Device Characteristics of Top-Emitting Organic Light-Emitting Diodes Depending on Anode Materials for CMOS-Based OLED Microdisplays

We investigated the optical reflectance, surface roughness, and sheet resistance of aluminum (Al)/titanium nitride (TiN), titanium (Ti), and tungsten (W) layers on Si substrates, which are available in the CMOS foundry, for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) microdisplays. The devices wi...

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Main Authors: Hyunkoo Lee, Hyunsu Cho, Chun-Won Byun, Chan-Mo Kang, Jun-Han Han, Jeong-Ik Lee, Hokwon Kim, Jeong Hwan Lee, Minseok Kim, Nam Sung Cho
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Language:English
Published: IEEE 2018-01-01
Series:IEEE Photonics Journal
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Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/8502212/
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Summary:We investigated the optical reflectance, surface roughness, and sheet resistance of aluminum (Al)&#x002F;titanium nitride (TiN), titanium (Ti), and tungsten (W) layers on Si substrates, which are available in the CMOS foundry, for organic light-emitting diode (OLED) microdisplays. The devices with different metal anode layers exhibited different hole-injection properties and OLED performances, owing to the different optical and electrical properties of metal anode layers. Based on the OLED characteristics, the Al&#x002F;TiN layer was selected as an anode layer for OLED microdisplays. A green monochromatic OLED microdisplay panel was designed and implemented using the 0.11-&#x03BC;m CMOS process. The density of pixels was &#x223C;2&#x00A0;351 pixels per inch and the panel&#x0027;s active area was 0.7 in in diagonal. The resolution of the panel was 1&#x00A0;280 &#x00D7; 3 &#x00D7; 1&#x00A0;024, corresponding to SXGA. The panel was successfully operated, and the maximal luminance was &#x223C;460 cd&#x002F;m<sup>2</sup>.
ISSN:1943-0655