# US 12,114,534 B2 · OLED display substrate, manufacturing method thereof, and display device

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- Number: US 12,114,534 B2
- Document ID: US12114534B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 17/041,162
- Filed: 2020-04-29
- Published: 2023-03-30
- Granted: 2024-10-08
- Earliest claimed: 2019-06-21
- Assignees: Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Applicants: Ordos Yuansheng Optoelectronics Co., Ltd.; Boe Technology Group Co., Ltd.
- Inventors: Liman Peng; Qi Liu; Liangliang Liu; Jianqiang Wang; Yan Wu; Jin Yang
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US12114534B2

## CPC

- H10K 59/122: Pixel-defining structures or layers, e.g. banks
- H10K 59/8723: {Vertical spacers, e.g. arranged between the sealing arrangement and the OLED}
- H10K 71/00: Manufacture or treatment specially adapted for the organic devices covered by this subclass
- H10K 50/11: characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers
- H10K 59/1201: {Manufacture or treatment}
- H10K 59/35: comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels
- H10K 71/164: {using vacuum deposition}
- H10K 71/166: {using selective deposition, e.g. using a mask}
- H10K: ORGANIC ELECTRIC SOLID-STATE DEVICES

## Abstract

The disclosure provides an OLED display substrate, a manufacturing method thereof, and a display device, wherein the OLED display substrate is provided with a display area and an edge area surrounding the display area, the OLED display substrate includes a back plate and a pixel-defining layer on the back plate, and a protrusion is provided on the back plate at the edge area of the OLED display substrate.

## Claims

### Claim 1

An OLED display substrate having a display area and an edge area surrounding the display area, the OLED display substrate comprising a back plate and a pixel-defining layer on the back plate,
wherein the OLED display substrate comprises a transistor array layer, and the transistor array layer extends to the edge area;
at the edge area of the OLED display substrate, an auxiliary spacer is provided on the pixel-defining layer, and the pixel-defining layer covers the transistor array layer at the edge area;
at the display area of the OLED display substrate, a spacer is further provided on the pixel-defining layer, and the auxiliary spacer at the edge area is made of the same material as the spacer and is fabricated through a single patterning process with the spacer; and
the height difference between an end face of the spacer away from the back plate and an end face of the auxiliary spacer away from the back plate is not greater than 3 μm.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The OLED display substrate according to claim 1, wherein a planarization layer is provided between the back plate and the pixel-defining layer.

### Claim 3

A display device, wherein the display device comprises an OLED display substrate, the OLED display substrate having a display area and an edge area surrounding the display area, the OLED display substrate comprising a back plate and a pixel-defining layer on the back plate,
wherein the OLED display substrate comprises a transistor array layer, and the transistor array layer extends to the edge area;
at the edge area of the OLED display substrate, an auxiliary spacer is provided on the pixel-defining layer, and the pixel-defining layer covers the transistor array layer at the edge area;
at the display area of the OLED display substrate, a spacer is further provided on the pixel-defining layer, and the auxiliary spacer at the edge area is made of the same material as the spacer and is fabricated through a single patterning process with the spacer; and
the height difference between an end face of the spacer away from the back plate and an end face of the auxiliary spacer away from the back plate is not greater than 3 μm.

### Claim 4 (depends on 3)

The display device according to claim 3, wherein a planarization layer is provided between the back plate and the pixel-defining layer.