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US 2014/0110680 A1Published application
Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeSamsung Display Co., Ltd.
InventorWon-Kyu Choe
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Abstract
An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a substrate; a plurality of thin film transistors on the substrate, each of the thin film transistors including an active layer, a gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes; first electrodes electrically connected to the plurality of thin film transistors, respectively, and being on respective pixels corresponding to the plurality of thin film transistors; organic layers on the first electrodes, respectively, and including light-emitting layers; auxiliary electrodes each of which is on at least a portion between adjacent organic layers of the organic layers; and a second electrode facing the first electrodes and covering the organic layers and the auxiliary electrodes.
Claims66
An organic light-emitting display apparatus comprising:
- a substrate;
- a plurality of thin film transistors on the substrate, each of the thin film transistors comprising an active layer, a gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes;
- first electrodes electrically connected to the plurality of thin film transistors, respectively, and being on respective pixels corresponding to the plurality of thin film transistors;
- organic layers on the first electrodes, respectively, and comprising light-emitting layers;
- auxiliary electrodes each of which is on at least a portion between adjacent organic layers of the organic layers;
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- a second electrode facing the first electrodes and covering the organic layers and the auxiliary electrodes.
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An organic light-emitting display apparatus comprising:
- a substrate;
- a plurality of thin film transistors on the substrate, each of the thin film transistors comprising an active layer, a gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes;
- first electrodes electrically connected to the plurality of thin film transistors, respectively, and being on respective pixels corresponding to the plurality of thin film transistors;
- organic layers on the first electrodes, respectively, and comprising light-emitting layers;
- a second electrode facing the first electrodes and covering the organic layers;
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- auxiliary electrodes on the second electrode, each of the auxiliary electrodes being on at least a portion between adjacent organic layers of the organic layers.
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An organic light-emitting display apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of thin film transistors on a substrate, each of the thin film transistors comprising an active layer, a gate electrode insulated from the active layer, and source and drain electrodes that contact the active layer;
- a plurality of first electrodes, each of the first electrodes being on a corresponding one of the thin film transistors and being electrically connected to one of the source and drain electrodes;
- a plurality of pixel-defining layers between the plurality of first electrodes and covering respective edge regions of the plurality of first electrodes;
- a plurality of organic layers on the plurality of first electrodes;
- a plurality of auxiliary electrodes on the pixel-defining layers;
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- a second electrode facing the plurality of first electrodes and covering the organic layers and the auxiliary electrodes.
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An organic light-emitting display apparatus comprising:
- a plurality of thin film transistors on a substrate, each of the thin film transistors comprising an active layer, a gate electrode insulated from the active layer, and source and drain electrodes that contact the active layer;
- a plurality of first electrodes, each of the first electrodes being on a corresponding one of the thin film transistors and being electrically connected to one of the source and drain electrodes;
- a plurality of pixel-defining layers between the plurality of first electrodes and covering edge regions of the plurality of first electrodes;
- a plurality of organic layers on the plurality of first electrodes;
- a second electrode facing the plurality of first electrodes and covering the organic layers;
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- a plurality of auxiliary electrodes on portions of the second electrodes, which correspond to the pixel-defining layers.
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A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus, the method comprising:
- forming a plurality of thin film transistors each comprising an active layer, a gate electrode insulated from the active layer, and source and drain electrodes that contact the active layer, on a substrate;
- forming a plurality of first electrodes that are electrically connected to the plurality of thin film transistors on the plurality of thin film transistors, respectively;
- forming a plurality of pixel-defining layers between the plurality of first electrodes;
- forming organic layers on the first electrodes;
- forming auxiliary electrodes that are spaced apart from the organic layers on the pixel-defining layers;
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- forming a second electrode covering the pixel-defining layers, the auxiliary electrodes, and the organic layers.
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A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus, the method comprising:
- forming a plurality of thin film transistors each comprising an active layer, a gate electrode insulated from the active layer, and source and drain electrodes that contact the active layer, on a substrate;
- forming a plurality of first electrodes that are electrically connected to the plurality of thin film transistors on the plurality of thin film transistors, respectively;
- forming a plurality of pixel-defining layers between the plurality of first electrodes;
- forming organic layers on the first electrodes;
- forming a second electrode covering the pixel-defining layers and the organic layers;
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- forming a plurality of auxiliary electrodes on portions of the second electrodes, which correspond to the pixel-defining layers.
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A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus, the method comprising:
- positioning a substrate to be spaced apart from an organic layer deposition apparatus;
- forming an organic layer by patterning a deposition material discharged from the organic layer deposition apparatus on the substrate while one of the organic layer deposition apparatus or the substrate is moved relative to the other one;
- forming an auxiliary electrode by patterning a deposition material discharged from the organic layer deposition apparatus on the substrate while one of the organic layer deposition apparatus or the substrate is moved relative to the other one;
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- forming a second electrode covering the organic layer and the auxiliary electrode.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.