Abstract:
An organic light-emitting display apparatus including a substrate; a pixel electrode on the substrate; a pixel-defining layer including an opening exposing at least a portion of the pixel electrode; an intermediate layer including a center area on the pixel electrode and a side area extending from the center area and arranged on the pixel-defining layer, the intermediate layer including one or more common layers and an emission layer; a protective layer covering top surfaces of the center area and the side area of the intermediate layer and exposing at least a portion of the pixel-defining layer; and an opposite electrode spaced apart from the intermediate layer by the protective layer and arranged on the protective layer and portions of the pixel-defining layer, the portions being exposed by the protective layer.
Abstract:
An organic light-emitting display apparatus, including a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas and non-pixel areas in a display area, a plurality of pixel electrodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of pixel areas, a pixel-defining layer including a cover portion and openings, wherein the cover portion covers an edge of each of the plurality of pixel electrodes, and each of the openings exposes a central portion of a pixel electrode among the plurality of pixel electrodes, an auxiliary electrode located such that the auxiliary electrode corresponds to at least a portion of a top surface of the cover portion, and an intermediate layer and a counter electrode, each located in the openings. The pixel-defining layer may have an under-cut structure in which the at least a portion of the top surface of the cover portion is recessed from the auxiliary electrode.
Abstract:
An organic light-emitting display device includes: first and second pixel electrodes (PEs); a pixel-defining layer (PDL) disposed on the first and second PEs, the pixel-defining layer including first and second openings respectively exposing the first and second PEs; first and second intermediate layers (ILs) respectively disposed on the first and second PEs exposed via the first and second openings, each of the first and second ILs including an emission layer; first and second opposite electrodes (OEs) respectively disposed on the first and second ILs, the first and second OEs having an island-shaped pattern; first and second protective layers (PLs) respectively disposed on the first and second OEs, the first and second PLs having an island-shaped pattern; and a connection layer disposed on the first and second PLs, the connection layer electrically connecting the first and second OEs to one another.
Abstract:
A method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display apparatus including forming a lift-off layer on a substrate including a first electrode, the lift-off layer including a fluoropolymer; sequentially forming a barrier layer and a photoresist on the lift-off layer, the barrier layer including an inorganic material; patterning the photoresist and the barrier layer to remove a first portion of the photoresist corresponding to the first electrode such that a second portion other than the first portion remains; etching a portion of the lift-off layer corresponding to the first portion to expose the first electrode; forming an organic functional layer and an auxiliary electrode over the first electrode and the second portion of the photoresist, the organic functional layer including an emission layer; and removing the lift-off layer, the barrier layer, the photoresist, the organic functional layer, and the auxiliary electrode remaining on the second portion.
Abstract:
An organic light-emitting display device includes a substrate including first and second pixel regions, pixel electrodes respectively corresponding thereto, a pixel-defining layer on the substrate, defining a first opening corresponding to the first pixel region, and defining a second opening corresponding to the second pixel region, a first intermediate layer in the first opening and corresponding to the first pixel region, a first opposite electrode on the first intermediate layer, a second intermediate layer in the second opening and corresponding to the second pixel region, a second opposite electrode on the second intermediate layer and spaced from the first opposite electrode, a connection electrode layer on the pixel-defining layer to cover the first and second pixel regions, and configured to electrically connect the first opposite electrode to the second opposite electrode, and a conductive adhesive layer between the pixel-defining layer and the connection electrode layer, and contacting the pixel-defining layer.
Abstract:
A thin film forming apparatus includes: a thin film source including a thin film on one surface of the thin film source to be transferred to a substrate; and a light emitter configured to apply light energy to the thin film source to transfer the thin film to the substrate.
Abstract:
Provided are a deposition apparatus and a method of manufacturing an organic light-emitting display (OLED) apparatus, which are capable of reducing manufacturing time and manufacturing costs of the OLED apparatus. The method includes: turning a substrate such that a deposition surface of the substrate faces upward; depositing a first deposition layer on a deposition surface of a first donor mask while the deposition surface of the first donor mask faces downward; arranging the first donor mask and the substrate such that the first donor mask is above the substrate while the first deposition layer faces downward and the deposition surface of the substrate faces upward; depositing, on the deposition surface of the substrate, a part of the first deposition layer of the deposition surface of the first donor mask; and turning the substrate such that the deposition surface of the substrate faces downward.
Abstract:
In a method of manufacturing a display device, the method includes: positioning a substrate; forming a functional layer on the substrate; forming a mask including an opening in the functional layer; radiating pulse light including a plurality of pulses through the opening of the mask; and removing the functional layer to which the pulse light is radiated.
Abstract:
An apparatus for manufacturing a display device includes a mask assembly arranged in the chamber and facing a display substrate, a magnetic force portion arranged in the chamber and applying a magnetic force to the mask assembly, and a deposition source. The mask assembly includes a first mask layer having a first mask opening formed therein and a second mask layer disposed on the first mask layer. The second mask layer includes a metal layer having a metal opening formed therein and an inorganic layer disposed on the metal layer and having an inorganic opening overlapping the first mask opening in a plan view. The metal opening overlaps the inorganic opening in a plan view.
Abstract:
An organic light-emitting display apparatus, including a substrate including a plurality of pixel areas and non-pixel areas in a display area, a plurality of pixel electrodes respectively corresponding to the plurality of pixel areas, a pixel-defining layer including a cover portion and openings, wherein the cover portion covers an edge of each of the plurality of pixel electrodes, and each of the openings exposes a central portion of a pixel electrode among the plurality of pixel electrodes, an auxiliary electrode located such that the auxiliary electrode corresponds to at least a portion of a top surface of the cover portion, and an intermediate layer and a counter electrode, each located in the openings. The pixel-defining layer may have an under-cut structure in which the at least a portion of the top surface of the cover portion is recessed from the auxiliary electrode.