Mask plate, organic light-emitting diode display panel, manufacturing methods thereof, and display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10763434-B2
Application number	US-201815954897-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 17, 2018
Priority date	Jul 14, 2017
Publication date	Sep 1, 2020
Grant date	Sep 1, 2020

Abstract

The present disclosure in some embodiments provides a mask plate, including: a metal mask plate body provided with a plurality of first openings; and an insulation film arranged on the metal mask plate body and provided with a plurality of second openings. An orthogonal projection of at least one second opening in the plurality of second openings onto the metal mask plate body falls within the corresponding first opening or first openings.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A mask plate used for a substrate to be vaporized, comprising:
a metal mask plate body proximal to the substrate to be vaporized, the metal mask plate body being provided with a plurality of first openings; and
an insulation film arranged on the metal mask plate body and distal to the substrate to be vaporized, provided with a plurality of second openings,
wherein an area of an orthogonal projection of at least one second opening in the plurality of second openings onto the metal mask plate body is smaller than that of the corresponding first opening or first openings;
wherein the insulation film is divided by the plurality of second openings into a plurality of insulation patterns, and a cross section of each insulation pattern in a direction perpendicular to the metal mask plate body is of a trapezoidal shape; and
wherein the cross section of each insulation pattern from top to bottom in a direction perpendicular to the metal mask plate body is of an inverted-trapezoidal shape.

2. The mask plate according to claim 1 , wherein the plurality of second openings corresponds to the plurality of first openings in a one-to-one correspondence.

3. The mask plate according to claim 2 , wherein the plurality of second openings is arranged in an array form, and a pitch between two adjacent second openings in a row direction is not smaller than twice of a width of each second opening in the row direction.

4. The mask plate according to claim 3 , wherein the width of each second opening in the row direction is not greater than 4.2 μm, and the pitch between the two adjacent second openings in the row direction is not greater than 8.4 μm.

5. The mask plate according to claim 1 , wherein the insulation film includes a negative photoresist; and
wherein the metal mask plate body includes a ferro-nickel alloy or a nickel-cobalt alloy.

6. The mask plate according to claim 1 , wherein the insulation film is doped with magnetic particles.

7. The mask plate according to claim 6 , wherein each magnetic particle includes an alloy material containing manganese, aluminium and carbon.

8. The mask plate according to claim 1 , wherein a width of each first opening in the row direction is not greater than 8.4 μm, and a pitch between two adjacent first openings in the row direction is not greater than 16.8 μm.

9. The mask plate according to claim 1 , wherein there exists a space between the mask plate and the substrate to be vaporized when the mask plate is in use.

10. A method for manufacturing a mask plate used for a substrate to be vaporized, comprising:
providing a metal mask plate body proximal to the substrate to be vaporized, the metal mask plate body being provided with a plurality of first openings;
forming an insulation film on the metal mask plate body distal to the substrate to be vaporized; and
forming a plurality of second openings in the insulation film through a patterning process, wherein an area of an orthogonal projection of at least one second opening in the plurality of second openings onto the metal mask plate body is smaller than that of the corresponding first opening,
wherein the insulation film is divided by the plurality of second openings into a plurality of insulation patterns, and a cross section of each insulation pattern in a direction perpendicular to the metal mask plate body is of a trapezoidal shape; and
wherein the cross section of each insulation pattern from top to bottom in a direction perpendicular to the metal mask plate body is of an inverted-trapezoidal shape.

11. The method according to claim 10 , wherein the forming the insulation film on the metal mask plate body comprises:
doping magnetic particles into a negative photoresist solution, so as to acquire a mixture; and
coating the mixture onto the metal mask plate body, and curing the mixture so as to form the insulation film.

12. A method for manufacturing an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display substrate, comprising:
securing the mask plate according to claim 1 onto a frame; moving the frame in such a manner that positions of the plurality of second openings correspond to positions of subpixels in a first color respectively, and evaporating a light-emitting material to form the subpixels in the first color;
moving the frame in such a manner that the positions of the plurality of second openings correspond to positions of subpixels in a second color respectively, and evaporating the light-emitting material to form the subpixels in the second color; and
moving the frame in such a manner that the positions of the plurality of second openings correspond to positions of subpixels in a third color respectively, and evaporating the light-emitting material to form the subpixels in the third color,
wherein the subpixels in the first color, the second color and the third color are each capable of emitting a monochromatic light beam, and the monochromatic light beams from the subpixels in the first color, the second color and the third color are capable of being mixed into a white light beam.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein the first color, the second color and the third color are red (R), green (G) and blue (B) respectively.

14. The method according to claim 12 , wherein each subpixel in the first color has a width not greater than 3 μm.

15. The method according to claim 12 , wherein each subpixel in the second color has a width not greater than 3μm.

16. The method according to claim 12 , wherein each subpixel in the third color has a width not greater than 3μm.

17. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display substrate, manufactured using the method according to claim 12 .

18. A display device, comprising the OLED display substrate according to claim 17 .

19. The method according to claim 10 , wherein there exists a space between the mask plate and the substrate to be vaporized when the mask plate is in use.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Can

Classifications

• H10K71/166

  using selective deposition, e.g. using a mask · CPC title

• G03F7/12 Primary

  Production of screen printing forms or similar printing forms, e.g. stencils · CPC title

• G03F7/20

  Exposure; Apparatus therefor (photographic printing apparatus for making copies G03B27/00) · CPC title

• G03F7/038

  Macromolecular compounds which are rendered insoluble or differentially wettable (G03F7/075 takes precedence; macromolecular azides G03F7/012; macromolecular diazonium compounds G03F7/021) · CPC title

• C23C14/042 Primary

  using masks · CPC title