ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE

• US 20100201609A1
• Filed: 02/01/2010
• Published: 08/12/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 02/06/2009
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: KIM, Eun-Ah
• Application Number:
  US12/697,529
• Publication Number:
  US 20100201609A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/76
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/846 comprising getter material or desiccants
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/856 comprising reflective means
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/12 Active-matrix OLED [AMOLED] displays

Abstract

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display device including a first substrate, OLEDs disposed on the first substrate, a second substrate facing the first substrate, and reflective layers disposed on the encapsulation substrate. The reflective layers are offset with respect to the OLEDs, so that the OLED display device can be used as a mirror when the display device does not display an image.

Claims

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

a first substrate;

OLEDs disposed on the first substrate;

a second substrate facing the first substrate, to encapsulate the OLEDs; and

reflective layers formed on the second substrate, which are separated so as not to directly face the OLEDs.

2. The OLED display device according to claim 1, wherein the reflective layers are disposed on a top surface of the second substrate, which faces away from the first substrate, or are disposed on an opposing bottom surface of the second substrate.

3. The OLED display device according to claim 1, further comprising thin film transistors (TFTs) disposed between the first substrate and the OLEDs.

4. The OLED display device according to claim 1, wherein the reflective layers have a reflection rate of at least about 90%.

5. The OLED display device according to claim 1, wherein the reflective layers each comprise one selected from the group consisting of a chrome (Cr)-based metal layer, an aluminum (Al)-based metal layer, a silver (Ag)-based metal layer, a tin (Sn)-based metal layer, a molybdenum (Mo)-based metal layer, an iron (Fe)-based metal layer, a platinum (Pt)-based metal layer, a mercury (Hg)-based metal layer, and a combination thereof.

6. The OLED display device according to claim 1, further comprising at least one moisture absorbent material disposed between the first and second substrates.

7. The OLED display device according to claim 1, wherein each of the OLEDs includes a pixel electrode, an organic emission layer, and an opposing electrode.

8. The OLED display device according to claim 1, further comprising an emission protection layer disposed on the OLEDs.

9. The OLED display device according to claim 8, wherein the thickness of the emission protection layer is from about 10 Å

to 5000 Å

.

10. The OLED display device according to claim 1, wherein the reflective layers are disposed such that light generated by the OLEDs passes between the reflective layers, to form an image.