ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY AND MANUFACTURING METHOD THEREOF

• US 20090267494A1
• Filed: 12/04/2008
• Published: 10/29/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2008
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Kyungpook National University, Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Kyungpook National University, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.
• Inventors: Lee, Baek-Woon, Ju, Young-Gu, Hwang, Young-In, Lee, Hae-Yeon
• Application Number:
  US12/328,265
• Publication Number:
  US 20090267494A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 313/504
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/125 specially adapted for multicolour light emission, e.g. for emitting white light
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/852 comprising a resonant cavity structure, e.g. Bragg reflector pair
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/854 comprising scattering means
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/12 Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/351 comprising more than three subpixels, e.g. red-green-blue-white [RGBW]
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/38 comprising colour filters or colour changing media [CCM]
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/876 comprising a resonant cavity structure, e.g. Bragg reflector pair
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/877 comprising scattering means
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/549 Organic PV cells
• CPC Class Codes: Y02P 70/50 Manufacturing or production processes characterised by the final manufactured product

Abstract

An OLED display and a manufacturing method of the OLED display are disclosed. The OLED display includes a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel, a substrate, an overcoating film formed on the substrate, and a translucent member formed on the overcoating film. The translucent member includes a multi-layered structure that includes a metal layer as the lowest layer, a first electrode is formed on the translucent member, an emission member is formed on the first electrode, and a second electrode is formed on the emission member.

Claims

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising:

a substrate;

an overcoating film disposed on the substrate;

a plurality of translucent members disposed on the overcoating film, each translucent member comprising a multi-layered structure comprising a metal layer as the lowest layer;

a plurality of first electrodes disposed on the translucent members;

a plurality of emission members disposed on the first electrodes; and

a second electrode disposed on the emission members.

2. The OLED display of claim 1, wherein each translucent member further comprises an inorganic layer disposed on the metal layer.

3. The OLED display of claim 1, wherein the metal layer and the first electrode have substantially the same planar shape.

4. The OLED display of claim 3, wherein the metal layer and the first electrode comprise a transparent conductive material.

5. The OLED display of claim 4, wherein the transparent conductive material comprises IZO or ITO.

6. The OLED display of claim 2, wherein the inorganic layer comprises a first layer and a second layer having different refractive indices from each other and that are repeatedly stacked.

7. The OLED display of claim 6, wherein the first layer comprises silicon oxide, and the second layer comprises silicon nitride.

8. The OLED display of claim 1, wherein the OLED display comprises a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel representing different colors, and

wherein each of the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel comprises one of the translucent members, one of the emission members, one of the first electrodes, and the second electrode.

9. The OLED display of claim 8, wherein the OLED display further comprises a white pixel,

the white pixel comprises the metal layer, one of the emission members, one of the first electrodes, and the second electrode, the translucent member of each of the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel further comprises an inorganic layer disposed between the metal layer and the first electrode, and

the first electrode of the white pixel is directly on the metal layer of the white pixel.

10. The OLED display of claim 8, wherein each of the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel further comprises a color filter disposed under the first electrode.

11. The OLED display of claim 8, wherein a portion of the overcoating in at least one of the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel has an uneven top surface.

12. A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, the method comprising:

forming a thin film transistor (TFT) on a substrate;

forming an overcoating film on the substrate and the TFT;

forming a first transparent conductive layer on the overcoating film;

forming an inorganic layer on the first transparent conductive layer;

forming a second transparent conductive layer on the inorganic layer;

etching the second transparent conductive layer and the first transparent conductive layer to form a first electrode and a metal layer;

forming an emission member on the first electrode; and

forming a second electrode on the emission member.

13. The manufacturing method of claim 12, wherein etching the second transparent conductive layer and the first transparent conductive layer comprises:

etching the second transparent conductive layer and the first transparent conductive layer by a single photolithography process.

14. The manufacturing method of claim 12, further comprising:

forming unevenness on a surface of the overcoating film.

15. The manufacturing method of claim 14, wherein forming unevenness on the surface of the overcoating film comprises:

placing a mask having an opening on the overcoating film;

exposing the overcoating film to light through the mask; and

performing heat treatment on the overcoating film after the light exposure.