Organic light-emitting diode display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10403846-B2
Application number	US-201615359452-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Nov 22, 2016
Priority date	Nov 23, 2015
Publication date	Sep 3, 2019
Grant date	Sep 3, 2019

Abstract

An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a substrate, an interlayer insulating layer arranged over the substrate and an OLED arranged over the interlayer insulating layer. The OLED display also includes a source electrode and a drain electrode arranged over the interlayer insulating layer and a via layer arranged over the interlayer insulating layer and having a via hole exposing the source electrode or the drain electrode. The interlayer insulating layer includes a projecting portion which projects toward the OLED in the via hole.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising;
a substrate including a main surface;
a first insulating layer disposed over the main surface of the substrate;
a thin film transistor (TFT) disposed on the substrate, wherein the TFT comprises an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein a selected one of the source and drain electrodes is disposed over the first insulating layer;
a second insulating layer disposed over the first insulating layer and having a via hole exposing the selected electrode; and
an OLED disposed over the second insulating layer,
wherein the first insulating layer comprises a projecting portion which projects in a direction perpendicular to the substrate and is overlapped by the via hole, wherein a first height from the main surface of the substrate to a top surface of the projecting portion is greater than a second height from the main surface of the substrate to a top surface of a portion of the first insulating layer which overlaps the gate electrode.

2. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein a part of the selected electrode is disposed over the projecting portion and corresponds to the via hole.

3. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the OLED comprises:
a first electrode disposed substantially flat on the second insulating layer without a step;
a light emission layer on the first electrode; and
a second electrode on the light emission layer.

4. The OLED display of claim 3 , wherein a substantially flat lower surface of the first electrode contacts an upper surface of the selected electrode through the via hole.

5. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the selected electrode comprises a first upper surface, and wherein the distance between the substrate and the first upper surface is the same as the distance between the substrate and an upper surface of the second insulating layer.

6. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the first height is less than a third height from the main surface of the substrate to a top surface of the second insulating layer.

7. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the first insulating layer includes a body from which the projecting portion projects, and wherein the first height is greater than a height from the main surface of the substrate to a top surface of the body.

8. The OLED display of claim 6 , wherein the selected electrode has a thickness which is the same as the difference between the third height and the first height.

9. The OLED display of claim 3 , further comprising:
a pixel layer disposed over the second insulating layer,
wherein the pixel defining layer has an opening exposing a part of the first electrode.

10. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the selected electrode entirely covers the projecting portion.

11. The OLED display of claim 1 ,
wherein the projecting portion overlaps neither the active layer nor the gate electrode in a direction perpendicular to the substrate.

12. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the projecting portion extends upwardly within the via hole.

13. The OLED display of claim 12 , wherein the projecting portion extends to an upper portion of the via hole.

14. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:
a substrate;
a first insulating layer disposed over the substrate;
a thin film transistor (TFT) disposed on the substrate, wherein the TFT includes an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, wherein a selected one of the source and drain electrodes of TFT is disposed over the first insulating layer;
a second insulating layer disposed over the selected electrode and having a via hole exposing the selected electrode; and
an OLED disposed over the second insulating layer, the OLED including a first electrode, a light emission layer on the electrode, and a second electrode on the light emission layer, wherein the via hole is overlapped by the light emission layer,
wherein the first insulating layer comprises a projecting portion which projects toward the OLED and is overlapped by the via hole, wherein a first height from a main surface of the substrate to a top surface of the projecting portion is greater than a second height from the main surface of the substrate to a top surface of a second portion of the first insulating layer which overlaps the gate electrode.

15. The OLED display of claim 14 , wherein the first height is less than a height from the main surface of the substrate to a top surface of the second insulating layer.

16. The OLED display of claim 14 , wherein the first insulating layer includes a body from which the projecting portion projects, and wherein the first height is greater than the height from the main surface of the substrate to the body.

17. The OLED display of claim 14 , wherein the selected electrode entirely covers the projecting portion.

18. The OLED display of claim 14 , wherein the projecting portion extends upwardly within the via hole.

19. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:
a substrate;
a first insulating layer disposed over the substrate;
a thin film transistor (TFT) disposed on the substrate, wherein the TFT includes an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode and a drain electrode, and wherein a selected one of the source and drain electrodes is disposed over the first insulating layer;
a second insulating layer disposed on the first insulating layer, and having a via hole exposing the selected electrode;
a first electrode disposed on the second insulating layer;
a pixel defining layer disposed on the first electrode and having an opening which overlaps a part of the first;
a light emission layer disposed on the first electrode through the opening, and
a second electrode on the light emission layer;
wherein the first insulating layer comprises a projecting portion extending upwardly so as to be overlapped by the light emission layer, wherein a first height from as main substrate to a top surface of the projecting portion is greater than a second height from the main surface of the substrate to a top surface of a portion of the first insulating, layer which overlaps the electrode.

20. The OLED display of claim 19 , Wherein the projecting portion extends upwardly within the via hole.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Yoon Juwon
• Son Sewan
• Lee Iljeong
• Lee Jiseon
• Ji Deukmyung

Classifications

• H01L2251/558

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5092

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5234 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3258

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5088

  Electricity · mapped topic