Method of manufacturing an OLED display device, the resulting OLED display device and a timepiece comprising the same
Organic light emitting diode display device including a substrate covered by a cover which has a plane surface delimited along the external perimeter thereof. The plane surface of the cover is provided with a protuberance. The substrate is provided with a stack of layers, the stack of layers including at least the following layers in succession in the following order starting from the substrate: at least one anode; an insulating layer; a spacer layer which has a first exclusion area in a first area; an active hole injection layer, an active hole transport layer and an active electron transport layer; a cathode layer which has a second exclusion area. The protuberance of the cover is joined to the layer with which the protuberance is in contact, a hole, whose diameter is smaller than the geometrical dimensions of the protuberance, being made in the protuberance and through the substrate.
1. An organic light emitting diode display device, comprising:
a substrate covered by a cover which has a plane surface delimited along the external perimeter thereof by an edge, via which the cover is secured to the substrate,
wherein the plane surface of the cover is provided with a protuberance which extends in the direction of the substrate,
wherein the substrate is provided with a stack of layers including at least the following layers which succeed each other in the following order starting from the substrate:
at least one anode;
an insulating layer;
a spacer layer which has a first exclusion area in which material used to form the spacer layer is omitted;
an active hole injection layer;
an active hole transport layer;
an active electron transport layer; and
a cathode layer which has a second exclusion area in which material used to form the cathode layer is omitted,
wherein the protuberance of the cover extends through the first exclusion area and the second exclusion area and is joined to the layer with which the protuberance is in contact, and
wherein a hole, whose diameter is smaller than the geometrical dimensions of the protuberance, passes through the protuberance and the substrate.
2. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 1 , wherein the at least one anode includes multiple anodes arranged in parallel strips.
3. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first exclusion area is a hole in the spacer layer.
4. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 3 , wherein the first exclusion area is positioned at a center of the substrate.
5. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 1 , wherein the second exclusion area is a hole in the cathode layer.
6. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 5 , wherein the second exclusion area is positioned at a center of the substrate.
7. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 1 , wherein the first exclusion area and the second exclusion area are positioned at a center of the substrate.
8. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 1 , wherein the cover hermetically seals the organic light emitting diode display device.
9. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 1 , wherein the layer with which the protuberance is in contact is the active hole injection layer, the active hole transport layer, or the active electron transport layer.
10. A timepiece, comprising:
an organic light emitting diode display device including a substrate covered by a cover which has a plane surface delimited along the external perimeter thereof by an edge, via which the cover is secured to the substrate,
wherein the plane surface of the cover is provided with a protuberance which extends in the direction of the substrate,
wherein the substrate is provided with a stack of layers including at least the following layers which succeed each other in the following order starting from the substrate:
at least one anode;
an insulating layer;
a spacer layer which has a first exclusion area in which material used to form the spacer layer is omitted;
an active hole injection layer;
an active hole transport layer;
an active electron transport layer; and
a cathode layer which has a second exclusion area in which material used to form the cathode layer is omitted,
wherein the protuberance of the cover extends through the first exclusion area and the second exclusion area and is joined to the layer with which the protuberance is in contact,
wherein a hole, whose diameter is smaller than the geometrical dimensions of the protuberance, passes through the protuberance and the substrate, and
wherein an hour hand and an arbour of a minute hand pass through the hole.