Patent Publication Number: US-11024821-B2

Title: Organic light-emitting display device

Description:
CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS 
     This application claims the priority of Korean Patent Application No. 10-2017-0184053 filed on Dec. 29, 2017, in the Korean Intellectual Property Office, the disclosure of which is hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety. 
     BACKGROUND 
     Technical Field 
     The present disclosure relates to an organic light-emitting display device including organic light-emitting elements, each element corresponding to each pixel region. 
     Description of the Related Art 
     A display device is applied to various electronic devices such as TVs, mobile phones, notebooks and tablets. Researches for thinning, weight-saving and low-power consumption for the display device have been continued. 
     A typical example of the display device may include a liquid crystal display device (LCD), a plasma display device (PDP), a field emission display device (FED), an electroluminescence display device (ELD), an electro-wetting display device (EWD) and an organic light emitting display device (OLED). 
     The organic light-emitting display device includes a plurality of organic light-emitting elements corresponding to a plurality of pixel regions defined in a display region in which an image is displayed. Since each organic light-emitting element is a self-light-emitting element that emits light by itself, the organic light-emitting display device has a faster response speed than the liquid crystal display device, has a high luminous efficiency, a larger luminance and viewing angle, and is excellent in contrast ratio and color rendering rate. 
     The organic light-emitting display device displays an image using each unit pixel including two or more pixel regions corresponding to different colors to display a color image. In this connection, the color of each pixel region may correspond to each organic light-emitting element. Alternatively, the organic light-emitting element of each pixel region emits white light, and the color of each pixel region may correspond to a color filter. 
     The organic light-emitting element emitting white light may include two or more light emitting layers corresponding to different colors disposed between the hole transporting layer and the electron transporting layer. 
     In this connection, two or more light-emitting layers corresponding to different colors include different dopants and different hosts. 
     Due to a mobility difference between the different hosts, two or more light-emitting layers may have different thicknesses. 
     Further, at the interface between different hosts, the mobility changes rapidly, so that the exciton-profile is configured to correspond to the region adjacent to the interface between different hosts. The exciton-profile represents an estimate of the amount of excitons to be generated from the two or more light-emitting layers disposed between the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer. 
     As for the configuration including at least two light-emitting layers disposed between the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer, the thickness of each light-emitting layer is set based on the mobility difference between the different hosts and the exciton-profile. 
     Accordingly, there is a problem that it is practically impossible to control the luminosity of each color corresponding to each light-emitting layer. As a result, it is difficult to control the luminance and chromaticity coordinates of the organic light-emitting element, so that the application range of the organic light-emitting display device is limited. 
     BRIEF SUMMARY 
     The present disclosure is intended to provide an organic light-emitting display device in which the luminance and color coordinates of an organic light-emitting element may be adjusted relatively easily. 
     The purposes of the present disclosure are not limited to the above-mentioned purposes. Other purposes and advantages of the present disclosure, as not mentioned above, may be understood from the following descriptions and more clearly understood from the embodiments of the present disclosure. Further, it will be readily appreciated that the objects and advantages of the present disclosure may be realized by features and combinations thereof as disclosed in the claims. 
     In one aspect of the present disclosure, there is provided an organic light-emitting display device including an organic light-emitting element corresponding to each pixel region, wherein the organic light-emitting element includes: first and second electrodes; and an organic material layer disposed between the first and second electrodes, the organic material layer including at least one stack, wherein one of the at least one stack includes: a hole transport layer adjacent to the first electrode; a first light-emitting layer disposed on the hole transport layer and including a first dopant corresponding to a first color and a first host; a second light-emitting layer disposed on the first light-emitting layer, the second light-emitting layer including a second dopant corresponding to a second color different from the first color and a second host different from the first host; a third light-emitting layer disposed on the second light-emitting layer, the third light-emitting layer including the first dopant and the second host; a fourth light-emitting layer disposed on the third light-emitting layer, the fourth light-emitting layer including the second dopant and the second host; and an electron transport layer disposed on the fourth light-emitting layer and adjacent to the second electrode. 
     In one implementation of the organic light-emitting display device, a thickness of the third light-emitting layer is selected from a range of 10 Å to 20 Å. 
     In one implementation of the organic light-emitting display device, a thickness of the second light-emitting layer is selected from a range of 100 Å to 200 Å. 
     In one implementation of the organic light-emitting display device, a thickness of the second light-emitting layer is selected from a range of 200 Å to 300 Å. 
     In one implementation of the organic light-emitting display device, a sum of the thicknesses of the second and fourth light-emitting layers is selected from a range of 300 Å to 350 Å. 
     In one implementation of the organic light-emitting display device, the thickness of the fourth light-emitting layer is selected from a range of 50 Å to 250 Å. 
     In one implementation of the organic light-emitting display device, a sum of the thicknesses of the first, second, third, and fourth light-emitting layers is selected from a range of 450 Å to 550 Å, wherein the thickness of the first light-emitting layer is selected from a range of 150 Å to 200 Å. 
     In one implementation of the organic light-emitting display device, the first color has a longer wavelength than the second color. 
     In one implementation of the organic light-emitting display device, the first color is red and the second color is green. 
     In one implementation of the organic light-emitting display device, another of the at least one stack includes a blue light-emitting layer emitting blue light. 
     The organic light-emitting display device according to the present disclosure includes the organic light-emitting element corresponding to each pixel region. The organic light-emitting element includes at least one stack disposed between the first and second electrodes facing away each other. One of the at least one stack includes the first, second, third and fourth light-emitting layers sequentially disposed between the hole transport layer and the electron transport layer. In this connection, the first light-emitting layer contains the first dopant corresponding to the first color and the first host. Each of the second and fourth light-emitting layers contains the second dopant corresponding to the second color different from the first color and the second host. Further, the third light-emitting layer includes the first dopant and the second host. 
     The third light-emitting layer includes the second host as in the second and fourth light-emitting layers. As such, the exciton-profile may be formed in a portion of the second light-emitting layer adjacent to the boundary between the first and second host, i.e., adjacent to the boundary between the first and second light-emitting layers. 
     Further, the third light-emitting layer is disposed between the second and fourth light-emitting layers corresponding to the second color. The third light-emitting layer, as in the first light-emitting layer, contains the first dopant corresponding to the first color. 
     Thus, depending on the exciton-profile in the region in which the third light-emitting layer is disposed, the luminosity of each of the first and second colors may be increased and/or decreased. 
     In other words, the luminosity of each of the first and second colors may be easily controlled by the third light-emitting layer. This leads to the advantage that the application range of the organic light-emitting display device may be improved since the luminance and color coordinate of the organic light-emitting element may be easily controlled. 
     In addition, since the energy of the second dopant in each of the second and fourth light-emitting layers may be transferred to the first dopant in the third light-emitting layer, the deterioration of the second dopant may be delayed. As a result, the lifespan of the second color may be improved. 
    
