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- the present invention relates to the field of display, and in particular, to an OLED pixel unit, a method for fabricating the same, a display panel, and a display device.
- the Active Matrix/Organic Light Emitting Diode (OLED) panel is a new display technology. Compared with traditional liquid crystal panels, OLED panels have the characteristics of fast response, high contrast, and wide viewing angle. In addition, the OLED panel has the characteristics of self-illumination, and does not require the use of a backlight panel, thereby saving the cost of the backlight module and being lighter and thinner than that of the conventional liquid crystal panel. Currently, OLED panels have become a favorable candidate for next-generation display technology.
- OLED panels are basically prepared based on a process of 4 inches or more, using small molecule evaporation (such as FMM process or WCOA process), solution printing process (such as Ink-Jet Printing, Nozzle Printing, etc.) and evaporation. - solution compounding process, etc.
- small molecule evaporation such as FMM process or WCOA process
- solution printing process such as Ink-Jet Printing, Nozzle Printing, etc.
- evaporation. such as Ink-Jet Printing, Nozzle Printing, etc.
- an organic light emitting diode (OLED) component capable of emitting a preset color can only be prepared by a process of a small-molecular fine metal mask (Fine-Metal-Mask, FMM for short), evaporation, solution printing, evaporation-solution compounding, and the like. These processes are more difficult and costly, and the organic light-emitting diodes cannot be made particularly small, and high-resolution display cannot be achieved.
- a small-molecular fine metal mask Feine-Metal-Mask, FMM for short
- the present invention provides an OLED pixel unit for realizing high resolution and ultra high resolution display, a method of fabricating the same, a display panel, and a display device.
- an OLED pixel unit includes: an organic light emitting diode that emits light covering a range of wavelengths; and an array of photonic crystals formed on a light exiting side of the organic light emitting diode, the structural parameters of which are determined by a preset color of the OLED pixel unit; The light emitted by the LED is wavelength-selected via the photonic crystal array, thereby presenting on the light-emitting side of the organic light-emitting diode The default color is displayed.
- the photonic crystal array is a three-dimensional photonic crystal array.
- the photonic crystal array is a two-dimensional photonic crystal array; the two-dimensional photonic crystal array is a rectangular periodic structure, a diamond periodic structure or a quasi-periodic structure; and the constituent unit is a concave structure, a convex structure, or A raised/recessed combination of hybrid structures.
- the concave structure is a cylindrical hole or a spherical concave structure; the convex structure is a cylindrical or spherical convex structure.
- the two-dimensional photonic crystal array is a rectangular periodic structure, and the constituent unit is a cylindrical hole concave structure.
- the organic light emitting diode is a white organic light emitting diode.
- the default color for the blue OLED pixel unit cylinder bore diameter D of the concave structure 1 satisfies: 245nm ⁇ D 1 ⁇ 255nm; holes in the X and Y directions of the spacing L 1 satisfy: 335nm ⁇ L 1 ⁇ 345nm; for the preset color is green OLED pixel cells: cylinder bore diameter D 2 of the concave structure satisfies: 215nm ⁇ D 2 ⁇ 225nm, holes in the X direction and the Y direction distance L 2 satisfy: 135nm ⁇ L 2 ⁇ 145nm; or for the preset color red OLED pixel cell: cylinder bore diameter D of the concave structures 3 satisfy: 95nm ⁇ D 3 ⁇ 105nm, holes in the X direction and the Y direction satisfies the pitch L 3 : 295 nm ⁇ L 3 ⁇ 305 nm.
- the structural parameters of the photonic crystal array are calculated by a plane wave method, a transfer matrix method, or a finite element method.
- the OLED pixel unit further includes: a substrate; a driving component formed on the substrate; and a passivation layer overlying the driving component, the anode of the organic light emitting diode passing A via on the passivation layer is electrically connected to the drive assembly.
- the photonic crystal array is formed in the substrate, the driving component forming film layer or the passivation layer.
- the photonic crystal array is formed in the passivation layer, and a portion of the material of the anode of the organic light emitting diode is filled in the photonic crystal array.
- the OLED pixel unit further includes a buffer layer formed between the substrate and the driving component, wherein the photonic crystal array is formed in the buffer layer.
- the driving component is a TFT component, an NMOS component, a PMOS component, or a CMOS component.
- the TFT component is a TFT component of a bottom gate structure, including: a gate formed in the a gate insulating layer formed on the gate and the transparent substrate not covered by the gate; an active layer formed on the gate insulating layer;
- a source and a drain are formed on both sides of the etch barrier layer and are located above the active layer and the gate insulating layer not covered by the active layer;
- the photonic crystal array is formed in any of the gate layer, the gate insulating layer, the active layer, the etch barrier layer, the source or the drain.
- the organic light emitting diode includes: a first electrode; a light emitting layer formed on the first electrode; and a second electrode formed on the light emitting layer.
- the photonic crystal array is formed in a film layer of the first electrode or the second electrode.
- a display panel is also provided.
- the display panel includes one or more of the above-described OLED pixel units.
- a display device comprising the above OLED display panel.
- a preparation method for preparing the above OLED pixel unit includes: forming an organic light emitting diode; and forming a photonic crystal array on a light outgoing side of the organic light emitting diode before or during the step of forming the organic light emitting diode.
- the photonic crystal array is formed by one of the following techniques: a photolithography etching process, a nanoimprint process, an ion beam etching process, a thermal baking process, a microsphere spin coating process, and a micro Ball printing process, nanoparticle spin coating technology, nanoparticle printing technology.
