Patent Publication Number: US-11049919-B2

Title: Organic light emitting display device

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application is a Continuation of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 16/408,259, filed May 9, 2019, which is a Continuation of Ser. No. 15/968,594, filed May 1, 2018, which is a Continuation of U.S. application Ser. No. 15/271,450, filed Sep. 21, 2016, which claims priority from Korean Patent Application No. 10-2015-0134419, filed on Sep. 23, 2015, all of which are hereby incorporated by reference for all purposes as if fully set forth herein. 
    
    
     BACKGROUND 
     Field of the Invention 
     The present invention relates to an organic light emitting display device that displays an image. 
     Description of the Related Art 
     An organic light emitting display device, which has recently attracted a lot of attention as a display device, uses a self-emitting organic light emitting diode (OLED). Thus, the organic light emitting display device has advantages of a high response speed, increased contrast ratio, increased luminous efficiency, high brightness, and wide view angle. 
     Light emitted from an organic emission layer of the organic light emitting display device is output to the outside of the organic light emitting display device through various elements in the organic light emitting display device. However, a portion of the light emitted from the organic emission layer may not be output to the outside of the organic light emitting display device but may be confined in the organic light emitting display device, thereby causing problems with the light extraction efficiency of the organic light emitting display device. To improve the light extraction efficiency of the organic light emitting display device, a method of attaching a micro lens array (MLA) to an outer surface of a substrate of the organic light emitting display device has been used. 
     SUMMARY 
     Accordingly, the present invention is directed to an organic light emitting display device that substantially obviates one or more of the problems due to limitations and disadvantages of the related art. 
     An object of the present invention is to provide an organic light emitting display device that can improve external luminous efficiency and reduce power consumption. 
     Additional features and advantages of the invention will be set forth in the description that follows, and in part will be apparent from the description, or may be learned by practice of the invention. The objectives and other advantages of the invention will be realized and attained by the structure particularly pointed out in the written description and claims hereof as well as the appended drawings. 
     To achieve these and other advantages and in accordance with the purpose of the present invention, as embodied and broadly described, an organic light emitting display device comprises an overcoating layer on a substrate; a first electrode on the overcoating layer; a bank layer on the overcoating layer and the first electrode, the bank layer including an opening through which the first electrode is exposed; a pattern layer having an island shape on the exposed portion of the first electrode; an organic emission layer on the first electrode and the pattern layer; and a second electrode on the organic emission layer. 
     It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory and are intended to provide further explanation of the invention as claimed. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS 
       The accompanying drawings, which are included to provide a further understanding of the invention and are incorporated in and constitute a part of this specification, illustrate embodiments of the invention and together with the description serve to explain the principles of the invention. In the drawings: 
         FIG. 1  is a cross-sectional view of an organic light emitting display device according to an example embodiment; 
         FIG. 2  is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an area X of  FIG. 1 ; 
         FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view of an organic light emitting display device according to another example embodiment; 
         FIG. 4A  is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an area Y of  FIG. 3 ; 
         FIG. 4B  is a partial plane view of an overcoating layer, a first electrode, and a pattern layer in the area Y of  FIG. 3 ; 
         FIG. 5  is a partial cross-sectional view of an organic light emitting display device according to a comparative example; 
         FIG. 6  is a cross-sectional view illustrating an example of an overcoating layer in a general organic light emitting display device; 
         FIG. 7  is a cross-sectional view illustrating a modification example of an overcoating layer in the organic light emitting display device according to another example embodiment; 
         FIG. 8A  through  FIG. 8C  are diagrams comparatively illustrating an external light extraction efficiency and a distribution (view angle) depending on a location of an emission surface of an organic emission layer (adjustment of an effective emission area) with an adjusted thickness of a pattern layer disposed on a concave portion of an overcoating layer; 