    
     
       BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE SEVERAL VIEWS OF THE DRAWINGS 
         FIG. 1  shows an organic light-emitting display device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 2  shows one example of an equivalent circuit corresponding to one pixel region in the organic light-emitting display device of  FIG. 1 . 
         FIG. 3  shows one example of a cross-section of a driving thin-film transistor and organic light-emitting element of  FIG. 2 . 
         FIG. 4  shows the organic light-emitting element of  FIG. 3  according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 5  shows one example of a light-emitting layer of a multi-layered structure and an associated exciton-profile in one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIGS. 6, 7, 8 and 9  illustrate examples of a light-emitting layer of a multi-layered structure according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 10  shows one example of a light-emitting layer of a multi-layered structure and an associated exciton-profile in a conventional organic light-emitting display device. 
         FIGS. 11, 12 and 13  show other examples of a light-emitting layer of a multi-layered structure according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
         FIG. 14  shows a light spectrum corresponding to each of the light-emitting layers as shown in  FIG. 10 ,  FIG. 11 ,  FIG. 12  and  FIG. 13 . 
     
    
    
     DETAILED DESCRIPTION 
     Examples of various embodiments are illustrated and described further below. It will be understood that the description herein is not intended to limit the claims to the specific embodiments described. On the contrary, it is intended to cover alternatives, modifications, and equivalents as may be included within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims. 
     The same reference numbers in different FIGS. denote the same or similar elements, and as such perform similar functionality. Further, descriptions and details of well-known steps and elements are omitted for simplicity of the description. Furthermore, in the following detailed description of the present disclosure, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure. However, it will be understood that the present disclosure may be practiced without these specific details. In other instances, well-known methods, procedures, components, and circuits have not been described in detail so as not to unnecessarily obscure aspects of the present disclosure. 
     It will be understood that, although the terms “first”, “second”, “third”, and so on may be used herein to describe various elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections, these elements, components, regions, layers and/or sections should not be limited by these terms. These terms are used to distinguish one element, component, region, layer or section from another element, component, region, layer or section. Thus, a first element, component, region, layer or section described below could be termed a second element, component, region, layer or section, without departing from the spirit and scope of the present disclosure. 
     It will be understood that when an element or layer is referred to as being “connected to”, or “coupled to” another element or layer, it may be directly on, connected to, or coupled to the other element or layer, or one or more intervening elements or layers may be present. In addition, it will also be understood that when an element or layer is referred to as being “between” two elements or layers, it may be the only element or layer between the two elements or layers, or one or more intervening elements or layers may also be present. 
     The terminology used herein is for describing particular embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting of the present disclosure. As used herein, the singular forms “a” and “an” are intended to include the plural forms as well, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. It will be further understood that the terms “comprise”, “comprising”, “include”, and “including” when used in this specification, specify the presence of the stated features, integers, operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, integers, operations, elements, components, and/or portions thereof. As used herein, the term “and/or” includes any and all combinations of one or more of the associated listed items. Expression such as “at least one of” when preceding a list of elements may modify the entire list of elements and may not modify the individual elements of the list. 
     Unless otherwise defined, all terms including technical and scientific terms used herein have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this inventive concept belongs. It will be further understood that terms, such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries, should be interpreted as having a meaning that is consistent with their meaning in the context of the relevant art and will not be interpreted in an idealized or overly formal sense unless expressly so defined herein. 
     Hereinafter, an organic light-emitting display device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings. 