- the OLED pixel unit of the present invention the preparation method thereof, the display panel and the display device have at least one of the following beneficial effects:
- the processing size of photonic crystal arrays is on the order of nanometers, with good monochromaticity and certain directionality, which can achieve the resolution unmatched by existing processes under the premise of ensuring the existing display effects, and then adopt The resolution of the OLED pixel unit of the photonic crystal array can also be greatly improved to meet the application requirements of high-resolution and ultra-high resolution OLED display panels;
- the white light organic light emitting diode is used to realize the wavelength selection of white light by the photonic crystal array, and the white light organic light emitting diode can be realized by the Open-Mask process with high precision, thereby making the high resolution display difficult to be made by the organic light emitting diode. Transfer to the backplane, which greatly reduces the difficulty of solving high-resolution display problems. In the case of preparing an equivalent resolution display, the preparation process is greatly simplified;
- FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an OLED pixel unit according to an embodiment of the invention.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a TFT assembly in the OLED pixel unit shown in FIG. 1;
- 3A and 3B are respectively a cross-sectional view and a perspective view of a photonic crystal array on a passivation layer in the OLED pixel unit shown in FIG. 1;
- 4A and 4B are respectively a cross-sectional view and a perspective view of a columnar convex photonic crystal on a passivation layer in an OLED pixel unit according to another embodiment of the present invention
- 5A and 5B are respectively a cross-sectional view and a perspective view of a spherical convex photonic crystal on a passivation layer in an OLED pixel unit according to another embodiment of the present invention
- 6A and 6B are respectively a cross-sectional view and a perspective view of a spherical concave photonic crystal on a passivation layer in an OLED pixel unit according to another embodiment of the present invention
- FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of a white organic light emitting diode in the OLED pixel unit shown in FIG. 1;
- FIG. 8 is a flowchart of a method for fabricating an OLED pixel unit according to an embodiment of the invention.
- Figure 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the device after performing each step in the preparation method shown in Figure 8.
- FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of an anode in a backplane and an LED in an OLED pixel unit according to an embodiment of the invention
- FIG. 11 is a schematic structural view of a backplane in an OLED pixel unit according to an embodiment of the invention.
- an OLED pixel unit includes: an organic light emitting diode that emits light covering a range of wavelengths; and an array of photonic crystals located on a light exiting side of the organic light emitting diode, the structural parameters of which are The preset color of the OLED pixel unit is determined; wherein light emitted by the organic light emitting diode is wavelength-selected via the photonic crystal array, thereby exhibiting a preset color on a light-emitting side of the organic light-emitting diode.
- Photonic crystals are special lattice structures that respond to light. For example, semiconductor materials periodically appear at the lattice nodes (where each atom is located). Photonic crystals are periodically periodic at certain positions of the high refractive index material. A material that exhibits a low refractive index (such as artificially created air voids). High and low refractive index materials are alternately arranged to form a periodic structure to produce a photonic crystal band gap (Band Gap, similar to a forbidden band in a semiconductor), and a photonic crystal can modulate electromagnetic waves having corresponding wavelengths when electromagnetic waves propagate in a photonic crystal structure.
- Photonic crystal band gap Band Gap, similar to a forbidden band in a semiconductor
- the electromagnetic wave energy forms an energy band structure.
- a band gap occurs between the energy band and the energy band, that is, a photonic band gap. All photons with energy in the photonic band gap cannot enter the crystal.
- the distance between the periodically arranged low refractive index sites is the same, resulting in a photonic crystal of a certain distance only producing an energy band effect on light waves of a certain frequency. That is, only light of a certain frequency will be completely prohibited from propagating in a photonic crystal with a certain period of time.
- the present invention optimizes the design of the photonic crystal, that is, the periodic arrangement of optical materials having a size of 100 nm to 1 ⁇ m, so that in the designed photonic crystal, except for a specific wavelength band (for example, red light band, green light) In the band or blue band, but not limited to the light, the light in other bands is prohibited from propagating, thereby achieving the function of blocking a certain color.
- a specific wavelength band for example, red light band, green light
- the light in other bands is prohibited from propagating, thereby achieving the function of blocking a certain color.
- an OLED pixel unit includes: an organic light emitting diode emitting light covering a range of wavelengths; and a photonic crystal array formed on a light emitting side of the organic light emitting diode (or a photonic crystal array disposed on a light emitting path of the organic light emitting diode), the photonic crystal
- the structural parameters of the array are determined by the preset color of the OLED pixel unit; wherein the light emitted by the organic light emitting diode is wavelength-selected via the photonic crystal array, so that the light emitted from the organic light emitting diode passes through the photonic crystal on the light emitting side of the organic light emitting diode After the display) presents a preset color.
- the photonic crystal array can be a two-dimensional photonic crystal array or a three-dimensional photonic crystal array.
- the material forming the photonic crystal array is various types of insulating materials, such as inorganic insulating materials, organic insulating materials or composite insulating materials.
- the light exiting side that is, the side from which the light of the OLED exits, the way in which the light is emitted may include top emission, bottom emission, and double-sided emission.
- the processing size of the photonic crystal array is on the order of nanometers, the resolution of the OLED pixel unit using the photonic crystal array can be greatly improved, and the application requirements of the high-resolution and ultra-high resolution OLED display panel are satisfied.
- FIG. 1 is a schematic structural diagram of an OLED pixel unit according to an embodiment of the invention.