         FIG. 9  is a cross-sectional view provided to explain an organic light emitting display device including an overcoating layer having a plurality of convex portions according to yet another example embodiment; and 
         FIG. 10  is a schematic system configuration view of an organic light emitting display device according to the present example embodiments. 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. When reference numerals refer to components of each drawing, although the same components are illustrated in different drawings, the same components are referred to by the same reference numerals as possible. Further, if it is considered that description of related known configuration or function may cloud the gist of the present invention, the description thereof will be omitted. 
     Further, in describing components of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) can be used. These terms are used only to differentiate the components from other components. Therefore, the nature, order, sequence, or number of the corresponding components is not limited by these terms. It is to be understood that when one element is referred to as being “connected to” or “coupled to” another element, it may be directly connected to or directly coupled to another element, connected to or coupled to another element, having still another element “intervening” therebetween, or “connected to” or “coupled to” another element via still another element. 
       FIG. 1  is a cross-sectional view of an organic light emitting display device according to an example embodiment.  FIG. 2  is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an area X of  FIG. 1 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 1  and  FIG. 2 , an organic light emitting display device  100  may include a substrate  110 , a thin-film transistor  120 , a color filter  150 , an overcoating layer  160 , a pattern layer  137 , and an organic light emitting diode  140 . 
     The thin-film transistor  120 , which includes a gate electrode  121 , an active layer  122 , a source electrode  123 , and a drain electrode  124 , is on the substrate  110 . Specifically, the gate electrode  121  is on the substrate  110 , and a gate insulation layer  131  configured to insulate the gate electrode  121  and the active layer  122  is on the gate electrode  121  and the substrate  110 . Further, the active layer  122  is disposed on the gate insulation layer  131 , and an etch stopper  132  is on the active layer  122 . Furthermore, the source electrode  123  and the drain electrode  124  are on the active layer  122  and the etch stopper  132 . The source electrode  123  and the drain electrode  124  are electrically connected to the active layer  122  to be in contact with the active layer  122  and on a portion of the etch stopper  132 . The etch stopper  132  may be omitted. 
     In  FIGS. 1 and 2 , from among various thin-film transistors that can be included in the organic light emitting display device  100 , only a driving thin-film transistor has been illustrated for convenience in explanation. Further, in the thin-film transistor  120  may have an inverted staggered structure or a bottom-gate structure in which the gate electrode  121  is located across from the source electrode  123  and the drain electrode  124  with the active layer  122  interposed therebetween. However, a thin-film transistor may be used having a coplanar structure or a top-gate structure in which the gate electrode  121  is located on the same side of the active layer  122  as the source electrode  123  and the drain electrode  124 . 
     In  FIGS. 1 and 2 , a passivation layer  133  is on the thin-film transistor  120 , and the color filter  150  is on the passivation layer  133 . The color filter  150  is configured to convert the color of a light emitted from an organic emission layer  142 , and may be one of a red color filter, a green color filter, and a blue color filter. 
     The overcoating layer  160  is on the color filter  150  and the passivation layer  133 . The overcoating layer  160  includes a flat top surface. The organic light emitting diode  140  (which includes a first electrode  141 , the organic emission layer  142 , and a second electrode  143 ), a bank layer  136 , and a pattern layer  137  are on the overcoating layer  160 . 
     The bank layer  136  is on the overcoating layer  160  and the first electrode  141 , and includes an opening  136   a  through which the first electrode  141  is exposed. The bank layer  136  is configured to distinguish adjacent pixel (or subpixel) areas, and may be between the adjacent pixel (or subpixel) areas. 
     The pattern layer  137  is on the first electrode  150 . The pattern layer  137  has an island shape on the first electrode  150  exposed through the opening  136   a  of the bank layer  136 . 
     The pattern layer  137  may include the same material as the bank layer  136 . In terms of processes, after the flat overcoating layer  160  is formed, the first electrode  141  is formed on the overcoating layer  160 . An original material of the bank layer  136  and the pattern layer  137  is coated on the overcoating layer  160  and the entire surface of the first electrode  141 . Then, an exposure and development process is performed using a mask corresponding to the opening  136   a  of the bank layer  136  and the pattern layer  137 . Herein, a location corresponding to the pattern layer  137  is exposed and developed with a smaller amount of light than a related art process. Thus, the bank layer  136  and the pattern layer  137  can be formed of the same material as the bank layer  136  at the same time without a specially added process or mask. 
