OLED pixel structure and method for manufacturing the same, OLED display panel and OLED display device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9673266-B2
Application number	US-201414437118-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Aug 29, 2014
Priority date	Mar 28, 2014
Publication date	Jun 6, 2017
Grant date	Jun 6, 2017

Abstract

Embodiments of the present disclosure relate to an OLED pixel structure and a method for manufacturing the same, an OLED display panel having the OLED pixel structure, and an OLED display device having the OLED display panel. An OLED pixel structure comprises a plurality of sub-pixel units. Each of said sub-pixel units comprises: a first electrode, an organic material functional layer and a second electrode arranged in that order on said substrate plate; and an intermediate layer arranged between said substrate plate and said first electrode; wherein, a surface of said intermediate layer away from said substrate plate has a recess of arc shape; and said first electrode is located within said recess such that said first electrode, said organic material functional layer and said second electrode each has an arc shape corresponding to the arc shape of said recess. With these technical solutions according to the present disclosure, these problems of the narrow angle of view, and of different strengths and colors of the light as being viewed from different viewing angles, can be alleviated.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An OLED pixel structure comprising a substrate plate and a plurality of sub-pixel units, each of said plurality of sub-pixel units comprising:
a first electrode, an organic material functional layer and a second electrode arranged in that order on said substrate plate; and
an intermediate layer arranged between said substrate plate and said first electrode;
wherein,
a surface of said intermediate layer away from said substrate plate has a recess of arc shape;
said first electrode is located within said recess such that said first electrode, said organic material functional layer and said second electrode each has an arc shape corresponding to the arc shape of said recess; and
a thin-film transistor is arranged between said substrate plate and said intermediate layer, and, said first electrode is electrically connected with a drain of said thin-film transistor, via a through hole formed, within a projection of said recess onto said substrate plate, in said intermediate layer.

2. The OLED pixel structure of claim 1 , wherein, said intermediate layer excepting a portion thereof where the recess is formed has a thickness of 2 μm˜5 μm.

3. The OLED pixel structure of claim 1 , wherein, said intermediate layer is electrically insulated from said first electrode.

4. The OLED pixel structure of claim 1 , wherein, a material for forming said intermediate layer comprises polyimide.

5. The OLED pixel structure of claim 1 , wherein, said first electrode comprises an opaque metal layer and layers of tin indium oxide arranged respectively at top and bottom sides of said opaque metal layer.

6. The OLED pixel structure of claim 5 , wherein, said second electrode comprises a silver conductive layer.

7. The OLED pixel structure of claim 1 , wherein, said OLED pixel structure further comprises a buffer layer arranged between said substrate plate and said thin-film transistor and contacted with said substrate plate.

8. A method for manufacturing an OLED pixel structure comprising a plurality of sub-pixel units, the method comprising steps of:
forming an intermediate layer on a substrate plate, and, forming, at a region corresponding to a first electrode of each of the sub-pixel units, a recess of arc shape on a surface of said intermediate layer away from said substrate plate;
forming said first electrode, an organic material functional layer and a second electrode in that order on each recess such that said first electrode, said organic material functional layer and said second electrode each has an arc shape corresponding to the arc shape of said recess;
wherein:
each of said plurality of sub-pixel units further comprises a thin-film transistor arranged between said substrate plate and said intermediate layer;
the step of forming the intermediate layer on the substrate plate further comprises forming a through hole at said recess of said intermediate layer; and
the step of forming the first electrode on each recess further comprises electrically connecting said first electrode with a drain of said thin-film transistor via said through hole.

9. The method of claim 8 , wherein, the step of forming the intermediate layer on the substrate plate further comprises:
forming an intermediate layer thin film on said substrate plate; and
placing a mask plate having an opening above said surface of said intermediate layer thin film, and dry etching said surface of said intermediate layer thin film by using a plasma coming into said opening to form said recess, wherein an area of said opening at a side near said intermediate layer thin film is greater than an area of said opening at a side where the plasma comes into.

10. The method of claim 8 , wherein,
the step of forming the first electrode on each recess further comprises:
arranging a layer of tin indium oxide on said recess;
arranging an opaque metal layer over said layer of tin indium oxide; and
arranging another layer of tin indium oxide over said opaque metal layer;
wherein, the translucent metal layer and the two layers of tin indium oxide each has an arc shape corresponding to the arc shape of said recess.

Assignees

• Boe Technology Group Co Ltd

Inventors

• Zhang Peng

Classifications

• H10K59/878

  comprising reflective means · CPC title

• H10K59/873

  Encapsulations · CPC title

• H10K59/80518

  Reflective anodes, e.g. ITO combined with thick metallic layers · CPC title

• H10K59/80515 Primary

  characterised by their shape · CPC title

• H01L51/5056

  Electricity · mapped topic