ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE SAME

• US 20140183499A1
• Filed: 12/23/2013
• Published: 07/03/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 12/31/2012
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: Ahn, Byung-Chul, Han, Chang-Wook, Choi, Hong-Seok, Kim, Seung-Hyun, Pang, Hee-Suk, Tak, Yoon-Heung, Han, Mi-Young, Kim, Tae-Shick
• Granted Patent: US 8,946,722 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/40
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/13 comprising stacked EL layers within one EL unit
• 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 71/00 Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass

Abstract

An organic light emitting display device with enhanced luminous efficiency and color viewing angle and a method of manufacturing the same are disclosed. The method includes forming a first electrode of each of red, green, blue and white sub-pixels on a substrate, forming a white organic common layer on the first electrodes, and forming a second electrode on the white organic common layer, wherein the first electrodes each includes multiple transparent conductive layers and is formed such that a thickness of the first electrode of each of two sub-pixels among the red, green, blue and white sub-pixels is greater than a thickness of the first electrode of each of the other two sub-pixels, and at least two layers excluding the lowermost layer among the multiple transparent conductive layers of each first electrode are formed to cover opposite sides of the lowermost layer.

Claims

1. A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display device, the method comprising:

forming a first electrode of each of red, green, blue and white sub-pixels on a substrate;

forming a white organic common layer on the first electrodes; and

forming a second electrode on the white organic common layer,

wherein the first electrodes each comprises multiple transparent conductive layers and are formed such that a thickness of the first electrode of each of two sub-pixels among the red, green, blue and white sub-pixels is greater than that of the first electrode of each of the other two sub-pixels, and

at least two layers excluding the lowermost layer among the multiple transparent conductive layers of the first electrodes are formed to cover opposite sides of the lowermost layer.

2. The method according to claim 1, wherein the thickness of the first electrode of each of the red and blue sub-pixels is greater by about 300 Å

to about 500 Å

than that of the first electrode of each of the green and white sub-pixels.

3. The method according to claim 2, wherein the first electrode of the red sub-pixel has the same thickness as that of the first electrode of the blue sub-pixel, and the first electrode of the green sub-pixel has the same thickness as that of the first electrode of the white sub-pixel.

4. The method according to claim 3, wherein the first electrode of each of the red and blue sub-pixels has a thickness of 1100 Å

to 1500 Å

, and the first electrode of each of the green and white sub-pixels has a thickness of 600 Å

to 1200 Å

.

5. The method according to claim 2, wherein the forming of the first electrode comprises forming a first electrode comprising first, second and third transparent conductive layers in each of the red and blue sub-pixels and forming a first electrode comprising at least one of the first, second and third transparent conductive layers in each of the green and white sub-pixels.

6. The method according to claim 5, wherein the forming of the first electrode comprises:

forming a first transparent conductive layer in each of the red, green, blue and white sub-pixels using photolithography and etching;

forming a second transparent conductive layer covering a first side of the first transparent conductive layer in each of the red, green, blue and white sub-pixels using photolithography and etching; and

forming a third transparent conductive layer covering a second side of each of the first and second transparent conductive layers in each of the red and blue sub-pixels using photolithography and etching.

7. The method according to claim 1, wherein the forming of the white organic common layer comprises:

forming at least two light emitting units between the first and second electrodes; and

forming at least one charge generation layer between the at least two light emitting units.

8. The method according to claim 7, wherein the forming of the white organic common layer comprises:

forming a first light emitting unit comprising a first emission layer to realize blue color on the first electrodes;

forming a first charge generation layer on the first light emitting unit; and

forming a second light emitting unit comprising a second emission layer to realize yellow-green color on the first charge generation layer.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the forming of the white organic common layer further comprises:

forming a second charge generation layer on the second light emitting unit; and

forming a third light emitting unit comprising a third emission layer to realize blue color on the second charge generation layer.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the forming of the white organic common layer further comprises:

forming a second charge generation layer on the second light emitting unit; and

forming a third light emitting unit comprising a third emission layer to realize red color and a fourth emission layer to realize blue color on the second charge generation layer.

11. An organic light emitting display device comprising:

first electrodes of each of red, green, blue and white sub-pixels formed on a substrate;

a second electrode facing the first electrodes; and

a white organic common layer formed between the first and second electrodes;

wherein the first electrodes each comprise multiple transparent conductive layers and are formed such that a thickness of the first electrode of each of two sub-pixels among the red, green, blue and white sub-pixels is greater than a thickness of the first electrode of each of the other two sub-pixels, and

at least two layers excluding the lowermost layer among the multiple transparent conductive layers of each first electrode are formed to cover opposite sides of the lowermost layer.

12. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 11, wherein the thickness of the first electrode of each of the red and blue sub-pixels is greater by about 300 Å

to about 500 Å

than that of the first electrode of each of the green and white sub-pixels.

13. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 11, wherein the first electrode of the red sub-pixel has the same thickness as that of the first electrode of the blue sub-pixel, and the first electrode of the green sub-pixel has the same thickness as that of the first electrode of the white sub-pixel.

14. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 13, wherein the first electrode of each of the red and blue sub-pixels has a thickness of 1100 Å

to 1500 Å

, and the first electrode of each of the green and white sub-pixels has a thickness of 600 Å

to 1200 Å

.

15. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 14, wherein the red and blue sub-pixels, the first electrodes of which have the same thickness, are arranged adjacent to each other, and the green and white sub-pixels, the first electrodes of which have the same thickness, are arranged adjacent to each other.

16. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 12, wherein the first electrode of each of the red and blue sub-pixels comprises:

a first transparent conductive layer formed on the substrate;

a second transparent conductive layer formed so as to cover a first side of the first transparent conductive layer; and

a third transparent conductive layer formed so as to cover a second side of each of the first and second transparent conductive layers, and

the first electrode of each of the green and white sub-pixel regions comprises at least one of the first, second and third transparent conductive layers.

17. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 11, wherein the white organic common layer comprises:

at least two light emitting units formed between the first and second electrodes; and

at least one charge generation layer formed between the at least two light emitting units.

18. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 17, wherein the white organic common layer comprises:

a first light emitting unit formed on the first electrode and comprising a first emission layer to realize blue color;

a first charge generation layer formed on the first light emitting unit; and

a second light emitting unit formed on the first charge generation layer and comprising a second emission layer to realize yellow-green color.

19. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 18, wherein the white organic common layer further comprises:

a second charge generation layer formed on the second light emitting unit; and

a third light emitting unit formed on the second charge generation layer and comprising a third emission layer to realize blue color.

20. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 18, wherein the white organic common layer further comprises:

a second charge generation layer formed on the second light emitting unit; and

a third light emitting unit formed on the second charge generation layer and comprising a third emission layer to realize red color and a fourth emission layer to realize blue color.