Abstract:
A cracks propagation preventing, polarization film attaches to outer edges of a lower inorganic layer of an organic light emitting diodes display where the display is formed on a flexible substrate having the lower inorganic layer blanket formed thereon. The organic light emitting diodes display further includes a display unit positioned on the inorganic layer and including a plurality of organic light emitting diodes configured to display an image, and a thin film encapsulating layer covering the display unit and joining with edges of the inorganic layer extending beyond the display unit.

Description:
RELATED APPLICATIONS 
       [0001]    This application is a divisional of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 14/106,434, filed on Dec. 13, 2013, which claims priority to and the benefit of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2013-0063509 filed in the Korean Intellectual Property Office on Jun. 3, 2013, as authorized under 35 USC §119. The entire contents of these previously filed applications are incorporated herein by reference. 
     
    
     BACKGROUND 
       [0002]    1. Field of Disclosure 
         [0003]    The here described technology relates generally to an organic light emitting diodes display (OLEDD), and more particularly, to an organic light emitting diodes display having a planarization film, and a manufacturing method thereof. 
         [0004]    2. Description of Related Technology 
         [0005]    In an organic light emitting diodes display, a pixel circuit and an organic light emitting diode (OLED) are disposed at every pixel area on a substrate, and light emitted from the plurality of organic light emitting diodes is combined to display an image. If the organic light emitting diodes display uses a polymer film as its substrate it may have a bending characteristic. In such a case it includes a flexible thin film encapsulating layer to encapsulate the organic light emitting diodes. The flexible thin film encapsulating layer is susceptible to cracking when exposed to external impacts. 
         [0006]    During mass production fabrication, the pixel circuits, the organic light emitting diodes, and various wirings may be simultaneously formed while forming a plurality of display panels (referred to as unit cells) on a mother substrate, and then the monolithically integrated display panels are separated into individual unit cells by cutting the mother substrate. In this case, each unit cell is divided into a display area in which the pixel circuits and the organic light emitting diodes are positioned, and into a pad area in which pad electrodes are positioned. 
         [0007]    Particularly, in one mass production method of manufacturing the organic light emitting diodes display, the process may include the steps of (1) forming the plurality of unit cells on the mother substrate, (2) forming the thin film encapsulating layer on the display area of each unit cell, (3) attaching a passivation film to an entire upper portion of the mother substrate, (4) separating the mother substrate into the individual unit cells by cutting the mother substrate, (5) removing a portion of the passivation film corresponding to the pad area; (6) performing an examination after removing the portion corresponding to the pad area in the passivation film, (7) removing the passivation film of the unit cells that are determined from the examination to be non-defective product and (8) attaching a polarization film to such non-defective product. 
         [0008]    The aforementioned organic light emitting diodes display has a very complicated manufacturing process, and thus is difficult to mass produce with consistency and minimized defects. Further, in the process, a partial area of an inorganic layer (a barrier layer, a buffer layer, and the like) formed on the substrate may not be covered with the thin film encapsulating layer and the polarization film and thus it is exposed. When an external impact is applied to the exposed inorganic layer, cracks can easily occur, and the cracks are propagated into the display panel, thereby causing a contagious defect that can spread across the organic light emitting diodes displays of the mother substrate. 
         [0009]    It is to be understood that this background of the technology section is intended to provide useful background for understanding the here disclosed technology and as such, the technology background section may include ideas, concepts or recognitions that were not part of what was known or appreciated by those skilled in the pertinent art prior to corresponding invention dates of subject matter disclosed herein. 
       SUMMARY 
       [0010]    The described technology has been made in an effort to provide an organic light emitting diodes display capable of simplifying a manufacturing process and preventing a contagiously spread defect by suppressing an occurrence of cracks due to an exposure of an inorganic layer to crack inducing impacts. 
