IP Library Granted Patent US 9,508,778
Granted Patent B2
US 9,508,778 · App. 14/599,189 · Granted Nov 29, 2016

Organic light emitting diode display

Inventors: Nam-Hee Kim (Seoul, KR); Keun Soo Lee (Cheonan-si, KR); Sun Youl Lee (Hwaseong-si, KR); Kwang-Min Kim (Seoul, KR); Mi Kyung Kim (Asan-si, KR); Yang Wan Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jong-Ryuk Park (Cheonan-si, KR); Kyung Jin Lee (Seoul, KR); Sang Min Yi (Suwon-si, KR); Sang Shin Lee (Yongin-si, KR)
Assignee: Samsung Display Co., Ltd.
H01L27/3246H01L51/0011H01L27/3216H01L27/3218
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Patent No.
US 9,508,778
App. No.
14/599,189
Granted
Nov 29, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting device includes: a first substrate; a plurality of electrodes on the first substrate; a pixel definition layer on the plurality of electrodes and including a plurality of openings and respectively exposing the plurality of electrodes; and a spacer on the pixel definition layer, wherein the pixel definition layer includes a first opening and a second opening adjacent to each other along a first direction by an interval for each pixel, and a third opening adjacent to the first opening and the second opening by an interval along a second direction crossing the first direction, and wherein the spacer is at a crossing point of a first imaginary line extending in the first direction and passing between the first opening and the third opening and a second imaginary line extending in the second direction and passing between the first opening and the second opening.

Claims (49)

1. An organic light emitting device comprising:

a first substrate;

a plurality of electrodes on the first substrate;

a pixel definition layer on the plurality of electrodes and comprising a plurality of openings and respectively exposing the plurality of electrodes, the pixel definition layer defining a plurality of pixels that each include a first subpixel, a second subpixel and a third subpixel which are able to emit colors being different from each other; and

a spacer on the pixel definition layer,

wherein the pixel definition layer comprises, for each pixel, a first opening and a second opening adjacent to each other along a first direction by an interval, and a third opening adjacent to the first opening and the second opening by an interval along a second direction crossing the first direction, wherein the first opening corresponds to the first subpixel, the second opening corresponds to the second subpixel, and the third opening corresponds to the third subpixel, and

wherein the spacer is at a crossing point of a first imaginary line extending in the first direction and passing between the first opening and the third opening and a second imaginary line extending in the second direction and passing between the first opening and the second opening.

2. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein

a first organic emission layer is at the first opening of the pixel definition layer where a first organic emission material is located, a second organic emission layer is at the second opening of the pixel definition layer where a second organic emission material is located, and a third organic emission layer is at the third opening of the pixel definition layer where a third organic emission material is located.

3. The organic light emitting device of claim 2 , wherein

at least one of the first organic emission material, the second organic emission material, or the third organic emission material is on the pixel definition layer or the spacer.

4. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein

the first imaginary line passes between the first opening and the third opening in one pixel, the second imaginary line passes between the first opening and the second opening respectively in pixels adjacent to each other in the first direction and adjacent to each other, and

the spacer comprises a first spacer at a crossing point of the first imaginary line and the second imaginary line.

5. The organic light emitting device of claim 4 , further comprising

a third imaginary line extending in the first direction and passing between the first opening and the third opening in the pixels adjacent to each other in the second direction and adjacent to each other, and

the spacer comprises a second spacer at the crossing point of the second imaginary line and the third imaginary line.

6. The organic light emitting device of claim 5 , wherein

the first spacer and the second spacer are alternately arranged for each pixel along the first direction.

7. The organic light emitting device of claim 5 , wherein

the first spacer and the second spacer are alternately arranged for each pixel along the second direction.

8. The organic light emitting device of claim 5 , wherein

the first spacer and the second spacer face away from each other with the third opening interposed therebetween and protrude in opposite directions to each other.

9. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein

the spacer has a plane shape of a triangle.

10. The organic light emitting device of claim 9 , wherein

the spacer has a first side extending in the first direction, and a first apex facing the first side protrudes toward a region between the first opening and the second opening.

11. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein

the spacer has a first side extending in the first direction, and has a plane shape of a polygon having a protrusion facing the first side and protruding toward a region between the first opening and the second opening.

12. The organic light emitting device of claim 11 , wherein

the spacer has a protrusion respectively protruding toward a region between the first opening and the second opening, and a region between the first opening or the second opening and the third opening.

13. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein

the first imaginary line passes between the first opening and the third opening in one pixel,

further comprising a fourth imaginary line extending in the second direction and passing between the first opening and the second opening in one pixel, and

the spacer is at the crossing point of the first imaginary line and the fourth imaginary line.

14. The organic light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein

the spacer is alternately arranged for one pixel along the first direction.

15. The organic light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein

the spacer is alternately arranged for one pixel along the second direction.

16. The organic light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein

the spacer has a plane shape of a triangle.

17. The organic light emitting device of claim 16 , wherein

the spacer has a first side extending in the first direction, and a first apex facing the first side protrudes toward a region between the first opening and the second opening.

18. The organic light emitting device of claim 13 , wherein

the spacer has a first side extending in the first direction and has a plane shape of a polygon having a protrusion facing the first side and protruding toward a region between the first opening and the second opening.

19. The organic light emitting device of claim 18 , wherein

the spacer has a protrusion respectively protruding toward a region between the first opening and the second opening and a region between the first opening or the second opening and the third opening.

20. The organic light emitting device of claim 1 , wherein,

in the spacer, a cross-sectional thickness of a center on the plane is greater than a cross-sectional thickness of an edge on the plane.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2015
From: KIM, NAM-HEE; LEE, KEUN SOO; LEE, SUN YOUL; KIM, KWANG-MIN; KIM, MI KYUNG; KIM, YANG WAN; PARK, JONG-RYUK; LEE, KYUNG JIN; YI, SANG MIN; LEE, SANG SHIN
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2014-0050328 · Apr 25, 2014 · national
KR 10-2014-0134345 · Oct 6, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20150311473A1 · Oct 29, 2015