     The organic emission layer  142  is disposed on the first electrode  141  and the pattern layer  137 , and the second electrode  143  configured to supply one of an electron or a hole to the organic emission layer  142  is on the organic emission layer  142 . 
     In the opening  136   a  of the bank layer  136 , the first electrode  141  on the overcoating layer  160  has a shape according to the surface topology of the overcoating layer  160 . That is, in the opening  136   a  of the bank layer  136 , the first electrode  141  on the overcoating layer  160  has a flat shape including flat bottom and top surfaces. The organic emission layer  142  and the second electrode  143  are disposed along a shape of the top surface of the first electrode  141  according to the surface morphology of the overcoating layer  160  and a shape of a top surface of the pattern layer  137 . Thus, the organic emission layer  142  and the second electrode  143  have non-flat top and bottom surfaces. Therefore, the first electrode  141  has a flat shape, whereas the organic emission layer  142  and the second electrode  143  have a convex shape on the pattern layer  137 . As a result, in the organic light emitting display device  100 , the pattern layer  137  is on the first electrode  141  and the organic emission layer  142  and the second electrode  143  have bends. Thus, the organic light emitting display device  100  includes a micro lens array (MLA) structure. 
     In the organic light emitting display device  100 , a concave portion or a convex portion is not formed on the overcoating layer  160  and the bank layer  136 , and the pattern layer  137  are formed at the same time. Thus, it is possible to form a micro lens array structure without an additional process. Because the micro lens array structure is formed using the pattern layer  137 , the external light extraction efficiency can be improved. 
       FIG. 3  is a cross-sectional view of an organic light emitting display device according to another example embodiment.  FIG. 4A  is an enlarged cross-sectional view of an area Y of  FIG. 3 .  FIG. 4B  is a partial plane view of an overcoating layer, a first electrode, and a pattern layer in the area Y of  FIG. 3 . 
     With reference to  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 4A , an organic light emitting display device  300  includes a substrate  310 , a thin-film transistor  320 , a color filter  350 , an overcoating layer  360 , a pattern layer  337 , and an organic light emitting diode  340 . 
     The organic light emitting display device  300  illustrated in  FIG. 3  and  FIG. 4A  are a bottom-emission organic light emitting display device. However, the organic light emitting display device  300  may be a top-emission organic light emitting display device in which the color filter  350  is located across from the substrate  310 . 
     The thin-film transistor  320  including a gate electrode  321 , an active layer  322 , a source electrode  323 , and a drain electrode  324  is disposed on the substrate  310 . Specifically, the gate electrode  321  is on the substrate  310 , and a gate insulation layer  331  configured to insulate the gate electrode  321  and the active layer  322  is disposed on the gate electrode  321  and the substrate  310 . Further, the active layer  322  is on the gate insulation layer  331 , and an etch stopper  332  is disposed on the active layer  322 . Furthermore, the source electrode  323  and the drain electrode  324  are on the active layer  322  and the etch stopper  332 . The source electrode  323  and the drain electrode  324  are electrically connected to the active layer  322  to be in contact with the active layer  322  and on a portion of the etch stopper  332 . The etch stopper  332  may be omitted. 
     A passivation layer  333  is disposed on the thin-film transistor  320 , and the color filter  350  is disposed on the passivation layer  333 . 
       FIG. 4A  illustrates that the passivation layer  333  flattens an upper part of the thin-film transistor  320 . However, the passivation layer  333  may not flatten the upper part of the thin-film transistor  320 , but may be disposed according to the surface morphology of elements located under the passivation layer  333 . 
     The color filter  350  is configured to convert a color of the light emitted from an organic emission layer  342 , and may be one of a red color filter, a green color filter, and a blue color filter. The color filter  350  is at a location corresponding to an emission area on the passivation layer  333 . Herein, the emission area refers to an area where a light is emitted from the organic emission layer  342  by the first electrode  341  and the second electrode  343 . The color filter  350  is at a location corresponding to the emission area, which means that the color filter  350  is disposed to suppress occurrence of blurring phenomenon or ghost phenomenon caused by mixing of lights emitted from adjacent emission areas. 