         [0011]    A cracks propagation preventing, polarization film attaches to outer edges of a lower inorganic layer of an organic light emitting diodes display where the display is formed a on a flexible substrate having the lower inorganic layer blanket formed thereon. The organic light emitting diodes display further includes a display unit positioned on and within an interior area of the inorganic layer and including a plurality of organic light emitting diodes configured to display an image, and a thin film encapsulating layer covering the display unit and joining with exterior edges of the inorganic layer that extend beyond the display unit. 
         [0012]    More specifically, an exemplary organic light emitting diodes display, includes a flexible substrate, an inorganic layer formed on an entire upper surface of the substrate, a display unit positioned on and in an interior portion of the inorganic layer and including a plurality of organic light emitting diodes to display an image, a thin film encapsulating layer fully covering the display unit and extending to attach to outer edges of the inorganic layer, and a polarization film attached to and fully covering the thin film encapsulating layer and extending to attach to yet further outer edges of the inorganic layer that are at an exterior side of the thin film encapsulating layer. 
         [0013]    A pads area may be positioned at an exterior side of the display unit on the substrate, and the polarization film may be attached on the entire remaining areas over the substrate, except for the pads area which is exposed to allow for electrical testing. The polarization film may include one edge, which is in contact with the pads area, and three edges, which are matched with edges of the substrate. The substrate may be formed of a polymer film, and the inorganic layer may include at least one of a barrier layer and a buffer layer. 
         [0014]    The disclosure provides a method of manufacturing an organic light emitting diodes display, including forming an inorganic layer to fully cover a flexible mother substrate, forming a plurality of spaced apart display units on the inorganic layer so as to form a matrix of unit cells, forming spaced apart thin film encapsulating layers at upper portions of the corresponding matrix of display units, respectively, attaching a polarization film exposed portions of the inorganic layer so as to also thereby fully cover the plurality of thin film encapsulating layers (while leaving exposed the pads areas so as to allow for electrical testing of the plural pads areas); and separating the plurality of unit cells into individual unit cells by cutting the mother substrate and the polarization film. 
         [0015]    The flexible mother substrate may be formed of a polymer film, and each of the plurality of unit cells may include a pads area at an exterior side of the display unit. The plurality of unit cells may be disposed as rows extending in two directions crossing each other, and each of the plurality of display units and the plurality of pad areas may be disposed in a row in one direction between the two directions. 
         [0016]    The polarization films having the same number as that of the mother substrates may be provided, and may be provided with openings through which the plurality of pads areas is exposed. The polarization films may be provided with slit-shaped openings parallel to the one direction to simultaneously expose the plurality of pad areas positioned in the one direction. One row of pad areas among the plurality of pad areas may be positioned at an exterior side of one side edge of the polarization film. 
         [0017]    In the meantime, the polarization films may be formed in rod shapes parallel to the one direction to cover one row of thin film encapsulating layers positioned in parallel to the one direction among the plurality of thin film encapsulating layers. The one side edge of the polarization film may be in contact with a boundary of the pad area toward the display unit, and an opposite side edge may be positioned at an exterior side of the edge of the thin film encapsulating layer. 
         [0018]    The polarization film in the individual unit cells may be positioned on the thin film encapsulating layer and in contact with the outer edges of the inorganic layer that extend beyond the exterior sides of the thin film encapsulating layer. 
     
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
         [0019]      FIG. 1  is a perspective view of an organic light emitting diodes display according to an exemplary embodiment. 
           [0020]      FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view of the organic light emitting diodes display taken along line A-A of  FIG. 1 . 
           [0021]      FIG. 3  is an enlarged cross-sectional view of a display unit and a thin film encapsulating layer illustrated in  FIG. 2 . 
           [0022]      FIG. 4  is a process flowchart illustrating a method of manufacturing the organic light emitting diodes display according to an exemplary embodiment. 
           [0023]      FIGS. 5, 6, and 7  are perspective views illustrating a mother substrate with plural ones of the organic light emitting diodes displays in the second step, the third step, and the fourth step illustrated in  FIG. 4 , respectively. 
           [0024]      FIG. 8  is a perspective view illustrating a first exemplary variation of a polarization film illustrated in  FIG. 7 . 
