IP Library Granted Patent US 10,186,557
Granted Patent B2
US 10,186,557 · App. 14/762,641 · Granted Jan 22, 2019

OLED display device, manufacturing method thereof, display device and mask for vaporization

Inventor: Lifei Ma (Beijing, CN)
Assignee: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
H01L27/3218C23C14/042C23C14/12H01L27/3216H01L27/3244H01L51/0012H01L51/56H01L51/0011H01L51/50H01L2227/323
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Patent No.
US 10,186,557
App. No.
14/762,641
Granted
Jan 22, 2019
Kind
B2
Abstract

An OLED display device and a manufacturing method thereof, a display device and a vaporization mask are disclosed. Five sub-pixels ( 101 ) in a pixel unit ( 10 ) of the display device includes at least one red, at least one green and at least one blue sub-pixel. Four of the five sub-pixels ( 101 ) are distributed at four corners and have the same shape and size, the other one is surrounded by the four sub-pixels ( 101 ), and the four sub-pixels ( 101 ) and the one sub-pixel ( 101 ) are of different colors. Any one sub-pixel ( 101 ) at a corner of the pixel unit ( 10 ) forms a regular pattern with one sub-pixel at a corner in each of other three adjacent pixel units ( 10 ), and in the regular pattern, all of the sub-pixels are of a same color and each occupies ¼ of the pattern. The display device can reduce the difficulty of manufacturing vaporization openings of a mask and increase the display resolution.

Claims (31)

1. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device comprising a plurality of pixel units, wherein,

each of the pixel units comprises five sub-pixels comprising at least one red sub-pixel, at least one green sub-pixel and at least one blue sub-pixel;

four of the five sub-pixels are distributed at four corners and have a same shape and size, one sub-pixel is surrounded by the four sub-pixels, any side of the one sub-pixel is in contact with one of the other four sub-pixels and each of the other four sub-pixels is in contact with one side of the one sub-pixel, no gap is provided between the one sub-pixel and the other four sub pixels, and the four sub-pixels have different colors from the one sub-pixel surrounded by the four sub-pixels;

any one sub-pixel at a corner of the pixel unit forms a regular pattern with one sub-pixel at a corner in each of other three adjacent pixel units, and in the regular pattern, all of the sub-pixels are of a same color and each occupies ¼ of the pattern;

the sub-pixels each comprise an anode, a cathode and a light-emitting layer of organic material; and

a rectangle without any opening is formed by the four sub-pixels and the one sub-pixel, and four vertices of the one sub-pixel are on four sides of the rectangle.

2. The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein in the four sub-pixels distributed at four corners of each pixel unit, any two opposite sub-pixels are of a same color.

3. The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein the regular pattern is a circle shape or an ellipse shape.

4. The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein the regular pattern is of a rhombus shape.

5. The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein the sub-pixels further comprise thin film transistors and the thin film transistors have drain electrodes electrically connected with the anodes.

6. A method for manufacturing an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display device, wherein the OLED display device comprises a plurality of pixel units, the method comprising:

on a substrate formed with anodes, forming organic material light-emitting layers in regions of four sub-pixels at four corners and one sub-pixel surrounded by the four sub-pixels in each of the pixel units by vaporization; and

forming cathodes on the substrate formed with the organic material light-emitting layers;

wherein the four sub-pixels at four corners of the pixel unit have a same shape and size;

any side of the one sub-pixel is in contact with one of the other four sub-pixels and each of the other four sub-pixels is in contact with one side of the one sub-pixel, no gap is provided between the one sub-pixel and the other four sub pixels;

any one sub-pixel at a corner of each pixel unit forms a regular pattern with one sub-pixel at a corner in each of other three adjacent pixel units, and in the regular pattern, all of the sub-pixels are of a same color and each occupies ¼ of the pattern;

the five sub-pixels of the pixel unit comprise at least one red sub-pixel, at least one green sub-pixel and at least one blue sub-pixel, and the four sub-pixels distributed at four corners and the one sub-pixel surrounded by the four sub-pixels are of different colors; and

a rectangle without any opening is formed by the four sub-pixels and the one sub-pixel, and four vertices of the one sub-pixel are on four sides of the rectangle.

7. The method according to claim 6 , wherein in the four sub-pixels at four corners of the pixel unit, the organic material light-emitting layers of any two opposite sub-pixels are of a same material.

8. The method according to claim 7 , wherein a first organic material light-emitting layer is vaporized by aligning a first vaporization opening of a first mask with a first sub-pixel at any corner of the pixel unit and other three sub-pixels surrounding the first sub-pixel of the pixel unit at corners; wherein the first sub-pixel is a sub-pixel at an opposite corner in the pixel unit;

a first organic material light-emitting layer is vaporized by moving the first mask to align the first vaporization opening of the first mask with a second sub-pixel at any corner of the pixel unit and other three sub-pixels surrounding the second sub-pixel of the pixel unit at corners; wherein the second sub-pixel is a sub-pixel other than the first sub-pixel at an opposite corner in the pixel unit; and

a third organic material light-emitting layer is vaporized by aligning a second vaporization opening of a second mask with a third sub-pixel surrounded by the first sub-pixel and the second sub-pixel in the pixel unit.

9. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel are a red sub-pixel, a green sub-pixel and a blue sub-pixel respectively.

10. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first vaporization opening is of a circle or ellipse shape.

11. The method according to claim 8 , wherein the first vaporization openings is of a rhombus shape.

12. The method according to claim 6 , further comprising: forming a thin film transistor in each of the sub-pixels which has a drain electrode electrically connected with the anode.

13. A display device comprising the OLED display device of claim 1 .

14. The OLED display device according to claim 2 , wherein the regular pattern is a circle shape or an ellipse shape.

15. The OLED display device according to claim 2 , wherein the regular pattern is of a rhombus shape.

16. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first vaporization opening is of a circle or ellipse shape.

17. The method according to claim 9 , wherein the first vaporization openings is of a rhombus shape.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 22, 2015
From: MA, LIFEI
To: BOE TECHNOLOGY GROUP CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036155/0585 →
Priority Claims (1)
CN 2014 1 0324701 · Jul 9, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20160276416A1 · Sep 22, 2016
Cited By (1)
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