     For example, the color filter  350  may overlap the emission area. Herein, a location and a size of the color filter  350  may be determined by various factors including a size and a location of the emission area, a distance between the color filter  350  and the first electrode  341 , a distance between the color filter  350  and a concave portion  361  (or a convex portion) of the overcoating layer  360 , and a distance between emission areas. 
     The overcoating layer  360  is disposed on the color filter  350  and the passivation layer  333 .  FIG. 4A  illustrates that the passivation layer  333  (see  FIG. 3 ) is included in the organic light emitting display device  300 . However, the passivation layer  333  may be omitted, and the overcoating layer  360  may be directly on the thin-film transistor  320 . Further,  FIG. 4A  illustrates that the color filter  350  is on the passivation layer  333  (see  FIG. 3 ), but the present invention is not limited thereto. The color filter  350  may be provided at any location between the overcoating layer  360  and the substrate  310 . 
     The overcoating layer  360  includes a plurality of concave portions  361  to overlap the color filter  350  and a first connection portion  362  that connects the concave portions  361  adjacent to each other.  FIG. 4A  is a cross-sectional view of the plurality of concave portions  361  having a hexagonal shape. The first connection portion  362  is a higher portion between the concave portions  361  adjacent to each other. The overcoating layer  360  functions as a flattening layer in an area where the plurality of concave portions  361  is disposed. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4B , each of the plurality of concave portions  361  (see  FIG. 4A ) and the first connection portion  362  may have an overall hexagonal shape in a plane view, but is not limited thereto and may have various shapes such as an overall hemispherical shape, semi-elliptical shape or square shape. The plurality of concave portions  361  may be disposed in a hexagonal honeycomb structure in a plane view. In other words, a hexagonal concave portion  361  shares one side with another adjacent concave portion  361  to be formed as one body having a hexagonal honeycomb structure. 
     The organic light emitting diode  340  including a first electrode  341 , the organic emission layer  342 , and a second electrode  343 , a bank layer  336 , and a pattern layer  337  are disposed on the overcoating layer  360 . Herein, although not illustrated, a second insulating passivation layer (not illustrated) configured to suppress the spread of outgassing from the overcoating layer  360  to the organic light emitting diode  340  to reduce the lifetime of the organic light emitting diode, and having a shape according to the morphology of the concave portions  361  of the overcoating layer  360  and a refractive index similar to that of the first electrode  341  may be further disposed between the overcoating layer  360  and the first electrode  341 . 
     Specifically, the first electrode  341  configured to supply one of an electron or a hole to the organic emission layer  342  is disposed on a portion of the overcoating layer  360 . The first electrode  341  may be a positive electrode, a pixel electrode, or an anode in a normal OLED, or may be a negative electrode, a pixel electrode, or a cathode in an inverted OLED. 
     The first electrode  341  may be connected to the source electrode  323  of the thin-film transistor  320  through a contact hole formed in the overcoating layer  360 . Here, the first electrode  341  is described as being connected to the source electrode  323  on the assumption that the thin-film transistor  320  is an N-type thin-film transistor. However, if the thin-film transistor  320  is a P-type thin-film transistor, the first electrode  341  may be connected to the drain electrode  324 . The first electrode  341  may be electrically connected to the organic emission layer  342  directly contacting the organic emission layer  342  or contacting the organic emission layer  342  with a conductive material interposed therebetween. 
     The first electrode  341  is disposed in a shape according to the surface morphology of the overcoating layer  360 . Therefore, the first electrode  341  having a concave morphology on the concave portion  361  of the overcoating layer  360 . 
     The bank layer  336  is on the overcoating layer  360  and the first electrode  341  and includes an opening  336   a  through which the first electrode  341  is exposed. The bank layer  336  is configured to distinguish adjacent pixel (or subpixel) areas, and may be disposed between the adjacent pixel (or subpixel) areas. The concave portions  361  and the first connection portion  362  of the overcoating layer  360  are disposed to overlap the opening  336   a  of the bank layer  336 . As described above, the concave portions  361  and the first connection portion  362  of the overcoating layer  360  overlapping the color filter  350 . Thus, the concave portions  361  and the first connection portion  362  of the overcoating layer  360  overlap the color filter  350  thereunder and also overlap the opening  336   a  of the bank layer  336  thereon. The pattern layer  337  is on the first electrode  341 . The pattern layer  337  has an island shape on the first electrode  341  exposed through the opening  336   a  of the bank layer  336 . That is, the pattern layer  337  on the first electrode  341  partially fills recessed areas of the plurality of concave portions  361  of the overcoating layer  360 . The pattern layer  337  may be located in all of the plurality concave portions as illustrated in  FIG. 4B , but is not limited thereto. The pattern layer  337  may be located in some of the plurality of concave portions. The pattern layer  337  may lessen bends of a surface on which the organic light emitting diode  340  is disposed. 