           [0025]      FIG. 9  is a perspective view illustrating a second exemplary variation of the polarization film illustrated in  FIG. 7 . 
           [0026]      FIG. 10  is a top plan view illustrating the organic light emitting diodes displays in the fifth step illustrated in  FIG. 4 . 
       
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
       [0027]    The present disclosure of invention will be described more fully hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which exemplary embodiments are shown. As those skilled in the art would realize in light of this disclosure, the described embodiments may be modified in various different ways, all without departing from the spirit or scope of the present teachings. 
         [0028]    Unless explicitly described to the contrary, the word “comprise” and variations such as “comprises” or “comprising”, will be understood to imply the inclusion of stated elements but not the exclusion of any other elements. Further, it will be understood that when an element such as a layer, film, region, or substrate is referred to as being “on” another element, it can be directly on the other element or intervening elements may also be present. Further, in the specification, the word “on” means positioning on or below the object portion, but does not essentially mean positioning on the upper side of the object portion based on a gravity direction. 
         [0029]      FIG. 1  is a perspective view of an organic light emitting diodes display according to an exemplary embodiment.  FIG. 2  is a cross-sectional view of the organic light emitting diodes display taken along line A-A of  FIG. 1 . 
         [0030]    Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 2 , an organic light emitting diodes display  100  includes a substrate  10 , and a display unit  20 , a thin film encapsulating layer  30 , and a polarization film  40  which are formed on the substrate  10  substantially in the recited order. 
         [0031]    The substrate  10 , which is a flexible film, may be formed of a transparent or opaque polymer film (for example, polyimide). The substrate  10  is subdivided into a display area DA and a pads area PA. The pads area PA is in contact with an edge of one side of the substrate  10 , and with wirings extending into the display area DA. The pads area PA is positioned so as to leave a predetermined distance from the edge of the substrate  10  to the remaining areas of the substrate  10 , except for the pad area PA. 
         [0032]    The display unit  20  includes a plurality of organic light emitting diodes and a plurality of pixel circuits that are positioned in the display area DA. At least one organic light emitting diode (OLED) and a corresponding pixel circuit are provided for each pixel. The display unit  20  displays an image by combining lights emitted from the plurality of organic light emitting diodes. 
         [0033]    Pad electrodes  11  are connected by way of integrally extending conductors to the respective pixel circuits of the display unit  20 . The pad electrodes  11  are positioned in the pads area PA. In one embodiment, the pad electrodes  11  are not only connected to the circuitry under the encapsulating layer  30  but also to external further circuitry such as a chip on film control circuit and/or an external printed circuit board, which are not illustrated. In other words, the pad electrodes  11  receive control and/or data signals from the external further circuitry for use in driving the pixels of the display area  20  (DA). Alternatively or additionally, one or more on-board integrated circuit chips (not illustrated) may be positioned in the pads area PA for serving as scan line drivers and/or data line drivers that respectively drive plural scan lines and plural data lines provided under the encapsulating layer  30 . 
         [0034]    It is to be observed that in the cross sectional view of  FIG. 2 , the thin film encapsulating layer  30  joins directly at its ends with an underlying inorganic layer  18  so as to thereby fully and protectively encapsulate the display unit  20 . 
         [0035]      FIG. 3  is an enlarged cross-sectional view of the display unit  20 , the thin film encapsulating layer  30  and the inorganic layer  18  where the inorganic layer is comprised of sublayers  12  and  13  (also referred to herein as layers  12  and  13 ). 
         [0036]    Referring to  FIG. 3 , sublayer  12  serves as a barrier layer  12  and sublayer  13  serves as a buffer layer  13 . These thin film sublayers,  12  and  13  are deposited on the entire upper surface of the flexible substrate  10  and are configured to flex with the flexible substrate  10 . The barrier layer  12  includes a plurality of different and relatively thin inorganic layers, and may be formed in a structure in which, for example, an SiO 2  layer and an SiNx layer are alternately and repeatedly stacked so as to provide flexibility and impermeability to oxygen and/or other corrosive materials (e.g., H2O). The barrier layer  12  has a substantially smaller moisture transmission rate and a substantially smaller oxygen transmission rate than those of the polymer substrate  10 . Thus the barrier layer  12  inhibits or prevents moisture and oxygen that permeates through the flexible polymer substrate  10  from further permeating inwardly so as to damage the pixel circuits and their corresponding organic light emitting diodes  50 . 