- the OLED pixel unit of the two-dimensional photonic crystal includes a transparent substrate 100, a TFT assembly 200 formed on the transparent substrate 100, and a passivation layer 300 overlying the TFT assembly 200.
- the passivation layer in the preset pixel region is etched to form a two-dimensional photonic crystal array, and the period and the cell structure size of the two-dimensional photonic crystal array are determined by the preset color of the OLED pixel unit; the pixel defining layer 400 is formed.
- the pixel defining layer 400 is etched to form a pixel region; the white light organic light emitting diode 500 is formed in a pixel region defined by the pixel defining layer 400.
- the preset color refers to the color that is displayed by the OLED pixel unit in the panel design stage. For example, if the OLED pixel unit is a red pixel, the preset color is red; if the OLED pixel unit is blue, the The default color is blue, others are similar.
- white light is emitted from the white organic light emitting diode 500, and the wavelength is selected through the photonic crystal array on the passivation layer 300, and the preset can be presented from the direction of the back surface of the transparent substrate. colour.
- the transparent substrate 100 is a glass substrate, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the transparent substrate 100 may also be made of various substrates such as quartz, single crystal silicon, and plastic film.
- FIG. 2 is a schematic structural view of a TFT assembly in the OLED pixel unit shown in FIG. 1.
- the TFT assembly adopts a bottom gate structure.
- the TFT device 200 includes a gate electrode 210 formed on the transparent substrate 100, and a gate insulating layer 220 formed on the gate electrode 210 and the transparent substrate 100 not covered by the gate electrode 210.
- An active layer 230 is formed over the gate insulating layer 220; an etch stop layer 240 is formed over the active layer 230; a source 251 and a drain 252 are formed on both sides of the etch stop layer 240, and It is located above the active layer 230 and the gate insulating layer 220 that is not covered by the active layer 230.
- a buffer layer (not shown) may be further included between the gate electrode 210 and the substrate 100.
- the buffer layer is a SiO 2 layer of 200-2000 nm.
- the gate 210 is a molybdenum (Mo) layer of 200-2000 nm, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the gate 210 may also be a thin film formed of one or more of the following materials having a thickness between 1 nm and 500 nm: epitaxial silicon, a metallic material, and a composite conductive material.
- the metal material is a simple material of one of the following materials, or an alloy material composed of two or more of the following materials: Mo, Al, Cr.
- the gate insulating layer 220 is a SiO 2 layer of 150-4000 nm, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the gate insulating layer 220 may also be an insulating material layer such as a thermal silicon oxide layer, a silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ) layer or a silicon oxynitride layer having a thickness of between 1 nm and 100 nm.
- the thermal silicon oxide layer or the silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ) layer can be deposited by a CVD method.
- the active layer 230 is an indium gallium zinc oxide (IGZO) layer of 50-2000 nm, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the active layer 230 may also be an amorphous silicon layer, a single crystal silicon layer, a low temperature polysilicon layer, an organic semiconductor layer or other oxide active layer having a thickness of 5 nm to 200 nm.
- the low temperature polysilicon layer herein refers to a polysilicon layer formed at less than 500 ° C using an LTPS process.
- the etch stop layer 240 is a 50 nm SiO 2 layer, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the etch stop layer 240 can also be a SiO 2 layer having a thickness between 10 nm and 100 nm.
- the etch stop layer 240 functions to prevent damage to the active layer 230 due to wet etching of the source/drain electrodes, that is, to prevent drilling.
- the source and the drain are Mo/Al layers, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the source and drain electrodes may also be metal material layers such as Ti, Cr, and Au/Ti having a thickness of between 1 nm and 500 nm, alloy material layers, and other composite conductive material layers.
- the locations of the source and drain are interchangeable and will not be described in detail herein.
- a TFT component is used as the driving component, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- an NMOS component, a PMOS component, or a CMOS component may be used as the driving component, and the present invention can also be implemented.
- the invention wherein the TFT component can be an IGZO-TFT component, an LTPS TFT or an a-Si TFT component.
- the NMOS component can be a monocrystalline silicon NMOS component.
- the PMOS component can be a monocrystalline silicon PMOS component.
- the CMOS component can be a monocrystalline silicon CMOS component.
- a passivation layer 300 is overlaid over the TFT assembly 200 described above.
- the passivation layer 300 is a 100 nm SiO 2 layer, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the passivation layer may also be another layer of insulating material having a thickness of from 1 nm to 500 nm, such as a layer of silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ).
- a pixel region is preset in the passivation layer 300 to form a two-dimensional photonic crystal array having a periodic structure.
- the parameters of the two-dimensional photonic crystal array are determined by the preset color of the preset pixel area.
- the color selection of white light that is, wavelength selection, is achieved by the two-dimensional photonic crystal array.
- the period of the two-dimensional photonic crystal array is determined by the preset color of the preset pixel area.
- the period of the photonic crystal array and the shape and radius of the photonic crystal array are calculated according to the preset color, and then the passivation layer is perforated above the passivation layer by dry etching. A photonic crystal array is formed.
- the relevant parameters of the photonic crystal array can be calculated by a Plane Waves Method (PWM), a Transfer Matrix Method (TMM), a Finite Element Method (FEM), or the like.
- PWM Plane Waves Method
- TMM Transfer Matrix Method
- FEM Finite Element Method
- PWM Plane Waves Method
- FDTD Finite Difference Time Domain
- TMM Transfer Matrix Method
- the present invention preferably employs these commercial software to calculate the structural parameters of the photonic crystal array, and then fabricates a two-dimensional photonic crystal array by actual process inspection to improve efficiency and reduce the occurrence of errors.
