# US 11,444,259 B2 · Electronic device

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- Number: US 11,444,259 B2
- Document ID: US11444259B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/898,086
- Filed: 2020-06-10
- Published: 2020-12-17
- Granted: 2022-09-13
- Earliest claimed: 2019-06-11
- Assignees: LG Display Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: LG Display Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Juhyuk Kwon; Jaehwan Byun; Wooyoung Lee
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11444259B2

## CPC

- H10K 59/80521: {characterised by their shape}
- H10K 59/122: Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks
- H10K 59/80515: {characterised by their shape}
- H10K 59/80516: {combined with auxiliary electrodes, e.g. ITO layer combined with metal lines}
- H10K 59/80523: {Multilayers, e.g. opaque multilayers}
- H10K 59/8731: {multilayered coatings having a repetitive structure, e.g. having multiple organic-inorganic bilayers}
- H10K 71/861: {Repairing}
- H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES

## Abstract

According to an embodiment of the disclosure, an electronic device comprises a substrate including an active area including a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area and a non-active area around the active area, a first electrode disposed on the substrate, an organic layer disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode including a first layer disposed on the organic layer and a second layer disposed on the first layer, and an encapsulation layer disposed on the second electrode. In the active area, the first layer of the second electrode may include at least one first hole to expose a top portion of the organic layer. Thus, there may be provided an electronic device free from an increase, over time, in the number of dark spots due to foreign bodies or even with fewer dark spots.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An electronic device, comprising:
a substrate including an active area and a non-active area adjacent to the active area, the active area including a light emitting area and a non-light emitting area;
a first electrode disposed on the substrate;
an organic layer disposed on the first electrode;
a second electrode including a first layer disposed on the organic layer, a second layer disposed on the first layer and a third layer disposed on the second layer;
an encapsulation layer disposed on the second electrode; and
at least one first hole included in the first layer of the second electrode, wherein the at least one first hole is in the active area and exposes a top portion of the organic layer,
wherein a first interfacial layer is disposed between the first layer and second layer of the second electrode, a second interfacial layer is disposed between the second layer of the second electrode and the third layer, and the first interfacial layer is thinner than the second interfacial layer.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein
the first electrode includes a transparent conductive material; and
the first layer and second layer of the second electrode include a reflective metal.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The electronic device of claim 2, wherein the reflective metal of the second layer has higher oxidizing power than the reflective metal of the first layer.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The electronic device of claim 2, wherein
the first layer of the second electrode includes silver (Ag); and
the second layer of the second electrode includes aluminum (Al).

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:
a second hole included in the second layer of the second electrode, the second hole overlapping the first hole, and
wherein at least one first protrusion extends from an inlet of the second hole on a top surface of the second layer of the second electrode.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the second layer of the second electrode is not disposed on a surface of the first layer surrounding the first hole and a surface of the organic layer exposed through the first hole.

### Claim 7 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the encapsulation layer is not disposed in the first hole and the second hole.

### Claim 8 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, wherein the encapsulation layer is disposed in a whole or part of the first hole and the second hole.

### Claim 9 (depends on 5)

The electronic device of claim 5, wherein a surface of the second layer surrounding the second hole includes a metal oxide.

### Claim 10 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, wherein at least one second protrusion extends from an inlet of the first hole on a top surface of the first layer of the second electrode.

### Claim 11 (depends on 10)

The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the second protrusion overlaps at least one first protrusion provided on the second layer of the second electrode.

### Claim 12 (depends on 10)

The electronic device of claim 10, wherein the second layer of the second electrode includes:
a first portion disposed on a top surface of the first layer where the first hole and a second hole of the second electrode are not disposed;
a second portion extending from the first portion and disposed on a side surface of the first layer surrounding the first hole; and
a third portion extending from the second portion and disposed on a top surface of the organic layer.

### Claim 13 (depends on 12)

The electronic device of claim 12, wherein the second layer of the second electrode partially fills the first hole.

### Claim 14 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1,
wherein the third layer of the second electrode includes a reflective metal corresponding to the reflective metal of the first layer.

### Claim 15 (depends on 14)

The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the third layer is thinner than the first layer.

### Claim 16 (depends on 14)

The electronic device of claim 14, further comprising:
a third hole included in the third layer of the second electrode, the third hole overlapping the first hole and the second hole, and
wherein at least one third protrusion extends from an inlet of the third hole on a top surface of the third layer of the second electrode.

### Claim 17 (depends on 14)

The electronic device of claim 14, wherein the third layer is lower in packing density than the first layer.

### Claim 18 (depends on 14)

The electronic device of claim 14, wherein
the first interfacial layer includes an alloy of the reflective metal of the first layer and the reflective metal of the second layer; and
the second interfacial layer includes an alloy of the reflective metal of the second layer and the reflective metal of the third layer.

### Claim 19 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:
a plurality of auxiliary electrode disposed under the first electrode; and
an insulation film disposed between the first electrode and the organic layer and overlapping a portion of the first electrode and the auxiliary electrode,
wherein the first electrode includes at least one open area in an area not overlapping the auxiliary electrode, and
wherein the insulation film is disposed to cover the open area.

### Claim 20 (depends on 1)

The electronic device of claim 1, further comprising:
an overcoat layer disposed under the first electrode;
a bank disposed on the overcoat layer and overlapping a top portion of the first electrode; and
a thin film transistor disposed under the overcoat layer,
wherein the first electrode is electrically connected with the thin film transistor.