         [0037]    The buffer layer  13  is also formed of an inorganic layer, and may include, for example, a planarized SiO 2  or SiNx layer. The buffer layer  13  provides a flat dielectric surface for forming thereon the pixel circuit, and it also suppresses moisture and foreign substances from permeating inwardly to attack the pixel circuits and their corresponding organic light emitting diodes  50 . 
         [0038]    One or more thin film transistors such as the exemplary TFT  60  and one or more capacitors such as the exemplary Cst  70  are provided as encapsulated between the thin film encapsulating layer  30  and the inorganic layer  18  (comprised of sublayers  12  and  13 ) for forming a corresponding pixel circuit. The thin film transistor  60  includes a semiconductive layer  61 , a gate electrode  62 , and source/drain electrodes  63  and  64 . The semiconductive layer  61  may be formed of one of a polysilicon or of a semiconductive oxide, and it includes a channel area  611  in which an impurity is not heavily doped, and source/drain areas  612  and  613  in which one or more conductivity providing impurities are doped at both sides of the channel area  611 . When the semiconductive layer  61  is formed of the semiconductive oxide, a separate passivation layer (not shown) for protecting the semiconductive layer  61  may be added. 
         [0039]    A gate insulating layer  14  is positioned between the semiconductive layer  61  and the gate electrode  62 , and an interlayer insulating layer  15  is positioned between the gate electrode  62  and the source/drain electrodes  63  and  64 . The gate insulating layer  14  and the interlayer insulating layer  15  may be formed of an organic material or an inorganic material, such as SiO 2  and SiNx. 
         [0040]    The capacitor  70  includes a first plate capacitor  71  formed on the gate insulating layer  14 , and a second plate capacitor  72  formed on the interlayer insulating layer  15 . The first plate capacitor  71  may be formed of the same material as that of the gate electrode  62 , and the second plate capacitor  72  may be formed of the same material as those of the source/drain electrodes  63  and  64 . The second plate capacitor  72  may be connected with the source electrode  63 . 
         [0041]    The thin film transistor  60  illustrated in  FIG. 3  functions as an OLED driving film transistor. Although not shown, and the pixel circuit may further include a switching thin film transistor for selectively coupling a signal on an adjacent data line to the OLED driving transistor  60 . In other words, the switching thin film transistor is used as a switching element for selecting a pixel that is desired to be made to emit a certain predetermined magnitude of light, and the driving thin film transistor applies power for making the OLED  50  of the selected pixel emit that predetermined magnitude of light. 
         [0042]    A planarizing layer  16  is positioned on the source/drain electrodes  63  and  64  and the second plate capacitor  72 . The planarizing layer  16  is formed of an organic material or an inorganic material, or a complex form of an organic material and an inorganic material. An acryl-based resin, an epoxy resin, a phenol resin, a polyamide-based resin and the like may be used as the organic material. The planarizing layer  16  is provided with a via hole through which a part of the drain electrode  64  communicates to connect with the organic light emitting diode  50  that is formed on the planarizing layer  16 . 
         [0043]    The organic light emitting diode (OLED)  50  includes a pixel electrode  51 , an organic emission layer  52 , and a common electrode  53 . The pixel electrode  51  is individually formed at each pixel, and is connected with the drain electrode  64  of the thin film transistor  60  through the via hole. The common electrode  53  is formed of a light-passing material (e.g., ITO) and extends over the entire display area DA. A pixel bordering/defining layer  17  is positioned on the pixel electrode  51 . The pixel defining layer  17  is provided with an opening through which the pixel electrode  51  is exposed, and the organic emission layer  52  is formed at the opening to be in contact with the pixel electrode  51 . The pixel defining layer  17  may be formed of an opaque material. 
