Light emitting unit having an encapsulation unit

• US 8,704,266 B2
• Filed: 01/30/2012
• Issued: 04/22/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 03/02/2007
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Original Assignee: LG Electronics, Inc. (LG Corporation)
• Inventors: Koo, Hongmo, Oh, Daeyang
• Primary Examiner(s): Tran, Long K
• Assistant Examiner(s): KLEIN, JORDAN M
• Application Number:
  US13/361,227
• Publication Number:
  US 20120153284A1
• Time in Patent Office: 813 Days
• Field of Search: 257/E33.059, 257/100, 257/E33.067, 257/E33.068, 257/E33.071, 257/E33.073
• US Class Current: 257/100
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/841 Self-supporting sealing arrangements
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/871 Self-supporting sealing arrangements

Abstract

A light emitting device is provided that includes a substrate, a light emitting unit formed on the substrate, and an encapsulation unit. The encapsulation unit may include a first region corresponding to the light emitting unit and a second region coalesced with the substrate. The encapsulation unit of the first region or a part of the encapsulation unit of the first region may have a positive curvature.

Claims

1. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a light emitting unit on the substrate; and

an encapsulation unit having a first region corresponding to the light emitting unit and a second region outside of the first region to couple with the substrate via a sealant, the second region being coupled at a periphery of the substrate,

wherein the encapsulation unit at the first region includes a central area and an edge area, the edge area having a flat shape or a straight-line shape, and the edge area being provided about the central area such that the edge area is adjacent the second region, and

wherein the edge area extends from an inner edge of the second region to a region aligned with one end of the light emitting unit, and

wherein the central area has a positive curvature that projects away from the substrate.

2. The light emitting device of claim 1, further comprising a thin film transistor including a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode on the substrate.

3. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein the encapsulation unit comprises glass, plastic or metal.

4. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein the light emitting unit includes a plurality of sub pixels, each of the sub pixels comprises a first electrode, a light emitting layer and a second electrode provided on the first electrode.

5. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein a height between a first plane defined by a lower surface of the encapsulation unit at the second region and a second plane defined by a top point of a lower surface of the encapsulation unit at the first region is 10 μ

m to 100 μ

m,

wherein the top point is a point of the lower surface that is furthest from the substrate.

6. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein the first region and the second region have a same thickness.

7. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein the central area having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface having a flat shape that is parallel to the substrate and the lower surface having a positive curvature.

8. The light emitting device of claim 1, wherein the second region having an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface facing away from the substrate and the lower surface facing the substrate, the upper surface being flat and parallel to the substrate.

9. A light emitting device comprising:

a substrate;

a light emitting unit on the substrate; and

an encapsulation unit having a first region corresponding to the light emitting unit and a second region outside of the first region to couple with a periphery of the substrate via a sealant,

wherein the first region of the encapsulation unit includes a first area and a second area, the second area of the first region has a flat shape or a straight-line shape, and the second area of the first region is provided about the first area such that the second area is adjacent the second region of the encapsulation unit, and

wherein the second area extends from an inner edge of the second region to a region aligned with one end of the light emitting unit, and

wherein the first area of the first region has a positive curvature that projects away from the substrate.

10. The light emitting device of claim 9, wherein a height between a first plane defined by a lower surface of the encapsulation unit at the second region of the encapsulation unit and a second plane defined by a top point of a lower surface of the encapsulation unit at the first region is 10 μ

m to 100 μ

m.

11. The light emitting device of claim 9, wherein the first region of the encapsulation unit and the second region of the encapsulation unit have a same thickness.

12. The light emitting device of claim 9, wherein the first area of the first region has an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface having a flat shape that is parallel to the substrate and the lower surface having a positive curvature.

13. The light emitting device of claim 9, wherein the second region of the encapsulation unit has an upper surface and a lower surface, the upper surface facing away from the substrate and the lower surface facing the substrate, the upper surface being flat and parallel to the substrate.