Organic EL panel and manufacturing method thereof

• US 20040027063A1
• Filed: 03/12/2003
• Published: 02/12/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 03/13/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Sanyo Electric Company Limited (Panasonic Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Nishikawa, Ryuji
• Application Number:
  US10/386,818
• Publication Number:
  US 20040027063A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 313/506
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2102/351 Thickness
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/14 Carrier transporting layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/12 Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays

Abstract

A hole transport layer has a thickness of 170 nm or larger. This can prevent a hole transport layer from being broken down even when a cathode is partly in contact with the surface of the hole transport layer due to dust introduced during manufacturing of an organic emissive layer, and leads to suppression of defects.

Claims

1. An organic EL panel in which organic EL elements are arranged in a matrix, each organic EL element having at least an organic emissive layer and a hole transport layer intervening between a pair of electrodes,

wherein

the hole transport layer has a thickness of more than 150 nm, preferably 170 nm or more.

2. The organic EL panel according to claim 1, wherein the hole transport layer contains, as a hole transport material, NPD or NPB.

3. The organic EL panel according to claim 1, wherein, at a part around the organic EL element, the pair of electrodes are opposed to each other via the hole transport layer.

4. The organic EL panel according to claim 1, wherein the hole transport layer has a thickness of 300 nm or smaller.

5. A method for manufacturing an organic EL panel in which organic EL elements are arranged in a matrix, each organic EL element having at least an organic emissive layer and a hole transport layer intervening between a pair of electrodes, comprising the steps of:

forming an anode of the organic EL element;

forming a hole transport layer having a thickness of 170 nm or more so as to cover an entire surface of the organic elements arranged in a matrix; and

forming an organic emissive layer, using a mask, for every organic EL element segmented in the hole transport layer.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the hole transport layer contains, as a hole transport material, NPD or NPB.

7. The method according to claim 5, wherein the hole transport layer has a thickness of 300 nm or smaller.