Organic light emitting diode display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2016254476-A1
Application number	US-201514808086-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jul 24, 2015
Priority date	Feb 26, 2015
Publication date	Sep 1, 2016
Grant date	—

Abstract

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes two or more spacers on a substrate, the two or more spacers being arranged at least at either one of a center point of a virtual quadrangle or a vicinity of the center point of the virtual quadrangle, an electrode portion at each apex of the virtual quadrangle, the electrode portion surrounding the two or more spacers, and a pixel definition layer on the electrode portion, the pixel definition layer including exposing the electrode portion.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1 . An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:
two or more spacers on a substrate, the two or more spacers being arranged at least at either one of a center point of a virtual quadrangle or a vicinity of the center point of the virtual quadrangle; an electrode portion at each apex of the virtual quadrangle, the electrode portion surrounding the two or more spacers; and a pixel definition layer on the electrode portion, the pixel definition layer including exposing the electrode portion.

2 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the electrode portion includes:
a first electrode positioned at a first apex of the virtual quadrangle; a second electrode positioned at a second apex of the virtual quadrangle, the second apex being separated from the first apex, and the center point of the virtual quadrangle being between the first and second apexes; a third electrode positioned at a third apex of the virtual quadrangle; and a fourth electrode positioned at a fourth apex of the virtual quadrangle, the fourth apex being separated from the third apex, and the center point of the virtual quadrangle being between the third and fourth apexes.

3 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the two or more spacers are symmetrical to each other based on a first imaginary line that connects the first apex and the second apex.

4 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the two or more spacers are symmetrical to each other based on a second imaginary line that connects the third apex and the fourth apex.

5 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 2 , wherein the pixel definition layer includes:
a first opening of a first polygonal shape exposing the first electrode and having a center coinciding with the first apex; a second opening of a second polygonal shape exposing the second electrode and having a center coinciding with the second apex; and a pair of third openings of a third polygonal shape respectively exposing the third and fourth electrodes and having centers coinciding with the third apex and the fourth apex.

6 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first and second openings have larger sizes than the pair of third openings.

7 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 6 , wherein the second opening has a larger size than the first opening.

8 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 7 , wherein one or more of the first, second, and third polygonal shapes is an octagon.

9 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 7 , wherein either one of the first polygonal shape and the second polygonal shape is a quadrangle, the other is a hexagon, and the third polygonal shape is an octagon.

10 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 9 , wherein a plurality of first openings are provided, neighboring ones of the plurality of first openings have quadrangular shapes that are symmetrical to each other.

11 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 10 , wherein a distance between the first and second openings is identical to that between neighboring third openings.

12 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 11 , wherein a distance between the first opening and either one of the pair of third openings is identical to that between the second opening and either one of the pair of third openings.

13 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 5 , further comprising:
a first organic emission layer on the first electrode in accordance with the first opening; a second organic emission layer on the second opening in accordance with the second electrode; and a pair of third organic emission layers respectively on the third and fourth electrodes in accordance with the pair of third openings.

14 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first organic emission layer, the second organic emission layer, and the pair of third organic emission layers emit light of different colors.

15 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 14 , wherein either one of the first organic emission layer and the second organic emission layer emits red light, the other emits blue light, and the pair of third organic emission layers emit green light.

16 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the two or more spacers protrude in an island-like shape from the pixel definition layer.

17 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 16 , wherein each of the two or more spacers has a planar bar shape.

18 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 16 , wherein each of the two or more spacers has a triangular planar shape.

19 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 16 , wherein each of the two or more spacers has a planar shape with a comb-like pattern.

20 . The OLED display as claimed in claim 16 , wherein the two or more spacers are symmetrical to each other based on the center point of the virtual quadrangle.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Dong-Seop

Classifications

• H10K59/123 Primary

  Connection of the pixel electrodes to the thin film transistors [TFT] · CPC title

• H10K59/8723

  Vertical spacers, e.g. arranged between the sealing arrangement and the OLED · CPC title

• H10K59/80515

  characterised by their shape · CPC title

• H10K50/8428

  Vertical spacers, e.g. arranged between the sealing arrangement and the OLED · CPC title

• H10K59/352 Primary

  the areas of the RGB subpixels being different · CPC title