Oled display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-2019006427-A1
Application number	US-201715748295-A
Country	US
Kind code	A1
Filing date	Jun 27, 2017
Priority date	Dec 1, 2016
Publication date	Jan 3, 2019
Grant date	—

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to an OLED display device, including OLED units and a pixel spacer layer having a plurality of opening portions, which are disposed on a substrate. Each OLED unit includes an anode, a light-emitting functional layer and a cathode which are disposed sequentially in a direction away from the substrate. The light-emitting functional layer is disposed in the opening portions. The pixel spacer layer is provided with a via hole. The display device further includes: an auxiliary electrode disposed below the pixel spacer layer, corresponding to a display area, spaced apart from the anode, and connected to the cathode through the via hole in the pixel spacer layer; and a print circuit board disposed at a side of the substrate away from the pixel spacer layer, configured to transmit a signal of the cathode to the auxiliary electrode through an conductive lead.

First claim

1 . An OLED display device, comprising a pixel spacer layer and OLED units on a substrate, the pixel spacer layer having a plurality of opening portions, wherein each OLED unit comprises an anode, a light-emitting functional layer and a cathode arranged sequentially in a direction away from the substrate; wherein the light-emitting functional layer is in the opening portions, and wherein the pixel spacer layer is provided with a via hole, the display device further comprising:
an auxiliary electrode disposed below the pixel spacer layer, corresponding to a display area, and spaced apart from the anode, the auxiliary electrode being connected to the cathode through the via hole in the pixel spacer layer; and a print circuit board (PCB) disposed at a side of the substrate away from the pixel spacer layer, and configured to transmit a signal of the cathode to the auxiliary electrode through a conductive lead.

2 . The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary electrode is an integral auxiliary electrode that is disposed below the pixel spacer layer and extends along an entire bottom side of the pixel spacer layer; and
the display device further comprises a dielectric isolation layer disposed in the opening portions for isolating the auxiliary electrode from the anode.

3 . The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein the conductive lead is disposed in a non-display area of the display device.

4 . The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein the OLED display device comprises a plurality of separated auxiliary electrodes, each one of the plurality of separated auxiliary electrodes is disposed every four to ten OLED units.

5 . The OLED display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a planarization layer disposed in a same layer with the auxiliary electrode.

6 . The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein a pattern of the auxiliary electrode comprises at least one of strip shape, zigzag shape or grid shape.

7 . The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein the cathode is an integral cathode covering the pixel spacer layer, wherein the integral cathode is connected to the auxiliary electrode through the via hole in the pixel spacer layer.

8 . The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein the auxiliary electrode is formed of topological insulator.

9 . The OLED display device according to claim 7 , wherein the topological insulator comprises at least one of Tin atom monolayer and a variation material of Tin atom monolayer.

10 . (canceled)

11 . The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein the substrate comprises a base substrate; an array structural layer disposed on the base substrate; and a protection layer disposed below the pixel spacer layer and covering the array structural layer, wherein the base substrate comprises at least one material selected from the group consisted of silicon, glass, organic compound and polymer material.

12 . The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein
the auxiliary electrode comprises a first conductive layer and a second conductive layer, and the first conductive layer is formed with the same material of the anode.

13 . The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein a width of a portion of the auxiliary electrode overlapped with the cathode is ranged from 150 μm to 250 μm.

14 . The OLED display device according to claim 1 , further comprising a connecting hole configured to connect the anode and a thin film transistor (TFT) driving the anode, and a width or an area of at least a part of the via hole is larger than a width or an area of the connecting hole.

15 . The OLED display device according to claim 1 , wherein the OLED display device is a top-emission type OLED display device.

16 . The OLED display device according to claim 4 , further comprising a planarization layer disposed in a same layer with the auxiliary electrode.

17 . The OLED display device according to claim 11 , further comprising a connecting hole configured to connect the anode and a thin film transistor (TFT) driving the anode, and a width or an area of at least a part of the via hole is larger than a width or an area of the connecting hole.

18 . An OLED display device, comprising a pixel spacer layer and OLED units on a substrate, the pixel spacer layer having a plurality of opening portions, wherein each OLED unit comprises an anode, a light-emitting functional layer and a cathode arranged in a direction away from the substrate; wherein the light-emitting functional layer is in the opening portions, and wherein the pixel spacer layer is provided with a via hole, the display device further comprising:
an auxiliary electrode disposed below the pixel spacer layer, corresponding to a display area, and spaced apart from the anode, the auxiliary electrode being connected to the cathode through the via hole in the pixel spacer layer.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lu Yongchun
• Cheng Hongfei
• Wu Xinyin
• Ma Yongda
• Xian Jianbo
• Zhang Yuxin

Classifications

• F21Y2115/15

  Organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] · CPC title

• H01L51/5221

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/0508

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/32 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5206

  Electricity · mapped topic