Hybrid display

• US 10,128,319 B2
• Filed: 11/13/2017
• Issued: 11/13/2018
• Est. Priority Date: 09/18/2015
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
• Original Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
• Inventors: Hack, Michael, Weaver, Michael Stuart, Mayweather, III, William T., Brown, Julia J., Thompson, Nicholas J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Dang, Phuc
• Application Number:
  US15/810,384
• Publication Number:
  US 20180069059A1
• Time in Patent Office: 365 Days
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/00 Integrated devices, or assemblies of multiple devices, comprising at least one organic light-emitting element covered by group H10K50/00
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/351 comprising more than three subpixels, e.g. red-green-blue-white [RGBW]
• CPC Class Codes: Y02E 10/549 Organic PV cells

Abstract

A hybrid pixel arrangement for a full-color display is provided, which includes an inorganic LED in at least one sub-pixel, and an organic emissive stack in at least one other sub-pixel. In an embodiment, a first sub-pixel is configured to emit a first color, and includes an inorganic LED, a second sub-pixel is configured to emit a second color, and includes a first portion of a first organic emissive stack configured to emit an initial color different from the first color. A third sub-pixel is configured to emit a third color different from the initial color, and includes a second portion of the first organic emissive stack, and a first color altering layer disposed in a stack with the second portion of the first organic emissive stack.

Claims

1. A lighting device comprising:

a substrate;

a plurality of blue inorganic LEDs disposed in a region that defines a first plane above the substrate; and

an unpatterned yellow organic emissive stack disposed in a second plane parallel to the first plane and disposed above the substrate and above or below the first plane relative to the substrate.

2. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the yellow organic emissive stack is transparent, and wherein blue light generated by the inorganic LEDs is transmitted through the yellow organic emissive stack during operation of the device.

3. The lighting device of claim 2, wherein the organic emissive stack is disposed over the plurality of inorganic LEDs, and the plurality of inorganic LEDs are disposed within a planarization layer.

4. The lighting device of claim 3, further comprising:

a backplane disposed below the planarization layer; and

one or more metal layers electrically connecting the organic emissive stack to the backplane, the one or more metal layers extending through the planarization layer.

5. The lighting device of claim 4, wherein the backplane further comprises one or more electrical connections, each of which is in direct electrical communication with at least one of the plurality of inorganic LEDs.

6. The lighting device of claim 3, further comprising a permeation barrier disposed between the planarization layer and the organic emissive stack.

7. The lighting device of claim 3, further comprising an anode and a cathode disposed over the planarization layer, wherein the organic emissive stack is disposed between the anode and the cathode.

8. The lighting device of claim 1, wherein the lighting device is selected from the group consisting of:

a flat panel display, a computer monitor, a medical monitor, a television, a billboard, a light for interior or exterior illumination and/or signaling, a heads-up display, a fully or partially transparent display, a flexible display, a laser printer, a telephone, a cell phone, a tablet, a phablet, a personal digital assistant (PDA), a laptop computer, a digital camera, a camcorder, a viewfinder, a micro-display less than 2 inches diagonal, a 3-D display, a virtual reality or augmented reality display, a vehicle, a video wall comprising multiple displays tiled together, a theater or stadium screen, and a sign.

9. The lighting device of claim 8, wherein the organic emissive stack is disposed over the plurality of inorganic LEDs, and the plurality of inorganic LEDs are disposed within a planarization layer.

10. The lighting device of claim 9, further comprising:

a backplane disposed below the planarization layer; and

one or more metal layers electrically connecting the organic emissive stack to the backplane, the one or more metal layers extending through the planarization layer.