Organic light emitting diode display

• US 8,148,894 B2
• Filed: 08/05/2009
• Issued: 04/03/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 08/27/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Samsung Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Original Assignee: Samsung Mobile Display Company Limited (Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd.)
• Inventors: Park, Soon-Ryong, Jung, Woo-Suk, Jeong, Hee-Seong, Jeon, Hee-Chul, Jeong, Chul-Woo, Kim, Eun-Ah, Kwak, Noh-Min, Lee, Joo-Hwa, Kim, Jae-Yong
• Primary Examiner(s): Patel, Nimeshkumar
• Assistant Examiner(s): Raabe, Christopher
• Application Number:
  US12/536,315
• Publication Number:
  US 20100156282A1
• Time in Patent Office: 972 Days
• Field of Search: 313498-512, 315/169.3, 345/36, 345/45, 345/76
• US Class Current: 313/504
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/281 used for attenuating light intensity, e.g. comprising rotatable polarising elements
• 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

Abstract

The present invention relates to an OLED display. In some embodiments, the OLED display may employ combinations of linear polarization, circular or elliptical polarization, and phase delay in order to suppress reflection from external light while minimizing the loss of emitted light from the OLED display. For example, the OLED in the display includes a stack having a first electrode, an organic emission layer, and a second electrode, a DBEF formed on the OLED, a first polarizing plate formed on the DBEF, a second polarizing plate formed on the first polarizing plate, and a plurality of phase delay plates formed between the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate.

Claims

1. An organic light emitting diode (OLED) display comprising:

an OLED formed by sequentially stacking a first electrode, an organic emission layer, and a second electrode;

a dual brightness enhancement film (DBEF) formed on the OLED;

a first polarizing plate formed on the DBEF;

a second polarizing plate formed on the first polarizing plate; and

a plurality of phase delay plates formed between the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate.

2. The OLED display of claim 1, wherein the first polarizing plate and the DBEF have the same polarizing axis.

3. The OLED display of claim 2, wherein an angle of intersection between the polarizing axis of the first polarizing plate and a polarizing axis of the second polarizing plate is about 45 degrees.

4. The OLED display of claim 3, wherein the plurality of phase delay plates comprise a first phase delay plate which is a ½

wavelength plate interposed between the first polarizing plate and the second polarizing plate, a second phase delay plate which is a ¼

wavelength plate interposed between the first polarizing plate and the first phase delay plate, and a third phase delay plate which is a ¼

wavelength plate interposed between the first polarizing plate and the second phase delay plate.

5. The OLED display of claim 4, wherein an angle of intersection between the polarizing axis of the second polarizing plate and a light axis of the first phase delay plate may range from about 17.5 degrees to 27.5 degrees, and an angle of intersection between the polarizing axis of the first polarizing plate and the light axis of the first phase delay plate is within the range of 17.5 degrees to 27.5 degrees.

6. The OLED display of claim 5, wherein an angle of intersection between the polarizing axis of the second polarizing plate and the light axis of the second phase delay plate may range from about 40 degrees to 50 degrees, and an angle of intersection between the polarizing axis of the first polarizing plate and the light axis of the second phase delay plate may range from about 0 degrees to 5 degrees.

7. The OLED display of claim 6, wherein an angle of intersection between the polarizing axis of the second polarizing plate and a light axis of the third phase delay plate may range from about 85 degrees to 90 degrees, and an angle of intersection between the polarizing axis of the first polarizing plate and the light axis of the third phase delay plate may range from about 40 degrees to 50 degrees.

8. The OLED display of claim 7, wherein an angle of intersection between the light axis of the second phase delay plate and the light axis of the third phase delay plate is 45 degrees.

9. The OLED display of claim 3, wherein the plurality of phase delay plates comprise a first phase delay plate which is a ½

wavelength plate interposed between the first polarizing plate, and the second polarizing plate and a second phase delay plate which is a ¼

wavelength plate interposed between the first polarizing plate and the first phase delay plate.

10. The OLED display of claim 9, wherein an angle of intersection between the polarizing axis of the second polarizing plate and the light axis of the first phase delay plate may range from about 10 degrees to 20 degrees, and an angle of intersection between the polarizing axis of the first polarizing plate and the light axis of the first phase delay plate may range from about 25 degrees to 35 degrees.

11. The OLED display of claim 10, wherein an angle of intersection between the polarizing axis of the second polarizing plate and the light axis of the second phase delay plate may range from about 70 degrees to 80 degrees, and an angle of intersection between the polarizing axis of the first polarizing plate and the light axis of the second phase delay plate may range from about 25 degrees to 35 degrees.

12. The OLED display of claim 1, further comprising an additional phase delay plate interposed between the OLED and the DBEF.

13. The OLED display of claim 12, wherein an angle of intersection between a light axis of the additional phase delay plate and the polarizing axis of the DBEF may range from about 40 degrees to 50 degrees.

14. The OLED display of claim 4, further comprising an additional phase delay plate interposed between the OLED and the DBEF.

15. The OLED display of claim 14, wherein an angle of intersection between a light axis of the additional phase delay plate and the polarizing axis of the DBEF may range from about 40 degrees to 50 degrees.

16. The OLED display of claim 9, further comprising an additional phase delay plate interposed between the OLED and the DBEF.

17. The OLED display of claim 16, wherein an angle of intersection between a light axis of the additional phase delay plate and the polarizing axis of the DBEF may range from about 40 degrees to 50 degrees.