Lg Display Co., Ltd.

Yong-Hoon Choi

Won-Hoe Koo

Jin-Tae Kim

Min-Geun Choi

Keum-Kyu Min

Soo-Kang Kim

Woo-Ram Youn

Kang-Ju Lee

Ji-Hyang Jang

So-Young Jo

Hee-Jung Yang

An organic light emitting diode display device can include a substrate including at least one subpixel having a non-emitting area and an emitting area, a thin film transistor in the non-emitting area on the substrate, an overcoating layer on the thin film transistor and having a plurality of microlenses at a top surface of the overcoating layer, and a light emitting diode in the emitting area on the overcoating layer and connected to the thin film transistor. The surface of the plurality of microlenses can be divided into a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of concave portions with respect to a central surface. Further, the adjacent edge portions of adjacent two of the plurality of microlenses can constitute a first high portion, and the adjacent edge portions of adjacent three of the plurality of microlenses constitute a second high portion.

Organic light emitting diode display device

An organic light emitting diode display device includes a substrate including at least one subpixel having a non-emitting area and an emitting area; a thin film transistor in the non-emitting area on the substrate; an overcoating layer on the thin film transistor and having a plurality of microlenses at a top surface of the overcoating layer; and a light emitting diode in the emitting area on the overcoating layer and connected to the thin film transistor, wherein a surface of the plurality of microlenses in a sampling area of the emitting area is divided into a plurality of convex portions and a plurality of concave portions with respect to a central surface, and a total volume of the plurality of convex portions with respect to the central surface is equal to a total volume of the plurality of concave portions with respect to the central surface.

An electroluminescent display device includes a thin film transistor disposed on a substrate; a passivation layer disposed on the thin film transistor; a plurality of metallic patterns disposed to be spaced apart from each other on the passivation layer; a reflective electrode disposed conforming to the shapes of the plurality of metallic patterns and a top surface of the passivation layer and including a plurality of protruding portions; an overcoat layer disposed on the passivation layer and the reflective electrode and including an opening configured to expose a top surface of each of the plurality of protruding portions; a first electrode disposed on the reflective electrode and the overcoat layer and electrically connected to the reflective electrode; an light-emitting layer disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the light-emitting layer.

Electroluminescent display device

An organic light emitting diode display device includes a substrate having a plurality of subpixels which each have an emission region and a non-emission region defined along an edge of the emission region. A reflective barrier is disposed to correspond to the non-emission region and includes a reflective side surface. An overcoat layer is disposed on an upper portion of the reflective barrier. A light emitting diode includes a first electrode, an organic light emitting layer, and a second electrode, which are sequentially disposed on the overcoat layer. The reflective side surface of the reflective barrier is inversely tapered such that a width thereof is decreased in a traveling direction of light emitted from the organic light emitting layer.

An organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a white pixel region, a blue color filter pattern in a first region of the white pixel region, an overcoat layer covering the blue color filer pattern and including a micro-lens, a first electrode on the overcoat layer, an organic emitting layer covering the first electrode, and a second electrode covering the organic emitting layer.

Organic light emitting display device

An electroluminescent display device includes: a substrate including a subpixel; a thin film transistor disposed at the subpixel; an overcoat layer disposed on the thin film transistor; a first electrode disposed on the overcoat layer and electrically connected to the thin film transistor; a bank layer disposed on the overcoat layer and the first electrode, the bank layer including a plurality of openings configured to expose the first electrode and a plurality of opening patterns formed in a bar shape to expose the first electrode and connect the plurality of openings; an emitting layer disposed on the first electrode and the bank layer; and a second electrode disposed on the emitting layer.

A light extraction pattern is disposed in each hole of a first electrode, or a first electrode including round portions and pattern portions is disposed so that light trapped in an emission layer can be output uniformly. In this way, the light extraction efficiency can be effectively improved, and occurrence of a black area can be prevented.

An electroluminescent display device includes an overcoat layer on a substrate; a plurality of low-refractive members formed of an inorganic matter and disposed on the overcoat layer; a first electrode on the overcoat layer and the plurality of low-refractive members; a bank layer disposed on the overcoat layer and the first electrode and including an opening configured to expose the first electrode; an emitting layer disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the emitting layer, wherein each of the plurality of low-refractive members includes a first flat surface contacting the first electrode, a second flat surface having an area greater than that of the first flat surface and contacting the overcoat layer and first and second inclined surfaces connecting the first flat surface and the second flat surface, and, wherein a refractive index of each of the plurality of low-refractive members is lower than those of the overcoat layer and the first electrode.

Electroluminescent display device having a plurality of low-refractive members

The present disclosure relates to an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display, and more particularly, to an OLED display having improved light extraction efficiency. According to the present disclosure, since a plurality of holes are formed in a first electrode of a light-emitting diode and a insulating material is disposed in each of the holes, an organic light-emitting layer and a second electrode constitute a microlens, thereby improving light extraction efficiency of the OLED display. As a result, brightness may be improved, and power consumption may be reduced. In particular, since the plurality of holes are formed in the first electrode and the insulating material is disposed in each of the plurality of holes, an interface between the insulating material and the first electrode is decreased, thereby further improving light extraction efficiency.

An organic light emitting diode (OLED) lighting apparatus includes a substrate including a plurality of emission areas and a plurality of non-emission areas surrounding edges of the plurality of emission areas, an overcoat layer disposed on the substrate and having a first non-flat top surface in at least one of the emission areas and a second non-flat top surface in at least one of the non-emission area, an auxiliary electrode disposed on the second non-flat top surface and including a reflective material, a first electrode disposed on the first non-flat top surface in at least one of the emission areas and disposed on the auxiliary electrode in the non-emission areas, an organic emitting layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the organic emitting layer, wherein the auxiliary electrode and the first electrode are in electrical contact with each other.

Organic light emitting diode lighting apparatus having auxiliary electrode in non-emission area

An electroluminescent display device includes a substrate including an emissive area and a non-emissive area, a plurality of protrusions over the substrate and in the emissive area, each of the plurality of protrusions spaced apart from each other with an air gap therebetween, a high-viscosity material layer on the plurality of protrusions and the air gaps, a first electrode on the high-viscosity material layer, an emitting layer on the first electrode, and a second electrode on the emitting layer.

An organic light emitting diode includes: a first electrode including a concave part or a convex part; an organic light emitting layer disposed on the first electrode; and a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting layer.

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