       FIG. 1  shows an organic light-emitting display device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.  FIG. 2  shows one example of an equivalent circuit corresponding to one pixel region in the organic light-emitting display device of  FIG. 1 .  FIG. 3  shows one example of a cross-section of a driving thin-film transistor and organic light-emitting element of  FIG. 2 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 1 , the organic light-emitting display device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes a display panel  10  including a plurality of pixel regions PXLs arranged in a matrix within a display region AA in which images are displayed; a data drive unit  12  for driving data-lines  14  of the display panel  10 , a gate drive unit  13  for driving scan-lines  15  of the display panel  10 , and a timing controller  11  for controlling a driving timing of each of the data drive unit  12  and the gate drive unit  13 . 
     Further, the display panel  10  includes scan-lines  15 , each corresponding to each horizontal line including pixel regions PXLs arranged in a row in a horizontal direction, and data-lines  14 , each corresponding to a vertical line including pixel regions PXLs arranged in a column in a vertical direction. 
     In this connection, the scan signal SCAN from the scan-line  15  is configured to sequentially select each horizontal line to write data to the pixel region PXL. 
     The plurality of pixel regions PXLs may be defined by intersecting scan-lines  15  and data-lines  14 . Accordingly, the plurality of pixel regions PXLs may be arranged in a matrix form in the display region AA. 
     Further, the display panel  10  includes a first power supply line for supplying a first drive voltage VDD to the plurality of pixel regions PXLs, a second power supply line for supplying a second drive voltage VSS lower than the first drive voltage VDD to the plurality of pixel regions PXLs. 
     The timing controller  11  rearranges digital video data RGB input from the outside according to a resolution of the display panel  10  and supplies the rearranged digital video data RGB′ to the data drive unit  12 . 
     Further, the timing controller  11  generates and supplies a data control signal DDC for controlling an operation timing of the data drive unit  12  and a gate control signal GDC for controlling an operation timing of the gate drive unit  13 , based on timing signals such as a vertical synchronization signal Vsync, a horizontal synchronization signal Hsync, a dot clock signal DCLK, and a data enable signal DE. 
     The data drive unit  12  converts the rearrange digital video data RGB′ into an analog data voltage based on the data control signal DDC. Further, the data drive unit  12  supplies a data signal VDATA to pixel regions corresponding to each horizontal line via the data-line  15  for each horizontal period, based on the rearranged digital video data RGB′. 
     The gate drive unit  13  generates and sequentially supplies a scan signal SCAN to the scan-line  15  of each horizontal line based on the gate control signal GDC. 
     Although not separately shown in  FIG. 1 , the display panel  10  includes a pair of substrates bonded together facing each other and an organic light-emitting elements array disposed therebetween. Further, one of the pair of substrates may be implemented as a thin-film transistor array substrate. The thin-film transistor array substrate has a plurality of pixel regions PXLs defined therein and supplies a driving current to an organic light-emitting element in each pixel region PXL. 
     As shown in  FIG. 2 , each pixel region PXL includes an organic light-emitting element OLED, a driving thin-film transistor DT, a switching thin-film transistor ST, and a storage capacitor Cst. 
     An organic light-emitting element OLED includes first and the second electrode s (e.g., anode and cathode), and a layer of organic material disposed therebetween. In one example, the layer of organic material may contain at least one stack and a charge generation layer between the stacks. Further, each stack may include a hole transport layer, an at least one light-emitting layer, and an electron transport layer. Alternatively, the organic material layer may further include a hole injection layer positioned between the first electrode and the hole transport layer and an electron injection layer positioned between the second electrode and the electron transport layer. Such an organic light-emitting element OLED will be described in more detail below. 
     The driving thin-film transistor DT is disposed between the first power supply line  16 , which supplies the first drive voltage VDD, and the second power supply line, which supplies the second drive voltage VSS below the first drive voltage VDD. The driving thin-film transistor DT is connected in series with the organic light-emitting element OLED. 
     The switching thin-film transistor ST is disposed between the data-line  14  for supplying a data signal VDATA to each pixel region and a first node ND 1  connected to the gate electrode of the driving thin-film transistor DT. 
     The storage capacitor Cst is disposed between the first node ND 1  and a second node ND 2 . The second node ND 2  is a contact point between the driving thin-film transistor DT and the organic light-emitting element OLED. 
     The storage capacitor Cst is charged based on the data signal VDATA supplied to the first node ND 1  via the switching thin-film transistor ST as is turned on. 