     The pattern layer  337  may include the same material as the bank layer  336 . In terms of processes, after the overcoating layer  360  including the concave portions  361  and the first connection portion  362  is formed, the first electrode  341  is formed on the overcoating layer  360 . An original material of the bank layer  336  and the pattern layer  337  is coated on the overcoating layer  360  and the entire surface of the first electrode  341 . Then, an exposure and development process is performed using a mask corresponding to the opening  336   a  of the bank layer  336  and the pattern layer  337 . Herein, a location corresponding to the pattern layer  337  is exposed and developed with a smaller amount of light than a conventional process. Thus, the bank layer  336  and the pattern layer  337  can be formed of the same material as the bank layer  336  at the same time without a specially added process or mask. 
     The organic emission layer  342  is disposed on the first electrode  341  and the pattern layer  337 , and the second electrode  343  configured to supply one of an electron or a hole to the organic emission layer  342  is disposed on the organic emission layer  342 . The organic emission layer  342  is disposed in a structure (e.g., tandem white) in which a plurality of organic emission layers is laminated to emit a white light. The organic emission layer  342  includes a first organic emission layer configured to emit a blue light and a second organic emission layer disposed on the first organic emission layer and configured to emit a light of a color which turns to white when mixed with blue. The second organic emission layer may be, for example, an organic emission layer that emits a yellow-green light. Meanwhile, the organic emission layer  342  may include only an organic emission layer that emits one of a blue light, a red light, and a green light. In this case, the color filter  350  may not be provided. The second electrode  343  may be a negative electrode, a common electrode, or a cathode in a normal OLED, or may be a positive electrode, a common electrode, or an anode in an inverted OLED. 
     The organic emission layer  342  and the second electrode  343  are disposed along a shape of the top surface of the first electrode  341  according to the surface morphology of the overcoating layer  360  and a shape of a top surface of the pattern layer  337  disposed on the first electrode  341  and partially filing the recessed areas of the plurality of concave portions  361  of the overcoating layer  360 , thereby having non-flat top and bottom surfaces. For example, if the organic emission layer  342  and the second electrode  343  are disposed by deposition, the organic emission layer  342  and the second electrode  343  are disposed according to the morphology of the top surfaces of the first electrode  341  and the pattern layer  337 . 
     With reference to  FIG. 4A , a thickness of the organic emission layer  342  between the concave portion  361  and the first connection portion  362  of the overcoating layer  360  may be less than a thickness of the organic emission layer  342  at the bottom of the concave portion  361  or the top of the first connection portion  362  of the overcoating layer  360 . Particularly, the organic emission layer  342  may have the least thickness at a location where the organic emission layer  342  has the highest slope between the concave portion  361  and the first connection portion  362  of the overcoating layer  360 . 
     For example, if the organic emission layer  342  is formed by deposition, the organic emission layer  342  deposited in a direction perpendicular to the substrate  310  has the same thickness. However, the organic emission layer  342  has a shape according to the morphology of the overcoating layer  360 . Thus, actually, the organic emission layer  342  has the least thickness for current drive between the first electrode  341  and the second electrode  342  at a location where the organic emission layer  342  has the highest slope, and has the greatest thickness at a location where the organic emission layer  342  has the lowest slope, i.e., at the bottom or the top. 
     In terms of an emission amount of the organic emission layer  342  depending on a thickness of the organic emission layer  342 , an emission amount per unit area of the organic emission layer  342  between the concave portion  361  and the first connection portion  362  of the overcoating layer  360  may be greater than an emission amount per unit area of the organic emission layer  342  at the bottom of the concave portion  361  or the top of the first connection portion  362 . Particularly, the organic emission layer  342  may have the greatest emission amount at a location where the organic emission layer  342  has the highest slope between the concave portion  361  and the first connection portion  362  of the overcoating layer  360 . 
