Stacked organic light emitting device and method of manufacturing the same

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9923032-B2
Application number	US-201615188128-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jun 21, 2016
Priority date	Oct 8, 2015
Publication date	Mar 20, 2018
Grant date	Mar 20, 2018

Abstract

An organic light emitting device, an organic light emitting display device, and a method of manufacturing a sub-organic light emitting device, the device including a first sub-organic light emitting device; and a second sub-organic light emitting device on the first sub-organic light emitting device, wherein the first sub-organic light emitting device includes a first lower electrode, a first organic light emitting layer on the first lower electrode, and a first upper electrode on the first organic light emitting layer, and the second sub-organic light emitting device includes a second lower electrode insulated from the first lower electrode, a second organic light emitting layer on the second lower electrode and entirely overlapped with the first organic light emitting layer when viewed in a plan view, and a second upper electrode on the second organic light emitting layer.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. An organic light emitting device, comprising:
a first sub-organic light emitting device; and
a second sub-organic light emitting device on the first sub-organic light emitting device in a first direction, wherein:
the first sub-organic light emitting device includes a first lower electrode, a first organic light emitting layer on the first lower electrode, and a first upper electrode on the first organic light emitting layer, and
the second sub-organic light emitting device includes a second lower electrode insulated from the first lower electrode, a second organic light emitting layer on the second lower electrode and entirely overlapped with the first organic light emitting layer in the first direction, and a second upper electrode on the second organic light emitting layer.

2. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the second lower electrode is spaced apart from the first lower electrode when viewed in a plan view.

3. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising an insulating layer between the first and second sub-organic light emitting devices.

4. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the second upper electrode is electrically connected to the first upper electrode.

5. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 4 , wherein the second upper electrode is electrically connected to the first upper electrode through a contact hole in the insulating layer.

6. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the first upper electrode is entirely overlapped with the second upper electrode in the first direction.

7. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the contact hole is spaced apart from the first and second organic light emitting layers when viewed in a plan view.

8. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the insulating layer includes an upper surface that is substantially flat.

9. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the first upper electrode overlaps the first lower electrode in a first light emitting area in the first direction,
the second upper electrode overlaps the second lower electrode in a second light emitting area in the first direction, and
the first light emitting area is spaced apart from the second light emitting area when viewed in a plan view.

10. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
a distance between the first lower electrode and the second upper electrode is a first resonance distance, and
the first resonance distance is a resonance distance of a light generated by the first organic light emitting layer.

11. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 10 , wherein:
a distance between the second lower electrode and the second upper electrode is a second resonance distance, and
the second resonance distance is a resonance distance of a light generated by the second organic light emitting layer.

12. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a third sub-organic light emitting device on the second sub-organic light emitting device, wherein the third sub-organic light emitting device includes:
a third lower electrode that is insulated from the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode,
a third organic light emitting layer on the third lower electrode and entirely overlapped with the second organic light emitting layer in the first direction, and
a third upper electrode on the third organic light emitting layer.

13. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode are entirely overlapped with the first organic light emitting layer in the first direction.

14. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 13 , wherein the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode are each a transparent electrode.

15. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 14 , further comprising a reflective layer between the first lower electrode and a base substrate, the reflective layer being overlapped with the first lower electrode in the first direction.

16. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 15 , wherein:
the second upper electrode is a transparent electrode or a reflective electrode,
a distance between the second upper electrode and the reflective layer is a first resonance distance, and
the first resonance distance is a resonance distance of a light generated by the first organic light emitting layer or the second organic light emitting layer.

17. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , further comprising a third sub-organic light emitting device on a same layer as the first sub-organic light emitting device, wherein the third sub-organic light emitting device includes:
a third lower electrode insulated from the first lower electrode and the second lower electrode,
a third organic light emitting layer on the third lower electrode, and
a third upper electrode on the third organic light emitting layer.

18. The organic light emitting device as claimed in claim 1 , wherein:
the first sub-organic light emitting device includes a third lower electrode on a same layer as the first lower electrode, and
the third lower electrode is spaced apart from the first lower electrode when viewed in a plan view.

19. A method of manufacturing a sub-organic light emitting device, the method comprising:
forming a first lower electrode;
depositing a first organic light emitting material using a first mask including a first opening therethrough such that a first organic light emitting layer is formed corresponding to a first area;
forming an insulating layer that covers the first lower electrode and the first organic light emitting layer;
forming a second lower electrode on the insulating layer; and
depositing a second organic light emitting material on the second lower electrode in a first direction using the first mask to form a second organic light emitting layer that corresponds to the first area such that the second organic light emitting material is entirely overlapped with the first organic light emitting material in the first direction.

20. The method as claimed in claim 19 , wherein forming the first lower electrode and forming the second lower electrode each include a patterning process performed by photolithography.

21. The method as claimed in claim 19 , wherein forming the insulating layer includes depositing an organic thin layer or an inorganic thin layer.

22. The method as claimed in claim 19 , further comprising:
depositing a first electrode material using a second mask that includes a second opening therethrough to form a first upper electrode on the first organic light emitting layer; and
depositing a second electrode material using the second mask to form a second upper electrode on the second organic light emitting layer.

Assignees

• Samsung Display Co Ltd

Inventors

• Lee Hyesog
• DO Yunseon
• Yang Byungchoon

Classifications

• H01L27/322

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5265

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/0011

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L27/3211 Primary

  Electricity · mapped topic

• H01L51/5221

  Electricity · mapped topic