Abstract: A method for forming a thin film for fabricating an organic light-emitting diode (OLED) display is disclosed. In one aspect, the method includes forming a plurality of shadow masks on a substrate. The substrate is then bent to form a predetermined curvature in the substrate. A deposition source is placed at a position having an equal angle with respect to central and peripheral portions of the substrate. The method also includes depositing a deposition material from the deposition source on the substrate and the shadow masks to form a thin film.

Abstract: A liquid crystal display has liquid crystal containerizing micro-cavities monolithically integrally formed as part of a thin film transistors substrate thereof where mouths of the micro-cavities are sealed shut by material of a capping layer and where the capping layer is patterned to have relatively thicker regions and comparatively thinner or devoid of capping material regions interposed between the thicker regions for thereby providing the capping layer with improved flexibility, the relatively thicker regions being disposed over the mouths of the microcavities.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus that improves image quality characteristics, the organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a substrate; a first electrode formed on the substrate; a pixel-defining layer (PDL) formed on the first electrode to expose a set or predetermined region of the first electrode; an intermediate layer formed in the exposed predetermined region of the first electrode and including an organic emission layer; and a second electrode having a light-scattering face facing the substrate or facing oppositely away from the substrate, the second electrode being disposed on the intermediate layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a mask may include forming initial ribs and removing edge portions of the initial ribs to form final ribs, each of which has a top width smaller than that of the initial rib. A space between the initial ribs may be smaller than a width of a slit limited by the final ribs.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a mask, the method including forming initial ribs such that forming the initial ribs includes forming at least two photoresist patterns such that the at least two photoresist patterns have different widths, are formed on at least one side of a mask substrate, and overlap each other, and performing an etching process at least two times; and forming final ribs such that the final ribs have curved sides having a different curvature radius than a curvature radius of initial curved sides of the initial ribs and have defined slit patterns, forming the final ribs including removing all but one of the at least two photoresist patterns, and performing an etching process.

Abstract: An electronic device includes a flexible touch screen including a display unit configured to display an image and a bending unit configured to sense a user bending input and a body part disposed below the flexible touch screen and including a controller configured to control a transition from a lock state to an unlock state of the flexible touch screen based on the user bending input and a memory configured to store a predefined bending action used to transition from the lock state to the unlock state of the flexible touch screen.

Abstract: An alignment layer for a display device may include a plurality of rubbed patterns formed on its surface, wherein each of the rubbed patterns includes a first pattern intersecting a center axis at a first angle, and a second pattern connected to the first pattern and intersecting the center axis at a second angle, and the first pattern and the second pattern are alternately repeated. A liquid crystal display device includes the alignment layer, and a method and apparatus for treating the alignment layer are provided.

Abstract: A display panel includes a substrate, an active layer, a gate insulating layer, a gate electrode structure, an insulating interlayer, a switching element, and a planarization insulating layer. The active layer includes a source region and a drain region, and is disposed on the substrate. The gate insulating layer is disposed on the active layer. The gate electrode structure includes a plurality of gate electrode layer which are at least partially overlapped with each other. The gate electrode structure is disposed on the gate insulating layer. The insulating interlayer covers the gate electrode structure. The switching element includes a source electrode and a drain electrode, and the source electrode and the drain electrode are in contact with the source region and the drain region, respectively. The planarization insulating layer covers the switching element.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting display apparatus including: a first substrate; a second substrate disposed to face the first substrate; a first electrode disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate and a second electrode disposed to face the first electrode; and an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the first electrode and the second electrode, wherein at least one of the first electrode and the second electrode is a reflective electrode, and an optical property modification layer having at least one optical property modified from that of the reflective electrode is formed on a surface of the reflective layer.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing an organic light emitting diode display according to an exemplary embodiment of the present invention includes: forming a first electrode on a substrate; forming an insulation layer on the first electrode; etching the insulation layer to expose the first electrode so as to form a pixel defining layer having the same height as the first electrode; forming an organic layer including one or more emission layers on the first electrode of a sub-pixel region defined by the pixel defining layer by applying a laser-induced thermal imaging (LITI) method; and forming a second electrode on the organic layer.

