Organic light emitting diode display substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and organic light emitting diode display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-12520701-B2
Application number	US-202117633588-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 21, 2021
Priority date	Apr 21, 2021
Publication date	Jan 6, 2026
Grant date	Jan 6, 2026

Abstract

The present disclosure provides a display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof and a display device. The present disclosure includes a driving circuit layer disposed on a substrate and a light emitting structure layer disposed at one side of the driving circuit layer away from the substrate, wherein the light emitting structure layer includes an anode, an organic light emitting layer, an organic light emitting block, a cathode and an auxiliary electrode, the organic light emitting layer is connected to the anode and the cathode respectively, the auxiliary electrode includes a bottom surface at one side close to the substrate, a top surface at a side away from the substrate and a side surface arranged between the bottom surface and the top surface.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1 . A display substrate, comprising:
a driving circuit layer disposed on a substrate and a light emitting structure layer disposed at one side of the driving circuit layer away from the substrate, wherein the light emitting structure layer comprises an anode, an organic light emitting layer, an organic light emitting block, a cathode and an auxiliary electrode, the organic light emitting layer is connected to the anode and the cathode respectively, the auxiliary electrode comprises a bottom surface at a side close to the substrate, a top surface at a side away from the substrate and a side surface arranged between the bottom surface and the top surface, the cathode is in contact with the side surface of the auxiliary electrode, the organic light emitting block is arranged on a side of the top surface of the auxiliary electrode away from the substrate, and the organic light emitting block is arranged to be isolated from the organic light emitting layer, wherein in a direction perpendicular to the display substrate, the auxiliary electrode comprises a first auxiliary electrode, a second auxiliary electrode disposed at one side of the first auxiliary electrode away from the substrate, and a third auxiliary electrode disposed at one side of the second auxiliary electrode away from the substrate, in the direction perpendicular to the display substrate, the first auxiliary electrode, the second auxiliary electrode and the third auxiliary electrode which are stacked form to an “I” shaped structure, the second auxiliary electrode is sandwiched between the first auxiliary electrode and the third auxiliary electrode, an orthographic projection of whole of the second auxiliary electrode, in a plane parallel to the display substrate, on the substrate is within an orthographic projection of whole of the first auxiliary electrode, in the plane parallel to the display substrate, on the substrate, and within an orthographic projection of whole of the third auxiliary electrode, in the plane parallel to the display substrate, on the substrate, wherein the cathode is in direct contact with one side of the organic light emitting block away from the substrate, in direct contact with the second auxiliary electrode and in direct contact with the third auxiliary electrode, wherein the second auxiliary electrode comprises a second side surface, a normal direction of the second side surface is parallel or nearly parallel to a plane of the substrate, the third auxiliary electrode comprises a third lower surface and a third side surface, the third lower surface is protruded from the second auxiliary electrode and at a side close to the substrate; and a normal direction of the third side surface is parallel or nearly parallel to the plane of the substrate, and the organic light emitting block comprises a fourth upper surface at a side away from the substrate and a fourth side surface, a normal direction of the fourth side surface is parallel or nearly parallel to the plane of the substrate; the cathode is in direct contact with the second side surface, the cathode is in direct contact with the third lower surface and the third side surface, and the cathode is in direct contact with the fourth upper surface and the fourth side surface, wherein in a direction parallel to the display substrate, the display substrate comprises a plurality of pixel units, which are arranged sequentially along a first direction and a second direction, respectively, the first direction intersecting the second direction; the plurality of pixel units comprises at least one first pixel unit and a second pixel unit adjacent to the first pixel unit in the first direction; the auxiliary electrode is arranged between the first pixel unit and the second pixel unit, wherein the first pixel unit comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel arranged sequentially along the first direction, and the second pixel unit comprises a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel and a third sub-pixel arranged sequentially along a direction opposite to the first direction; the auxiliary electrode is arranged between the third sub-pixel of the first pixel unit and the third sub-pixel of the second pixel unit, and wherein the third sub-pixel of the first pixel unit comprises a first anode with a first groove, and the third sub-pixel of the second pixel unit comprises a first anode with a second groove, and the first auxiliary electrode is arranged between the first anode with the first groove and the first anode with the second groove.

2 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the organic light emitting block is disposed on a same layer and is made of same materials as the organic light emitting layer, the organic light emitting block is disposed at one side of the third auxiliary electrode away from the substrate, and an orthographic projection of the organic light emitting block on the substrate is within the orthographic projection of the third auxiliary electrode on the substrate.

3 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein materials of the second auxiliary electrode comprise any one or more of silver, copper, aluminum, titanium and molybdenum, or alloy materials of silver, copper, aluminum, titanium and molybdenum, and materials of the first auxiliary electrode and the third auxiliary electrode comprise any one or more of indium tin oxide and indium zinc oxide.

4 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein the anode comprises a first anode, a second anode arranged at one side of the first anode away from the substrate, and a third anode arranged at one side of the second anode away from the substrate, an orthographic projection of the second anode on the substrate is within an orthographic projection of the first anode on the substrate, and the orthographic projection of the second anode on the substrate is within an orthographic projection of the third anode on the substrate.

5 . The display substrate according to claim 4 , wherein the first anode is arranged on a same layer and is made of same materials as the first auxiliary electrode; the second anode is arranged on a same layer and is made of same materials as the second auxiliary electrode; the third anode is arranged on a same layer and is made of same materials as the third auxiliary electrode.

6 . The display substrate according to claim 4 , wherein the light emitting structure layer further comprises a pixel define layer overlying at least one portion of the first auxiliary electrode, a first pixel opening and a second pixel opening are provided in the pixel define layer, the first pixel opening exposes part of a surface of the third anode, and the second pixel opening exposes the second auxiliary electrode and the third auxiliary electrode.

7 . The display substrate according to claim 1 , wherein in the direction perpendicular to the display substrate, the driving circuit layer comprises a first conducting layer, a semiconductor layer, a second conducting layer and a third conducting layer which are disposed sequentially on the substrate, wherein the first conducting layer at least comprises a shielding layer, the semiconductor layer at least comprises a first capacitor polar plate and active layers of a plurality of transistors, the second conducting layer at least comprises gate electrodes of the plurality of transistors, and the third conducting layer at least comprises a second power line, a second capacitor polar plate and first electrodes and second electrodes of the plurality of transistors.

8 . The display substrate according to claim 7 , wherein the second capacitor polar plate is connected to the shielding layer through via holes, the second capacitor polar plate and the first ca

Assignees

• Hefei Xinsheng Optoelectronics Technology Co Ltd
• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Su Tongshang
• Zhou Bin
• Cheng Jun
• Wang Qinghe
• Liu Ning
• Wang Jun
• Zhang Dacheng
• Yan Liangchen

Classifications

• H10K71/00

  Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass · CPC title

• H10K59/80517

  Multilayers, e.g. transparent multilayers · CPC title

• H10K59/80516

  combined with auxiliary electrodes, e.g. ITO layer combined with metal lines · CPC title

• H10K59/1216

  the pixel elements being capacitors · CPC title

• H10K59/126

  Shielding, e.g. light-blocking means over the TFTs · CPC title