OLED Panel And Manufacturing Method Thereof And Method For Inspecting Packaging Effectiveness

• US 20150185142A1
• Filed: 01/13/2014
• Published: 07/02/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 12/30/2013
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Original Assignee: Shenzhen China Star Optoelectronics Technology Co., Ltd. (TCL Technology Group Corp.)
• Inventors: Zeng, Weijing, Liu, Yawei
• Application Number:
  US14/345,905
• Publication Number:
  US 20150185142A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: G01N 21/81 Indicating humidity
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/841 Self-supporting sealing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/846 comprising getter material or desiccants
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/871 Self-supporting sealing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/874 including getter material or desiccant

Abstract

The present invention provides OLED panel and a manufacturing method thereof and a method for inspecting packaging effectiveness, which use a hygroscopically expandable polymeric substance mixed in a metal compound salt to make a moisture-sensitive color change film. Since the hygroscopically expandable polymeric substance has better water absorbability, the moisture-sensitive color change film can serve as a desiccant of a sealed space of an OLED panel to extend the lifespan of the OLED panel and also, a portion of the metal compounds of the metal compound salt may react with moisture to turn into hydrates, causing color change so as to allow for determining packaging effectiveness according to the color change of the moisture-sensitive color change film after absorption of moisture thereby enabling easy determination of failure of the packaging through visual inspection and also enabling accurate measurement of water content of the sealed space of the OLED panel by using an infrared spectrophotometer to accurately determine the packaging effectiveness. Further, a manufacturing process of an OLED panel that involves such an inspection method is simple and can be easily carried out.

Claims

1. An OLED (Organic Light Emitting Display) panel, comprising:

a substrate, a lid arranged opposite to the substrate, an OLED element arranged on the substrate, a moisture-sensitive color change film arranged on the lid, and an enclosing frame bonding the substrate and the lid 30 together, wherein the substrate, the lid, and the enclosing frame collectively define a sealed space therebetween, the OLED element and the moisture-sensitive color change film being hermetically enclosed in the sealed space, the moisture-sensitive color change film being made by mixing a hygroscopically expandable polymeric substance in a metal compound salt.

2. The OLED panel as claimed in claim 1 further comprising a liquid desiccant arranged in the sealed space.

3. The OLED panel as claimed in claim 1, wherein the metal compound salt is composed of cobalt chloride, cobalt sulfate, copper sulfate, and cupric chloride, the substrate being an array substrate, the lid being made of glass, the enclosing frame being formed of frit or UV resin.

4. A manufacturing method of an OLED panel, comprising the following steps:

(1) providing a lid;

(2) coating frit on a circumferential edge of the lid and subjecting the frit to high temperature baking to form an enclosing frame;

(3) coating a moisture-sensitive color change film on the circumferential edge of the lid at a location inside the enclosing frame, followed by low temperature baking, wherein the moisture-sensitive color change film is made by mixing a hygroscopically expandable polymeric substance in a metal compound salt;

(4) coating UV resin on the enclosing frame;

(5) providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises an OLED element formed thereon; and

(6) aligning and bonding the substrate and the lid together with the UV resin and solidifying the UV resin and the enclosing frame to complete the manufacture of the OLED panel.

5. The manufacturing method of an OLED panel according to claim 4, wherein step (4) further comprises coating a liquid desiccant on the lid and inside the enclosing frame;

the metal compound salt is composed of cobalt chloride, cobalt sulfate, copper sulfate, and cupric chloride; and

the substrate is an array substrate and the lid is made of glass.

6. A manufacturing method of an OLED panel, comprising the following steps:

(1) providing a lid;

(2) coating a moisture-sensitive color change film on a circumferential edge of the lid, followed by low temperature baking, wherein the moisture-sensitive color change film is made by mixing a hygroscopically expandable polymeric substance in a metal compound salt;

(3) coating UV resin on the circumferential edge of the lid at a location outside the moisture-sensitive color change film to form an enclosing frame;

(4) providing a substrate, wherein the substrate comprises an OLED element formed thereon; and

(5) aligning and bonding the substrate and the lid together with the UV resin and solidifying the enclosing frame to complete the manufacture of the OLED panel.

7. The manufacturing method of an OLED panel as claimed in claim 6, wherein step (3) further comprises coating a liquid desiccant on the lid and inside the enclosing frame;

the metal compound salt is composed of cobalt chloride, cobalt sulfate, copper sulfate, and cupric chloride; and

the substrate is an array substrate and the lid is made of glass.

8. A method for inspecting packaging effectiveness, comprising the following steps:

(1) providing an OLED panel, wherein the OLED panel comprises;

a substrate, a lid arranged opposite to the substrate, an OLED element arranged on the substrate, a moisture-sensitive color change film arranged on the lid, and an enclosing frame bonding the substrate and the lid together, the substrate, the lid, and the enclosing frame collectively defining a sealed space therebetween, the OLED element and the moisture-sensitive color change film being hermetically enclosed in the sealed space, the moisture-sensitive color change film being made by mixing a hygroscopically expandable polymeric substance in a metal compound salt;

(2) visually inspecting change of color of the moisture-sensitive color change film to preliminarily determine packaging effectiveness; and

(3) providing a measurement device for measuring an infrared spectrum curve of the moisture-sensitive color change film and analyzing the infrared spectrum curve to precisely calculate the water content of the sealed space so as to accurately determine the packaging effectiveness.

9. The method for inspecting packaging effectiveness as claimed in claim 8, wherein the metal compound salt is composed of cobalt chloride, cobalt sulfate, copper sulfate, and cupric chloride, the substrate being an array substrate, the lid being made of glass, the enclosing frame being formed of frit or UV resin.

10. The method for inspecting packaging effectiveness as claimed in claim 8, wherein the measurement device comprises an infrared spectrophotometer.