       FIG. 5  is a partial cross-sectional view of an organic light emitting display device according to a comparative example. 
     As shown in  FIG. 5 , an organic light emitting display device  500  according to the comparative example may include a color filter  550  and an overcoating layer  560  having concave portions  561  and a first connection portion  562 . Further, the organic light emitting display device  500  includes an organic light emitting diode  540  including a first electrode  541 , an organic emission layer  542 , and a second electrode  543  disposed in sequence on the overcoating layer  560 . The organic light emitting display device  500  according to the comparative example does not include the pattern layer  337  included in the organic light emitting display device  300  according to another example embodiment, and the first electrode  541 , the organic emission layer  542 , and the second electrode  543  have a shape according to the surface topology of the overcoating layer  560 . 
     If the organic light emitting diode  540  has a micro lens array structure for improving external light extraction efficiency, concave bends are formed on a surface of the organic light emitting diode  540  by the concave portions  561  of the overcoating layer  560  due to characteristics of the pattern as illustrated in  FIG. 5 . As the slope is increased, a thickness of the organic emission layer  542  between the first electrode  541  and the second electrode  543  is decreased so that an effective emission area C where an electric field is locally concentrated, i.e., an area between the concave portion  561  and the first connection portion  562  of the overcoating layer  560 , is generated. When the organic light emitting diode  540  is driven, an electric field is locally concentrated and a main current path is formed in the effective emission area, so that emission mainly occurs in the effective emission area. However, the concave portion  561  of the overcoating layer  560  is a non-effective emission area D, and light is hardly extracted from the non-effective emission area D. Although the non-effective emission area D consumes power, light is hardly extracted from the non-effective emission area D. Thus, the external light extraction efficiency is decreased. 
     Further, the bends of the concave portions  561  of the overcoating layer  560  mainly reflect an external light, thereby increasing reflectivity. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 4A  and  FIG. 4B , an area A where the pattern layer  337  is not disposed on the first electrode  341  exposed through the opening  336   a  of the bank layer  336  corresponds to an effective emission area which emits a light because the pattern layer  337  is not disposed between the first electrode  341  and the organic emission layer  342  and the second electrode  343 . An area B where the pattern layer  337  is disposed on the first electrode  341  exposed through the opening  336   a  of the bank layer  336  corresponds to a non-effective emission area, which does not emit a light because the pattern layer  337  is disposed between the first electrode  341  and the organic emission layer  342  and the second electrode  343 . 
     In the organic light emitting display device  300  according to another example embodiment, the organic emission layer  342  has a non-uniform thickness due to the bends of the surface of the organic light emitting diode  340  caused by the bends of the concave portions  361  of the overcoating layer  360  and a current applied is concentrated in an area having a high slope so that a light is emitted from the effective emission area A only. However, in the non-effective emission area B, the pattern layer  337  is disposed between the first electrode  341  and the organic emission layer  342  and the second electrode  343 , so that a light cannot be emitted. Therefore, it is possible to minimize or suppress most of the light from being confined in the organic light emitting diode  340  without a contribution to improvement of light extraction efficiency in a non-effective emission area D as illustrated in  FIG. 5 . Further, it is possible to minimize or suppress the light confined in the organic light emitting diode  340  from remaining as light leakage components in the non-effective emission area D as illustrated in  FIG. 5 . Accordingly, the external light extraction efficiency of the organic light emitting diode  340  can be maximized. 
     In the organic light emitting display device  300  according to another example embodiment, the pattern layer  337  disposed on the concave portion  561  of the overcoating layer  560  lessens bends of the overcoating layer  560 . Thus, an external light reflectivity can be decreased. 
     Table 1 lists a measurement result of a driving voltage V, a current density J, a luminous efficiency cd/A, and an external quantum efficiency EQE of the organic light emitting display device  300  according to another example embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 3  through  FIG. 4B  and the organic light emitting display device  500  according to the comparative example illustrated in  FIG. 5 . In Table 1, the external quantum efficiency EQE can be defined by multiplying internal quantum efficiency IQE and a light extraction efficiency together. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 J 
                   