Abstract: A rubbing apparatus including a rubbing roller including an opening portion at a region of a circumferential surface of the rubbing roller, an outlet portion connected to the opening portion and open to an outside of the rubbing roller, and a groove portion connected to the opening portion and penetrating into the rubbing roller along the opening portion; and a rubbing cloth substantially surrounding the circumferential surface of the rubbing roller.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device may include a first substrate, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, a pixel defining layer disposed on the first electrode and the first substrate, an organic light emitting structure disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting structure and the pixel defining layer, a second substrate disposed on the second electrode, etc. The pixel defining layer may include a fine uneven structure positioned in the display and the non-display regions. The organic light emitting structure may be substantially uniformly formed on the first electrode through the pixel defining layer having the fine uneven structure, so that an organic light emitting display device may exhibit increased lifetime and may show improved image quality.

Abstract: An organic light emitting display device may include a first substrate, a first electrode disposed on the first substrate, a pixel defining layer disposed on the first electrode and the first substrate, an organic light emitting structure disposed on the first electrode, a second electrode disposed on the organic light emitting structure and the pixel defining layer, a second substrate disposed on the second electrode, etc. The pixel defining layer may include a fine uneven structure positioned in the display and the non-display regions. The organic light emitting structure may be substantially uniformly formed on the first electrode through the pixel defining layer having the fine uneven structure, so that an organic light emitting display device may exhibit increased lifetime and may show improved image quality.

Abstract: A flexible display apparatus including: a first film including a first surface and a second surface that are opposite each other, and a first groove formed in the first surface, the first film having a first rigidity; a third film on the second surface of the first film; a fourth film facing the third film; an emission display unit between and encapsulated by the third film and the fourth film; and a second film on the fourth film and facing the first film, the second film having a second rigidity that is less than the first rigidity.

Abstract: An exemplary embodiment described technology relates generally to an organic light emitting diode (OLED) display and a manufacturing method thereof. The organic light emitting diode (OLED) display according to an exemplary embodiment includes: a substrate; an encapsulation member; an organic light emitting element between the substrate and the encapsulation member; a middle sealing member including one side disposed between the substrate and the encapsulation member and another side extended from the one side to be bent and enclosing an edge of the encapsulation member; a first sealant sealing and combining the one side of the middle sealing member and the substrate to each other; a second sealant sealing and combining the other side of the middle sealing member and the encapsulation member to each other; and a getter at the one side of the middle sealing member and the encapsulation member.

Abstract: An organic layer deposition apparatus including an electrostatic chuck combined with a substrate so as to fixedly support the substrate. The organic layer deposition apparatus including a receiving surface that has a set curvature for receiving the substrate; a deposition source for discharging a deposition material toward the substrate; a deposition source nozzle unit disposed at a side of the deposition source and including a plurality of deposition source nozzles arranged in a first direction; and a patterning slit sheet disposed to face the deposition source nozzle unit, and having a plurality of patterning slits arranged in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, wherein a cross section of the patterning slit sheet on a plane formed by lines extending in the second direction and a third direction is bent by a set degree, wherein the third direction is perpendicular to the first and second directions.

Abstract: A method of manufacturing a mask may include forming initial ribs and removing edge portions of the initial ribs to form final ribs, each of which has a top width smaller than that of the initial rib. A space between the initial ribs may be smaller than a width of a slit limited by the final ribs.

Abstract: An alignment layer for a display device may include a plurality of rubbing patterns formed on its surface, wherein each of the rubbing patterns includes a first pattern intersecting a center axis at a first angle, and a second pattern connected to the first pattern and intersecting the center axis at a second angle, and the first pattern and the second pattern are alternately repeated. A liquid crystal display device includes the alignment layer, and a method and apparatus for treating the alignment layer are provided.

Abstract: A rubbing apparatus including a rubbing roller including an opening portion at a region of a circumferential surface of the rubbing roller, an outlet portion connected to the opening portion and open to an outside of the rubbing roller, and a groove portion connected to the opening portion and penetrating into the rubbing roller along the opening portion; and a rubbing cloth substantially surrounding the circumferential surface of the rubbing roller.

Abstract: An organic light-emitting display device includes a first substrate and a second substrate that face each other; an organic light-emitting device that is disposed between the first and second substrates and includes a pixel electrode separately formed in each pixel, a common electrode facing the pixel electrode, and an organic light-emitting layer disposed between the pixel electrode and the common electrode; and an electrode unit and at least one wiring unit that are disposed between the first substrate and the second substrate, the electrode unit including at least one thin-film transistor for transmitting a light-emitting signal to the pixel electrode and at least one capacitor, wherein an optical property modification layer obtained by modifying an optical property of at least one of the electrode unit and the wiring unit is formed on a surface of the at least one of the electrode unit and the wiring unit.