- the periodic shape parameter includes a periodic form, a period in each direction; and the second type is a shape constituting one of the units (abbreviated as a constituent unit) in the photonic crystal array, and a size in each direction.
- 3A and 3B are respectively a cross-sectional view and a perspective view of a photonic crystal array on a passivation layer in the OLED pixel unit shown in FIG. 1.
- the present embodiment adopts a two-dimensional rectangular periodic structure photonic crystal array, and the constituent unit has a cylindrical hole concave structure.
- the commercial software Comsol is used to calculate the structural parameters of the photonic crystal array, and the obtained parameters of the photonic crystal array are as follows:
- (1) for the preset color is blue OLED pixel unit: cylinder bore diameter D of the concave structure 1 satisfies: 245nm ⁇ D 1 ⁇ 255nm; holes in the X direction and the Y direction distance L 1 satisfies: 335nm ⁇ L 1 ⁇ 345 nm;
- (2) for the preset color is green OLED pixel cells: cylinder bore diameter D 2 of the concave structure satisfies: 215nm ⁇ D 2 ⁇ 225nm, holes in the X direction and the Y direction distance L 2 satisfies: 135nm ⁇ L 2 ⁇ 145 nm; or
- the depth of the cylindrical hole of the unit of the two-dimensional photonic crystal array it can be adjusted as needed as long as the thickness of the passivation layer is not exceeded.
- the constituent unit is a cylindrical hole, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the constituent unit may also be a concave structure other than the hole-like structure, a convex structure, or a mixed structure of a combination of a concave shape and a convex shape.
- the periodic structure of the photonic crystal array may be a diamond-shaped periodic structure or a quasi-periodic structure or the like in addition to the rectangular array periodic structure.
- the quasi-periodic structure here refers to a periodic structure that does not satisfy the strict sense, but can be considered as a structural form of the periodic structure after introducing a certain approximation.
- the constituent units in the photonic crystal array may also be columnar, and cross-sectional and perspective views thereof are shown in FIGS. 4A and 4B.
- the constituent unit in the photonic crystal array may further have a spherical convex shape, and a cross-sectional view and a perspective view thereof are as shown in FIGS. 5A and 5B.
- the constituent unit in the photonic crystal array may further have a spherical concave shape, and a cross-sectional view and a perspective view thereof are as shown in FIGS. 6A and 6B.
- the pixel defining layer 400 is formed over the passivation layer 300 to define a pixel region to fabricate a white organic light emitting diode.
- the pixel defining layer 400 is a 1.5 ⁇ m acrylic material, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the pixel defining layer may also be a film layer prepared from other resin materials, and has a thickness of generally 0.5 ⁇ m to 3 ⁇ m.
- the substrate 100, the TFT assembly 200, the passivation layer 300, and the pixel defining layer 400 collectively constitute a TFT backplane.
- a white organic light emitting diode will then be fabricated on the TFT backplane.
- the white light organic light emitting diode 500 has an overall thickness of 60 nm to 1000 nm and may be a One Unit structure or a Tandem structure.
- the organic light emitting diode includes: a first electrode; a light emitting layer formed on the first electrode; and a second electrode formed on the light emitting layer.
- the first electrode may be an anode or a cathode, corresponding to the case where the first electrode is an anode, the second electrode is a cathode, and the second electrode is an anode corresponding to the case where the first electrode is a cathode.
- the organic light emitting diode may further include other film layers, and details are not described herein again.
- FIG. 7 is a schematic structural view of the white organic light emitting diode in the OLED pixel unit shown in FIG.
- the main body portion of the white light organic light emitting diode 500 is formed in the pixel region, and includes an anode 510 formed in the pixel region and electrically connected through the via hole etched on the passivation layer 300 .
- the light emitting layer is formed on the anode 510; and the cathode 550 is formed on the light emitting layer.
- the pixel defining layer 400 is formed after the anode 510 is formed.
- the anode 510 can also be referred to as a pixel electrode layer.
- an anode 510 is formed over the passivation layer 300 , and a body portion thereof is formed in a predetermined pixel region, and one end thereof is electrically connected to the TFT component through a via hole etched on the passivation layer 300 .
- the OLED includes a hole transport layer 520, an illuminating layer 530, and an electron transport layer 540 which are sequentially deposited on the anode 510.
- the anode 510 is a 100 nm ITO (indium tin oxide) layer, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the anode 510 can also be a conductive film layer of other conductive materials, such as an amorphous or polycrystalline layer of graphene material.
- the thickness h 2 of the anode satisfies: 1 nm ⁇ h2 ⁇ 500 nm.
- the hole transport layer 520 is 50 nm thick NPB (N,N'-diphenyl-N-N'bis(1-naphthyl)-1,1'diphenyl-4,4'- Diamine) layer, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the hole transport layer 520 may also be a film prepared from other aromatic amine materials having a thickness of 1 nm to 100 nm, such as TPD (N, N'-diphenyl-N-N' bis(3-methylphenyl)- 1,1' diphenyl-4,4'-diamine) and the like.
- the light-emitting layer 530 is a 25 nm thick CBP: (ppy) 2 Ir (acac), CBP: FIrpic, and CBP: Btp2Ir (acac) layers, and the three layers respectively emit green light/blue light/red light, thereby overall The device emits white light, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the light-emitting layer 530 may also be a polymer layer prepared by a polymer having a thickness of 1 nm to 100 nm, a metal complex, or a small molecule organic fluorescent or phosphorescent material. Among them, 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum (AlQ), coumarin, rubrene, and the like in a small molecule material can be used to obtain different light-emitting wavelengths.