                 Improve- 
                   
                 Improve- 
               
               
                   
                 Volt 
                 (mA/ 
                   
                 ment rate 
                   
                 ment rate 
               
               
                   
                 (V) 
                 cm2) 
                 cd/A 
                 (%) 
                 EQE 
                 (%) 
               
               
                   
                   
               
             
            
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Organic light 
                 7.43 
                 10 
                 85.41 
                 36.1 
                 33.07 
                 41.6 
               
               
                 emitting dis- 
               
               
                 play device 
               
               
                 500 according 
               
               
                 to Compara- 
               
               
                 tive Example 
               
               
                 Organic light 
                 7.55 
                 10 
                 100.41 
                 45.6 
                 39.08 
                 50.6 
               
               
                 emitting dis- 
               
               
                 play device 
               
               
                 300 according 
               
               
                 to example 
               
               
                 embodiment 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As can be seen from Table 1, the organic light emitting display device  300  according to another example embodiment illustrated in  FIG. 3  through  FIG. 4B  is improved in luminous efficiency and external quantum efficiency by 10% or more, for example, about 15%, as compared with the organic light emitting display device  500  according to the comparative example illustrated in  FIG. 5 . 
     Meanwhile, in the organic light emitting display device  300  according to another example embodiment described with reference to  FIG. 3  through  FIG. 4B , the color filter  350  disposed under the overcoating layer  360  to overlap the opening  336   a  of the bank layer  336  is not in contact with the first electrode  341 . 
     If the plurality of concave portions  361  is formed in the overcoating layer  360  using a negative photoresist material through photolithography or the like, as illustrated in  FIG. 6 , the easiest way to form the concave portions  361  of the overcoating layer  360  with good uniformity of the entire substrate is to expose bottoms  361   a  of the concave portions  361 . Herein, if the bottoms  361   a  of the concave portions  361  are exposed, the color filter  350  is also exposed. Thus, there may be a big problem with the reliability of the organic light emitting diode  340 . For this reason, even if the concave portions  361  of the overcoating layer  360  are satisfactory in shape, the concave portions  361  of the overcoating layer  360  may not be applied to the organic light emitting display device  300 . 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 7 , in the organic light emitting display device  300  according to another example embodiment, the bottoms  361   a  of the plurality of concave portions  361  of the overcoating layer  360  are opened and the first electrode  341  may be in contact with the color filter  350  through the opened concave portions  361 . 
     Therefore, if the plurality of concave portions  361  is formed in the overcoating layer  360  using a negative photoresist material through photolithography or the like, the concave portions  361  of the overcoating layer  360  are formed with high uniformity over the entire substrate, and the pattern layer  337  is on the concave portions  361  of the overcoating layer  360  so that a non-effective emission area is formed. Thus, the reliability of the organic light emitting diode  340  can be maintained. 
       FIG. 8A  through  FIG. 8C  are diagrams comparatively illustrating an external light extraction efficiency and a distribution (view angle) depending on a location of an emission surface of an organic emission layer (adjustment of an effective emission area) with an adjusted thickness of a pattern layer disposed on a concave portion of an overcoating layer. 
     Presuming that a height from the bottom of the concave portion  361  of the overcoating layer  360  to the top of the first connection portion  362  is “H”, the organic emission layer  342  is divided into four equal parts from the bottom of the concave portion  361 , as illustrated in  FIG. 8A , and an external light extraction efficiency and a distribution (view angle) depending on a location of an emission surface of the organic emission layer  342  (adjustment of an effective emission area) are compared using a general simulation tool at each location between the bottom of the concave portion  361  and 1H/4 (Part1), between 1H/4 and 2H/4 (Part2), between 2H/4 and 3H/4 (Part3), and between 3H/4 and H (Part4). Meanwhile, a general organic light emitting display device in which a micro lens array structure is not applied to the overcoating layer  360  and the organic light emitting diode  340  is set as a reference Ref. 
     As illustrated in  FIG. 8B  and  FIG. 8C , it can be seen that at each location between the bottom of the concave portion  361  and 1H/4 (Part1), between 1H/4 and 2H/4 (Part2), between 2H/4 and 3H/4 (Part3), and between 3H/4 and H (Part4) illustrated in  FIG. 8A , a front-side light extraction efficiency of the organic emission layer  343  is greatly increased from Part 1 to Part 4 due to the micro lens array structure. Particularly, it can be seen that the front-side light extraction efficiency of Part 3 and Part 4 is improved by 30% to 40% as compared with that of the reference Ref. 
