# US 11,309,356 B2 · Organic light emitting diode display and a system of a mask unit and a substrate for making the same > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,309,356 B2 - Document ID: US11309356B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 15/284,210 - Filed: 2016-10-03 - Published: 2017-01-26 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2013-04-25 - Assignees: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Applicants: Samsung Display Co., Ltd. - Inventors: Oh-Seob Kwon - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11309356B2 ## CPC - H10K 59/352: {the areas of the RGB subpixels being different} - H10K 50/805: Electrodes - H10K 50/813: characterised by their shape - H10K 59/121: characterised by the geometry or disposition of pixel elements - H10K 59/122: Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks - H10K 59/35: comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels - H10K 59/353: {characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels} - H10K 59/80515: {characterised by their shape} - H10K 71/166: {using selective deposition, e.g. using a mask} - H10K 50/13: comprising stacked EL layers within one EL unit - H10K 71/00: Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass - H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES ## Abstract An organic light emitting diode display includes a first electrode, a pixel defining layer positioned on the first electrode and including a first opening having a first polygonal shape opening the first electrode, and a first organic emission layer positioned on the pixel defining layer through the first electrode corresponding to the first opening and including a first chamfer adjacent to a corner of the first opening. ## Claims ### Claim 1 An organic light emitting diode display, comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode; a third electrode spaced apart from the first electrode; a pixel defining layer positioned on the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode, the pixel defining layer including a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening respectively corresponding to the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode; a first organic emission layer, a second organic emission layer, and a third organic emission layer respectively overlapping the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode, wherein: the first organic emission layer is positioned on the pixel defining layer across the first electrode corresponding to the first opening and includes a first convex portion being pointed to by an adjacent corner of the first opening; the first electrode and the second electrode are alternately disposed in a first direction; the first electrode and the second electrode are alternately disposed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; the first electrode and the third electrode are alternately disposed in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction; and a virtual line connecting a central point of the first electrode and a central point of the third electrode is parallel to the third direction and oblique to the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1, wherein an entire edge of the first organic emission layer includes four first convex portions which are connected to each other. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1, wherein: a central point of the first opening is positioned at a first vertex of a virtual triangle; a central area of the second electrode is positioned at a second vertex of the virtual triangle; the second opening has a second polygonal shape exposing the second electrode and of which a central point is positioned at the second vertex; and the second organic emission layer includes a second convex portion adjacent to a corner of the second opening. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 3, wherein an entire edge of the second organic emission layer includes four second convex portions which are connected to each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 3, wherein the first convex portion of the first organic emission layer is overlapped with the second convex portion of the second organic emission layer. ### Claim 6 (depends on 3) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 3, wherein: a central area of the third electrode is positioned at a third vertex of the virtual triangle; and the third opening has a third polygonal shape exposing the third electrode and of which a central point is positioned at the third vertex. ### Claim 7 (depends on 6) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 6, wherein an entire edge of the third organic emission layer has a closed loop shape surrounding the edge of the third opening. ### Claim 8 (depends on 6) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 6, wherein the virtual triangle is an isosceles triangle in which a length of a first side connecting the first vertex and the third vertex is the same as a length of a second side connecting the second vertex and the third vertex. ### Claim 9 (depends on 6) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 6, wherein the first opening has a quadrangular shape, the second opening has a hexagonal shape, and the third opening has an octagonal shape. ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 6, wherein the entire edge of the third organic emission layer is not overlapped with each edge of the first organic emission layer and the second organic emission layer. ### Claim 11 (depends on 6) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 6, wherein the first opening has a larger area than the third opening and has a smaller area than the second opening. ### Claim 12 (depends on 6) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 6, wherein: one of the first organic emission layer and the second organic emission layer emits a red light and the other thereof emits a blue light, and the third organic emission layer emits a green light; and an area of the third opening is smaller than an area of the first opening and an area of the second opening in a plan view. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1, wherein a first distance between a straight edge of the first opening and an edge of the first organic emission layer intersecting a first virtual straight line traversing the first opening is different from a second distance between a straight edge of the first opening and an edge of the first organic emission layer intersecting a second virtual straight line traversing the first opening in a plan view, and the second virtual straight line is parallel to the first virtual straight line in a plan view. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1, wherein the first organic emission layer comprises at least two first convex portions, and the first organic emission layer further includes a concave portion positioned between adjacent first convex portions in a plan view. ### Claim 15 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1, wherein a third direction is a diagonal direction between the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 16 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1, wherein the second electrode and third electrode are alternately disposed in the third direction, which is a diagonal direction between the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 17 (depends on 1) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 1, wherein the first electrode and the third electrode are not alternately disposed in the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 18 An organic light emitting diode display, comprising: a first electrode; a second electrode spaced apart from the first electrode; a third electrode spaced apart from the first electrode; a pixel defining layer positioned on the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode, the pixel defining layer including a first opening, a second opening, and a third opening respectively corresponding to the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode; a first organic emission layer, a second organic emission layer, and a third organic emission layer respectively overlapping the first electrode, the second electrode, and the third electrode, wherein: the first organic emission layer is positioned on the pixel defining layer across the first electrode corresponding to the first opening and includes first convex portions and a first concave portion between the first convex portions; the first electrode and the second electrode are alternately disposed in a first direction; the first electrode and the second electrode are alternately disposed in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction; the first electrode and the third electrode are alternately disposed in a third direction different from the first direction and the second direction; and a virtual line connecting a central point of the first electrode and a central point of the third electrode is parallel to the third direction and oblique to the first direction and the second direction. ### Claim 19 (depends on 18) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 18, wherein: the second organic emission layer is positioned on the pixel defining layer across the second electrode corresponding to the second opening and includes second convex portions and a second concave portion between the second convex portions, and at least one of the first convex portions overlaps at least one of the second convex portion. ### Claim 20 (depends on 18) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 18, wherein the first organic emission layer includes four first convex portions. ### Claim 21 (depends on 20) The organic light emitting diode display of claim 20, wherein: two of the four first convex portions are disposed in the first direction, and the other two of the four first convex portions are disposed in the second direction.