- the present invention can also adopt other forms of white light emitting diodes, for example, light emitting diodes using other structural forms of light emitting layers, and the present invention can also be implemented. Those skilled in the art should be aware of the structural forms of these organic light emitting diodes, which will not be enumerated here.
- the electron transport layer 540 is an 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum (AlQ) layer having a thickness of 30 nm to 70 nm, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the electron transport layer 540 may also be an organic material layer having a lower LUMO level such as Bphen of 6 nm to 80 nm.
- the cathode 550 is a LiF/Al layer of 5 nm to 10 nm, wherein the thickness of the LiF is 5 nm to 10 nm, and the thickness of the Al layer is 100 nm to 300 nm, but the invention is not limited thereto.
- the cathode 550 may also be a film of a low work function metal such as Mg:Ag such as Mg:Ag of 5 nm to 50 nm and an alloy thereof.
- the upper layer electrode is the cathode and the lower layer electrode is the anode, and the light emitting layer is also located between the cathode and the anode.
- the implementation form is similar to the white light emitting diode in this embodiment, and should also be within the protection scope of the present invention, and details are not described herein again.
- the wavelength selection of the white light organic light emitting diode is realized by the photonic crystal array, and the high resolution display is not required to be realized by the organic light emitting diode itself, and the manufacturing difficulty of the high resolution display is transferred from the organic light emitting diode to the back plate. Reduced the difficulty of solving high resolution display problems.
- the photonic crystal array is disposed in the passivation layer in the above embodiment, the present invention is not limited thereto.
- the photonic crystal array may be located in any film structure on the light emitting side of the organic light emitting diode, such as a gate.
- the gate insulating layer, the active layer, the etch stop layer, the source or the drain layer are disposed in the same layer.
- a display panel is also provided.
- the display panel includes one or more OLED pixel units as described in any of the above embodiments.
- the OLED pixel unit includes: an organic light emitting diode that emits light covering a range of wavelengths; a photonic crystal array formed on a light exiting side of the organic light emitting diode, the structural parameter of which is determined by a preset color of the OLED pixel unit; wherein, the organic light emitting The light emitted by the diode is wavelength-selected via the photonic crystal array to present a predetermined color on the light-emitting side of the organic light-emitting diode (via the photonic crystal array).
- the OLED pixel unit array is arranged, and the photonic crystal array with different wavelength selection functions is arranged.
- the columns are arranged periodically in the same manner as the corresponding organic light-emitting diodes, so that full-color display is achieved by the wavelength selection of the photonic crystal.
- the display panel may further include one or more OLED pixel units according to any of the following embodiments, and the composition and principle thereof are the same as those of the embodiment, and will not be described in detail herein.
- the display device may be: an OLED display panel, a mobile phone, a tablet computer, a television, a display, a notebook computer, a digital photo frame, a navigator, and the like, or any product or component having a display function.
- a display device is also provided.
- the display device includes the display panel of any of the above embodiments.
- the display panel included in the display device may also be composed of the OLED pixel unit described in any of the subsequent embodiments.
- FIG. 8 is a flow chart of a method of fabricating an OLED pixel unit according to an embodiment of the invention.
- Figure 9 is a schematic cross-sectional view showing the device after each step is performed in the preparation method shown in Figure 8. Referring to FIG. 8 and FIG. 9 , the method for preparing the OLED pixel unit of this embodiment may include steps A-F.
- Step A A bottom gate TFT module was prepared on a glass substrate.
- the step A of preparing the TFT component may specifically include the sub-steps A0-A6. among them,
- Sub-step A0 cleaning the glass substrate
- the cleaning method can be a standard method of cleaning the substrate.
- the cleaned glass substrate is as shown in A of Fig. 9.
- various substrates such as quartz, single crystal silicon, and plastic film can be used.
- Sub-step A1 depositing a 200-2000 nm thick SiO 2 film as a buffer layer on a glass substrate by a CVD method;
- Sub-step A2 depositing a 200 nm Mo layer on the buffer layer by a sputtering method, and preparing a desired gate 210 by photolithography, etching, etc., as shown in B of FIG. 9;
- the gate 210 may also be a thin film formed of one or more of the following materials having a thickness between 1 nm and 500 nm: epitaxial silicon, a metal material, and a composite conductive material.
- the metal material is a simple material of one of the following materials, or an alloy material composed of two or more of the following materials: Mo, Al, Cr.
- Sub-step A3 depositing a 150 nm SiO 2 layer as a gate insulating layer 220 at 370 ° C by a CVD method, as shown in C of FIG. 9;
- the gate insulating layer 220 may further be an insulating material layer such as a thermal silicon oxide layer, a silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ) layer or a silicon oxynitride layer having a thickness of between 1 nm and 100 nm.
- the thermal silicon oxide layer or the silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ) layer can be deposited by a CVD method.
- Sub-step A4 depositing a 50 nm IGZO film layer by a sputtering method, and etching a channel region to form an active layer 230, as shown by D in FIG. 9;
- the active layer 230 may also be an amorphous silicon layer, a single crystal silicon layer, a low temperature polysilicon layer, an organic semiconductor layer or other oxide active layer having a thickness of 5 nm to 200 nm.
