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Granted Patent B2
US 10,593,905 · App. 15/943,967 · Granted Mar 17, 2020

Organic light emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same

Inventors: Joonsuk Lee (Seoul, KR); SeJune Kim (Paju-si, KR); JeongHyeon Choi (Seoul, KR)
Assignee: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
H01L51/5212H01L27/326H01L27/3246H01L27/3276H01L51/0031H01L51/5206H01L51/5215H01L51/5218H01L51/5228H01L51/56H01L2251/5315
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Patent No.
US 10,593,905
App. No.
15/943,967
Granted
Mar 17, 2020
Kind
B2
Abstract

An organic light emitting display device is disclosed, which comprises an anode electrode provided in a light emitting area on a substrate having a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a light emitting area and a transmissive area; an organic light emitting layer on the anode electrode; a cathode electrode on the organic light emitting layer; an auxiliary electrode connected with the cathode electrode; and a connection electrode connected with the anode electrode and provided in the transmissive area of the substrate.

Claims (33)

1. An organic light emitting display device comprising:

a substrate having a plurality of pixels, each pixel including a transmissive area and a light emitting area provided with a plurality of sub pixels;

an anode electrode in the light emitting area;

an organic light emitting layer in the light emitting area;

a cathode electrode in the light emitting area, the transmissive area, and an area between the transmissive areas;

an auxiliary electrode connected with the cathode electrode; and

a connection electrode connected with the anode electrode and formed to overlap an anode electrode of a corresponding one of sub pixels of an adjacent pixel so as to repair the anode electrode by connecting the connection electrode and the anode electrode of the corresponding one of sub pixels of the adjacent pixel, and

wherein the connection electrode is provided in the transmissive area and made of a transparent conductive material.

2. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the anode electrode includes a first anode electrode and a second anode electrode connected with the first anode electrode through a contact hole, and wherein the connection electrode is connected with the first anode electrode on the same layer as the first anode electrode.

3. The organic light emitting display device of claim 2 , wherein the connection electrode overlaps a second anode electrode of the corresponding one of sub pixels of the adjacent pixel.

4. The organic light emitting display device of claim 3 , wherein, when the second anode electrode of a specific sub pixel has a defect, the connection electrode of the specific sub pixel and the second anode electrode of the corresponding one of sub pixels of the adjacent pixel are welded by a laser.

5. The organic light emitting display device of claim 2 , wherein the first anode electrode includes a first lower anode electrode and a first upper anode electrode, and a first cover anode electrode, and

wherein the connection electrode is connected with the first cover anode electrode.

6. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the first cover anode electrode is disposed to cover an upper surface and a side of the first upper anode electrode.

7. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein an oxidation of the first lower anode electrode and the first cover anode electrode is smaller than that of the first upper anode electrode, and wherein a resistance of the first upper anode electrode is lower than that of each of the first lower anode electrode and the first cover anode electrode.

8. The organic light emitting display device of claim 2 , further comprising

wherein the auxiliary electrode includes a first auxiliary electrode and a second auxiliary electrode connected with the first auxiliary electrode through a contact hole.

9. The organic light emitting display device of claim 8 , wherein the first anode electrode and the first auxiliary electrode are disposed on a same layer, and wherein the second anode electrode and the second auxiliary electrode are disposed on a same layer.

10. The organic light emitting display device of claim 8 , wherein a width of the first auxiliary electrode is greater than that of the first anode electrode.

11. The organic light emitting display device of claim 8 , wherein the first auxiliary electrode is overlapped with the second anode electrode.

12. The organic light emitting display device of claim 8 , wherein the first auxiliary electrode and the first anode electrode are formed of a same material, and wherein the second auxiliary electrode and the second anode electrode are formed of a same material.

13. The organic light emitting display device of claim 8 , wherein the first auxiliary electrode includes a first lower auxiliary electrode and a first upper auxiliary electrode and a first cover auxiliary electrode.

14. The organic light emitting display device of claim 13 , wherein the first cover auxiliary electrode is disposed to cover an upper surface and a side of the first upper auxiliary electrode.

15. The organic light emitting display device of claim 13 , wherein an oxidation of the first lower auxiliary electrode and the first cover auxiliary electrode is smaller than that of the first upper auxiliary electrode, and wherein a resistance of the first upper auxiliary electrode is lower than that of each of the first lower auxiliary electrode and the first cover auxiliary electrode.

16. The organic light emitting display device of claim 8 , further comprising

a bank on one side and another side of the auxiliary electrode, and

a partition wall spaced apart from the bank on the auxiliary electrode,

wherein the cathode electrode is connected with the auxiliary electrode through a spaced area between the bank and the partition wall.

17. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of sub pixels is comprised of sub pixels that emit red light, white light, blue light, and green light, and the sub pixels are arranged in a first direction.

18. The organic light emitting display device of claim 17 , wherein the connection electrode overlaps the anode electrode of the corresponding one of sub pixels of the adjacent pixel in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction.

19. The organic light emitting display device of claim 17 , wherein the corresponding one of sub pixels is a sub pixel that emits the same light.

20. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the light emitting area and the transmissive area have different areas.

21. The organic light emitting display device of claim 20 , wherein the transmissive area has a larger area than the light emitting area.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 3, 2018
From: LEE, JOONSUK; KIM, SEJUNE; CHOI, JEONGHYEON
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2015-0157090 · Nov 10, 2015 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 15347507 · Nov 9, 2016
Related Publication 20180226606A1 · Aug 9, 2018