineoxide, and wherein the blue light emitting host comprises a phosphorescent material including carbazole, Firpic, UGH or CBP, or a fluorescent material including BAlq or LiPBO.

10. The organic light emitting display according to claim 8 , wherein a doping content ratio of the blue electron transport host and the blue hole transport host in the blue common light emitting layer is 1:1 to 1:10 and the blue dopant has a concentration of 1% to 20% by weight, and

wherein the hole transport layer has a triplet energy higher than a triplet energy of the blue hole transport host of the blue common light emitting layer.

11. A method for fabricating an organic light emitting display, the display comprising:

forming a first electrode on a substrate having first to third sub-pixels;

forming a red light emitting layer in the first sub-pixel by a solution process;

forming a green light emitting layer in the second sub-pixel by a solution process;

forming a blue common light emitting layer in the first to third sub-pixels by a deposition process; and

forming a second electrode by a deposition process such that the second electrode faces the first electrode,

wherein a thin film layer formed between the first electrode and the blue common light emitting layer and contacting the blue common light emitting layer comprises a blue host.

12. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

forming a hole injection layer on the first electrode;

forming a hole transport layer on the hole injection layer; and

forming a buffer layer by a solution process between each of the red light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel, the green light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel and the hole transport layer of the third sub-pixel, and the blue common light emitting layer such that buffer layer contacts the blue common light emitting layer,

wherein the buffer layer comprises a blue light emitting host as the blue host and a buffer host.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the hole transport layer has a triplet energy higher than triplet energies of the red and green light emitting layers, and

wherein a content of the blue light emitting host in the buffer layer is 10 to 15% by weight.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the blue common light emitting layer comprises a blue light emitting host,

the blue light emitting host in the buffer layer is the same as or different from the blue light emitting host in the blue common light emitting layer and is formed using a phosphorescent material including carbazole, Firpic, UGH or CBP, or a fluorescent material including BAlq or LiPBO,

the buffer host is a single host including a hole transport material or an electron transport material, or a mixed host including a mixture of the hole transport material and the electron transport material, and

the mixed host comprises a buffer material including benzimidazole, phenanthroline, 1,3,4-oxadizole or 1,2,4-triazole and the single host comprises the hole transport material including carbazole (dimer, monomer or oligomer), triphenylamine or aryl silane, or the electron transport material including 1,3,5-triazine, 1,3,4-oxadiazolorphenyl phosphine oxide.

15. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising forming a buffer layer by a solution process between each of the red light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel, the green light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel and the hole transport layer of the third sub-pixel, and the blue common light emitting layer such that the buffer layer contacts the blue common light emitting layer,

wherein the buffer layer comprises a blue hole transport host as the blue host and a buffer host, and

the blue common light emitting layer comprises a blue electron transport host and a blue dopant, and

wherein a content of the blue electron transport host in the blue common light emitting layer is 2 to 20% by weight.

16. The method according to claim 15 , wherein the blue hole transport host comprises a single material, or a mixture of a blue light emitting host and a hole transport host, and

the blue hole transport host present as the single material comprises N,N′-dicarbazolyl-3,5-benzene or 4,4′,4″-tris (N-carbazolyl) triphenylamine[TCTA] and the hole transport host present as the mixture comprises carbazole (dimer, monomer or oligomer), triphenylamine or aryl silane, and

wherein the blue electron transport host comprises a single material, or a mixture of a blue light emitting host and an electron transport host,

the blue electron transport host present as the single material comprises 1,3,5-tri(m-pyrid-3-yl-phenyl)benzene[TmPyPb] or 2-(diphenylphosphoryl)spirofluorene, and

the blue light emitting host present as the mixture comprises 1,3,5-triazine, 1,3,4-oxadiazolorphenyl phosphine oxide, and

wherein the blue light emitting host comprises a phosphorescent material including carbazole, Firpic, UGH or CBP, or a fluorescent material including BAlq or LiPBO.

17. The method according to claim 15 , further comprising forming an electron transport layer between the second electrode and the blue common light emitting layer,

wherein the electron transport layer is doped with 0 to 10% of an n-type dopant including a compound containing an alkali metal, an alkaline earth metal, carbonate or a transition metal, or a compound containing an ion including —BF 4 , —PF 4 , —Li, —Na, —K, Rb or Cs.

18. The method according to claim 11 , further comprising:

forming a hole injection layer on the first electrode; and

forming a hole transport layer by a solution process between each of the red light emitting layer of the first sub-pixel, the green light emitting layer of the second sub-pixel and the blue common light emitting layer of the third sub-pixel, and the hole injection layer such that the hole transport layer contacts the blue common light emitting layer,

wherein the blue common light emitting layer comprises a blue electron transport host, a blue hole transport host and a blue dopant, and

the hole transport layer comprises the same blue host as the blue hole transport host.

19. The method according to claim 18 , wherein the blue hole transport host comprises a single material or a mixture of a blue light emitting host and a hole transport host,

the blue hole transport host present as the single material comprises N,N′-dicarbazolyl-3,5-benzene or 4,4′,4″-tris(N-carbazolyl)triphenylamine[TCTA], and

the hole transport host present as the mixture comprises carbazole (dimer, monomer or oligomer), triphenylamine or aryl silane, and

wherein the blue electron transport host comprises a single material, or a mixture of a blue light emitting host and an electron transport host,

the blue electron transport host present as the single material comprises 1,3,5-tri(m-pyrid-3-yl-phenyl)benzene[TmPyPb] or 2-(diphenylphosphoryl)spirofluorene, and

the blue light emitting host present as the mixture comprises 1,3,5-triazine, 1,3,4-oxadiazol, orphenyl phosphine oxide, and

wherein the blue light emitting host comprises a phosphorescent material including carbazole, Firpic, UGH or CBP, or a fluorescent material including BAlq or LiPBO.

20. The method according to claim 18 , wherein a doping content ratio of the blue electron transport host and the blue hole transport host in the blue common light emitting layer is 1:1 to 1:10 and the blue dopant has a concentration of 1% to 20% by weight, and

wherein the hole transport layer has a triplet energy higher than a triplet energy of the blue hole transport host of the blue common light emitting layer.