- Sub-step A5 depositing about 50 nm of SiO 2 over the active layer 230, and forming an etch stop layer 240 by photolithography, etching, etc., as shown in E of FIG. 9;
- the etch barrier layer 240 may also be a SiO 2 layer having a thickness between 10 nm and 100 nm.
- Sub-step A6 forming a source and a drain of Mo/Al material on both sides of the etch barrier layer 240, over the active layer 230, and over the gate insulating layer 220 not covered by the active layer 230, as shown in FIG. 9 is shown in F.
- the source and the drain may also be a metal material layer such as Ti, Cr, and Au/Ti having a thickness of between 1 nm and 500 nm, an alloy material layer, and other composite conductive material layers. Additionally, the source and drain locations can be interchanged.
- the active layer in the TFT backplane assembly can be doped and activated as needed.
- this doping and activation is performed after the gate is completed.
- the doping and activation process is performed after the passivation layer or planarization layer is completed.
- Step B A layer of SiO 2 of about 100 nm was deposited as a passivation layer over the TFT assembly.
- the passivation layer may also be another insulating material layer having a thickness of 1 nm to 500 nm, such as a silicon nitride (Si 3 N 4 ) layer.
- Step C forming a two-dimensional photonic crystal array by arranging a predetermined pixel region in the passivation layer, wherein a period and a cell structure size of the two-dimensional photonic crystal array are determined by a preset color of the current OLED pixel unit, as shown in FIG. Shown in G.
- a method for preparing a two-dimensional photonic crystal array on a passivation layer is performed by a photolithography etching process, that is, a mask is first prepared by photolithography, and then a passivation layer of a predetermined pixel region is directly engraved according to the mask.
- Eclipse formation Two-dimensional photonic crystal array.
- the method for preparing a photonic crystal array on the passivation layer may also adopt a direct etching process, that is, directly etching a passivation layer of a predetermined pixel region to form a photonic crystal array.
- the method for preparing a two-dimensional photonic crystal array on the passivation layer can also adopt a nanoimprint process, an ion beam etching process, and a thermal baking process.
- the ion beam etching process is very different from the conventional photolithography process.
- the photolithography process uses a beam to perform mask patterning with an accuracy of several tens of nanometers, and ion beam etching uses an ion beam. The accuracy can be higher, up to about 10nm.
- the hot baking process is to directly bake the photoresist after patterning, and the photoresist is melted into an ellipsoidal shape, and the array is not formed by etching.
- Step D depositing an ITO layer of about 100 nm over the passivation layer, and performing a photolithography, etching, etc. process on the ITO layer to form a desired pattern, as an anode of the white organic light emitting diode, the main portion of the anode is formed in a preset
- the pixel region is electrically connected to the drain of the TFT assembly through a via etched on the passivation layer, as shown by H in FIG.
- the anode 510 may also be a conductive thin film layer of other conductive materials, such as an amorphous or polycrystalline graphene material layer.
- the thickness h 2 of the anode satisfies: 1 nm ⁇ h2 ⁇ 500 nm.
- anode needs to be etched to prepare a corresponding pattern.
- the shape of the graphic and its method of preparation are well known in the art and will not be described in detail herein.
- Step E depositing a 1.5 ⁇ m layer of acrylic material over the anode and the passivation layer not covered by the anode, and performing lithography, curing, etc. on the layer of the acrylic material to form a desired pattern to expose the preset pixel region.
- the anode thereby defining the pixel area, as shown by I in FIG.
- the pixel defining layer may also be a film layer prepared from other resin materials, and the thickness thereof is generally 0.5 ⁇ m to 3 ⁇ m.
- the TFT backplane assembly is completed.
- Step F Preparing a portion of the white organic light emitting diode other than the anode 510 in the pixel region, as shown by J in FIG.
- the surface of the TFT back sheet is treated by O 2 plasma to further reduce the surface work function of the anode ITO while passivating the surface portion of the ITO layer.
- the step F may specifically include: sequentially vapor-depositing the hole transport layer, the organic light-emitting layer (preparation temperature: about 190 ° C), and the electron transport layer (preparation temperature of about 170 ° C) under a vacuum of 1 ⁇ 10 ⁇ 5 Pa. And cathode (preparation temperature is about 900 ° C).
- the hole transport layer is made of NPB (N,N'-diphenyl-N-N'bis(1-naphthyl)-1,1'diphenyl-4,4 having a thickness of about 30 nm to 70 nm. '-Diamine).
- NPB N,N'-diphenyl-N-N'bis(1-naphthyl)-1,1'diphenyl-4,4
- green light, blue light, and red light are respectively used as a host material doped with a phosphorescent material, 25 nm thick CBP: (ppy) 2 Ir(acac), CBP: FIrpic, and CBP: Btp2Ir (acac).
- As the electron transport layer 8-hydroxyquinoline aluminum (AlQ) having a thickness of about 30 nm to 70 nm is used.
- the cathode is a LiF/Al layer having an evaporation rate of 1 nm/min, wherein the LiF has a thickness of 5 nm to 10 nm, and the Al layer has a thickness of 100 nm to 300 nm.
- a light-emitting layer a cathode, and an anode of other structural forms or materials may also be employed, and will not be described in detail herein.
- the organic material and the thin layer of the cathode metal are thermally evaporated and evaporated in a high vacuum evaporation system in which the OLED/EL-organic metal film is deposited.
- the pixel region film may be surface-treated before the hole transport layer is deposited, and the necessary electrode modification layer, hole injection layer, electron injection layer, etc. may be added to the white organic light-emitting diode, and
- the anode of the white organic light emitting diode is prepared by surface modification or the like, which are related art techniques in the prior art and will not be described in detail herein.