     Further, the driving thin-film transistor DT is turned on based on the charged voltage of the storage capacitor Cst, whereby a driving current corresponding to the data signal VDATA is supplied to the second node ND 2 , that is, to the organic light-emitting element OLED. 
     As shown in  FIG. 3 , a thin-film transistor array substrate in the display panel  10  of an organic light-emitting display device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure includes an organic light-emitting element OLED, and the driving thin-film transistor DT corresponding to each pixel region PXL. 
     In one example, the driving thin-film transistor DT includes an active layer ACT disposed on a substrate  10   a  and a gate electrode GE disposed on a gate insulating-film  10   b  covering the active layer ACT. 
     The active layer ACT includes a channel region CA overlapping the gate electrode GE, and first and second electrode regions EA 1  and EA 2  corresponding to and both lateral ends of the channel region CA, respectively. 
     The active layer ACT may be made of low temperature grown polysilicon (LTPS). 
     In this case, the channel region CA may be made of undoped semiconductor material, while each of the first and second electrode regions EA 1  and EA 2  may be made of a semiconductor material doped with a dopant at a higher concentration than that in the channel region CA. 
     In one example, one of the first and the second electrode regions EA 1  and EA 2 , e.g., the first electrode regions EA 1 , may be connected to the first power supply line  16  disposed on the interlayer insulating-film  10   c  covering the gate electrode GE. Further, the other of the first and second electrode regions EA 1  and EA 2 , for example, the second electrode region EA 2  may be connected to a conductive pattern  10   d  disposed on the interlayer insulating-film  10   c.    
     The first power supply line  16  and the conductive pattern  10   d  are covered with an over-coated film  10   e.    
     The conductive pattern  10   d  is connected to the first electrode  201  of the organic light-emitting element OLED disposed on the over-coated film  10   e . The second electrode regions EA 2  of the driving thin-film transistor DT and the first electrode  201  of the organic light-emitting element OLED are interconnected via the conductive pattern  10   d . In other words, the conductive pattern  10   d  corresponds to the second node (ND 2  in  FIG. 2 ) between the driving thin-film transistor DT and the organic light-emitting element OLED. 
     The organic light-emitting element OLED includes the opposing first and second electrodes  201  and  202 , and an organic material layer  100  disposed between the first and second electrodes  201  and  202  and including at least one stack. 
     In addition, the first electrode  201  on the over-coated film  10   e  corresponds to each pixel region PXL. The edge of the first electrode  201  is interrupted by a bank film  203 . 
     The organic material layer  100  corresponds to a light-emitting region which is the at least portion of each pixel region PXL. 
     The second electrode  202  is arranged to cover the organic material layer  100  and the bank film  203 . 
     Next, an organic light-emitting element OLED according to one embodiment of the present disclosure is described. 
       FIG. 4  shows the organic light-emitting element of  FIG. 3  according to one embodiment of the present disclosure.  FIG. 5  shows one example of a light-emitting layer of a multi-layered structure and an associated exciton-profile in one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
       FIGS. 6, 7, 8 and 9  illustrate examples of a light-emitting layer of a multi-layered structure according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
       FIG. 10  shows one example of a light-emitting layer of a multi-layered structure and an associated exciton-profile in a conventional organic light-emitting display device. 
       FIGS. 11, 12 and 13  show other examples of a light-emitting layer of a multi-layered structure according to one embodiment of the present disclosure. 
       FIG. 14  shows a light spectrum corresponding to each of the light-emitting layers as shown in  FIG. 10 ,  FIG. 11 ,  FIG. 12  and  FIG. 13 . 
     As shown in  FIG. 4 , an organic light-emitting element OLED of an organic light-emitting display device according to one embodiment of the present disclosure has first and second opposing electrodes  201  and  202  and the organic material layer  100  disposed between the first and second electrodes  201  and  202 . 
     The organic material layer  100  includes at least one stack  110 ,  120  and  130  and charge generation layers  101  and  102  disposed between the stacks  110 ,  120  and  130 . 
     Each stack  110 ,  120  and  130  includes opposing hole transport layer  121  and electron transport layer  122 , and at least one light-emitting layer  123  interposed therebetween. 
     In particular, at least one of the stacks  110 ,  120  and  130 , for example, the second stack  120  may include an emitting layer  123  of a multi-layered structure including first, second, third and fourth light-emitting layers  1231 ,  1232 ,  1233  and  1234 . 
