US 12,089,434 B2
Organic light-emitting display apparatus and fabrication method thereof
Sunkwang Kim, Yongin-si (KR); Kinyeng Kang, Yongin-si (KR); Suyeon Sim, Yongin-si (KR); and Jonghyun Choi, Yongin-si (KR)
Assigned to Samsung Display Co., Ltd., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed by SAMSUNG DISPLAY CO., LTD., Yongin-si (KR)
Filed on Aug. 18, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/452,515.
Application 18/452,515 is a division of application No. 17/672,652, filed on Feb. 15, 2022, granted, now 11,737,311.
Application 17/672,652 is a continuation of application No. 16/927,872, filed on Jul. 13, 2020, granted, now 11,251,401, issued on Feb. 15, 2022.
Application 16/927,872 is a continuation of application No. 16/734,275, filed on Jan. 3, 2020, granted, now 10,714,707, issued on Jul. 14, 2020.
Application 16/734,275 is a continuation of application No. 16/177,617, filed on Nov. 1, 2018, granted, now 10,529,952, issued on Jan. 7, 2020.
Application 16/177,617 is a continuation of application No. 15/427,693, filed on Feb. 8, 2017, granted, now 10,135,025, issued on Nov. 20, 2018.
Claims priority of application No. 10-2016-0017771 (KR), filed on Feb. 16, 2016.
Prior Publication US 2023/0397453 A1, Dec. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. H10K 50/844 (2023.01); H10K 77/10 (2023.01); H10K 59/12 (2023.01); H10K 59/122 (2023.01)
CPC H10K 50/844 (2023.02) [H10K 77/10 (2023.02); H10K 59/12 (2023.02); H10K 59/1201 (2023.02); H10K 59/122 (2023.02)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An organic light-emitting display apparatus, comprising:
a substrate including a front surface and a rear surface, the substrate having a hole that passes from the front surface to the rear surface;
an organic light-emitting element in an active area, the active area surrounding the hole of the substrate in a plan view, the organic light-emitting element comprising a first electrode, a second electrode, an intermediate layer between the first electrode and the second electrode;
a first dam located in an inactive area between the active area and the hole; and
an encapsulation layer comprising a first inorganic layer and an organic layer, wherein the first inorganic layer and the organic layer overlap the organic light-emitting element in the active area,
wherein the intermediate layer comprises:
an emissive layer overlapping the first electrode; and
a common layer comprising a first portion between the first electrode and the second electrode in the active area and a plurality of second portions arranged in the inactive area.