         [0044]    The organic emission layer  52  may be any one of a red emission layer, a green emission layer, and a blue emission layer. On the other hand, the organic emission layer  52  may be a white emission layer, or a stacked layer of the red emission layer, the green emission layer, and the blue emission layer. In a latter case, the organic light emitting diodes display  100  may further include one or more color filters (not illustrated). The color filters may include a red filter corresponding to a red pixel, a green filter corresponding to a green pixel, and a blue filter corresponding to a blue pixel. 
         [0045]    One of the pixel electrode  51  and the common electrode  53  serves as an anode which is a hole injection electrode, and the other serves as a cathode which is an electron injection electrode. Holes injected from the anode and electrons injected from the cathode are combined in the organic emission layer  52  to generate photons and thus light emission is performed when paired combinations (excitons) of combining holes and electrons join and discharge their combined energy. 
         [0046]    At least one of a hole injection layer and a hole transport layer may be positioned between the anode and the organic emission layer  52 , and at least one of an electron injection layer and an electron transport layer may be positioned between the organic emission layer  52  and the cathode. The hole injection layer, the hole transport layer, the electron transport layer, and the electron injection layer may be formed on the entire display area DA without distinction as to which pixel they belong to. 
         [0047]    The pixel electrode  51  may be a reflective electrode, while the common electrode  53  is a transflective (and thus resonance creating) or a transmissive electrode. The pixel electrode  51  may be a single layer or a multilayer containing at least one of aluminum (Al), gold (Au), silver (Ag), magnesium (Mg), lithium (Li), and calcium (Ca). The common electrode  53  may contain any one of an indium-tin oxide (ITO), an indium-zinc oxide (IZO), a zinc oxide (ZnO), and an indium oxide (In 2 O 3 ). 
         [0048]    Light emitted from the organic emission layer  52  is reflected from the pixel electrode  51 , penetrates the common electrode  53 , and then is discharged to the outside for perception by a user. In a case where the common electrode  53  is the transflective type, some of the light rays are reflected to the pixel electrode  51  from the common electrode  53  again to thereby form a resonant optics structure. 
         [0049]    The thin film encapsulating layer  30  is positioned on the plurality of organic light emitting diodes  50 . The thin film encapsulating layer  30  encapsulates the organic light emitting diodes  50  from an external environment containing moisture and oxygen to suppress deterioration in the organic light emitting diodes  50  due to exposure to moisture and/or oxygen. The thin film encapsulating layer  30  may be formed of a configuration in which a plurality of organic layers and a plurality of inorganic layers are alternately stacked one by one so as to provide flexibility. 
         [0050]    The organic layer of the thin film encapsulating layer  30  is formed of polymer, and may be a single layer or a stacked layer formed of any one of, for example, polyethyleneterephthalate, polyimide, polycarbonate, epoxy, polyethylene, and polyacrylate. The inorganic layer of the thin film encapsulating layer  30  may be a single layer or a stacked layer containing a silicon oxide or a silicon nitride, a metal oxide or a metal nitride. For example, the inorganic layer may contain any one of SiNx, Al 2 O 3 , SiO 2 , and TiO 2 . 
         [0051]    Referring to  FIGS. 1 to 4 , a polarization film  40  is attached on an exterior surface of the thin film encapsulating layer  30 , and suppresses external light reflection which might be induced by nonplanar structures within the display area (DA), thereby improving visibility of the display unit  20 . 
         [0052]    To reiterate, the inorganic layer  18  (see  FIGS. 1 and 2 ) on the substrate  10  is formed on the entire upper surface of the substrate  10  to have the same width as that of the substrate  10 . In this case, the inorganic layer  17  includes at least one of the aforementioned battier layer  12  and buffer layer  13 . The display unit  20  is disposed to be spaced apart from the edge of the substrate  10  toward an inner side of the substrate  10 . The thin film encapsulating layer  30  is formed to have a larger area than that of the display unit  20  and to thus; in combination with the inorganic layer  18  (i.e. layers  12 - 13 ) encapsulate the display unit  20 . The thin film encapsulating layer  30  is also disposed to be spaced apart from the edge of the substrate  10  toward the inner side of the substrate  10 . 
