# US 10,770,528 B2 · Organic light emitting display device > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,770,528 B2 - Document ID: US10770528B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/706,212 - Filed: 2019-12-06 - Published: 2020-06-18 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2018-12-12 - Assignees: LG Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: LG Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Kanghyun Kim - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10770528B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/352: {the areas of the RGB subpixels being different} - H10K 59/122: Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks - H10K 59/353: {characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels} - H10K 59/80515: {characterised by their shape} - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract An organic light emitting display device comprises a substrate on which a plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a column direction and a row direction; a plurality of first electrodes respectively allocated to the plurality of sub-pixels; a first bank disposed between the plurality of first electrodes neighboring in the column direction and having a plurality of first openings that exposes the plurality of first electrodes arranged in the row direction; a second bank disposed between the plurality of first electrodes neighboring in the row direction and having a plurality of second openings that exposes the plurality of first electrodes arranged in the column direction, wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes includes a head portion having a first width in the row direction and a neck portion having a second width less than the first width and extending from one side of the head portion in the column direction, wherein the head portion of the first electrodes arranged in an odd column neighbors the neck portion of the first electrodes arranged in an even column along the row direction, and wherein the neck portion of the first electrodes arranged in an odd column neighbors the head portion of the first electrodes arranged in an even column along the row direction. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An organic light emitting display device comprising: a substrate on which a plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a column direction and a row direction; a plurality of first electrodes respectively allocated to the plurality of sub-pixels; a first bank disposed between the plurality of first electrodes neighboring in the column direction and having a plurality of first openings that exposes the plurality of first electrodes arranged in the row direction; a second bank disposed between the plurality of first electrodes neighboring in the row direction and having a plurality of second openings that exposes the plurality of first electrodes arranged in the column direction, wherein each of the plurality of first electrodes includes a head portion having a first width in the row direction and a neck portion having a second width less than the first width and extending from one side of the head portion in the column direction, wherein the head portion of the first electrodes arranged in an odd column neighbors the neck portion of the first electrodes arranged in an even column along the row direction, and wherein the neck portion of the first electrodes arranged in an odd column neighbors the head portion of the first electrodes arranged in an even column along the row direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein planar shapes of the first electrodes arranged in an odd row are the same as planar shapes of the first electrodes arranged in an even row. ### Claim 3 (depends on 2) The organic light emitting display device of claim 2, wherein each of the second openings includes a first exposure portion exposing the head portion and a second exposure portion exposing the neck portion, and wherein the first exposure portion and the second exposure portion are sequentially alternately arranged in the column direction. ### Claim 4 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein planar shapes of the first electrodes arranged in an odd row are axially symmetrical with planar shapes of the first electrodes arranged in an even row with respect to a reference line extending in the row direction. ### Claim 5 (depends on 4) The organic light emitting display device of claim 4, wherein the second openings include first exposure portions exposing the head portion and second exposure portions exposing the neck portion, wherein two first exposure portions neighbor in the column direction in a predetermined area, and wherein two second exposure portions neighbor in the column direction in a predetermined area. ### Claim 6 (depends on 4) The organic light emitting display device of claim 4, wherein the second openings include first exposure portions exposing the head portion and second exposure portions exposing the neck portion, wherein the second openings have a structure in which a first group including a first exposure portion, a second exposure portion, a second exposure portion and a first exposure portion is repeatedly arranged in the column direction or a second group including a second exposure portion, a first exposure portion, a first exposure portion and a second exposure portion is repeatedly arranged in the column direction, wherein the first exposure portion, the second exposure portion, the second exposure portion and the first exposure portion of the first group are sequentially arranged in the column direction, and wherein the second exposure portion, the first exposure portion, the first exposure portion and the second exposure portion of the second group are sequentially arranged in the column direction. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) The organic light emitting display device of claim 3, wherein the first exposure portion disposed in an odd column neighbors the second exposure portion disposed in an even column along the row direction, wherein the second exposure portion disposed in an odd column neighbors the first exposure portion disposed in an even column along the row direction, and wherein a distance between the first exposure portion and the second exposure portion neighboring in the row direction is same. ### Claim 8 (depends on 7) The organic light emitting display device of claim 7, wherein the second bank disposed between first electrodes neighboring in the row direction extends with a zigzag pattern in the column direction. ### Claim 9 (depends on 3) The organic light emitting display device of claim 3, wherein the first exposure portion has a planar shape with at least one chamfered side. ### Claim 10 (depends on 7) The organic light emitting display device of claim 7, wherein the first exposure portion having a chamfered side disposed in the odd column and the first exposure portion having a chamfered side disposed in the even column face each other. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein the first bank covers the edge of one side of each of first electrodes neighboring in the column direction between the first electrodes, and the second bank covers the edge of one side of each of first electrodes neighboring in the row direction between the first electrodes. ### Claim 12 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, further comprising organic emission layers formed in each of the second openings, wherein the organic emission layer covers the first electrodes and the first bank exposed through the second openings. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein the first electrodes neighboring in the row direction are point symmetrical with respect to a point therebetween. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein a portion of the first electrodes exposed by the first bank and the second bank are defined as emission regions, and planar shapes of the emission regions correspond to the planar shapes of the first electrodes. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein the first bank has hydrophilicity and the second bank has hydrophobicity. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein the first openings are arranged in parallel in the column direction and extend in the row direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein the second openings are arranged in parallel in the row direction and extend in the column direction. ### Claim 18 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting display device of claim 1, wherein the sub-pixels consecutively disposed in the row direction emit light in different colors and the sub-pixels consecutively disposed in the column direction emit light in the same color. ### Claim 19 An organic light emitting display device comprising: a substrate on which a plurality of sub-pixels are arranged in a column direction and a row direction; a plurality of first electrodes respectively allocated to the plurality of sub-pixels; a first bank disposed between the plurality of first electrodes neighboring in the column direction and having a plurality of first openings that exposes the plurality of first electrodes arranged in the row direction; a second bank disposed between the plurality of first electrodes neighboring in the row direction and having a plurality of second openings that exposes the plurality of first electrodes arranged in the column direction, wherein the head portion of the first electrodes arranged in an odd column neighbors the neck portion of the first electrodes arranged in an even column along the row direction, and wherein the neck portion of the first electrodes arranged in an odd column neighbors the head portion of the first electrodes arranged in an even column along the row direction, and wherein the first electrodes neighboring in the row direction are point symmetrical with respect to a point therebetween. ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The organic light emitting display device of claim 19, wherein planar shapes of the first electrodes arranged in an odd row are the same as planar shapes of the first electrodes arranged in an even row.