- an OLED pixel unit employing a two-dimensional photonic crystal is also provided.
- the OLED pixel unit of this embodiment differs from the OLED pixel unit shown in FIG. 1 in that the driving assembly adopts a MOS (metal-oxide-semiconductor) structure using single crystal silicon as a substrate.
- MOS metal-oxide-semiconductor
- FIG. 10 is a schematic structural view of an anode in a backplane and a light emitting diode in an OLED pixel unit according to this embodiment of the present invention.
- the backplane in this embodiment includes:
- the MOS device 200 is formed in a region defined by the channel blocking region 261, and includes: a channel region formed between the channel blocking regions, a gate oxide layer 211 formed over the channel region, and a gate oxide layer formed on the gate a gate 210 above the polar oxide layer, a source 251 and a drain 252 formed on the substrate below the gate;
- a passivation layer 300 is disposed over the TFT component, wherein a photonic crystal array is etched in a predetermined pixel region, and a period of the photonic crystal array and a cell structure size are determined by a preset color of the preset pixel region;
- a pixel defining layer 400 is formed over the passivation layer 300, which forms a pixel region.
- the function of driving the organic light emitting diode is realized by replacing the TFT component with a MOS structure using single crystal silicon as a substrate.
- the channel region may be a p-type channel region or an n-type channel region, which respectively correspond to a single crystal silicon NMOS device and a single crystal silicon NMOS device, and the back plate formed is a single crystal silicon NMOS device.
- the board and the monocrystalline silicon PMOS backplane are not described in detail in the present invention.
- a method of fabricating an OLED pixel unit as described in FIG. 10 is also provided.
- the preparation method may include the steps A'-C'.
- Step A' preparing a TFT assembly on a single crystal silicon substrate
- the step A' of preparing the TFT component may specifically include:
- Sub-step A0' cleaning the single crystal silicon
- Sub-step A1' depositing silicon nitride as a spacer layer on the single crystal silicon substrate, and implanting boron ions to form a channel blocking region 261;
- Sub-step A2' depositing a gate oxide layer on the single crystal silicon substrate between the channel blocking regions;
- Sub-step A3' depositing polysilicon on the gate oxide layer and heavily doping to form the gate 210;
- Sub-step A4' implanting arsenic ions on the underlying substrate on both sides of the gate using a self-alignment method to form a source 251 and a drain 252;
- Sub-step A5' depositing silicon nitride or silicon oxide over the gate, source and drain and photolithography-etching into holes, depositing metal Al or the like to form source or drain metal leads, completing metallization.
- Step B' A layer of SiO 2 of about 100 nm was deposited as a passivation layer over the TFT assembly.
- Step C' forming a photonic crystal array by pre-setting a pixel region in the passivation layer according to a preset shape and period, wherein a period of the photonic crystal array and a cell structure size are determined by a preset color of the current OLED pixel unit Decide.
- another OLED pixel unit is also provided.
- the difference between the OLED pixel unit of the present embodiment and the OLED pixel unit of the foregoing embodiment is that the TFT assembly adopts a top gate structure, as shown in FIG.
- another OLED pixel unit using a two-dimensional photonic crystal which is different from the OLED pixel unit of the foregoing embodiment in that a two-dimensional photonic crystal array is formed in a preset pixel region.
- the gate insulating layer Since a two-dimensional photonic crystal array is formed in the gate insulating layer, in this region
- the passivation layer, the anode, and the like on the upper side form a predetermined periodic protrusion, thereby realizing the function of wavelength selection.
- the two-dimensional photonic crystal array can also be formed on a substrate, a buffer layer, a driving component, a film layer (such as a gate insulating layer, an active layer, an etch barrier layer, a source or a drain), and a pixel defining layer.
- a film layer such as a gate insulating layer, an active layer, an etch barrier layer, a source or a drain
- a pixel defining layer such as a gate insulating layer, an active layer, an etch barrier layer, a source or a drain
- the organic light emitting diode is composed of a film layer (such as a cathode or an anode).
- a photonic crystal array is formed by the cooperation of two or more layers.
- the function of selecting light can be realized, thereby realizing the present invention.
- the principle of the implementation of the invention is the same as that of the above embodiment, and will not be repeated here.
- the present invention can also employ an a-Si TFT backplane, an LTPS TFT backplane, a single crystal silicon NMOS backplane, a single crystal silicon PMOS backplane, and a single crystal.
- a silicon CMOS backplane or the like, and the TFT structure is understood to be all disclosed structures in the prior art, which is not limited by the present invention;
- a three-dimensional photonic crystal array can also be used to achieve wavelength selection, and the present invention can also be implemented.
- the three-dimensional photonic crystal array can be prepared by the following method: multilayer thin film deposition, After the film of the odd layer is deposited, the array is etched, the even layers are directly covered, and after the multilayer is formed, a three-dimensional crystal structure is formed;
- the material for forming the photonic crystal is mostly SiO 2 , but other materials may be used to form the photonic crystal array, for example, inorganic insulating materials such as silicon nitride and titanium oxide, and organic materials. Insulating material, composite or conductive material composed of two or more insulating materials;
- the white organic light emitting diode is used in the above embodiment, it should be clear to those skilled in the art that, except for the white organic light emitting diode, for the organic light emitting diode covering a certain wavelength range, as long as the preset color is within the wavelength range, Light selection can also be achieved by a photonic crystal array. Therefore, the present invention is not limited to white light organic light emitting diodes.