     Therefore, presuming that the height from the bottom of the concave portion  361  of the overcoating layer  360  to the top of the first connection portion  362  is “H”, the top surface of the pattern layer  337  may be located between the bottom of the concave portion  361  and 2H/4. Because the top surface of the pattern layer  337  is located between the bottom of the concave portion  361  and 2H/4, the effective emission area A may be formed from the bottom of the concave portion  361  and 2H/4 to H. Thus, the front-side light extraction efficiency can be maximized. 
       FIG. 9  is a cross-sectional view provided to explain an organic light emitting display device including an overcoating layer having a plurality of convex portions according to yet another example embodiment. 
     In  FIG. 9 , an organic light emitting display device  600  according to yet another example embodiment is substantially the same as the organic light emitting display device  300  illustrated in  FIG. 4A  and  FIG. 4B  except that an overcoating layer  660  includes a plurality of convex portions  663  and a pattern layer  637  is disposed on a second connection portion  664  between the plurality of convex portions  663 , and, thus, the redundant description thereof will be omitted. Other elements of the organic light emitting display device  600  that are not illustrated in  FIG. 9  may be identical to the elements of the organic light emitting display device  300  according to another example embodiment descried with reference to  FIG. 3 . 
     The overcoating layer  660  includes the plurality of convex portions  663  formed to overlap a color filter  650  and the second connection portion  664  that connects the convex portions  663  adjacent to each other. In other words, the overcoating layer  660  includes the plurality of convex portions  663  overlap the opening  336   a  of the bank layer  336  illustrated in  FIG. 3  and a plurality of second connection portions  664  each connecting the convex portions  663 . 
     A first electrode  641  is disposed on the overcoating layer  660 . A pattern layer  637  is disposed on the overcoating layer  660  and the first electrode  641 , and an organic emission layer  642  and a second electrode  643  are disposed on the first electrode  641  and the pattern layer  637 . The first electrode  641 , the organic emission layer  642 , and the second electrode  643  constitute an organic light emitting diode  640 . The pattern layer  637  may be located on all or some of the plurality of second connection portions  664 . 
     Because the pattern layer  637  is located on all or some of the plurality of second connection portions  664 , the pattern layer  637  is disposed between the first electrode  641  and the organic emission layer  642  and the second electrode  642  in a non-effective emission area in the same manner as the pattern layer  337  located on the concave portion  361  described with reference to  FIG. 1  through  FIG. 8  so that a light cannot be emitted. Thus, it is possible to minimize or suppress most of the light from being confined in the organic light emitting diode  640  without a contribution to improvement of light extraction efficiency in the non-effective emission area. Further, it is possible to minimize or suppress lights confined in the organic light emitting diode  640  from remaining as light leakage components in the non-effective emission area B. Accordingly, the external light extraction efficiency of the organic light emitting diode  640  can be maximized. 
       FIG. 10  is a schematic system configuration view of an organic light emitting display device according to the present example embodiments. 
     With reference to  FIG. 10 , an organic light emitting display device  700  according to the present example embodiments includes an organic light emitting display panel  710  in which a plurality of data lines DL and a plurality of gate lines GL are disposed and a plurality of subpixels SP is disposed in a matrix, a data driver  720  configured to drive the plurality of data lines by supplying a data voltage to the plurality of data lines, a gate driver  730  configured to sequentially drive the plurality of gate lines GL by sequentially supplying a scan signal to the plurality of gate lines, and a controller  740  configured to control the data driver  720  and the gate driver  730 . Each of a plurality of pixels disposed in the organic light emitting display panel  710  according to the present example embodiments includes the thin-film transistor and the organic light emitting diode described above with reference to  FIG. 1  thorough  FIG. 9 . 
     According to the above-described example embodiments, the organic light emitting display device can improve external luminous efficiency and also reduce power consumption. 
     Further, according to the above-described example embodiments, the organic light emitting display device can improve the shape uniformity of bends of the overcoating layer that improve external luminous efficiency and also maintain the reliability of the device. 
     It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that various modifications and variations can be made in the organic light emitting display device of the present invention without departing from the spirit or scope of the invention. Thus, it is intended that the present invention cover the modifications and variations of this invention provided they come within the scope of the appended claims and their equivalents.