     In particular, any one of the at least one stack  110 ,  120  and  130 , for example, the second stack  120  may include a hole transport layer  121  adjacent the first electrode  201 , a first emitting layer  1231  disposed on the hole transport layer  121  and corresponding to a first color, a second light-emitting layer  1232  disposed on the first light-emitting layer  1231  and corresponding to the second color, which is different from the first color, the third light-emitting layer  1233  disposed on the second light-emitting layer  1232  and corresponding to the first color, a fourth light-emitting layer  1234  disposed on the third light-emitting layer  1233  and corresponding to the second color, and the electron transport layer  122  disposed on the fourth light-emitting layer  1234  and adjacent to the second electrode  202 . 
     In this connection, considering the emission path, the first color corresponding to the first light-emitting layer  1231  has a longer wavelength range than that of the second color corresponding to the second and fourth light-emitting layers  1232  and  1234 . 
     In one example, the first color may be a red color with the first wavelength range, for example 600 to 650 nm. The second color may be a green color with the second wavelength range shorter than the first wavelength range, for example, 500 to 550 nm. 
     In this case, among the at least one stacks  110 ,  120  and  130 , at least one of others  110  and  130  may include a light-emitting layer (not shown) corresponding to a blue color with a third wavelength range shorter than the second wavelength range, for example, a with 400 to 450 nm. 
     The first light-emitting layer  1231  includes the first dopant (cross pattern in  FIG. 4 ) corresponding to the first color and the first host (left-inclinedly hatched pattern in  FIG. 4 ). This first light-emitting layer  1231  emits the first color. 
     In one example, when the first color is red, the first dopant may be an iridium compound with a wavelength range of 600 to 650 nm, and the first host may be at least one selected from tertiary aryl-amine derivatives and carbazole derivatives. 
     The second light-emitting layer  1232  contains the second dopant corresponding to the second color (dot pattern in  FIG. 4 ) and the second host (pattern hatched as right-inclinedly in  FIG. 4 ), which is different from the first host. This second light-emitting layer  1232  emits the second color. 
     In one example, when the second color is green, the second dopant may be an iridium compound with a wavelength range of 500 to 550 nm, and the second host may be selected from at least one of a carbazole derivative and a triazine-carbazole derivative. 
     The third light-emitting layer  1233  contains the first dopant and the second host. 
     That is, the third light-emitting layer  1233  includes the same second host as the second light-emitting layer  1232 . Thereby, abrupt variations in mobility do not occur between the second and third light-emitting layers  1232  and  1233 . 
     In addition, the third light-emitting layer  1233  includes the first dopant corresponding to the first color, similar to the first light-emitting layer  1231 . The third light-emitting layer  1233 , like the first light-emitting layer  1231 , emits the first color. 
     The fourth light-emitting layer  1234  includes the second dopant and the second host, which are identical to those of the second light-emitting layer  1232 . Thus, the fourth light-emitting layer  1234  emits the second color like the second light-emitting layer  1232 . 
     Thus, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, in the light-emitting layer  123  of the multi-layered structure, the first light-emitting layer  1231  includes the first host, whereas the second, third and fourth light-emitting layers  1232 ,  1233 , and  1234  contain the second host. Therefore, the mobility varies rapidly at the boundary between the different first and second hosts, i.e., the boundary between the first and second light-emitting layers  1231  and  1232 . 
     Accordingly, as shown in  FIG. 5 , the exciton-profile for the light-emitting layer  123  of the multi-layered structure defines a Gaussian shape corresponding to a region adjacent to the boundary between the first and second light-emitting layers  1231  and  1232 . In this connection, the exciton-profile represents an expected amount of exciton generation from the light-emitting layer  123  of the multi-layered structure. 
     That is, the amount of excitons as generated from the region between the boundary between the first and the second light-emitting layers  1231  and  1232  and the center of the light-emitting layer  123  of the multi-layered structure may be expected to be a maximum value max_em. 
     Further, according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the third light-emitting layer  1233  is disposed between the second and fourth light-emitting layers  1232  and  1234  corresponding to the second color. The third light-emitting layer  1233  has the first dopant corresponding to the first color as the same dopant as the first light-emitting layer  1231 . 