- the method for color selection of an OLED by using a two-dimensional photonic crystal utilizes a mature existing process, and can achieve a fineness that cannot be achieved by other methods, and can be applied to a small resolution of high resolution and ultra high resolution.
- the preparation of size ( ⁇ 1 inch) OLED display panel has a good application prospect.
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- 一种OLED像素单元,包括:有机发光二极管,其发出涵盖一波长范围的光;以及光子晶体阵列,位于所述有机发光二极管的出光侧,其结构参数由该OLED像素单元的预设颜色决定;其中,所述有机发光二极管发出的光经由所述光子晶体阵列进行波长选择,从而在所述有机发光二极管的出光侧呈现出预设颜色。
- 根据权利要求1所述的OLED像素单元,其中,所述光子晶体阵列为三维光子晶体阵列。
- 根据权利要求1所述的OLED像素单元,其中,所述光子晶体阵列为二维光子晶体阵列;该二维光子晶体阵列为矩形周期结构、菱形周期结构或准周期结构;其构成单元为凹入结构、凸起结构、或凸起/凹入结合的混合结构。
- 根据权利要求3所述的OLED像素单元,其中,所述凹入结构为圆柱孔或球形凹入结构;所述凸起结构为圆柱或球形凸起结构。
- 根据权利要求4所述的OLED像素单元,其中,所述二维光子晶体阵列为矩形周期结构,其构成单元为圆柱孔凹入结构。
- 根据权利要求5所述的OLED像素单元,其中,所述有机发光二极管为白光有机发光二极管。
- 根据权利要求6所述的OLED像素单元,其中:对于预设颜色为蓝色的OLED像素单元:圆柱孔凹入结构的直径D1满足:245nm≤D1≤255nm;在X方向和Y方向上的孔间距L1满足:335nm≤L1≤345nm;对于预设颜色为绿色的OLED像素单元:圆柱孔凹入结构的直径D2满足:215nm≤D2≤225nm,在X方向和Y方向上的孔间距L2满足:135nm≤L2≤145nm;或对于预设颜色为红色的OLED像素单元:圆柱孔凹入结构的直径D3满足:95nm≤D3≤105nm,在X方向和Y方向上的孔间距L3满足:295nm≤L3≤305nm。
- 根据权利要求1所述的OLED像素单元,其中,所述光子晶体阵列的结构参数由平面波法、转移矩阵法或有限元法计算得出。
- 根据权利要求1所述的OLED像素单元,还包括:衬底(100);驱动组件,形成于所述衬底(100)上;以及钝化层(300),覆盖于所述驱动组件的上方,所述有机发光二极管的阳极通过钝化层(300)上的过孔电性连接至所述驱动组件。
- 根据权利要求9所述的OLED像素单元,其中,所述光子晶体阵列形成于所述衬底(100)、驱动组件组成膜层或钝化层(300)中。
- 根据权利要求10所述的OLED像素单元,其中,所述光子晶体阵列形成于所述钝化层中,所述有机发光二极管的阳极的部分材料填充于该光子晶体阵列内。
- 根据权利要求9所述的OLED像素单元,还包括:缓冲层,形成于所述衬底(100)和驱动组件之间,其中,所述光子晶体阵列形成于该缓冲层中。
- 根据权利要求9所述的OLED像素单元,其中,所述驱动组件为TFT组件、NMOS组件、PMOS组件或CMOS组件。
- 根据权利要求13所述的OLED像素单元,其中,所述TFT组件为底栅结构的TFT组件,包括:栅极(210),形成于所述衬底(100)上;栅极绝缘层(220),形成于栅极(210)及未被栅极覆盖的透明衬底上方;有源层(230),形成于所述栅极绝缘层(220)的上方;刻蚀阻挡层(240),形成于所述有源层(230)的上方;以及源极(251)和漏极(252),形成于刻蚀阻挡层(250)的两侧,并位于有源层(230)及未被有源层覆盖的栅极绝缘层的上方;其中,所述光子晶体阵列形成于所述栅极(210)、栅极绝缘层(220)、有源层(230)、刻蚀阻挡层(240)、源极(251)或漏极(252)的任意膜层中。
- 根据权利要求1所述的OLED像素单元,其中,所述有机发光二极管包括:第一电极;发光层,形成于所述第一电极上;第二电极,形成于所述发光层上。
- 根据权利要求15所述的OLED像素单元,其中,所述光子晶体阵列形成于所述第一电极或第二电极的膜层中。
- 一种OLED显示面板,包括一个或更多个权利要求1至16中任一项所述的 OLED像素单元。
- 根据权利要求17所述的OLED显示面板,其中,有机发光二极管与相应的具有波长选择功能的光子晶体阵列在OLED显示面板上周期排列。
- 一种显示装置,包括权利要求17或18所述的OLED显示面板。
- 一种OLED像素单元的制备方法,用于制备权利要求1至16中任一项所述的OLED像素单元,所述制备方法包括:形成有机发光二极管;以及在所述形成有机发光二极管的步骤之前或之中,在所述有机发光二极管的出光侧形成光子晶体阵列。
- 根据权利要求20所述OLED像素单元的制备方法,采用以下技术其中之一来形成所述的光子晶体阵列:光刻刻蚀工艺、纳米压印工艺、离子束刻蚀工艺、热烘烤工艺、微球旋涂工艺、微球打印工艺、纳米颗粒旋涂技术、纳米颗粒打印技术。
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