Organic light emitting display device and method of fabricating the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9385345-B2
Application number	US-201314134119-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Dec 19, 2013
Priority date	Dec 28, 2012
Publication date	Jul 5, 2016
Grant date	Jul 5, 2016

Abstract

Disclosed herein are an organic light emitting display device includes first to third sub-pixels realizing different colors, wherein each of the first to third sub-pixels includes first and second electrodes disposed on a substrate so as to face each other, an emission layer formed between the first and second electrodes, a multi-layered hole transporting layer formed between the first electrode and the emission layer to be in contact with the first electrode and the emission layer, and an electron transporting layer formed between the second electrode and the emission layer, wherein multi-layered hole transporting layer of at least one of the first to third sub-pixels includes an at least two-layered first hole transporting layer formed of a hole host and a p-type dopant having a doping concentration of 1 to 10% and a second hole transporting layer formed of the hole host.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light emitting display device comprising a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel for emitting different colored light, each of the sub-pixels comprising:
an anode and a cathode on a substrate configured to face each other;
an emission layer between the anode and the cathode;
a multi-layered hole transporting layer between, and in contact with, the anode and the emission layer; and
an electron transporting layer between the cathode and the emission layer,
wherein the multi-layered hole transporting layer of at least one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel and the third sub-pixel comprises:
a first hole transporting layer, wherein the first hole transporting layer is of at least two materials, the at least two materials including a hole host and a p-type dopant having a doping concentration of 1 vol. % to 10 vol. %; and
a second hole transporting layer formed of the hole host, wherein the second hole transporting layer is over the first hole transporting layer and is farther from the anode than the first hole transporting layer is from the anode, and has a doping concentration less than the doping concentration of the first hole transporting layer, and
wherein the first hole transporting layer comprising the p-type dopant occupies 10 vol. % to 25 vol. % in the multi-layered hole transporting layer.

2. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the first sub-pixel is a red sub-pixel configured to emit red light through a red emission layer;
the second sub-pixel is a green sub-pixel configured to emit green light through a green emission layer; and
the third sub-pixel is a blue sub-pixel configured to emit blue light through a blue emission layer,
wherein the multi-layered hole transporting layer of each of the red and green sub-pixels comprises:
a common hole transporting layer formed by sequentially stacking the first hole transporting layer and the second hole transporting layer; and
an optical adjustment layer between the common hole transporting layer and the anode, and

wherein the multi-layered hole transporting layer of the blue sub-pixel comprises a common hole transporting layer formed by sequentially stacking the first hole transporting layer and the second hole transporting layer.

3. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the red, green, and blue sub-pixels in common comprise blue emission layers;
the blue emission layer of the red sub-pixel is between the red emission layer and the electron transporting layer; and
the blue emission layer of the green sub-pixel is between the green emission layer and the electron transporting layer.

4. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the optical adjustment layer comprises a first optical adjustment layer and a second optical adjustment layer between the anode and the common hole transporting layer, wherein:
the first optical adjustment layer is formed of a hole host and a p-type dopant identical to or different from that of the first hole transporting layer; and
the second optical adjustment layer is formed of a hole host identical to or different from that of the second hole transporting layer, and is farther from the anode than the first optical adjustment layer is from the anode.

5. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 4 , wherein the first optical adjustment layer of the red sub-pixel has a larger thickness than the first optical adjustment layer of the green sub-pixel.

6. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 4 , wherein the first optical adjustment layer and the first hole transporting layer comprising the p-type dopant occupy 10 vol. % to 25 vol. % in the multi-layered hole transporting layer.

7. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 2 , wherein:
the optical adjustment layer comprises a first optical adjustment layer between the anode and the common hole transporting layer; and
the first optical adjustment layer is formed of a hole host and a p-type dopant identical to or different from that of the first hole transporting layer.

8. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first optical adjustment layer of the red sub-pixel has a larger thickness than the first optical adjustment layer of the green sub-pixel.

9. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 7 , wherein the first optical adjustment layer and the first hole transporting layer comprising the p-type dopant occupy 10 vol. % to 25 vol. % in the multi-layered hole transporting layer.

10. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 1 , wherein:
the p-type dopant is formed of a compound selected from the group consisting of F4-TCNQ, 1,4-TCAQ, 6,3-TCPQ, TCAQ, TCNTHPQ, and TCNPQ; and
the hole host is formed of a compound selected from the group consisting of NPB, PPD, TPAC, BFA-1T, and TBDB.

11. The organic light emitting display device according to claim 10 , wherein the p-type dopant has a lowest unoccupied molecular orbital (LUMO) level less than that of the hole host.

12. A method of fabricating an organic light emitting display device comprising a first sub-pixel, a second sub-pixel, and a third sub-pixel for emitting colored light, the method comprising:
forming anodes of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel on a substrate;
forming multi-layered hole transporting layers on the anodes;
forming emission layers on the hole transporting layers;
forming electron transporting layers on the emission layers; and
forming cathodes on the electron transporting layers,
wherein the multi-layered hole transporting layer of at least one of the first sub-pixel, the second sub-pixel, and the third sub-pixel comprises:
a first hole transporting layer, wherein the first hole transporting layer is of at least two materials, the at least two materials including a hole host and a p-type dopant having a doping concentration of 1 vol. % to 10 vol. %; and
a second hole transporting layer formed of the hole host, wherein the second hole transporting layer is over the first hole transporting layer and farther from the anode than the first hole transporting layer is from the anode, and has a doping concentration less than the doping concentration of the first hole transporting layer, and
wherein the first hole transporting layer comprising the p-type dopant occupies 10 vol. % to 25 vol. % in the multi-layered hole transporting layer.

13. The method according to claim 12 , wherein:
the first sub-pixel is a red sub-pixel configured to emit red light through a red emission layer;
the second sub-pixel is a green sub-pixel configured to emit green light through a green emission layer; and
the third sub-pixel is a blue sub-pixel configured to emit blue light through a blue emission layer;
wherein forming the multi-layered hole transporting layers of the red sub-pixel, the green sub-pixel, and blue sub-pixel comprises:
forming optical adjustment layers on the anodes of the red sub-pixel and the green sub-pixel; and
forming common hole transporting layers each comprising the first and second hole transporting layers on the optical adjustment layers of the red and green sub-pixels and on the anode of the blue sub-pixel; and
at least one of the optical adjustment layers, first hole transporting layers, and second hole transporting layers is formed by scanning or deposition using a shutter.

14. The method according to claim 13 , wherein
forming each optical adjustment lay

Assignees

• Lg Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Heui-Dong
• Kim Kwan-Soo
• Song Dae-Gwon
• Park Jin-Ho
• Yoon Sung-Ji
• Lim Dong-Hyeok

Classifications

• H10K71/00

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

• H10K50/155 Primary

  comprising dopants · CPC title

• H01L51/56 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5064

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3211

  Electricity · mapped topic