OLED display architecture

• US 10,177,201 B2
• Filed: 01/13/2017
• Issued: 01/08/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 10/01/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
• Original Assignee: Universal Display Corporation
• Inventors: Hack, Michael, Brown, Julia J., Weaver, Michael Stuart, Levermore, Peter, So, Woo-Young
• Primary Examiner(s): Gramling, Sean
• Application Number:
  US15/405,749
• Publication Number:
  US 20170133439A1
• Time in Patent Office: 725 Days
• CPC Class Codes: F21K 9/00 Light sources using semiconductor devices as light-generating elements, e.g. using light-emitting diodes [LED] or lasers
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2113/13 comprising an assembly of point-like light sources
• CPC Class Codes: F21Y 2115/10 Light-emitting diodes [LED]
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2101/10 Triplet emission
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/11 characterised by the electroluminescent [EL] layers
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/35 comprising red-green-blue [RGB] subpixels
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/351 comprising more than three subpixels, e.g. red-green-blue-white [RGBW]
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/352 the areas of the RGB subpixels being different
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/353 characterised by the geometrical arrangement of the RGB subpixels
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/342 comprising iridium
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/6572 comprising only nitrogen in the heteroaromatic polycondensed ring system, e.g. phenanthroline or carbazole
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 85/6576 comprising only sulfur in the heteroaromatic polycondensed ring system, e.g. benzothiophene

Abstract

A device that may be used as a multi-color pixel is provided. The device has a first organic light emitting device, a second organic light emitting device, a third organic light emitting device, and a fourth organic light emitting device. The device may be a pixel of a display having four sub-pixels. The first device may emit red light, the second device may emit green light, the third device may emit light blue light and the fourth device may emit deep blue light.

Claims

1. A device, comprising:

a first organic light emitting device that emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 600-700 nm, further comprising a first emissive layer having a first emissive material;

a second organic light emitting device that emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 500-600 nm, further comprising a second emissive layer having a second emissive material;

a third organic light emitting device that emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 400-500 nm, further comprising a third emissive layer having a third emissive material;

a fourth organic light emitting device that emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 400 to 500 nm, further comprising a fourth emissive layer having a fourth emissive material;

the first organic light emitting device comprises an emissive layer having a phosphorescent emissive material;

the second organic light emitting device comprises an emissive layer having a phosphorescent emissive material;

the third organic light emitting device comprises an emissive layer having a phosphorescent emissive material;

the fourth organic light emitting device comprises an emissive layer having a phosphorescent emissive material;

and the peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of light emitted by the fourth organic light emitting device is at least 4 nm less than the peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of light emitted by the third organic light emitting device.

2. The device of claim 1, wherein

the third organic light emitting device emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 465-500 nm;

and

the fourth organic light emitting device emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 400 to 465 nm.

3. The device of claim 1, wherein:

the third organic light emitting device emits light having a CIE x-coordinate less than 0.2 and a CIE y-coordinate less than 0.5, and

the fourth the organic light emitting device emits light having a CIE y-coordinate less than 0.15.

4. The device of claim 3, wherein the CIE coordinates of light emitted by the third organic light emitting device and the CIE coordinates of light emitted by the fourth organic light emitting device are sufficiently different that the difference in the CIE x-coordinates plus the difference in the CIE y-coordinates is at least >

0.01.

5. The device of claim 1, wherein each of the first, second, third and fourth organic light emitting devices have the same surface area.

6. The device of claim 1, wherein at least one of the first, second, third and fourth organic light emitting devices has a surface area different from another of the first, second, third and fourth organic light emitting devices.

7. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is part of a full color display.

8. The device of claim 1, wherein the first, second, third and fourth organic light emitting devices are arranged in a quad pattern.

9. The device of claim 1, wherein the first, second, third and fourth organic light emitting devices are arranged in a row.

10. The device of claim 1, wherein the emissive material of the third and fourth organic light emitting devices is the same material, and the fourth organic light emitting device includes a microcavity.

11. The device of claim 1, wherein the third organic light emitting device has a luminous efficiency of at least 12 cd/A.

12. The device of claim 1, wherein the device is a consumer product.

13. The device of claim 1, wherein the device has only four different types of sub-pixels.

14. A device, comprising:

a first organic light emitting device that emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 600-700 nm, further comprising a first emissive layer having a first emissive material;

a second organic light emitting device that emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 500-600 nm, further comprising a second emissive layer having a second emissive material;

a third organic light emitting device that emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 400-500 nm, further comprising a third emissive layer having a third emissive material;

a fourth organic light emitting device that emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 400 to 500 nm, further comprising a fourth emissive layer having a fourth emissive material;

the first organic light emitting device comprises an emissive layer having a phosphorescent emissive material;

the second organic light emitting device comprises an emissive layer having a phosphorescent emissive material;

the third organic light emitting device comprises an emissive layer having a phosphorescent emissive material;

the fourth organic light emitting device comprises an emissive layer having a phosphorescent emissive material; and

the peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of light emitted by the fourth organic light emitting device is at least 4 nm less than the peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of light emitted by the third organic light emitting device,

wherein the third organic light emitting device has a luminous efficiency of at least 15 cd/A.

15. A device, comprising:

a first organic light emitting device that emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 600-700 nm, further comprising a first emissive layer having a first emissive material;

a second organic light emitting device that emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 500-600 nm, further comprising a second emissive layer having a second emissive material;

a third organic light emitting device that emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 400-500 nm, further comprising a third emissive layer having a third emissive material;

a fourth organic light emitting device that emits light having a peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of 400 to 500 nm, further comprising a fourth emissive layer having a fourth emissive material;

the first organic light emitting device comprises an emissive layer having a phosphorescent emissive material;

the second organic light emitting device comprises an emissive layer having a phosphorescent emissive material;

the third organic light emitting device comprises an emissive layer having a phosphorescent emissive material;

the fourth organic light emitting device comprises an emissive layer having a phosphorescent emissive material; and

the peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of light emitted by the fourth organic light emitting device is at least 4 nm less than the peak wavelength in the visible spectrum of light emitted by the third organic light emitting device,

wherein;

light emitted by the first organic light emitting device has a 1931 CIE coordinate [X1, Y1];

light emitted by the third organic light emitting device has a 1931 CIE coordinate [X3, Y3]; and

at CIE X=0.3, the line joining [X1, Y1] and [X3, Y3] has a Y value not greater than 0.275.