US 2011/0215329 A1Published application

Organic light-emitting display device

AssigneeSamsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.

InventorJin-Koo CHUNG

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Abstract

An organic light-emitting display device, formed to be transparent, includes a substrate; a plurality of thin film transistors disposed on the substrate; a passivation layer covering the plurality of thin film transistors; a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the passivation layer and connected electrically to the plurality of thin film transistors, and overlapping and covering the plurality of thin film transistors; a first conductive unit disposed on the passivation layer to be disconnected electrically from the pixel electrodes; a pixel defining layer formed on the passivation layer to cover edges of the pixel electrodes; an opposite electrode facing the plurality of pixel electrodes, and covering at least part of the first conductive unit; an organic layer, including an emission layer, disposed between the pixel electrodes and the opposite electrode; and a second conductive unit connected electrically to a portion of the opposite electrode and the first conductive unit.

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Dependent claims

An organic light-emitting display device, comprising:

a substrate;
a plurality of thin film transistors disposed on a first surface of the substrate;
a passivation layer covering the plurality of thin film transistors;
a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the passivation layer to be connected electrically to corresponding ones of the plurality of thin film transistors, and overlapping with the corresponding ones of the plurality of thin film transistors so as to cover the corresponding ones of the plurality of thin film transistors;
a first conductive unit disposed on the passivation layer to be disconnected electrically from the plurality of pixel electrodes, and formed of a conductive material;
a pixel defining layer formed on the passivation layer to cover edges of the each of pixel electrodes;
an opposite electrode formed to allow light to pass therethrough, facing the plurality of pixel electrodes, and covering at least one part of the first conductive unit;
an organic layer disposed between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the opposite electrode and including an emission layer;
and
a second conductive unit formed of a conductive material and connected electrically to the first conductive unit and the opposite electrode covering the at least one part of the first conductive unit.

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An organic light-emitting display device, comprising:

a substrate having a transmitting region and a plurality of pixel regions separated from each other by the transmitting region interposed between the pixel regions;
a plurality of pixel circuit units formed on a first surface of the substrate, where each of the pixel circuits includes at least one thin film transistor and the plurality of pixel circuit units are positioned in the plurality of pixel regions, respectively;
a passivation layer covering the plurality of pixel circuit units and formed to range from the transmission region to all the plurality of pixel regions;
a plurality of pixel electrodes disposed on the passivation layer to be electrically connected to corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel circuit units located in the pixel regions, and overlapping with the corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel circuit units to cover the corresponding ones of the plurality of pixel circuit units;
a first conductive unit disconnected electrically from the plurality of pixel electrodes and formed of a conductive material;
an opposite electrode formed to allow light to pass throughout, facing the pixel electrode;
an organic layer that is interposed between the plurality of pixel electrodes and the opposite electrode to emit light in the plurality of pixel regions;
and
a second conductive unit formed of a conductive material and connected electrically to the first conductive unit and the opposite electrode.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.