BANK REPAIR METHOD, ORGANIC EL DISPLAY DEVICE, AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME

• US 20170012246A1
• Filed: 02/06/2015
• Published: 01/12/2017
• Est. Priority Date: 02/10/2014
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: JDI Design and Development GK
• Original Assignee: JOLED Inc.
• Inventors: ONIMARU, Toshiaki, SHIMAMURA, Takayuki, KOBAYASHI, Kazuhiro, HAYASHIDA, Yoshiki, KONDOH, Tetsuro
• Granted Patent: US 9,755,193 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/122 Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/00 Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/135 using ink-jet printing
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/40 Thermal treatment, e.g. annealing in the presence of a solvent vapour
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 71/861 Repairing

Abstract

An examination is performed of whether or not a bank having a defect portion is present. When a bank having a defect portion is present, the bank having the defect portion is repaired by forming a dam in each of adjacent concave spaces between which the bank having the defect portion is located. A dam formed in a concave space partitioning the concave space into a first space in a vicinity of the defect portion and a second space outside the vicinity of the defect portion.

Claims

1. A bank repair method for repairing a defect portion of a bank in a process of manufacturing an organic electroluminescence (EL) display device including a substrate, banks formed over the substrate, and light-emitting layers formed in concave spaces defined by the banks, the bank repair method comprising:

examining whether or not a bank having a defect portion is present; and

when a bank having a defect portion is present, forming a dam in each of adjacent concave spaces between which the bank having the defect portion is located, a dam formed in a concave space partitioning the concave space into a first space in a vicinity of the defect portion and a second space outside the vicinity of the defect portion.

2. The bank repair method according to claim 1, wherein

the banks all extend in one direction along a surface of the substrate and each have a rectangular shape in plan view, and appear as a plurality of parallel lines in plan view, and

the dam in each of the adjacent concave spaces is a pair of dams, the dams each extending from a different one of two points of the bank having the defect portion to an adjacent bank, the defect portion being located between the two points in the one direction.

3. The bank repair method according to claim 2 further comprising

forming protruding portions protruding from upper portions of bank portions in contact with the dams, the bank portions comprising portions of the bank having the defect portion that are in contact with end portions of the dams and portions of the adjacent bank that are in contact with end portions of the dams.

4. The bank repair method according to claim 1, wherein

the banks all extend in one direction along a surface of the substrate and each have a rectangular shape in plan view, and appear as a plurality of parallel lines in plan view, and

the dam in each of the adjacent concave spaces is a single dam extending between two points of the bank having the defect portion while detouring around the defect portion, the defect portion being located between the two points in the one direction.

5. The bank repair method according to claim 4, wherein

the single dam is in contact with a bank adjacent to the bank having the defect portion at some point along a path between the two points.

6. The bank repair method according to claim 4, wherein

the single dam is not in contact with a bank adjacent to the bank having the defect portion.

7. The bank repair method according to claim 1, wherein

the defect portion is a portion of a bank where a foreign particle is present or a portion of a bank having collapsed.

8. An organic electroluminescence (EL) display device comprising:

a substrate;

banks formed over the substrate; and

light-emitting layers disposed in concave spaces defined by the banks, wherein

a dam is disposed in each of adjacent concave spaces between which a bank having a defect portion is located, a dam disposed in a concave space partitioning a light-emitting layer disposed in the concave space into a first light-emitting layer in a vicinity of the defect portion and a second light-emitting layer outside the vicinity of the defect portion.

9. The organic EL display device according to claim 8, wherein

the banks all extend in one direction along a surface of the substrate and each have a rectangular shape in plan view, and appear as a plurality of parallel lines in plan view, and

the dam in each of the adjacent concave spaces is a pair of dams, the dams each extending from a different one of two points of the bank having the defect portion to an adjacent bank, the defect portion being located between the two points in the one direction.

10. The organic EL display device according to claim 9 further comprising

protruding portions protruding from upper portions of bank portions in contact with the dams, the bank portions comprising portions of the bank having the defect portion that are in contact with end portions of the dams and portions of the adjacent bank that are in contact with end portions of the dams.

11. The organic EL display device according to claim 8, wherein

the banks all extend in one direction along a surface of the substrate and each have a rectangular shape in plan view, and appear as a plurality of parallel lines in plan view, and

the dam in each of the adjacent concave spaces is a single dam extending between two points of the bank having the defect portion while detouring around the defect portion, the defect portion being located between the two points in the one direction.

12. The organic EL display device according to claim 11, wherein

the single dam is in contact with a bank adjacent to the bank having the defect portion at some point along a path between the two points.

13. The organic EL display device according to claim 11, wherein

the single dam is not in contact with a bank adjacent to the bank having the defect portion.

14. The organic EL display device according to claim 8, wherein

the defect portion is a portion of a bank where a foreign particle is present or a portion of a bank having collapsed.

15. The organic EL display device according to claim 8, wherein

the first light-emitting layer contains materials of adjacent second light-emitting layers between which the bank having the defect portion is located.

16. A method for manufacturing an organic EL display device by forming banks over a substrate and forming light-emitting layers in concave spaces defined by the banks, the method comprising:

examining whether or not a bank having a defect portion is present;

when a bank having a defect portion is present, forming a dam in each of adjacent concave spaces between which the defect portion is located, a dam formed in a concave space partitioning the concave space into a first space in a vicinity of the defect portion, and a second space outside the vicinity of the defect portion; and

forming the light-emitting layers after forming the dam.

17. The method according to claim 16, wherein

the dam is formed to be spaced away from the defect portion, and

in the forming of the light-emitting layers, a portion of a light-emitting layer is formed in the space between the dam and the defect portion.