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AMOLED Aging Chamber Signal Generation and Heating System

AMOLED 에이징 챔버 신호 생성 및 가열 시스템

  • Lee, Byungkwon (Department of Computer Engineering, Paichai University) ;
  • Cho, Kwanghee (Department of Computer Engineering, Paichai University) ;
  • Jung, Hoekyung (Department of Computer Engineering, Paichai University)
  • Received : 2018.05.24
  • Accepted : 2018.06.03
  • Published : 2018.06.30
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Abstract

In OLED (Organic Light-Emitting Diode) manufacturing, the aging process increases the manufacturing efficiency and measures the correction value to correct the aging. The correction value for correcting the aging of the OLED can be applied to the driving signal. The OLED aging process measures the current after outputting the light for a predetermined time according to the preset driving signal and temperature. In the OLED manufacturing process, aging is applied for non-uniformity by deposition and temperature. This time has little effect on OLED efficiency reduction. Heating devices and signal generation systems are required to create the conditions necessary for aging. The results measured by the heating system and signal generation system can be used as a basis for evaluating power requirements, uniformity and efficiency in OLED manufacturing. In this paper, we propose and implement a configuration for interlocking the driving signal generation and heating system for practical OLED aging correction.

OLED(Organic Light-Emitting Diode) 제조에서 에이징(aging) 공정은 제조 효율을 높이고 에이징 보정을 위한 보정 값을 측정한다. OLED의 에이징 보정을 위한 보정 값은 구동 신호에 적용할 수 있다. OLED 에이징 공정은 미리 설정된 구동신호와 온도에 의해 정해진 시간 동안 빛을 출력한 후 전류를 측정한다. OLED 제조 공정에서 증착 및 기온에 의해 균일하지 않은 것에 대해 에이징을 가하는 것이다. 이 시간이 OLED 효율 감소에 미치는 영향은 거의 없다. 에이징을 위해 필요한 조건을 만들기 위해 가열장치와 신호 생성 시스템이 요구된다. 가열장치와 신호 생성 시스템에 의해 측정된 결과값은 OLED 제조에서 전력 요구사항, 균일성, 효율성을 평가하는 근거로 사용할 수 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 실용적인 OLED 에이징 보정을 위한 구동 신호 생성 및 가열 시스템의 연동을 위한 구성을 제안하고 이를 구현하였다.

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