Electroluminescent display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10269873-B2
Application number	US-201815892177-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Feb 8, 2018
Priority date	Feb 28, 2017
Publication date	Apr 23, 2019
Grant date	Apr 23, 2019

Abstract

An electroluminescent display device according to an exemplary embodiment of the present disclosure includes a first light emitting unit which is disposed on the anode and includes an emissive layer, a charge generation layer disposed on the first light emitting unit, a second light emitting unit which is disposed on the charge generation layer and includes a second emissive layer, and a cathode disposed on the second light emitting unit in which each of the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit includes a plurality of pixel emissive layers corresponding to a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel, and a fourth pixel, and the first pixel emits red light, the second pixel emits green light, the third pixel emits blue light, and the fourth pixel emits yellow-green light to lower the power consumption of the organic light emitting display device.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An electroluminescent display device, comprising:
an anode;
a first light emitting unit which is on the anode and includes a first emissive layer;
a charge generation layer on the first light emitting unit;
a second light emitting unit which is on the charge generation layer and includes a second emissive layer; and
a cathode on the second light emitting unit,
wherein each of the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit includes a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel, and a fourth pixel, and the first pixel includes an emissive layer which emits red light, the second pixel includes an emissive layer which emits green light, the third pixel includes an emissive layer which emits blue light, and the fourth pixel includes an emissive layer which emits different color light from the first pixel, the second pixel, and the third pixel,
wherein the emissive layer of the first pixel emits red light, the emissive layer of the fourth pixel emissive layer that emits yellow-green light is thinner than the emissive layer of the first pixel, the emissive layer of the second pixel that emits green light is thinner than the emissive layer of the fourth pixel, and the emissive layer of the third pixel that emits blue light is thinner than the emissive layer of the second pixel.

2. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 1 , wherein the anode includes a reflective layer.

3. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode includes a transparent conductive layer.

4. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 1 , wherein the fourth pixel includes an emissive layer which emits yellow-green light.

5. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 4 , wherein a maximum wavelength range of the fourth pixel is 545 nm or longer and 590 nm or shorter.

6. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 1 , wherein each of the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit includes at least one of a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer.

7. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 1 , further comprising:
a bank which is disposed on the anode to divide areas of the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel, and the fourth pixel.

8. An electroluminescent display device, comprising:
an anode;
a light emitting unit which is disposed on the anode and includes an emissive layer; and
a cathode disposed on the light emitting unit,
wherein at least one light emitting unit is provided and the light emitting unit includes a plurality of pixel emissive layers corresponding to a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel, and a fourth pixel which emit different color light,
wherein a pixel emissive layer corresponding to the first pixel emits red light, a pixel emissive layer corresponding to the fourth pixel emissive layer that emits yellow-green light is thinner than the pixel emissive layer corresponding to the first pixel, a pixel emissive layer corresponding to the second pixel that emits green light is thinner than the pixel emissive layer corresponding to the fourth pixel, and a pixel emissive layer corresponding to the third pixel that emits blue light is thinner than the pixel emissive layer corresponding to the second pixel.

9. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 8 , wherein the anode includes a reflective layer.

10. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 8 , wherein the cathode includes a transparent conductive layer.

11. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 8 , wherein the first pixel emits red light, the second pixel emits green light, the third pixel emits blue light, and the fourth pixel emits yellow-green light.

12. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 11 , wherein a maximum wavelength range of the fourth pixel is 545 nm or longer and 590 nm or shorter.

13. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 8 , wherein the light emitting unit includes at least one of a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer.

14. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 8 , further comprising:
a bank which is disposed on the anode to divide areas of the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel, and the fourth pixel.

15. An electroluminescent display device, comprising:
an anode;
a first light emitting unit which is disposed on the anode and includes a first emissive layer;
a charge generation layer on the first emissive layer;
a second light emitting unit which is disposed on the charge generation layer and includes a second emissive layer; and
a cathode disposed on the second light emitting unit,
wherein each of the first light emitting unit and the second light emitting unit includes a plurality of pixel emissive layers corresponding to a first pixel, a second pixel, a third pixel, and a fourth pixel, and the first pixel emits red light, the second pixel emits green light, the third pixel emits blue light, and the fourth pixel emits yellow-green light so that when the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel, and the fourth pixel emit light to represent white light, a luminous efficiency for a pixel including an emissive layer having a low luminous efficiency among pixels is lowered;
wherein a pixel emissive layer corresponding to the fourth pixel emissive layer that emits yellow-green light is thinner than the pixel emissive layer corresponding to the first pixel, a pixel emissive layer corresponding to the second pixel that emits green light is thinner than the pixel emissive layer corresponding to the fourth pixel, and a pixel emissive layer corresponding to the third pixel that emits blue light is thinner than the pixel emissive layer corresponding to the second pixel.

16. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 15 , wherein a maximum wavelength range of the fourth pixel is 545 nm or longer and 590 nm or shorter.

17. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 15 , wherein each of the light emitting units includes at least one of a hole injection layer, a hole transport layer, an electron transport layer, and an electron injection layer.

18. The electroluminescent display device according to claim 15 , further comprising:
a bank which is disposed on the anode to divide areas of the first pixel, the second pixel, the third pixel, and the fourth pixel.

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Kim Byungsoo
• Ha YongMin

Classifications

• H01L27/3213 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5234

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5265

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3244

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5218

  Electricity · mapped topic