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What is a Patent for Method of manufacturing organic light emitting display devices and the device

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An OLED device may include the following components: a common electrode; one pixel electrode which overlaps the common electrode, a primary emission layer that is positioned between the first electrode for pixel and the common electrode a second pixel electrode; the second emission layer is positioned between the second pixel electrode and the common electrode and a pixel defining layer comprising a first opening with a second opening the first flat surface, and an uneven surface structure in which the opening partially exposes the first pixel electrode, wherein the second opening partially exposes the second electrode wherein the first flat face may be opposite the uneven surface and may be placed between the first electrode and the second electrode. In addition, the uneven surface may be placed between the opening and the second.

1. Field

This technical field concerns an organic light emitting device as well as the manufacturing process for an organic light emitting device.

2. Description of the Related Art

OLED devices (organic luminescent displays) are display devices that self-light that use organic LEDs to emit light for displaying images. OLED devices do not require separate sources of light. This allows for a reduction in weight and thickness.

An OLED device could have multiple pixels. If electrical charges do not flow across a Pixel (of one color) into another pixel (of another color) in the operation of the OLED device the quality of the images that are displayed by the OLEDdevice might not be satisfactory.

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