     Therefore, the luminosity of the first color may be increased or decreased based on the amount of excitons generated in the region where the third light-emitting layer  1233  is disposed for the exciton-profile and the thickness TH 3  of the third light-emitting layer  1233 . 
     Further, regardless of the third light-emitting layer  1233 , the total luminous efficiency corresponding to the light-emitting layer  123  of the multi-layered structure remains the same. Therefore, as the luminosity of the first color increases or decreases, the luminosity of the second color may be increased or decreased. 
     Thus, using the third light-emitting layer  1233 , the luminosity of each of the first and second colors may be easily adjusted. As a result, the luminance and color coordinate of the organic light-emitting element may be easily controlled, which may improve the application range of the organic light-emitting display device. 
     In addition, since the third light-emitting layer  1233  is disposed between the second and fourth light-emitting layers  1232  and  1234  corresponding to the second color, the energy of the second dopants contained in each of the second and fourth light-emitting layers  1232  and  1234  may be easily transferred to the first dopant included in the third light-emitting layer  1233 . As a result, the deterioration of the second dopant may be delayed. As a result, the life of the second color may be improved. 
     Specifically, a total thickness TH_M of the light-emitting layer  123 , that is, the first, second, third and fourth light-emitting layers  1231 ,  1232 ,  1233 , and  1234  of the multi-layered structure disposed between the hole transport layer  121  and the electron transport layer  122  may be selected from the range of 450 Å to 550 Å. 
     In this case, the thickness of the first light-emitting layer  1231  may be selected from the range of 150 Å to 200 Å such that the luminosity of the first color exceeds the threshold. 
     Further, the sum TH 2 +TH 4  of thicknesses of the second and fourth light-emitting layers  1232  and  1234  may be selected from the range of 300 Å to 350 Å so that the luminosity of the second color exceeds the threshold value. 
     In this connection, the thickness TH 2  of the second light-emitting layer  1232  disposed between the first and third light-emitting layers  1231  and  1233  may be selected from the range of 100 Å to 300 Å. 
     In particular, depending on whether a color whose a luminosity decreases or increases is the first or second color, the thickness TH 2  of the second light-emitting layer  1232  may be selected from the range of 100 Å to 200 Å, or from the range of 200 Å to 300 Å. This will be described in more detail below. 
     Based on the thickness TH 2  of the second light-emitting layer  1232 , the thickness TH 4  of the fourth light-emitting layer  1234  may be selected from the range of 50 Å to 250 Å. 
     Further, the thickness TH 3  of the third light-emitting layer  1233  may be selected from the range of 10 Å to 20 Å. Thus, the luminosity of the first color may be adjusted by the third light-emitting layer  1233 , while the power consumption of the organic light-emitting element OLED may be prevented from being increased. That is, when the thickness TH 3  of the third light-emitting layer  1233  exceeds 20 Å, there occurs a problem that power consumption of the organic light-emitting element OLED increases. In addition, when the thickness TH 3  of the third light-emitting layer  1233  is smaller than 10 Å, the change in luminosity of the first color by the third light-emitting layer  1233  is insignificant, and the lifespan change of each of the first and second colors is insignificant. 
     The example  123   a  of  FIG. 6  shows that the thickness TH 3   a  of the third light-emitting layer  1233   a  is 20 Å. The examples  123   b ,  123   c  and  123   d  of  FIGS. 7, 8 and 9  show that the thicknesses TH 3   b , TH 3   c  and TH 3   d  of the third light-emitting layers  1233   b ,  1233   c  and  1233   d  are 40 Å, 60 Å and 80 Å, respectively. 
     In this connection, the followings are assumed in the examples of  FIG. 6 ,  FIG. 7 ,  FIG. 8  and  FIG. 9 : the thickness TH 1  of the first light-emitting layer  1231  is 200 Å; the thickness TH 2  of the second light-emitting layer  1232  is 140 Å; the thickness TH 4  of the fourth light-emitting layer  1234  is 140 Å; in addition, the first color is red color and the second color is green color. 
     The simulation results for the electrical-optical properties and lifespan of these examples  123   a ,  123   b ,  123   c , and  123   d  are shown in Table 1 below 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
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                 Electrical-optical property (10 mA/m 2 ) 
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
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                 GREEN 
                 RED 
                 Lifespan 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
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                 EQE 
                 luminosity 
                 luminosity 
                 GREEN 
                 RED 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 123a 
                 100% 
                 100% 
                 100% 
                 100% 
                 100% 
                 100% 
               
