IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,793,501
Granted Patent B2
US 9,793,501 · App. 14/722,572 · Granted Oct 17, 2017

Organic light emitting diode display

Inventors: Min-Sung Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR); Thanh Tien Nguyen (Seoul, KR); Eun Young Lee (Seoul, KR); Ki Ju Im (Suwon-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L51/0097H01L27/3244H01L51/5253H01L2251/5338Y02E10/549
View Patent ↗
Loading inventors, assignments & file history…
Monitor This Case
Get email alerts when status or documents change.
Order Certified Copies
Most orders are placed with the USPTO same day — all within 24 business hours.
Order via The Patent Place →
Pre-filled with this patent's details
Quick Facts
Patent No.
US 9,793,501
App. No.
14/722,572
Granted
Oct 17, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display includes a flexible substrate, a driving layer positioned on the flexible substrate and including a thin film transistor, an element layer positioned on the driving layer and including an organic light emitting diode that is connected to the thin film transistor, a thin film encapsulation layer covering the element layer and encapsulating the element layer and the flexible substrate, and a compensation layer positioned between the element layer and the flexible substrate.

Claims (25)

1. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising:

a flexible substrate;

a driving layer positioned on the flexible substrate and including a thin film transistor;

an element layer positioned on the driving layer and including an organic light emitting diode that is connected to the thin film transistor;

a thin film encapsulation layer covering the element layer and encapsulating the element layer along with the flexible substrate; and

a compensation layer positioned between the element layer and the flexible substrate,

wherein the organic light emitting diode includes a first electrode connected to the thin film transistor, an organic emission layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the organic emission layer, and

wherein the compensation layer is disposed between the flexible substrate and the first electrode in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the flexible substrate, the compensation layer includes a viscoelastic material.

2. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, when a bending moment is generated in the organic light emitting diode display, a first neutral plane is formed between the thin film encapsulation layer and the compensation layer, and a second neutral plane is formed between the compensation layer and the flexible substrate.

3. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the compensation layer is positioned between the element layer and the driving layer and contacts the element layer and the driving layer, respectively.

4. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the compensation layer is positioned between the driving layer and the flexible substrate and contacts the driving layer and the flexible substrate, respectively.

5. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein, when a bending moment is generated in the organic light emitting diode display, an interface between the element layer and the thin film encapsulation layer is formed as a neutral plane.

6. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the flexible substrate includes a substrate main body part including a polymer and a buffer layer positioned on the substrate main body part.

7. The organic light emitting diode display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

an edge of the thin film encapsulation layer contacts the flexible substrate, and

the edge of the thin film encapsulation layer and the flexible substrate are bonded to each other by laser bonding.

8. An organic light emitting diode display, comprising:

a flexible substrate;

a driving layer positioned on the flexible substrate and including a thin film transistor;

an element layer positioned on the driving layer and including an organic light emitting diode that is connected to the thin film transistor;

a thin film encapsulation layer covering the element layer and encapsulating the element layer along with the flexible substrate; and

a compensation layer positioned between the element layer and the flexible substrate,

wherein the organic light emitting diode includes a first electrode connected to the thin film transistor, an organic emission layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the organic emission layer,

wherein the compensation layer is disposed between the flexible substrate and the first electrode in a direction orthogonal to a surface of the flexible substrate, the compensation layer includes a viscoelastic material, and

wherein, when a bending moment is generated in the organic light emitting diode display, an interface between the element layer and the thin film encapsulation layer is formed as a neutral plane.

Assignments (2)
CORRECTIVE ASSIGNMENT TO CORRECT THE NAME OF THE FOURTH INVENTOR PREVIOUSLY RECORDED ON REEL 035721 FRAME 0724. ASSIGNOR(S) HEREBY CONFIRMS THE NAME OF THE FOURTH INVENTOR IS KI JU IM. Recorded Jun 19, 2015
From: KIM, MIN-SUNG; NGUYEN, THANH TIEN; LEE, EUN YOUNG; IM, KI JU
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035904/0001 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 27, 2015
From: KIM, MIN-SUNG; NGUYEN, THANH TIEN; LEE, EUN YOUNG; KIM, KI JU
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 035721/0724 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2014-0164741 · Nov 24, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160148984A1 · May 26, 2016