         [0053]    Additionally, the polarization film  40  is formed on the entire remaining areas of the substrate  10 , except for the pad area PA. That is, the polarization film  40  is formed to have the same size as those of the remaining areas of the substrate  10 , except for the pad area PA. In other words, three edges except for one edge of the four-edged polarization film  40  (where the one exception is the edge which is in contact with the pad area PA) are matched with the edges of the substrate  10  after the display cell unit is separated from its mother substrate. Accordingly, the inorganic layer  18  at an exterior side of the display unit  20  is covered with the polarization film  40  in the remaining areas of the substrate  10 , except for the pad area PA, so that the inorganic layer  18  is not exposed to scratching or crack-inducing impacts from the outside. 
         [0054]    The polarization film  40  covers and protects the inorganic layer  18  of the exterior side of the display unit  20 , thereby blocking most of the external impact applied to the inorganic layer  18  in a process of manufacturing the organic light emitting diodes display  100  and a process of assembling the organic light emitting diodes display  100  with other components after the manufacturing. 
         [0055]    Accordingly, the polarization film  40  suppresses an occurrence of cracks of the inorganic layer  18 , and even though the cracks occur in the inorganic layer  18  due to the external impact applied from a side surface, the polarization film  40  may block the cracks from being further propagated with the display unit  20  or to further display units of a common mother substrate. As a result, a contractible defect of the organic light emitting diodes display  100  according to the propagation of the cracks to the display unit  20  may be prevented or its spread reduced. 
         [0056]      FIG. 4  is a process flowchart illustrating a method of manufacturing the organic light emitting diodes display according to the exemplary embodiment. 
         [0057]    Referring to  FIG. 4 , the method of manufacturing the organic light emitting diodes display includes: (1) a first step S 10  of forming an inorganic layer on and over the whole surface of a mother substrate, (2) a second step S 20  of forming a plurality of display units on the inorganic layer so as to form a plurality of unit cells, and (3) a third step S 30  of forming a thin film encapsulating layer at an upper portion of each of the plurality of display units. Further, the method of manufacturing the organic light emitting diodes displays on a mother substrate includes (4) a fourth step S 40  of attaching a polarization film on the inorganic layer so as to cover a plurality of thin film encapsulating layers, and (5) a fifth step S 50  of separating the plurality of unit cells into individual unit cells by cutting the mother substrate and the polarization film. 
         [0058]      FIG. 5  is a perspective view illustrating the organic light emitting diodes display in the second step illustrated in  FIG. 4 . 
         [0059]    Referring to  FIGS. 1 and 5 , the inorganic layer  18  is blanket-formed (e.g., blanket deposited) on an entire upper surface of a mother substrate  110  (e.g., one formed of a base polymer). The inorganic layer includes at least one of the barrier layer  12  and the buffer layer  13 . 
         [0060]    The flexible mother substrate  110  of the first step S 10  and the second step S 20  is supported by a rigid carrier substrate (not illustrated) to maintain a flat state in a process of forming the inorganic layers  18  and the display units  20 . The carrier substrate may be a glass substrate, and the flexible mother substrate  110  may be formed by a method of spin coating a polymer material on the glass carrier substrate and curing the polymer material. The carrier substrate is separated from the mother substrate  110  after forming the thin film encapsulating layer  30  or attaching the cracks-suppressing polarization film  40 . 
         [0061]    The mother substrate  110  has a size sufficient for including a predetermined number of plural unit cells  120 , and the plurality of unit cells  120  is positioned in parallel in a first direction (x-axis direction) and a second direction (y-axis direction) crossing the first direction of the mother substrate. Each unit cell  120  includes a respective display area DA and a respective pads area PA. The display units  20  including the plurality of pixel circuits and the plurality of organic light emitting diodes are positioned in the display area DA. The pad electrodes (not illustrated) are connected with the respective pixel circuits and are positioned in the pads area PA. 