               
                 123b 
                 101% 
                 100% 
                 102% 
                 100% 
                 104% 
                 90% 
               
               
                 123c 
                 102% 
                 102% 
                 98% 
                 103% 
                 105% 
                 103% 
               
               
                 123d 
                 103% 
                 103% 
                 97% 
                 104% 
                 103% 
                 105% 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     As shown in Table 1, when each of the thicknesses TH 3   b , TH 3   c , and TH 3   d  of the third light-emitting layers  1233   b ,  1233   c , and  1233   d  exceeds 20 Å (examples  123   b ,  123   c , and  123   d ), the voltage Volt increases instead of increasing the external quantum efficiency (EQE), compared to the example  123   a  in  FIG. 6 . 
     That is, when the thickness TH 3  of the third light-emitting layer  1233  is greater than 20 Å, the power consumption of the organic light-emitting element OLED is increased. 
     With respect to the exciton-profile, the amount of generated excitons corresponding to the third light-emitting layer  1233  is adjusted based on the distance between the boundary between the first and second light-emitting layers  1231  and  1232  and the region where the third light-emitting layer  1233  is located, i.e., the third light-emitting layer  1233 . In this connection, the distance between the boundary between the first and second light-emitting layers  1231  and  1232  and the region where the third light-emitting layer  1233  is located, i.e., the third light-emitting layer  1233  may correspond to the thickness TH 2  of the second light-emitting layer  1232 . 
       FIG. 10  shows an absence of the third light-emitting layer  1233  disposed between the second and fourth light-emitting layers  1232  and  1234  corresponding to the second color, that is, shows, a light-emitting layer REF of a conventional multi-layered structure. 
     As shown in  FIG. 10 , the light-emitting layer REF of the conventional multi-layered structure includes a red light-emitting layer EM_R corresponding to red and a green light-emitting layer EM_G corresponding to green. 
     As with one embodiment of the present disclosure, the total thickness TH_M corresponding to the light-emitting layer REF of the conventional multi-layered structure may be selected from the range of 450 Å to 550 Å. 
     In addition, as with the first light-emitting layer ( 1231  of  FIG. 5 ) according to one embodiment of the present disclosure, the thickness TH 1  of the red light-emitting layer EM_R may be selected from the range of 150 Å to 200 Å to ensure red luminosity. 
     In this regard, the thickness TH 5  of the green light-emitting layer EM_G may be selected from the range of 300 Å to 350 Å. 
     The exciton-profile corresponding to the light-emitting layer REF of this conventional multi-layered structure defines the shape corresponding to the region adjacent to the boundary between the red light-emitting layer EM_R and the green light-emitting layer EM_G. That is, the exciton generation amount from the region between the boundary between the red light-emitting layer EM_R and the green light-emitting layer EM_G and the center of the light-emitting layer REF of the multi-layered structure may be predicted to be the maximum value max ref. 
     For comparison, as shown in Table 2 below, examples  123   e ,  123   f  and  123   g  of  FIGS. 11, 12 and 13  show that the thicknesses TH 2   a , TH 2   b  and TH 2   c  of the second light-emitting layers  1232   a ,  1232   b  and  1232   c  are 20 Å, 140 Å, and 260 Å respectively. 
     In this connection, according to Table 2 below, it may be assumed that in the light-emitting layer REF of the conventional multi-layered structure of  FIG. 10  and in each of the examples  123   e ,  123   f , and  123   g  of  FIG. 11 ,  FIG. 12  and  FIG. 13 , the total thickness TH_M is 500 Å and the thickness TH 1  of the first light-emitting layer  1231  is 200 Å. 
     The simulation results for the electrical-optical properties and lifespan of each of the light-emitting layer REF of the conventional multi-layered structure and the examples  123   e ,  123   f , and  123   g  of  FIG. 11 ,  FIG. 12  and  FIG. 13 , under the conditions of Table 2 below are shown in Table 3 below. 
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
               
