ORGANIC LIGHT EMITTING DIODE DISPLAY DEVICE AND METHOD OF FABRICATING THE SAME

• US 20150001486A1
• Filed: 12/05/2013
• Published: 01/01/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2013
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Original Assignee: LG Display Co., Ltd.
• Inventors: KIM, Kang-Hyun, YANG, Ki-Soub, CHOI, Dae-Jung, CHOI, Seung-Ryul, KIM, Han-Hee, PARK, Kyoung-Jin
• Granted Patent: US 9,123,675 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/40
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/865 comprising light absorbing layers, e.g. light-blocking layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/122 Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/8792 comprising light absorbing layers, e.g. black layers

Abstract

An organic light emitting diode display device includes a first substrate including a display region, wherein a plurality of pixel regions are defined in the display region; a first electrode over the first substrate and in each of the plurality of pixel regions; a first bank on edges of the first electrode and including an insulating material blocking penetration of light; a second bank on the first bank and including an insulating material having a hydrophobic property; an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode and a portion of the first bank; and a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer and covering an entire surface of the display region.

Claims

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

a first substrate including a display region, wherein a plurality of pixel regions are defined in the display region;

a first electrode over the first substrate and in each of the plurality of pixel regions;

a first bank on edges of the first electrode and including an insulating material having a property for blocking penetration of light;

a second bank on the first bank and including an insulating material having a hydrophobic property;

an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode and a portion of the first bank surrounded by the second bank in each of the plurality of pixel regions; and

a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer and covering an entire surface of the display region.

2. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 1, wherein the insulating material included in the first bank is a light-absorption material.

3. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 1, wherein the first bank has a first width and the second bank has a second width smaller than the first width.

4. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 1, wherein the first bank includes chromium oxide CrOx, and the second bank includes at least one of polyimide containing fluorine, styrene, methylmethacrylate, and polytetrafluoroethylene.

5. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 1, further comprising:

a switching thin film transistor and a driving thin film transistor in each of the plurality of pixel regions and under the first electrode; and

a passivation layer covering the switching thin film transistor and the driving thin film transistor and exposing a drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor,

wherein the first electrode is disposed on the passivation layer and contacts the drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor.

6. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 5, further comprising:

a gate line and a data line connected to the switching thin film transistor and crossing each other to define each of the plurality of pixel regions; and

a power line connected to the driving thin film transistor and parallel to the gate line or the data line.

7. The organic light emitting diode display device according to claim 6, further comprising a second substrate facing the first substrate or an encapsulation film contacting the second electrode.

8. A method of fabricating an organic light emitting diode display device, comprising:

forming a first electrode over a first substrate including a display region, which includes a plurality of pixel regions, the first electrode formed in each of the plurality of pixel regions;

forming a first bank on edges of the first electrode and including an insulating material blocking penetration of light;

forming a second bank on the first bank, the second bank including an insulating material having a hydrophobic property;

forming an organic light emitting layer on the first electrode and a portion of the first bank surrounded by the second bank in each of the plurality of pixel regions; and

forming a second electrode on the organic light emitting layer, the second electrode covering an entire surface of the display region.

9. The method according to claim 8, wherein the insulating material included in the first bank is a light-absorption material.

10. The method according to claim 8, wherein the first bank includes chromium oxide CrOx, and the second bank includes at least one of polyimide containing fluorine, styrene, methylmethacrylate, and polytetrafluoroethylene.

11. The method according to claim 8, wherein the first bank has a first width and the second bank has a second width smaller than the first width.

12. The method according to claim 11, wherein forming the second bank includes:

forming an organic insulating material layer on the first bank by applying the insulating material having the hydrophobic property to an entire surface of the first substrate;

disposing an exposing mask including a light-transmitting region and a light-blocking region over the organic insulating material layer and irradiating UV light of 100 to 990 mW/cm² to the organic insulating material layer through the exposing mask; and

developing the organic insulating material layer, which has been exposed to the UV light,

wherein the light-transmitting region is disposed over an overlapping area of the first bank and the second bank such that the UV light is irradiated only to the overlapping area corresponding to the second width.

13. The method according to claim 12, wherein forming the organic light emitting layer includes:

forming an organic light emitting material layer on the first electrode and the portion of the first bank in each of the plurality of pixel regions surrounded by the second bank by spraying or dropping a liquid phase organic light emitting material using an liquid-releasing apparatus or a nozzle-coating apparatus; and

curing the organic light emitting material layer to form the organic light emitting layer.

14. The method according to claim 8, further comprising:

forming gate and data lines and a power line and forming a switching thin film transistor and a driving thin film transistor in each of the plurality of pixel regions before forming the first electrode, the gate and data lines crossing each other to define each of the plurality of pixel regions, the power line parallel to the gate line or the data line, the switching thin film transistor connected to the gate and data lines, and the driving thin film transistor connected to the power line and the switching thin film transistor; and

forming a passivation layer covering the switching thin film transistor and the driving thin film transistor and exposing a drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor,

wherein the first electrode is disposed on the passivation layer and contacts the drain electrode of the driving thin film transistor.