Organic light-emitting display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10224377-B2
Application number	US-201715605307-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	May 25, 2017
Priority date	Jul 5, 2016
Publication date	Mar 5, 2019
Grant date	Mar 5, 2019

Abstract

An organic light-emitting display device with improved light efficiency includes a plurality of pixel electrodes each corresponding one of at least a first, second, or third pixel; a pixel-defining layer covering an edge and exposing a central portion of the pixel electrodes; an intermediate layer over the pixel electrode and including an emission layer; an opposite electrode over the intermediate layer; and a lens layer over the opposite electrode and including a plurality of condensing lenses each having a circular lower surface. An area of the portion of the pixel electrode exposed by the pixel-defining layer is A, and an area of the lower surface of the condensing lens is B. For the first pixel, a ratio B/A ranges from about 1.34 to about 2.63. For the second pixel, B/A ranges from about 1.43 to about 3.00, For the third pixel, B/A ranges from about 1.30 to about 2.43.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light-emitting display device comprising:
a plurality of pixel electrodes, each corresponding to one of at least a first pixel, a second pixel, and a third pixel;
a pixel-defining layer covering an edge of each of the pixel electrodes and exposing a central portion of each of the pixel electrodes;
an intermediate layer over the pixel electrode, the intermediate layer comprising an emission layer;
an opposite electrode over the intermediate layer; and
a lens layer over the opposite electrode, the lens layer comprising a plurality of condensing lenses each having a circular lower surface,
wherein an area of the central portion of a pixel electrode corresponding to the first pixel and exposed by the pixel-defining layer is Ar, an area of the lower surface of a condensing lens over the first pixel is Br, and the ratio Br/Ar ranges from about 1.34 to about 2.63;
wherein an area of the central portion of a pixel electrode corresponding to the second pixel and exposed by the pixel-defining layer is Ag, an area of the lower surface of a condensing lens over the second pixel is Bg, and the ratio Bg/Ag ranges from about 1.43 to about 3.00;
wherein an area of the central portion of a pixel electrode corresponding to the third pixel and exposed by the pixel-defining layer is Ab, an area of the lower surface of a condensing lens over the third pixel is Bb, and the ratio Bb/Ab ranges from about 1.30 to about 2.43; and
wherein the lens layer comprises a first lens layer and a second lens layer between the first lens layer and the opposite electrode, the second lens layer having a refractive index less than the refractive index of the first lens layer, wherein the second lens layer comprises a concave portion concave in a direction toward the opposite electrode, the first lens layer fills the concave portion, and the area of the lower surface of the condensing lens is an area of the concave portion of the second lens layer in a surface in a direction to the first lens layer.

2. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the ratio Br/Ar is about 1.62, the ratio Bg/Ag is about 1.77, and the ratio Bb/Ab is about 1.55.

3. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the concave portion has a depth of about ⅖ to about ⅗ of a thickness of a non-concave portion of the second lens layer.

4. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second lens layer comprises a photoresist.

5. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the second lens layer comprises acrylate.

6. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first lens layer or the second lens layer comprises a material cured by irradiation of an ultraviolet ray.

7. The display device of claim 1 , wherein the first lens layer comprises siloxane and at least one of zirconium oxide, aluminum oxide, and titanium oxide.

8. The display device of claim 1 further comprising an encapsulation layer including at least one inorganic encapsulation layer and at least one organic encapsulation layer, wherein the lens layer is directly disposed on the encapsulation layer.

9. An organic light-emitting display device comprising:
a plurality of pixel electrodes, each corresponding to one of at least a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel;
a pixel-defining layer covering an edge of each of the pixel electrodes and exposing a central portion of each of the pixel electrodes;
an intermediate layer over the pixel electrode, the intermediate layer including an emission layer;
an opposite electrode over the intermediate layer; and
a lens layer over the opposite electrode, the lens layer comprising a plurality of condensing lenses each having a quadrangular lower surface,
wherein an area of the central portion of a pixel electrode corresponding to the red pixel and exposed by the pixel-defining layer is Ar, an area of the lower surface of a condensing lens over the red pixel is Br, and the ratio Br/Ar ranges from about 1.71 to about 3.36;
wherein an area of the central portion of a pixel electrode corresponding to the green pixel and exposed by the pixel-defining layer is Ag, an area of the lower surface of a condensing lens over the green pixel is Bg, and the ratio Bg/Ag ranges from about 1.83 to about 3.82;
wherein an area of the central portion of a pixel electrode corresponding to the blue pixel and exposed by the pixel-defining layer is Ab, an area of the lower surface of a condensing lens over the blue pixel is Bb, and the ratio Bb/Ab ranges from about 1.66 to about 3.09; and
wherein the lens layer comprises a first lens layer and a second lens layer between the first lens layer and the opposite electrode, the second lens layer having a refractive index less than the refractive index of the first lens layer, wherein the second lens layer comprises a concave portion concave in a direction toward the opposite electrode, the first lens layer fills the concave portion, and an area of the lower surface of the condensing lens is an area occupied by the concave portion in a surface of the second lens layer in a direction of the first lens layer.

10. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the ratio Br/Ar is about 2.07, the ratio Bg/Ag is about 2.26, and the ratio Bb/Ab is about 1.98.

11. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the concave portion has a depth of about ⅖ to about ⅗ of a thickness of a non-concave portion of the second lens layer.

12. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the second lens layer comprises a photoresist.

13. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the second lens layer comprises acrylate.

14. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the first lens layer or the second lens layer comprises a material cured by irradiation of an ultraviolet ray.

15. The display device of claim 9 , wherein the first lens layer comprises siloxane and at least one of zirconium oxide, aluminum oxide, and titanium oxide.

16. An organic light-emitting display device comprising:
a plurality of pixel electrodes, each corresponding to one of at least a red pixel, a green pixel, and a blue pixel;
a pixel-defining layer covering an edge of each of the pixel electrodes and exposing a central portion of each of the pixel electrodes;
an intermediate layer over the pixel electrode, the intermediate layer including an emission layer;
an opposite electrode over the intermediate layer; and
a lens layer over the opposite electrode, the lens layer comprising a plurality of condensing lenses each having a polygonal lower surface,
wherein an area of the central portion of a pixel electrode corresponding to the red pixel and exposed by the pixel-defining layer is Ar, an area of a biggest circle that would fit inside the polygonal lower surface of a condensing lens over the red pixel is Br, and the ratio Br/Ar ranges from about 1.34 to about 2.63;
wherein an area of the central portion of a pixel electrode corresponding to the green pixel and exposed by the pixel-defining layer is Ag, an area of a biggest circle that would fit inside the polygonal lower surface of a condensing lens over the green pixel is Bg, and the ratio Bg/Ag ranges from about 1.43 to about 3.00;
wherein an area of the central portion of a pixel electrode corresponding to the blue pixel and exposed by the pixel-defining layer is Ab, an area of a biggest circle that would fit inside the polygonal lower surface of a condensing lens over the blue pixel is Bb, and the ratio Bb/Ab ranges from about 1.30 to about 2.43; and
wherein the lens layer comprises a first lens layer and a second lens layer between the first lens layer and the opposite electrode, the second lens layer having a refractive i

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Sungkook
• Kim Minwoo
• Kim Woongsik

Classifications

• H01L27/14627

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3216

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5256

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5275

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3246

  Electricity · mapped topic