Electroluminescent device with improved light output

• US 7,495,386 B2
• Filed: 08/15/2007
• Issued: 02/24/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2002
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Original Assignee: Koninklijke Philips Electronics N.V. (Koninklijke Philips N.V.)
• Inventors: Klein, Markus Heinrich, Gläser, Harald, Busselt, Wolfgang, Opitz, Joachim, Bertram, Dietrich, Bechtel, Hans Helmut
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel; Ashok
• Application Number:
  US11/839,014
• Publication Number:
  US 20080061688A1
• Time in Patent Office: 559 Days
• Field of Search: 313/501, 313/506, 428/917, 428/690, 315/169.3, 345/45, 345/46, 345/76
• US Class Current: 313/504
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 2102/3026 Top emission
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/85 Arrangements for extracting light from the devices
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 50/86 Arrangements for improving contrast, e.g. preventing reflection of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: H10K 59/8791 Arrangements for improving contrast, e.g. preventing reflection of ambient light
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/917 Electroluminescent

Abstract

An electroluminescent device includes a substrate and a laminated body composed of a first electrode, an electroluminescent layer and a second electrode. The light output out of the electroluminescent device is increased by arranging a colloidal layer between the substrate and the laminated body. By using pigments in the colloidal layer, the emission color of the electroluminescent device can be changed and the daylight contrast improved.

Claims

1. An electroluminescent device comprising:

a substrate,

a colloidal layer having a varying refractive index, and

a laminated body comprising a first electrode, an electroluminescent layer, and a second electrode wherein the laminated body borders on the colloidal layer and the colloidal layer is positioned between the substrate and the laminated body.

2. The electroluminescent device of claim 1, wherein the colloidal layer comprises a material selected from the group consisting of:

the metal oxides, SiO2, the inorganic pigments, and a combination thereof.

3. The electroluminescent device of claim 2, wherein the material has a particle size in the range between 1 and 400 nm.

4. An electroluminescent device comprising:

a substrate,

a colloidal layer having a varying refractive index, and

a laminated body comprising a first electrode, an electroluminescent layer, and a second electrode,

wherein the colloidal layer is a pixelated layer.

5. The electroluminescent device of claim 4, wherein the colloidal layer contains pigments.

6. The electroluminescent device of claim 5, wherein the pigments are colored.

7. The electroluminescent device of claim 6, wherein the electroluminescent layer emits white light.

8. The electroluminescent device of claim 4, wherein the electroluminescent layer is a pixelated layer.