DISPLAY APPARATUS AND RELATED MANUFACTURING METHOD

• US 20150060781A1
• Filed: 03/20/2014
• Published: 03/05/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: KANG, Jin-Goo
• Application Number:
  US14/221,100
• Publication Number:
  US 20150060781A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 257/40
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/1201 Manufacture or treatment
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/124 Insulating layers formed between TFT elements and OLED elements

Abstract

A display apparatus may include a substrate, a transistor that overlaps the substrate, and a pixel electrode that is electrically connected to the transistor. The display apparatus may further include a first insulation layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the substrate. The display apparatus may further include a second insulation layer. A first portion of the second insulation layer may be disposed between the first insulation layer and the pixel electrode. A second portion of the second insulation layer may overlap the transistor without overlapping the first insulation layer. The display apparatus may further include a pixel-defining layer that partially covers the pixel electrode and exposes an exposed portion of the pixel electrode. The display apparatus may further include a light-emitting layer that overlaps the exposed portion of the pixel electrode and is configured to emit light.

Claims

1. An organic light emitting display apparatus comprising:

a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions;

a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) disposed on the substrate;

a first insulation layer disposed on the plurality of pixel regions of the substrate;

a second insulation layer disposed to cover the plurality of TFTs and the first insulation layer;

a plurality of pixel electrodes located on the second insulation layer to correspond to the plurality of pixel regions so as to be electrically connected to the plurality of TFTs; and

a pixel defining layer covering edges of each of the plurality of pixel electrodes so as to expose a center portion of the each pixel electrode.

2. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first insulation layer is disposed to correspond to center portions of the plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein the center portions of the pixel electrodes are exposed by the pixel defining layer.

3. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 1, wherein the first insulation has a viscosity that is different from a viscosity of the second insulation unit.

4. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 3, wherein the viscosity of the first insulation layer is less than the viscosity of the second insulation layer.

5. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 1, wherein a distance between a surface of the substrate facing the pixel electrodes and an upper surface of the second insulation layer in each of the plurality of pixel electrodes is the same as a distance between the surface of the substrate facing the pixel electrodes and an upper surface of the pixel defining layer in a region other than the plurality of pixel regions.

6. The organic light emitting display apparatus of claim 1, further comprising an intermediate layer including an emission layer disposed on the pixel electrodes,

wherein a stepped portion between the upper surface of the pixel electrodes and the upper surface of the pixel defining layer is the same as a thickness of the intermediate layer.

7. A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting display apparatus, the method comprising:

preparing a substrate having a plurality of pixel regions;

forming a plurality of thin film transistors (TFTs) on the substrate;

forming a first insulation layer on the plurality of pixel regions of the substrate;

forming a second insulation layer covering the plurality of TFTs and the first insulation layer;

forming a plurality of pixel electrodes on the second insulation layer to correspond to the plurality of pixel regions so as to be electrically connected to the plurality of TFTs; and

forming a pixel defining layer covering edges of each of the plurality of pixel electrodes so as to expose a center portion of the each of the plurality of pixel electrodes.

8. The method of claim 7, wherein the forming of the first insulation layer comprises forming the first insulation layer to correspond to the center portions of the plurality of pixel electrodes, wherein the center portions are exposed by the pixel defining layer.

9. The method of claim 7, wherein the first insulation has a viscosity that is different from a viscosity of the second insulation unit.

10. The method of claim 9, wherein the viscosity of the first insulation layer is less than the viscosity of the second insulation layer.

11. The method of claim 7, wherein a distance between a surface of the substrate facing the pixel electrodes and an upper surface of the second insulation layer in each of the plurality of pixel electrodes is the same as a distance between the surface of the substrate facing the pixel electrodes and an upper surface of the pixel defining layer in a region other than the plurality of pixel regions.

12. The method of claim 7, further comprising forming an intermediate layer including an emission layer on the pixel electrodes,

wherein a stepped portion between the upper surface of the pixel electrodes and the upper surface of the pixel defining layer is the same as a thickness of the intermediate layer

13. A display apparatus comprising:

a substrate;

a transistor overlapping the substrate;

a pixel electrode electrically connected to the transistor;

a first insulation layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the substrate;

a second insulation layer, a first portion of the second insulation layer being disposed between the first insulation layer and the pixel electrode, a second portion of the second insulation layer overlapping the transistor without overlapping the first insulation layer;

a pixel-defining layer partially covering the pixel electrode and exposing an exposed portion of the pixel electrode; and

a light-emitting layer overlapping the exposed portion of the pixel electrode and configured to emit light.

14. The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein a thickness of the first portion of the pixel-defining layer is equal to a thickness of a center portion of the light-emitting layer.

15. The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein a viscosity of a material of the first insulation layer is unequal to a viscosity of a material of the second insulation layer, the viscosity of the material of the first insulation layer and the viscosity of the material of the second insulation layer being based on a same formula.

16. The display apparatus of claim 15, wherein the viscosity of the material of the first insulation layer is less than the viscosity of the material of the second insulation layer.

17. The display apparatus of claim 13, wherein a surface of the second insulation layer contacts the pixel electrode, wherein a surface of the pixel-defining layer overlaps the transistor, and wherein a distance between a surface of the substrate and the surface of the second insulation layer is equal to a distance between the surface of the substrate and the surface of the pixel-defining layer.