Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9774011-B2
Application number	US-201615090422-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 4, 2016
Priority date	Sep 1, 2014
Publication date	Sep 26, 2017
Grant date	Sep 26, 2017

Abstract

An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the display includes an OLED layer including a plurality of OLEDs that respectively form a plurality of sub-pixels and an encapsulation layer disposed over the OLED layer. The OLED display also includes an optical film disposed over the encapsulation layer and comprising a reflection control layer, a first lens disposed below the reflection control layer, and a second lens disposed over the reflection control layer, wherein the reflection control layer comprises i) a plurality of color filters respectively corresponding to the sub-pixels, and ii) a light shielding portion disposed between the color filters. The OLED display further includes an intermediate layer disposed between the encapsulation layer and the optical film, wherein the first lens is disposed over sides of at least one sub-pixels and wherein the second lens is disposed over center portions of selected sub-pixels.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:
a plurality of sub-pixels;
wherein each of the plurality of sub-pixels comprises:
a substrate;
an OLED layer disposed over the substrate and comprising an OLED;
an encapsulation layer disposed over the OLED layer and comprising at least one inorganic layer and at least one organic layer;
an intermediate layer disposed over the encapsulation layer and having a first refractive index; and
a first lens layer disposed over the intermediate layer and comprising a first lens, wherein the first lens has a second refractive index greater than the first refractive index,
wherein the first lens layer has a flat portion and a curved portion extending from the flat portion, and wherein the curved portion of the first lens layer is curved toward the intermediate layer.

2. The OLED display of claim 1 , each of the plurality of sub-pixels further comprises:
a color filter layer over the first lens layer and comprising a color filter; and
a black matrix over the first lens layer and corresponding to a peripheral portion of the color filter.

3. The OLED display of claim 2 , wherein a portion of the first lens overlaps the black matrix.

4. The OLED display of claim 3 , wherein the remaining portion of the first lens overlaps the color filter.

5. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the first refractive index is 1 or between about 1 and about 1.4.

6. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the second refractive index is between about 1.5 and about 1.9.

7. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the intermediate layer comprises an acryl-based material.

8. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the first lens comprises a silicon-based material.

9. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the first lens has a height between about 1.0 μm and about 5.0 μm.

10. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the OLED comprises a pixel electrode, an emission layer over the pixel electrode and comprising an organic material, and an opposite electrode over the emission layer, and
wherein the OLED is configured to emit a light along a direction from the pixel electrode toward the opposite electrode.

11. The OLED display of claim 10 , the first lens satisfies expression below:
θ1>40°,

wherein θ 1 denotes an initial angle between a first virtual surface that contacts a normal vector passing an end point of a convex surface of the first lens, and a second virtual surface that is substantially perpendicular to the direction of the light.

12. The OLED display of claim 10 , wherein a part of the plurality of sub-pixels comprises a second lens.

13. The OLED display of claim 12 , wherein the second lens does not overlap the first lens.

14. The OLED display of claim 12 , wherein the second lens has a curvature less than that of the first lens.

15. The OLED display of claim 12 , wherein the second lens has a height greater than or equal to about 1.0 μm.

16. The OLED display of claim 12 , the second lens satisfies expression below:
θ2>30°,

wherein θ 2 denotes an initial angle between a first virtual surface that contacts a normal vector passing an end point of a convex surface of the second lens, and a second virtual surface that is substantially perpendicular to the direction of the light.

17. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the substrate is flexible.

18. The OLED display of claim 1 , wherein the curved portion of the first lens layer is contacted and fully surrounded by the intermediate layer.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Choi Haeyun
• Lim Jaeik
• Choi Jinwoo

Classifications

• H01L27/322

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L2251/5315

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5253

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5275 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3211

  Electricity · mapped topic