IP Library Granted Patent US 10,008,697
Granted Patent B2
US 10,008,697 · App. 15/252,053 · Granted Jun 26, 2018

Organic light emitting diode display device

Inventors: Jihyang Jang (Goyang-si, KR); Sookang Kim (Paju-si, KR); Soyoung Jo (Seoul, KR); Wonhoe Koo (Goyang-si, KR); Hyunsoo Lim (Goyang-si, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L51/5275H01L27/3246H01L27/3258H01L51/5012H01L51/5206H01L51/5221H01L51/5271H01L51/5281H01L51/5293H01L51/56H01L27/322H01L51/5209H01L51/5225H01L2227/323
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Patent No.
US 10,008,697
App. No.
15/252,053
Granted
Jun 26, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

Provided is an organic light emitting diode display device. The organic light emitting diode display device includes a polarizing plate, a substrate disposed on the polarizing plate, an overcoating layer disposed on the substrate and including a plurality of micro lenses, and a first electrode, an organic emission layer, and a second electrode of an organic emission element which is disposed on the overcoating layer, in which the micro lens includes a plurality of recesses and a wall surrounding the recesses and a reflective pattern is disposed in an area corresponding to the recess.

Claims (33)

1. An organic light emitting diode display device, comprising:

an overcoating layer on a substrate and including a plurality of micro lenses;

an organic emission element including a first electrode, an organic emission layer and a second electrode, the organic emission element on the overcoating layer and having a curve according to a shape of the plurality of micro lenses, each of the plurality of micro lenses including a recess and a protrusion;

a reflective pattern in an area corresponding to the recess, and

a bank pattern between the overcoating layer and the second electrode,

wherein the bank pattern defines an emission area and a non-emission area, and

wherein the plurality of micro lenses are provided in an area corresponding to the emission area.

2. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein recesses of the plurality of micro lenses are spaced apart from each other by protrusions of plurality of micro lenses.

3. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 2 , wherein the recesses and the protrusions are alternately disposed.

4. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein each protrusion includes a slope, and wherein an angle of the slope relative to a horizontal surface of the organic emission element is in a range of 40° to 60° or in a range of 120° to 140°.

5. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein the overcoating layer has at least one opening, the protrusion includes two convex portions spaced apart from each other by the at least one opening, the reflective pattern is disposed in a separation space corresponding to the at least one opening, and wherein the separation space corresponds to the recess.

6. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , further comprising a polarizing plate, wherein the reflective pattern is disposed between the organic emission layer and the polarizing plate.

7. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein refractive indices of the first electrode and the organic emission layer are greater than refractive indices of the overcoating layer and the substrate.

8. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein the emission layer transmits an emission light, and wherein the emission light is incident on a polarizing plate and is reflected by the polarizing plate to generate a reflection light, and wherein the reflective pattern is located on a path of the reflection light.

9. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein the protrusion includes two convex portions, a width of the reflective pattern is smaller than a distance between two centers of the two convex portions.

10. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein a width of the reflective pattern is smaller than a distance between two centers of two of the recesses that are immediately adjacent to each other.

11. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein the reflective pattern is disposed between the overcoating layer and the substrate.

12. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein in the area corresponding to the recess, the reflective pattern is disposed on a color filter layer, wherein the color filter layer is disposed on the substrate or an insulating layer, and wherein the insulating layer is disposed on a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate.

13. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein in the area corresponding to the recess, the reflective pattern is disposed between the overcoating layer and the first electrode.

14. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of micro lenses has a first area corresponding to the recess, a second area corresponding to a wall surrounding the recess, and a third area corresponding to a convex portion of the protrusion, and wherein the reflective pattern is disposed in the area corresponding to the first area.

15. An organic light emitting diode display device, comprising:

an overcoating layer on a substrate, wherein the overcoating layer has a non-flat surface; and

an organic emission element including a first electrode, an organic emission layer and a second electrode, the organic emission element on the overcoating layer and having a curve according to a shape of the non-flat surface;

a reflective pattern between the first electrode and the substrate, and

a bank pattern between the overcoating layer and the second electrode,

wherein the bank pattern defines an emission area and a non-emission area, and

wherein the non-flat surface of the overcoating layer is provided in an area corresponding to the emission area.

16. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 15 , wherein the overcoating layer includes a plurality of micro lenses on the non-flat surface, each of the plurality of micro lenses includes a protrusion and a recess, the overcoating layer has at least one opening, the protrusion includes two convex portions spaced apart from each other by the at least one opening, the reflective pattern is disposed in a separation space corresponding to the at least one opening, and the separation space corresponds to the recess.

17. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 15 , further comprising a polarizing plate, wherein the reflective pattern is disposed between the organic emission layer and the polarizing plate.

18. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 16 , wherein a width of the reflective pattern is smaller than a distance between two centers of the two convex portions.

19. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 16 , wherein a width of the reflective pattern is smaller than a distance between two centers of two of the recesses that are immediately adjacent to each other.

20. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 15 , wherein the overcoating layer includes a plurality of micro lenses on the non-flat surface, each of the plurality of micro lenses includes a recess and a protrusion, the reflective pattern is disposed in an area corresponding to the recess.

21. The organic light emitting diode display device of claim 20 , wherein in the area corresponding to the recess, the reflective pattern is disposed on a color filter layer, the color filter layer is disposed on the substrate or an insulating layer, and wherein the insulating layer is disposed on a thin film transistor disposed on the substrate.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Sep 23, 2016
From: JANG, JIHYANG; KIM, SOOKANG; JO, SOYOUNG; KOO, WONHOE; LIM, HYUNSOO
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 039847/0328 →
Priority Claims (2)
KR 10-2015-0123173 · Aug 31, 2015 · national
KR 10-2016-0067665 · May 31, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20170062770A1 · Mar 2, 2017
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