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US 10,008,684 · App. 15/138,601 · Granted Jun 26, 2018

Organic light-emitting device and display apparatus including the same

Inventors: Sangwoo Pyo (Hwaseong-si, KR); Jihwan Yoon (Yongin-si, KR); Hyoyeon Kim (Hwaseong-si, KR)
Assignee: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L51/5096H01L51/5024H01L51/5036H01L51/5056H01L51/5072H01L51/5088H01L51/5092H01L51/5206H01L51/5228H01L2251/308
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Patent No.
US 10,008,684
App. No.
15/138,601
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light-emitting device, including a first sub-organic light-emitting device including a first emission layer, a first common emission part, a first buffer part, a first doping part, and a first cathode part, sequentially stacked; a second sub-organic light-emitting device including a second emission layer, a second common emission part, a second buffer part, a second doping part, and a second cathode part, sequentially stacked; and a third sub-organic light-emitting device including a third common emission part, a third buffer part, a third doping part, and a third cathode part, sequentially stacked, the first through third common emission parts integrated with one another as one body, the first through third buffer parts integrated with one another as one body, the first through third doping parts integrated with one another as one body, and the first through third cathode parts integrated with one another as one body.

Claims (57)

1. An organic light-emitting device, comprising:

a first sub-organic light-emitting device including a first anode, a first emission layer, a first common emission layer, a first buffer layer, a first doping layer, and a first cathode layer, which are sequentially stacked;

a second sub-organic light-emitting device including a second anode, a second emission layer, a second common emission layer, a second buffer layer, a second doping layer, and a second cathode layer, which are sequentially stacked; and

a third sub-organic light-emitting device including a third anode, a third common emission layer, a third buffer layer, a third doping layer, and a third cathode layer, which are sequentially stacked,

the first common emission layer, the second common emission layer, and the third common emission layer being integrated with one another as one body,

the first buffer layer, the second buffer layer, and the third buffer layer being integrated with one another as one body,

the first doping layer, the second doping layer, and the third doping layer being integrated with one another as one body, and

the first cathode layer, the second cathode layer, and the third cathode layer being integrated with one another as one body, wherein:

the first emission layer emits a first light, the second emission layer emits a second light different from the first light, and

the first common emission layer, the second common emission layer, and the third common emission layer emit a third light different from the first light and the second light.

2. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the first emission layer emits light having a wavelength range of about 620 nm to about 750 nm,

the second emission layer emits light having a wavelength range of about 495 nm to about 570 nm, and

the first common emission layer, the second common emission layer, and the third common emission layer emit light having a wavelength range of about 440 nm to about 490 nm.

3. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the first sub-organic light-emitting device further includes a first hole transport region layer between the first anode and the first emission layer,

the second sub-organic light-emitting device further includes a second hole transport region layer between the second anode and the second emission layer,

the third sub-organic light-emitting device further includes a third hole transport region layer between the third anode and the third common emission layer, and

the first hole transport region layer, the second hole transport region layer, and the third hole transport region layer are integrated with one another as one body.

4. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the first sub-organic light-emitting device further includes a first auxiliary layer between the first hole transport region layer and the first emission layer.

5. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the second sub-organic light-emitting device further includes a second auxiliary layer between the second hole transport region layer and the second emission layer.

6. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:

the first sub-organic light-emitting device further includes a first electron transport region layer on the first doping layer,

the second sub-organic light-emitting device further includes a second electron transport region layer on the second doping layer,

the third sub-organic light-emitting device further includes a third electron transport region layer on the third doping layer, and

the first electron transport region layer, the second electron transport region layer and the third electron transport region layer are integrated with one another as one body.

7. The organic light-emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first sub-organic light-emitting device, the second sub-organic light-emitting device, and the third sub-organic light-emitting device are spaced apart from one another.

8. A display apparatus, comprising:

a base substrate divided into a first light-emitting area, a second light-emitting area, and a third light-emitting area, which are spaced apart from one another;

a first emission layer in the first light-emitting area;

a second emission layer in the second light-emitting area;

a common emission layer in the first light-emitting area, the second light-emitting area, and the third light-emitting area, the common emission layer being one body on the first emission layer and the second emission layer;

a buffer layer in the first light-emitting area, the second light-emitting area, and the third light-emitting area, the buffer layer being one body on the common emission layer; and

a doping layer, at least a portion of the doping layer including an n-type dopant, the doping layer being in the first light-emitting area, the second light-emitting area, and the third light-emitting area, the doping layer being one body on the buffer layer, wherein

the common emission layer is provided between the first emission layer and the doping layer, and between the second emission layer and the doping layer.

9. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , wherein:

the common emission layer is on an entire area of the base substrate,

the buffer layer is on an entire area of the common emission layer, and

the doping layer is on an entire area of the buffer layer.

10. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , wherein:

the first light-emitting area emits light having a wavelength range of about 620 nm to about 750 nm,

the second light-emitting area emits light having a wavelength range of about 495 nm to about 570 nm, and

the third light-emitting area emits light having a wavelength range of about 440 nm to about 490 nm.

11. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , wherein:

the first emission layer emits light having a wavelength range of about 620 nm to about 750 nm,

the second emission layer emits light having a wavelength range of about 495 nm to about 570 nm, and

the common emission layer emits light having a wavelength range of about 440 nm to about 490 nm.

12. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising a hole transport region in the first light-emitting area, the second light-emitting area, and the third light-emitting area, the hole transport region being one body between the base substrate and the common emission layer.

13. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a first auxiliary layer in the first light-emitting area, the first auxiliary layer being between the hole transport region and the first emission layer.

14. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , further comprising a second auxiliary layer in the second light-emitting area, the second auxiliary layer being between the hole transport region and the second emission layer.

15. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the hole transport region includes:

a hole injection layer on the base substrate; and

a hole transport layer on the hole injection layer.

16. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 8 , further comprising an electron transport region in the first light-emitting area, the second light-emitting area, and the third light-emitting area, the electron transport region being one body on the doping layer.

17. The display apparatus as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the electron transport region includes:

an electron transport layer on the doping layer; and

an electron injection layer on the electron transport layer.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 26, 2016
From: PYO, SANGWOO; YOON, JIHWAN; KIM, HYOYEON
To: SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 038523/0303 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0116286 · Aug 18, 2015 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170054101A1 · Feb 23, 2017
Cited By (1)
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