Organic light emitting diode display and manufacturing method thereof

• US 9,257,674 B2
• Filed: 11/15/2011
• Issued: 02/09/2016
• Est. Priority Date: 04/05/2011
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Lee, So-Young, Cho, Yoon-Hyeung, Oh, Min-Ho, Lee, Byoung-Duk, Kim, Yong-Tak, Cho, Sang-Hwan, Chung, Yun-Ah, Song, Seung-Yong, Lee, Jong-Hyuk
• Primary Examiner(s): Menz, Laura
• Assistant Examiner(s): Malek, Maliheh
• Application Number:
  US13/297,133
• Publication Number:
  US 20120256201A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,547 Days
• Field of Search: 438/22, 438/26, 438/28, 438/38, 438/99, 438/623, 438780-781, 438789-790, 438793-794, 257/40, 257/642, 257/759, 257/E23.107, 257/E21.292, 257/E51.001, 257/E51.018, 257/E51.02, 257/E51.002, 257/E51.021, 257/E51.022, 257/E51.038
• US Class Current: 1/1
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/8445 multilayered coatings having a repetitive structure, e.g. having multiple organic-inorganic bilayers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/854 comprising scattering means

Abstract

An OLED display includes: a substrate; an organic light emitting element formed on the substrate and including a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode; and an encapsulation layer formed on the substrate while covering the organic light emitting element. The encapsulation layer includes an organic layer and an inorganic layer, and a protrusion and depression structure is formed in an interface between the organic layer and the inorganic layer.

Claims

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising:

a substrate;

an organic light emitting element on the substrate and comprising a first electrode, an emission layer, and a second electrode; and

an encapsulation layer on the substrate while covering the organic light emitting element,

wherein the encapsulation layer comprises alternately stacked organic layers and inorganic layers,

wherein a protrusion and depression structure, with an irregular pattern, is formed in interfaces between the organic layers and the inorganic layers,

wherein the protrusion and depression structure has a root mean square (RMS) roughness in a range between 30 Å

to 1000 Å

,

wherein each of the organic layers has a refractive index between 1.2 and 2.0,

wherein each of the inorganic layers has a refractive index between 1.3 and 2.2,

wherein the protrusion and depression structure is formed in a surface of the organic layer,

wherein the inorganic layer is formed on the organic layer, and

wherein the protrusion and depression structure consists of the same material as the organic layer.

2. The OLED display of claim 1, wherein a surface roughness of the protrusion and depression structure has a maximum height (Rmax) in a range between 50 Å

to 200 nm.

3. The OLED display of claim 1, wherein a surface roughness of the protrusion and depression structure has a maximum height (Rmax) in a range between 50 Å

to 200 nm.

4. The OLED display of claim 1, wherein the organic layer and the inorganic layer are respectively provided in plural, and the protrusion and depression structure is formed at each interface where the inorganic layer is layered on the organic layer.

5. The OLED display of claim 1, wherein the organic layer comprises at least one material selected from a group consisting of a carbide-based material, a carbonate-based material, an acryl-based resin, a methacryl-based resin, polyisoprene, a vinyl-based resin, an epoxy-based resin, a urethane-based resin, a cellulous-based resin, and a perylene-based resin.

6. The OLED display of claim 1, wherein the inorganic layer comprises at least one material selected from a group consisting of silicon nitride, aluminum nitride, zirconium nitride, titanium nitride, hafnium nitride, tantalum nitride, silicon oxide, aluminum oxide, titanium oxide, tin oxide, cerium oxide, and silicon oxynitride.

7. The OLED display of claim 1, wherein a refractive index difference between the organic layer and the inorganic layer is higher than 0.1.