Organic light-emitting diode display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9431469-B2
Application number	US-201314059356-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 21, 2013
Priority date	Apr 26, 2013
Publication date	Aug 30, 2016
Grant date	Aug 30, 2016

Abstract

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display includes: a first electrode around a center point of a virtual square; second electrodes around a first vertex and a second vertex diagonal to the first vertex of the virtual square, the second electrodes being separated from each other and with the center point of the virtual square interposed therebetween; third electrodes around a third vertex and a fourth vertex of the virtual square, the third electrodes being separated from each other and with the center point of the virtual square interposed therebetween; a pixel defining layer partially on the first electrode, the second electrodes, and the third electrodes, and partially exposing the first electrode, the second electrodes, and the third electrodes; and four spacers disposed as islands on the pixel defining layer and corresponding to four sides of the virtual square.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising:
a first electrode around a center point of a virtual square;
second electrodes around a first vertex and a second vertex diagonal to the first vertex of the virtual square, the second electrodes being separated from each other and with the center point of the virtual square interposed therebetween;
third electrodes around a third vertex and a fourth vertex of the virtual square, the third electrodes being separated from each other and with the center point of the virtual square interposed therebetween;
a pixel defining layer partially on the first electrode, the second electrodes, and the third electrodes, and including a first opening partially exposing the first electrode, second openings partially exposing the second electrodes, and third openings partially exposing the third electrodes; and
four spacers disposed as islands on the pixel defining layer, adjacent to the first electrode, and corresponding to four sides of the virtual square,
wherein each of the second openings has a larger area than each of the third openings.

2. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein:
the first opening has a first polygon shape whose center coincides with the center point of the virtual square;
the second openings have second polygonal shapes whose centers coincide with the first vertex and the second vertex; and
the third openings have third polygonal shapes whose centers coincide with the third vertex and the fourth vertex.

3. The OLED display of claim 2 , wherein distances between the center point of the virtual square and centers of the four spacers are the same.

4. The OLED display of claim 3 , wherein each of the four spacers has a square shape.

5. The OLED display of claim 3 , wherein each of the spacers has a rectangle shape having long sides that are bisected by a respective one of the four sides of the virtual square.

6. The OLED display of claim 2 , wherein each of the second openings and the third openings has a larger area compared to that of the first opening.

7. The OLED display of claim 2 , wherein at least one of the first polygonal shape, the second polygonal shapes, or the third polygonal shapes is an octagon.

8. The OLED display of claim 2 , wherein the first polygonal shape is an octagon, and one of the second polygonal shapes and one of the third polygonal shapes are a hexagon and a quadrilateral.

9. The OLED display of claim 8 , wherein the first opening has an octagonal shape.

10. The OLED display of claim 9 , wherein distances between the first opening and each of the second openings, and distances between the first opening and each of the third openings are a same first length.

11. The OLED display of claim 10 , wherein distances between each of the second openings and each of the third openings is a same second length.

12. The OLED display of claim 2 , further comprising:
a first organic emission layer on the first electrode corresponding to the first opening;
second organic emission layers on the second electrodes and corresponding to the second openings; and
third organic emission layers on the third electrodes and corresponding to the third openings.

13. The OLED display of claim 12 , wherein the first organic emission layer is configured to emit a first color light, the second organic emission layers are configured to emit a second color light different from the first color light, and the third organic emission layers are configured to emit a third color light different from the first color light and the second color light.

14. The OLED display of claim 13 , wherein the first color light is green, and the second color light and the third color light are blue and red.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Ok-Kyung
• Yun Su Yeon

Classifications

• H10K59/8723

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

• H10K59/805

  Electrodes · CPC title

• H10K59/1213

  the pixel elements being TFTs · CPC title

• G09G3/3208 Primary

  organic, e.g. using organic light-emitting diodes [OLED] · CPC title

• H01L27/3276

  Electricity · mapped topic