Organic light emitting diode display device and manufacturing method thereof

• US 10,446,626 B2
• Filed: 12/01/2017
• Issued: 10/15/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 12/07/2016
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Yun, Haeyoung, Cho, Junghyun
• Primary Examiner(s): Johnson, Gerald
• Application Number:
  US15/828,630
• Publication Number:
  US 20180158887A1
• Time in Patent Office: 683 Days
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/30 using electroluminescent panels
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 10/88 Passivation; Containers; Encapsulations
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/805 Electrodes
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/813 characterised by their shape
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/822 characterised by their shape
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/8428 Vertical spacers, e.g. arranged between the sealing arrangement and the OLED
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/852 comprising a resonant cavity structure, e.g. Bragg reflector pair
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/122 Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/124 Insulating layers formed between TFT elements and OLED elements

Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display device includes a passivation layer, a first electrode, a pixel defining layer, an organic emitting layer, and a second electrode. The passivation layer includes a trench and a recessed portion. The first electrode is on the passivation layer. The pixel defining layer is on the passivation layer and defines an opening which exposes at least a part of the first electrode. The organic light emitting layer is on the first electrode. The second electrode is on the light emitting layer. The recessed portion overlaps the opening and is spaced apart from an edge of the opening. The trench is spaced apart from the first electrode.

Claims

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

a substrate;

a passivation layer on the substrate and including a trench and a recessed portion;

a first electrode on the passivation layer such that the passivation layer is between the substrate and the first electrode;

a pixel defining layer on the passivation layer, the pixel defining layer defining an opening which exposes at least a part of the first electrode;

an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode; and

a second electrode on the light emitting layer,

wherein the recessed portion is in an area bounded by edges of the opening and is spaced apart from the edges of the opening, and

wherein the trench is spaced apart from the first electrode, the pixel defining layer being disposed above the trench.

2. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trench encloses at least a part of the first electrode.

3. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trench includes a plurality of recessed patterns spaced apart from each other and partially enclosing the first electrode.

4. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trench is spaced apart from the first electrode by a distance in a range from about 1 μ

m to about 5 μ

m.

5. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trench has a width in a range from about 1.0 μ

m to about 3.0 μ

m.

6. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the trench has a depth in a range from about 0.2 μ

m to about 1.0 μ

m.

7. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the passivation layer has substantially a same height with respect to a surface of the substrate at a boundary at which the passivation layer overlaps the pixel defining layer.

8. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the passivation layer has a height difference of about 0.1 μ

m or less with respect to a surface of the substrate at a boundary at which the passivation layer overlaps the pixel defining layer.

9. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the edge of the opening has substantially a same height with respect to a surface of the substrate.

10. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the edge of the opening has a height difference of about 0.1 μ

m or less with respect to a surface of the substrate.

11. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recessed portion is spaced apart from the edge of the opening by a distance in a range from about 0.5 μ

m to about 5.0 μ

m.

12. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein at least a part of an edge of the recessed portion is parallel to the edge of the opening.

13. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recessed portion has a width in a range from about 1.0 μ

m to about 2.0 μ

m.

14. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the recessed portion has a depth in a range from about 0.3 μ

m to about 0.7 μ

m.

15. The display device as claimed in claim 1, wherein the passivation layer includes a plurality of recessed portions.

16. The display device as claimed in claim 15, wherein each of the plurality of recessed portions has a linear planar shape.

17. The display device as claimed in claim 16, wherein the plurality of recessed portions are parallel to each other.

18. The display device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the plurality of recessed portions are arranged in a radial manner.

19. The display device as claimed in claim 15, wherein the plurality of recessed portions have different depths.

20. The display device as claimed in claim 15, further comprising:

a thin film transistor between the substrate and the passivation layer; and

one or more wirings connected to the thin film transistor, wherein at least one of the plurality of recessed portions overlaps the one or more wirings and wherein the recessed portion overlapping the one or more wirings has a depth less than a depth of a recessed portion not overlapping the one or more wirings.

21. The display device as claimed in claim 20, wherein the one or more wirings include a data line, a driving voltage line, and a capacitor.

22. The display device as claimed in claim 1, further comprising:

a spacer on the pixel defining layer.

23. A method for manufacturing an organic light emitting diode display device, the method comprising:

forming a photosensitive material layer by applying a photosensitive material layer on a substrate;

patterning the photosensitive material layer to form a passivation layer including a trench and a recessed portion;

forming a first electrode on the passivation layer such that the passivation layer is between the substrate and the first electrode;

forming a pixel defining layer on the passivation layer, the pixel defining layer defining an opening for exposing at least a part of the first electrode;

forming a light emitting layer on the first electrode; and

forming a second electrode on the light emitting layer,

wherein the recessed portion is in an area bounded by edges of the opening and is spaced apart from the edges of the opening, and

wherein the trench is spaced apart from the first electrode, the pixel defining layer being disposed above the trench.

24. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein forming of the passivation layer includes thermally curing the patterned photosensitive material layer after patterning the photosensitive material layer.

25. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the recessed portion and the trench are defined in a same process.

26. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the first electrode is spaced apart from the trench by a distance in a range from about 1 μ

m to about 5 μ

m.

27. The method as claimed in claim 23, wherein the passivation layer has substantially a same height with respect to a surface of the substrate at a boundary at which the passivation layer overlaps the pixel defining layer.