Samsung Display Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Mobile Display Co., Ltd.

Yul-Kyu Lee

Sun Young Park

Jong-Hyun Park

Chun-Gi You

Jin-Hee Kang

Kyu-Sik Cho

Ji-Hoon Song

Dae-Woo Kim

Kyung-Hoon Park

Sang-Ho Moon

Soo-Hyun Kim

Sun Woo Park

Yeong-Ho Song

Joon-Hoo Choi

Na-Young Kim

Ki-Nyeng Kang

Dong-Ki Lee

Bo-Kyung Choi

Sun Hee Park

Kwang-Hae Kim

Cheol-Ho Park

Joo-Hyeon Jo

Chung-Gi You

Chun-gi You

Chun-Gi Yoo

Chuy-Gi You

Won-Ho Jang

Hee-Sang Park

A thin film transistor includes: a substrate, a semiconductor layer disposed on the substrate, a first gate electrode and a second gate electrode disposed on the semiconductor layer, a gate insulating layer disposed between the semiconductor layer and the first and second gate electrodes and having a first through hole between the first and second gate electrodes and a capping layer covering the first gate electrode and contacting the semiconductor layer via the first through hole. The capping layer includes a conductive material.

Method of manufacturing a dual-gate thin film transistor

An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a pad electrode structure having excellent reliability due to the prevention of propagation of a crack to the pad electrode. The organic light-emitting display apparatus includes further an interlayer insulating layer on the pad electrode, a conductive barrier layer, and a planarization insulating layer. The interlayer insulating layer includes a plurality of openings that expose an upper surface of the pad electrode. The conductive barrier layer is on the plurality of openings and the interlayer insulating layer. The planarization insulating layer covers an edge of the conductive barrier layer. The planarization insulating layer is in the openings and covers an edge of the conductive barrier layer. An upper portion of the planarization insulating layer may be substantially planar with an upper portion of the conductive barrier layer on convex portions of the interlayer insulating layer.

Pad electrode structure and organic light-emitting display apparatus including the pad electrode structure

An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes: a thin film transistor including an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, a drain electrode, a first insulating layer, and a second insulating layer; a pad electrode comprising a first pad layer and a second pad layer on the first pad layer; a third insulating layer covering the source electrode and the drain electrode and an end portion of the pad electrode; a pixel electrode comprising a semi-transmissive electrically conductive layer at an opening in the third insulating layer; a protection layer between the pixel electrode and the first insulating layer; a fourth insulating layer having an opening at a location corresponding to the opening formed in the third insulating layer and covering the end portion of the pad electrode; an emission layer on the pixel electrode; and an opposing electrode on the emission layer.

Organic light-emitting display apparatus

An organic light-emitting display (OLED) device is provided. The OLED device includes: a substrate of which a pixel region is defined; a light-condensing means disposed on the pixel region of the substrate; a lower electrode disposed on the light-condensing means; an organic layer, which is disposed on the lower electrode and includes an organic light-emitting layer; and an upper electrode disposed on the organic layer. A method for manufacturing such an OLED device is also provided.

Organic light-emitting display device and method of manufacturing the same

A display device includes a normal pixel including a first driving transistor and a first compensation transistor connected to a gate and drain of the first driving transistor, and a compensation pixel including a second driving transistor and a second compensation transistor connected to a gate and drain of the second driving transistor. The second compensation transistor is open.

Display device and driving method thereof

Thin film transistor, display apparatus including the thin film transistor, and method of manufacturing the thin film transistor

The organic light emitting display device includes a substrate including a thin film transistor (TFT) formed thereon, the TFT including a first insulating layer disposed between an active layer and a gate electrode, and a second insulating layer disposed between the gate electrode and source and drain electrodes; a pad electrode including a first pad layer disposed on a same layer as that where the source and drain electrodes are formed, and a second pad layer on the first pad layer; a bonding assistant layer on the substrate; a third insulating layer on the bonding assistant layer and including a first opening; a pixel electrode disposed in the first opening and electrically coupled to one of the source and drain electrodes; and a fourth insulating layer on the pixel electrode to cover a peripheral end portion of the pixel electrode and defining a pixel through a second opening.

Organic light-emitting display device

In an organic light-emitting display device and a method of manufacturing the same, the organic light-emitting display device includes: a first insulating layer, a transparent conductive layer, and a second insulating layer which are sequentially formed on a substrate; a thin film transistor including an active layer formed under the first insulating layer, a gate electrode including a part of the transparent conductive layer as a lower electrode layer, and source and drain electrodes connected to both sides of the active layer; an organic light-emitting device including a sequentially stacked structure comprising a part of the transparent conductive layer as a pixel electrode, an intermediate layer which includes an emission layer, and an opposite electrode; and a capacitor including a first electrode and a second electrode, which includes a part of the transparent conductive layer as a lower electrode layer; wherein the transparent conductive layer and the second insulating layer include a hole.

An organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the OLED display includes a thin film transistor including an active layer, a gate electrode, a source electrode, and a drain electrode, a first insulating layer arranged between the active layer and the gate electrode, and a second insulating layer arranged between the gate, source, and drain electrodes. The OLED display also includes a third insulating layer covering the source and drain electrodes, wherein an opening is defined in each of the second and third insulating layers and wherein the openings substantially overlap. The OLED display further includes a pixel electrode formed in the openings defined in the second and third insulating layers and including a semi-permeable metal layer.

Organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display

An organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a substrate; at least one thin-film transistor disposed on the substrate; at least one capacitor disposed on the substrate and including a first electrode and a second electrode; a pixel electrode connected to the at least one thin-film transistor; a counter electrode facing the pixel electrode and including a reflective material; an organic emission layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the counter electrode; a first optical characteristic adjusting layer disposed between the substrate and the pixel electrode and formed on a same layer as the second electrode of the at least one capacitor; and a second optical characteristic adjusting layer disposed between the first optical characteristic adjusting layer and the pixel electrode.

Organic light-emitting display apparatus and method of manufacturing the same

A thin-film transistor array substrate, an organic light-emitting display having the same, and a method of manufacturing the organic light-emitting display are disclosed. In one embodiment, the thin-film transistor array substrate includes a buffer layer formed on a substrate, a first insulating layer formed on the buffer layer, a pixel electrode formed on the first insulating layer using a transparent conductive material, an intermediate layer that covers an upper side and outer side-surfaces of the pixel electrode and includes a organic light-emitting layer, a gap formed by etching the first insulating layer and the buffer layer at a peripheral of the pixel electrode, and a facing electrode that is formed on an upper side and outer side-surfaces of the pixel electrode to cover the intermediate layer and the gap.

Thin-film transistor array substrate, organic light-emitting display having the same, and method of manufacturing the organic light-emitting display

In an organic light-emitting display apparatus and a method of manufacturing the same, the organic light-emitting display apparatus comprises: at least one transistor, each including a semiconductor layer, a gate electrode, and source and drain electrodes; a first capacitor including a first electrode formed on the same plane as the semiconductor layer, a second electrode formed on the same plane as the gate electrode, and a third electrode formed on the same plane as the source and drain electrodes; a second capacitor including a first electrode formed on the same plane as the semiconductor layer and comprising ion impurities, and a second electrode formed on the same plane as the gate electrode; a pixel electrode formed on the same plane as the gate electrode and electrically connected to the transistor; a light-emitting layer disposed on the pixel electrode; and an opposite electrode disposed on the light-emitting layer and facing the pixel electrode.

Organic light-emitting display apparatus having high aperture ratio

An organic light-emitting display device having a thin film transistor including an active layer, a gate electrode, a lower gate electrode, an upper gate electrode, an insulating layer covering the gate electrode, source and drain electrodes that are formed on the insulating layer and contact the active layer. An organic light-emitting diode is electrically connected to the thin film transistor and includes a pixel electrode formed at the same layer level as the lower gate electrode, an intermediate layer including an emission layer, and a counter electrode. A lower pad electrode is formed at the same layer level as the lower gate electrode and an upper pad electrode is formed at the same layer level as the upper gate electrode.

An organic light emitting display device includes an active layer of a transistor disposed on a substrate, a gate electrode disposed on the active layer and on a first insulation layer, a second insulation layer which is disposed on the gate electrode and exposes a source area and a drain area of the active layer, a drain electrode which is disposed on the second insulation layer and is connected to an exposed area of the drain area, a third insulation layer on the drain electrode, and a cathode electrode on the third insulation layer, where the cathode electrode penetrates the first insulation layer, the second insulation layer and the third insulation layer, and the cathode electrode is connected to an exposed area of the source area.

Organic light emitting display device

An organic light-emitting display apparatus includes a thin film transistor including an active layer, a gate electrode, source and drain electrodes, a first insulating layer between the active layer and the gate electrode, and a second insulating layer between the gate electrode and the source and drain electrodes, a third insulating layer covering the source and drain electrodes, the third insulating layer being an organic insulating layer, a pixel electrode including a semi-transparent metal layer and having an end located in a trench formed around the first insulating layer, a fourth insulating layer including an opening exposing a top surface of the pixel electrode, the fourth insulating layer being an organic insulating layer, an organic light-emitting layer on the pixel electrode, and a counter electrode on the organic light-emitting layer.

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Yongin, South Korea

Yul-Kyu Lee