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US 7,843,135 B2Granted
Organic light-emitting diode display and method of manufacturing the same
AssigneeSamsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.
InventorSe Jun Heo
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Abstract
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display including a substrate, an OLED, a driver IC electrically connected to the OLED, and a sealing substrate having inner and outer surfaces, wherein the sealing substrate is affixed to the substrate such that both the driver IC and the OLED are enclosed between the inner surface of the sealing substrate and the substrate.
Claims20
An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:
- a substrate;
- an OLED;
- a driver IC electrically connected to the OLED;
- a sealing substrate affixed to the substrate, the sealing substrate including:
- inner and outer surfaces, the driver IC and the OLED being enclosed between the inner surface of the sealing substrate and the substrate, and the driver IC being attached to the inner surface of the sealing substrate, and
- protecting projections extending from the inner surface of the sealing substrate to the substrate, at least one protecting projection of the protecting projections being between the driver IC and the OLED and being spaced apart from each of the driver IC and the OLED;
- and
- an absorbing layer affixed to the inner surface of the sealing substrate.
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A method of forming an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:
- providing a substrate;
- attaching an OLED to the substrate;
- providing a sealing substrate having inner and outer surfaces, the sealing substrate being formed to include protecting projections that extend from the inner surface of the sealing substrate to the substrate;
- attaching a hygroscopic layer to the inner surface of the sealing substrate;
- attaching at least one driver IC between the inner surface of the sealing substrate and the substrate, such that the driver IC is attached to the inner surface of the sealing substrate by way of COG, and each of the driver IC and the OLED is on a different surface among the substrate and the inner surface of the sealing substrate;
- electrically connecting the OLED to the driver IC by way of a driver signal line having electrode pads;
- and
- securing the sealing substrate and the substrate such that the driver IC and the OLED are enclosed between the inner surface of the sealing substrate and the substrate, such that at least one protecting projection of the protecting projections in the sealing substrate is formed between the driver IC and the OLED to be spaced apart from each of the driver IC and the OLED.
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An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, comprising:
- a substrate;
- an OLED;
- a driver IC electrically connected to the OLED;
- and
- a sealing substrate affixed to the substrate, the sealing substrate including:
- inner and outer surfaces, the driver IC and the OLED being enclosed between the inner surface of the sealing substrate and the substrate, and
- protecting projections extending from the inner surface of the sealing substrate to the substrate, at least one protecting projection of the protecting projections being between the driver IC and the OLED and being spaced apart from each of the driver IC and the OLED, wherein the protecting projections are integral with the sealing substrate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.