Organic light emitting display and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9508782-B2
Application number	US-201414248257-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 8, 2014
Priority date	Sep 24, 2013
Publication date	Nov 29, 2016
Grant date	Nov 29, 2016

Abstract

An organic light emitting display device including a thin film transistor including an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a source electrode top layer on the source electrode and a drain electrode top layer on the drain electrode, a first insulating layer between the active layer and the gate electrode, and a second insulating layer between the gate electrode and the source and drain electrodes; a pad electrode including a first pad layer at the same level as the source electrode and a second pad layer on the first pad layer and at the same level as the source and drain electrode top layers; a third insulating layer covering end portions of the source, drain, and pad electrodes and including an organic insulating layer; and a pixel electrode in an opening formed in the third insulating layer and including a semi-transmissive metal layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light emitting display device comprising:
a thin film transistor comprising an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a source electrode top layer on the source electrode, and a drain electrode top layer on the drain electrode, a first insulating layer between the active layer and the gate electrode, and a second insulating layer between the gate electrode and the source electrode and the drain electrode;
a pad electrode comprising a first pad layer being a bottom-most layer of the pad electrode and being at the same level as the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a second pad layer on the first pad layer and at the same level as the source electrode top layer and the drain electrode top layer;
a third insulating layer covering end portions of the source electrode, the drain electrode, and the pad electrode, the third insulating layer comprising an organic insulating material;
a pixel electrode in an opening at the third insulating layer and comprising a semi-transmissive metal layer;
a fourth insulating layer having an opening corresponding to the opening at the third insulating layer and covering an end portion of the pixel electrode;
an organic emitting layer on the pixel electrode; and
an opposite electrode on the organic emitting layer.

2. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the second pad layer comprises a transparent conductive oxide.

3. The organic light emitting display device of claim 2 , wherein the transparent conductive oxide comprises at least one material selected from the group consisting of indium tin oxide (ITO), indium zinc oxide (IZO), zinc oxide (ZnO), indium oxide (In 2 O 3 ), indium gallium oxide (IGO), and aluminum zinc oxide (AZO).

4. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the source electrode and the drain electrode each comprise a plurality of layers of metals having different electron mobilities.

5. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , further comprising a capacitor comprising a first electrode at the same level as the active layer, and a second electrode at the same level as the gate electrode.

6. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the second electrode of the capacitor comprises a transparent conductive oxide.

7. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , wherein the capacitor further comprises a third electrode at the same level as the source electrode and the drain electrode, and a third electrode top layer on the third electrode and at the same level as the second pad layer.

8. The organic light emitting display device of claim 5 , further comprising a pixel electrode contact portion that electrically couples the pixel electrode to the source electrode or the drain electrode through a contact hole in the third insulating layer; and
wherein the pixel electrode contact portion further comprises a first contact layer comprising the same material as the source electrode and the drain electrode, a second contact layer comprising the same material as the second pad layer, and a third contact layer between the first and second insulating layers and comprising the same material as the second electrode of the capacitor,
wherein the first contact layer is electrically coupled to the third contact layer through a contact hole in the second insulating layer.

9. The organic light emitting display device of claim 8 , wherein an end portion of the third contact layer protrudes into the opening in the second insulating layer, and the pixel electrode contacts the end portion of the third contact layer through a contact hole in the third insulating layer.

10. The organic light emitting display device of claim 8 , wherein the pixel electrode contact portion further comprises a fourth contact layer between the third contact layer and the first contact layer, and the pixel electrode contact portion comprises the same material as the gate electrode.

11. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first pad layer comprises the same material as the source electrode and the drain electrode.

12. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the semi-transmissive metal layer comprises silver (Ag) or a silver (Ag) alloy.

13. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein an opening in the second insulating layer, an opening in the third insulating layer, and an opening in the fourth insulating layer overlap each other, and
wherein the opening in the third insulating layer is larger than the opening in the fourth insulating layer but is smaller than the opening in the second insulating layer.

14. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the opposite electrode comprises a reflective metal layer.

15. The organic light emitting display device of claim 1 , wherein the first pad layer is on the second insulating layer, and
wherein the second pad layer is exposed through the third insulating layer.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Park Jong-Hyun
• You Chun-Gi
• Park Sun

Classifications

• H10D86/0231

  using masks, e.g. half-tone masks · CPC title

• H10D86/481

  integrated with passive devices, e.g. auxiliary capacitors · CPC title

• H10D86/441

  Interconnections, e.g. scanning lines · CPC title

• H10D86/423 Primary

  comprising semiconductor materials not belonging to the Group IV, e.g. InGaZnO · CPC title

• H10D86/60

  wherein the TFTs are in active matrices · CPC title