         [0062]    One or more integrated circuit chips (e.g., scan lines driving chip and/or data lines driving chip) may be mounted in the pads area PA in the second step S 20  or may be mounted in the pads area PA after the fifth step S 50 . In  FIG. 5 , a case where the display unit  20  and the pads area PA are adjacent in the first direction (x-axis direction) is illustrated as an example. 
         [0063]      FIG. 6  is a perspective view illustrating the organic light emitting diodes display in the third step illustrated in  FIG. 4 . 
         [0064]    Referring to  FIG. 6 , here the thin film encapsulating layer  30  has been formed at the upper portion of each of the plurality of display units  120  in the third step S 30 . The thin film encapsulating layer  30  is formed by a method in which the plurality of organic layers and the plurality of inorganic layers are alternately and repeatedly stacked one by one, and is formed to have a larger area than that of the respective display unit  120  to cover the edges of the display units  120  and to join with a part of the blanket-formed inorganic layer  18  (see  FIG. 2 ) to thereby individually encapsulate each respective display unit  20  (DA). 
         [0065]      FIG. 7  is a perspective view illustrating the organic light emitting diodes display in the fourth step illustrated in  FIG. 4 . 
         [0066]    Referring to  FIG. 7 , here the polarization film  40  has been blanket formed on top of the plurality of thin film encapsulating layers  30  in the fourth step S 40 . The polarization film  40  is one sheet of polarization film material corresponding to the full extent of the mother substrate  110 . After or during formation, the one sheet of polarization film  40  is provided with openings  41  as illustrated such that the respective plurality of pads areas PA are exposed and the respective display units  120  can be electrically tested. The one sheet of polarization film  40  simultaneously covers the whole of the thin film encapsulating layers  30  formed on the mother substrate  110 , and is in contact with the inorganic layer  18  at the exterior side of the thin film encapsulating layer  30  of each of the respective display units  120 . 
         [0067]    The plurality of pads areas PA are positioned in parallel in the second direction (y-axis direction) based on  FIG. 7 . The polarization film  40  is provided with the slit-shaped openings  41  parallel to the second direction, to expose the plurality of pad areas PA positioned in the second direction by using one opening  41 . The number of openings  41  may be the same as the number of unit cells  120  positioned on the mother substrate in the first direction (x-axis direction). 
         [0068]      FIG. 8  is a perspective view illustrating a first exemplary variation of the patterning of the polarization film as compared to the one illustrated in  FIG. 7 . 
         [0069]    Referring to  FIG. 8 , in the first exemplary variation, a modified polarization film  401  covers the remaining areas of the mother substrate  110 , except for one row of pad areas PA (pad areas positioned at a right-side end (right side in the drawing) of the mother substrate based on  FIG. 8 ) positioned at an outermost side of the mother substrate  110 . That is, the one row of pad areas PA are positioned at an exterior side of an edge of one side of the polarization film  401 . Thus, less material may be used for forming the modified polarization film  401  as compared to the polarization film  400  of  FIG. 7  which covers the entire mother substrate. 
         [0070]    The polarization film  401  is provided with openings  41  for the remaining rows of pad areas PA, except for the aforementioned one row of pad areas PA, to expose the pad areas PA. The number of openings  41  of the polarization film  401  in the first exemplary variation is the same as the number subtracted by 1 from the number of unit cells positioned in the first direction (x-axis direction). One sheet of the polarization film  401  of the first exemplary variation also simultaneously covers the whole of the plurality of thin film encapsulating layers  30  formed on the mother substrate  110 , and is in contact with the inorganic layer  18  at the exterior side of the thin film encapsulating layer  30 . 
         [0071]      FIG. 9  is a perspective view illustrating a second exemplary variation of the polarization film as compared to the one  400  illustrated in  FIG. 7 . 