               
             
               
                 TABLE 2 
               
               
                   
               
               
                 Thickness/Example 
                 REF 
                 123e 
                 123f 
                 123g 
               
               
                   
               
             
            
               
                 First light-emitting 
                 200 Å 
                 200 Å 
                 200 Å 
                 200 Å 
               
               
                 layer thickness 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 Second light-emitting 
                 300 Å 
                  20 Å 
                 140 Å 
                 260 Å 
               
               
                 layer thickness 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 Third light-emitting 
                 — 
                  20 Å 
                  20 Å 
                  20 Å 
               
               
                 layer thickness 
                   
                   
                   
                   
               
               
                 Fourth light-emitting 
                 — 
                 260 Å 
                 140 Å 
                  20 Å 
               
               
                 layer thickness 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     
       
         
           
               
               
               
             
               
                   
                 TABLE 3 
               
             
            
               
                   
                   
               
               
                   
                 Electrical-optical property (10 mA/m 2 ) 
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
            
               
                   
                 GREEN 
                 RED 
                 Lifespan 
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 Example 
                 Volt (V) 
                 EQE 
                 luminosity 
                 luminosity 
                 GREEN 
                 RED 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
           
               
               
               
               
               
               
               
            
               
                 REF 
                 100% 
                 100% 
                 100% 
                 100% 
                 100% 
                 100% 
               
               
                 123e 
                 101% 
                 99% 
                 77% 
                 118% 
                 Non- 
                 Non- 
               
               
                   
                   
                   
                   
                   
                 measurable 
                 measurable 
               
               
                 123f 
                 102% 
                 99% 
                 89% 
                 108% 
                 104% 
                 181% 
               
               
                 123g 
                 101% 
                 98% 
                 113% 
                 86% 
                 111% 
                 114% 
               
               
                   
               
            
           
         
       
     
     When the thickness TH 2   a  of the second light-emitting layer  1232   a  is 20 Å, which is smaller than 100 Å, as in the example  123   e  in  FIG. 11 , it may be seen as shown in Table 3, that the lifespan of each of the first and second colors RED and GREEN fluctuates unstably so that it may not be measurable. As a result, the lifespan reliability of the organic light-emitting element OLED may be deteriorated. 
     When the thickness TH 2   b  of the second light-emitting layer  1232   b  is 140 Å selected from the range of 100 Å to 200 Å, as in the example  123   f  of  FIG. 12 , it may be seen as shown in Table 3 that the luminosity and lifespan of the first color RED are improved compared to the light-emitting layer REF of the conventional multi-layered structure. 
     Further, when the thickness TH 2   c  of the second light-emitting layer  1232   c  is 260 Å as selected from a range of 200 Å to 300 Å, as in the example  123   g  of  FIG. 13 , it may be seen as shown in Table 3 that the luminosity and lifespan of the second color GREEN are improved compared to the light-emitting layer REF of the conventional multi-layered structure. In this connection, it may be confirmed that the lifespan of the first color RED is also improved. 
     Thus, with respect to the exciton-profile, the amount of excitons as generated corresponding to the third light-emitting layer  1233  may be controlled based on the thickness TH 2  of the second light-emitting layer  1232 , that is, based on the spacing between the third light-emitting layer  1233  and the boundary between the first and the second light-emitting layers  1231  and  1232 . Therefore, the luminosity of each of the first and second colors may be adjusted. 
     That is, as shown in  FIG. 14 , the luminosity of each of the first and second colors may be easily adjusted based on the presence or absence of the third light-emitting layer  1233 , and a location where the third light-emitting layer  1233  is disposed. In  FIG. 14 , the vertical axis represents the luminosity of each spectrum. 
     As a result, the luminance and color coordinate of the organic light-emitting element may be easily adjusted. As a result, the application range of organic light-emitting display devices may be improved. 
     In the above description, numerous specific details are set forth in order to provide a thorough understanding of the present disclosure. The present disclosure may be practiced without some or all of these specific details. Examples of various embodiments have been illustrated and described above. It will be understood that the description herein is not intended to limit the claims to the specific embodiments described. On the contrary, it is intended to cover alternatives, modifications, and equivalents as may be included within the spirit and scope of the present disclosure as defined by the appended claims. 
     The various embodiments described above can be combined to provide further embodiments. All of the U.S. patents, U.S. patent application publications, U.S. patent applications, foreign patents, foreign patent applications and non-patent publications referred to in this specification and/or listed in the Application Data Sheet are incorporated herein by reference, in their entirety. Aspects of the embodiments can be modified, if necessary to employ concepts of the various patents, applications and publications to provide yet further embodiments. 
     These and other changes can be made to the embodiments in light of the above-detailed description. In general, in the following claims, the terms used should not be construed to limit the claims to the specific embodiments disclosed in the specification and the claims, but should be construed to include all possible embodiments along with the full scope of equivalents to which such claims are entitled. Accordingly, the claims are not limited by the disclosure.