Flexible display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
Provided is a flexible display apparatus having an improved light extracting efficiency and a method of manufacturing the flexible display apparatus. The flexible display apparatus includes a flexible substrate having a rippled surface, a pixel electrode on the flexible substrate and having a rippled surface, an intermediate layer on the pixel electrode and including a light emission layer, and an opposing electrode facing the pixel electrode. A method of manufacturing the flexible display apparatus includes applying a tensile force to a flexible substrate, forming a pixel electrode on the flexible substrate, removing the tensile force applied to the flexible substrate to form a rippled surface in the pixel electrode, forming an intermediate layer including an light emission layer on the pixel electrode, and forming an opposing electrode facing the pixel electrode.
1. A method of manufacturing a flexible display apparatus, the method comprising:
applying a tensile force to a flexible substrate;
forming a pixel electrode on the flexible substrate;
removing the tensile force applied to the flexible substrate to form a rippled surface in the pixel electrode;
forming an intermediate layer comprising a light emission layer on the pixel electrode; and
forming an opposing electrode facing the pixel electrode.
2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the removing of the tensile force comprises forming irregularly spaced ripples in the pixel electrode.
3. The method of claim 1 , wherein the flexible substrate comprises an elastic material.
4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the forming of the intermediate layer comprising the light emission layer comprises using a deposition method or a printing method.
5. A method of manufacturing a flexible display apparatus, the method comprising:
applying a tensile force to a flexible substrate;
forming a pixel electrode on the flexible substrate;
forming an intermediate layer comprising a light emission layer on the pixel electrode;
forming an opposing electrode facing the pixel electrode; and
removing the tensile force applied to the flexible substrate to form a rippled surface in the pixel electrode.
6. The method of claim 5 , wherein the removing of the tensile force comprises forming irregularly spaced ripples in the pixel electrode.
7. The method of claim 5 , wherein the flexible substrate comprises an elastic material.
8. The method of claim 5 , wherein the forming of the intermediate layer comprising the light emission layer comprises using a deposition method or a printing method.