         [0072]    Referring to  FIG. 9 , plural polarization films  402  are deposited in rod (rectangular bar) shapes in the second exemplary variation. The plurality of thin film encapsulating layers  30  are positioned in parallel in the second direction (y-axis direction) based on  FIG. 9 . The rod-shaped polarization films  402  simultaneously each covers one respective row of the thin film encapsulating layers  30  positioned in the second direction. Thus, less material may be used for forming the second modified polarization film  402  as compared to the polarization film  400  of  FIG. 7  which covers the entire mother substrate. 
         [0073]    The number of rod-shaped polarization films  402  may be the same as the number of unit cells  120  positioned in the first direction (x-axis direction) on the mother substrate  110 . One side edge of the polarization film  402  is in contact with the boundary of the pads area PA toward the display area DA, and an opposite side edge thereof is positioned at an exterior side of the edge of the thin film encapsulating layer  30 . That is, the polarization film  402  is formed to be larger than the thin film encapsulating layer  30  to be in contact with the inorganic layer  18  on the mother substrate  110 . 
         [0074]      FIG. 10  is a top plan view illustrating the organic light emitting diodes display in the fifth step illustrated in  FIG. 4 . 
         [0075]    Referring to  FIG. 10 , the mother substrate  110  in the fifth step S 50  is cut (diced) along a first cutting line CL 1  to be separated by a rod unit in which the plurality of unit cells  120  is connected in one direction. Then, the mother substrate  110  is cut along a second cutting line CL 2  to be separated into individual unit cells. The first cutting line CL 1  is parallel to any one direction of the first direction (x-axis direction) and the second direction (y-axis direction), and the second cutting line CL 2  crosses the first cutting line CL 1 . 
         [0076]    According to the aforementioned method of manufacturing the organic light emitting diodes display  100 , after the thin film encapsulating layer  30  is formed, the respective polarization film  40 ,  401 , or  402  is attached instead of a passivation film. In this case, the plurality of thin film encapsulating layers  30  may be simultaneously covered by using one sheet or several sheets of polarization films  40 ,  401 , or  402 . The attached polarization film (e.g.,  40 ,  401 , or  402 ) simultaneously suppresses crack formation and reduces perception of artifact lights from internal reflections. Accordingly, it is possible to omit a process of attaching a passivation film and a process of removing the passivation film, and it is possible to simplify a process of attaching the polarization film which has been performed on each of the unit cells  120 . 
         [0077]    Further, the polarization film  40 ,  401 , or  402  covers and protects the inorganic layer  18  at the exterior side of the thin film encapsulating layer  30 . Accordingly, the organic layer  18  at the exterior side of the thin film encapsulating layer  30  is not exposed to the outside during the entire manufacturing and assembling processes after the polarization film  40 ,  401 , or  402  is attached. 
         [0078]    Accordingly, it is possible to suppress an occurrence of cracks in the inorganic layer  18  due to external impact, and even though the cracks occur in one spot in the inorganic layer  18  due to the external impact applied from the side surface, the cracks is not propagated to the display units  120  of the mother substrate by the polarization film  40 ,  401 , or  402 , thereby not causing a contagiously spread defect. 
         [0079]    Whether the organic light emitting diodes display  100  after the fifth step S 50  is a non-defective product is determined through an inspection process, and a process of assembling the chip on film and the printed circuit board is performed on the organic light emitting diodes display  100  which is determined as the non-defective product. 
         [0080]    According to the present exemplary embodiment, it is possible to suppress an occurrence of spreading cracks of the inorganic layer, and even though the cracks may occur in one spot the inorganic layer, it is possible to block the cracks from being propagated to the other display units of a shared mother substrate. Accordingly, it is possible to prevent a contractible defect according to the propagation of the cracks to the other display units. Further, it is possible to omit a process of attaching a passivation film and removing the passivation film, and to simplify a process of attaching the polarization film. 
         [0081]    While this disclosure has been described in connection with what is presently considered to be practical exemplary embodiments, it is to be understood that the present disclosure of invention is not limited to the disclosed embodiments, but, on the contrary, is intended to cover various modifications and equivalent arrangements included within the spirit and scope of the present teachings.