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Granted Patent B2
US 12,063,846 · App. 17/539,998 · Granted Aug 13, 2024

Display device capable of preventing burnt

Inventors: Hoonsok Son (Paju-si, KR); Dojoong Kim (Paju-si, KR)
Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
H10K71/00H10K50/824H10K59/122
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Patent No.
US 12,063,846
App. No.
17/539,998
Granted
Aug 13, 2024
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an organic light emitting display device and a method for manufacturing the same. In the organic light emitting display device according to the present disclosure, a bank which exposes an auxiliary electrode connected to a cathode electrode of an organic light emitting device is composed of multiple layers, and particularly, since the lowest layer of the bank, which is adjacent to the auxiliary electrode, includes an undercut, the cathode electrode and the auxiliary electrode are directly connected so that it is possible to prevent burnt due to a short-circuit between the cathode electrode and Ag included in the auxiliary electrode.

Claims (21)

1. A display device, comprising:

a light emitting device which comprises a first electrode, a light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode, an electron transport layer disposed on the light emitting layer, and a second electrode disposed on the electron transport layer;

a driving transistor which is electrically connected to the first electrode and supplies a driving current to the light emitting device;

an auxiliary electrode which is disposed apart from the driving transistor and is electrically connected to the second electrode; and

a bank which is composed of multiple layers on the auxiliary electrode and of which a lowest layer adjacent to the auxiliary electrode among the multiple layers comprises an undercut,

wherein the auxiliary electrode comprises a first auxiliary electrode, a second auxiliary electrode disposed on the first auxiliary electrode, a third auxiliary electrode disposed on the second auxiliary electrode, and an auxiliary electrode hole which exposes a top surface of the first auxiliary electrode, and

wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the top surface of the first auxiliary electrode in the auxiliary electrode hole.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first auxiliary electrode and the third auxiliary electrode are formed of ITO or IZO, and wherein the second auxiliary electrode is formed of Ag or an alloy including Ag.

3. The display device of claim 1 , comprising a second bank hole which exposes at least one side of the bank in a reverse tapered shape and exposes the top surface of the first auxiliary electrode.

4. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the bank comprises:

a first bank comprising an undercut; and

a second bank stacked on the first bank.

5. The display device of claim 4 , wherein the first bank is formed of an inorganic insulating material, and wherein the second bank is formed of an organic insulating material.

6. The display device of claim 3 , wherein one side of the second bank, which is exposed by the second bank hole protrudes more than one side of the first bank, which is exposed by the second bank hole.

7. The display device of claim 3 , wherein the electron transport layer is disposed on the first auxiliary electrode within the second bank hole, and wherein the display device comprises a contact hole which exposes a part of the top surface of the first auxiliary electrode.

8. The display device of claim 7 , wherein the second electrode is electrically connected to the top surface of the first auxiliary electrode in the contact hole.

9. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the electron transport layer is located on the bank and is separated by the undercut structure.

10. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second electrode is located on the bank and is separated by the undercut structure.

11. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the bank is larger than that of the light emitting layer.

12. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode are formed of the same material and have the same structure.

13. The display device of claim 1 , wherein a thickness of the first auxiliary electrode is larger than that of the third auxiliary electrode.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 2, 2021
From: SON, HOONSOK; KIM, DOJOONG
To: LG DISPLAY CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 058272/0795 →
Priority Claims (1)
KR 10-2020-0188228 · Dec 30, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20220209209A1 · Jun 30, 2022